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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the chapter title, "Box of Lives" refer to?
(a) Winter keeps many items from her past in a safe in her bedroom; she finally shows the box to Margaret.
(b) Margaret keeps a 3x5 card on many people, and she keepst these cards in a box.
(c) Vida Winter says she keeps "opening up the box" to reveal the secrets of her past.
(d) Margaret finds an old box near the ruins of the old church.

2. What is the landscape like on the trip north to Vida Winter's house?
(a) First a large city with urban sprawl, then finally to a old mansion in the countryside.
(b) Icy winds and snow slowed her travel; Margaret was nearly frozen when she arrived the next morning.
(c) After a drive through a scenic green countryside, Winters' lush flower gardens were a pleasant surprise.
(d) The moors; green rolling hills, quaint villages, remote wilderness.

3. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?
(a) A night lit with bright stars.
(b) Her reflection in the window.
(c) Total and complete darkness.
(d) A faint, mysterious light moving along the moor.

4. What does Aurelius Love bring to Margaret after she falls?
(a) A photograph.
(b) A golf cart so she would not have to walk on her sore foot.
(c) Bandages and crutches.
(d) A cup of tea and some cake.

5. The name of the house and estate where Vida Winter grew up (as Adeline) was called:
(a) Hanley Downs.
(b) Dangerfield.
(c) Angelfield.
(d) Moorlands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the doctor tries to calm Hester after her "ghost sighting"?

2. When the doctor comes to Angelfield, he recommends what?

3. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?

4. What is one peculiar aspect of the twins?

5. What is the disturbing event that take place between the two twins after Hester has left?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Hester arrives, she summons the twins, but they do not come. How does Hester handle this behavior?

2. At one point in their first conversation, Margaret is uncomfortable and gets up to leave. What words of Vida Winter bring her back?

3. Describe why Hester and the doctor thought it might be important to separate the twins.

4. List several details of Angelfield when Mrs. Maudsley first enters.

5. Explain why Hester leaves Angelfield so suddenly.

6. After Isabelle leaves Angelfield for a short time, with whom did she return?

7. How are the twins becoming different from each other under Hester's guidance?

8. Relate a few ways that the bookstore contributed to Margaret's education.

9. List a few "odd" behaviors of the twins as they go about the countryside.

10. Describe the contents of the letter which Margaret receives.

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