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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 Margaret do when she hears a mysterious sound late at night?
(a) Confronts Ms. Winter and asks for the truth.
(b) Walks out into the garden to investigate.
(c) Wakes up John-the-dig, and tells him to bring his gun.
(d) Goes to stay with Aurelius, her only friend.

2. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?
(a) With Winter and her extended family in the large and noisy kitchen.
(b) Alone, in her bedroom.
(c) Always in the large dining room with Winter.
(d) Sometimes alone and sometimes in the kitchen with the children.

3. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?
(a) She has never told the truth about her life.
(b) She will never speak for more than thirty minutes.
(c) She finds it fun to make every reporter cry.
(d) She prides herself on her honesty, despite her painful past.

4. In what way did the bookstore help in Margaret's education?
(a) The fascinating people that entered the store taught her about the world.
(b) Margaret's favorite teachers came in and spent extra hours tutoring her.
(c) She first learned her alphabet because the books were in alphabetical order.
(d) Margaret's mother read to her for hours as they worked in the shop.

5. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?
(a) An explanation about the rumor that her house is haunted.
(b) Whether Winter is terminally ill and fears death will end her life soon.
(c) Her real name.
(d) What happened to the (missing) thirteenth story in her first book.

Short Answer Questions

1. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.

2. When she has trouble falling asleep the night after receiving the letter, what does Margaret do?

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

4. Hester 's and the doctor's actions result in what consequences?

5. Who or what startles Margaret in the ruins of the Angelfield house on her first day of exploration?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Margaret writes a card about Hester, what conclusion does she come to, and how does she act on this?

2. Give three adjectives that describe Hester.

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

4. How does Margaret learn that she was a twin? Describe what she is doing and how she makes the discovery.

5. Describe the bookstore. Who were its main customers, and how was most of its income made?

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

7. What makes Hester believe she is seeing a ghost?

8. Contrast the difference in the way George Angelfield treats his two children.

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

10. What happens to Mrs. Maudsley when she arrives at Angelfield to check on the twins?

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