View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Charlie, Isabelle's brother, is:
(a) Older than Isabelle, by only two years.
(b) Her twin.
(c) Actually a step brother, and is older by twelve years.
(d) Older than Isabelle, by nine years.

2. What happens to Roland, Isabelle's husband?
(a) He dies of pneunomia.
(b) He is called to military service and dies on the battlefield.
(c) He leaves for America, promising Isabelle he would send for her.
(d) He leaves Isabelle for another woman soon after their marriage.

3. What experiment (for research's sake) do Hester and the doctor carry out?
(a) Using bribery to entice Charlie to leave Angelfield.
(b) Isolation and starvation as treatment for mental ilness.
(c) The separation of Angeline and Emmeline.
(d) Shock treament for mental illness.

4. A woman in white used what to hurt a visitor to the Angelfield house?
(a) Poison.
(b) A fireplace poker.
(c) The cords of the heavy curtains.
(d) A violin.

5. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(b) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.
(c) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.
(d) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.

Short Answer Questions

1. The following can be said about the bookshop:

2. What does Hester typically do after cleaning a room in Angelfield?

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

4. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?

5. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. List a few specific details about Vida Winter's appearance on Margaret's first meeting.

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

4. Describe the circumstances of the first meeting between Margaret and Aurelius.

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

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

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

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

9. What information does Margaret find at the Banbury Herald? What information does she NOT find?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 889 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample