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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. Who was the father of Emmeline's child?
(a) The Missus' nephew.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) John-the-dig.

2. After years of neglect, what happens to Angelfield while the twins are still living there?
(a) The roof collapses.
(b) The sheriff condemns it, saying it is not inhabitable.
(c) The winter storms can be felt through the cracks in the walls.
(d) Rats run everywhere.

3. When Margaret finally tells Vida Winter about her own life, what does she show Winter?
(a) The scar which shows the place she was connected to her twin.
(b) The gun that killed Charlie.
(c) The papers that prove she was a twin.
(d) The bag in which Aurelius was put when he was abandoned.

4. The weather on the night that Ms. Winters died was:
(a) Continuous snow.
(b) Hard rain with thunder and lightning.
(c) Calm; finally spring seemed to arrive.
(d) Foggy; Margaret tried to see out, but couldn't.

5. What change begins to occur in schedule of interviews between Margaret and Winter?
(a) Each story telling session becomes longer.
(b) Each story telling session becomes shorter.
(c) Now the doctor is always present.
(d) The women meet no longer at regular times; the interviews occur day and night at sporadic times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who dies soon after the collapse of the roof at Angelfield?

2. Who comes to visit Margaret at the end of the book?

3. After several days of suspicious quiet, who enters Charlie's room to investigate?

4. Hester talks in her diary of the joy of working closely with someone on what project?

5. What does the doctor tell Margaret will heal her from her present illness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the meeting between Aurelius and Emmeline.

2. Who is the unnamed child's father?

3. Hester thinks she has seen strange things in the mirror. How does she try to explain this?

4. Describe how Vida Winter became Adeline.

5. Who takes care of the unnamed child?

6. Explain what Hester finds strange about Emmeline's use of pronouns.

7. What makes John-the-dig decide he needs to check on Charlie?

8. What lie does Adeline concoct about Charlie's whereabouts?

9. Describe how the fire started.

10. Who was there for Margaret when she finally stopped her grieving after Vida Winter's death?

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