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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is significant about the name of the author, Vida Winter?

3. What process does Margaret use to write the biography?

4. The following adjectives best describe Charlie as a child:

5. What does Hester do first when she arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who raises the twins?

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

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

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

5. Give three adjectives that describe Hester.

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

7. Describe what Margaret hears in the night soon after she arrives at the Winter house, and what she does when she hears this sound.

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

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

10. Describe Judith, the housekeeper.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapter 3, Margaret writes about her family, and in particular her parents, "tragedy changes everything." Discuss this idea in terms of the book. How were the characters affected by tragedy?

Essay Topic 2

How does "The Thirteenth Tale" fit into the genre of a Gothic novel? How does it not fit?

Essay Topic 3

Aurelius is a character who is never content knowing he was abandoned by his own parent and adopted by a stranger. How does this affect the choices he makes? How does this affect his personality? Write about Aurelius as a character, paying particular attention to his desperate need for belonging.

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