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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. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?

2. What is a perambulator?

3. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?

4. What does Aurelius Love bring to Margaret after she falls?

5. Who else participates in the"experiment" of Hester and the doctor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Give three adjectives that describe Hester.

2. Describe Vida Winter's reaction to Margaret 's short leave of absence.

3. Describe the orientation of the Angelfield house.

4. Explain why Hester leaves Angelfield so suddenly.

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

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

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

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

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

10. Contrast the differences in Margaret's parents.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Margaret watched two people die, yet most modern Americans no longer witness the deaths of loved ones. Is this healthy or unhealthy? Is there something valuable in watching the painful but natural cycle of death? How was this therapeutic for Margaret? In what way did Margaret grow as a person through the deaths she witnessed? Use your text for support.

Essay Topic 2

How is understanding family history helpful in understanding an individual? Winter says to Margaret that individuals are part of their family's story. Do you believe that an individual is so marked by his family or by the past events of a family that he or she is trapped by this background? Can a family so mark a person that he or she cannot change? Discuss this question as it relates either to Vida Winters or to Margaret Lea.

Essay Topic 3

This novel takes on two time periods; the present and the past. In both, however, servants are far inferior to the owners of estates. Discuss this servant/master relationship as it is portrayed in the book. Does Setterfield remain neutral on the subject? In other words, does she merely present facts or does she write about this relationship in such a way to approve or disapprove of this kind of dominant/subservient relationship?

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