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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. What does Hester typically do after cleaning a room in Angelfield?
2. When Vida Winter cries out a name, Margaret realizes that she and Winter have something in common. What is it?
3. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?
4. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?
5. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Margaret arrives at Vida Winter's house for the first time?
2. Describe why Hester and the doctor thought it might be important to separate the twins.
3. At one point in their first conversation, Margaret is uncomfortable and gets up to leave. What words of Vida Winter bring her back?
4. Contrast the differences in Margaret's parents.
5. Describe Vida Winter's reaction to Margaret 's short leave of absence.
6. List a few "odd" behaviors of the twins as they go about the countryside.
7. Give three adjectives that describe Hester.
8. Describe the incident of the baby and perambulator.
9. Describe the bookstore. Who were its main customers, and how was most of its income made?
10. When Hester arrives, she summons the twins, but they do not come. How does Hester handle this behavior?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does "The Thirteenth Tale" fit into the genre of a Gothic novel? How does it not fit?
Essay Topic 2
Many of the Angelfield children were mean, violent and cruel. What makes a child cruel? What can be done to help an "evil" child? Write an essay that examines one of the "cruel" children of Angelfield, describing the factors that led to his or her cruelty, and what might have prevented this cruelty.
Essay Topic 3
Evaluate the use of word choice in the novel, especially in the author's use to create a mood. Use specific examples with accompanying page numbers to show how Setterfield uses "loaded" words for her advantage.
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