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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. Who was Kitty?

2. Why does Aurelius like to come to Angelfield?

3. In what condition is Charlie when Adeline finds him?

4. What does John-the-dig decide to do about Charlie's disappearance?

5. What does Vida Winter ask of Margaret when Margaret is sick?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how the fire started.

2. Who does Margaret meet unexpectedly on the moors, and why?

3. Describe Aurelius's inheritance.

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

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

6. Describe the meeting between Aurelius and Emmeline.

7. What "big" life events happened on the nights that Mrs. Love turned a heel twice?

8. What crucial part of Vida Winter's story does Margaret figure out which answers many of the unsolved pieces of the story's puzzle?

9. Explain the suspicious cause of death concerning the ladder.

10. Who is the unnamed child's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

"All children mythologize their birth." What does this quote by Vida Winter mean? How is this true for you or for others you have known? What myths were the characters in the story perpetuating and why?

Essay Topic 3

How does Setterfield develop her characters? Pick one character that interests you and trace the changes this character makes. Use specific examples from the book .

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