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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Hal introduces herself to the Westaway family, who speaks up to add that she is "Maud's daughter" (91)?
(a) Mitzi.
(b) Mr. Treswick.
(c) Abel.
(d) Harding.

2. How many children do Harding and his wife Mitzi have together?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. What is the only color Mrs. Warren is wearing the first time Hal meets her?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Black.

4. The charitable donations box shaped like an ice cream cone changes in what way as Hal walks away from it in Chapter 6?
(a) It lights up.
(b) It explodes.
(c) It emits a whirring sound.
(d) Its light turns off.

5. To what creatures does the narrator compare the black sedans that bring the Westaway family to Trepassen from the funeral?
(a) Pythons.
(b) Otters.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Eels.

Short Answer Questions

1. The epigraph included at the start of the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway features what element in association with the number seven?

2. How many people were held responsible for the death of Hal's mother?

3. What kind of food is Hal carrying home to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 1?

4. A trip to Trepassen House will require Hal to purchase a train ticket to what location?

5. How many pounds had Hal originally borrowed from the loan shark Mr. Smith?

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