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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hal do when she hears that Harriet Westaway has been awarded the remainder of Hester Westaway's estate?
(a) She faints.
(b) She covers her face.
(c) She sits down quickly.
(d) She screams.

2. In Chapter 12, Hal sees how many long black sedans pull up beneath her attic window?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. Mr. Treswick tells the family that which character has been awarded 30,000 pounds in the will of Hester Westaway?
(a) Mrs. Warren.
(b) Freddie.
(c) Mitzi.
(d) Ezra.

4. How much does the taxi driver at the Penzance train station say the fare will be to St. Piran's Church?
(a) 10 pounds.
(b) 50 pounds.
(c) 5 pounds.
(d) 25 pounds.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 17, Hal mistakenly wanders into rooms belonging to whom?

2. In whose honor does Hal say she had gotten a tattoo of a bird?

3. What is NOT the name of one of Hester Westaway's three sons?

4. As Hal prepares to meet the Westaway family at Trepassen House, she feels like what kind of athlete?

5. About how old was Hal in the photograph featuring herself and her mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Hal's appearance.

2. For what reason is Hal herself dismayed when the contents of Hester Westaway's will are revealed?

3. What two metaphors having to do with games and sports does Hal conjure up when thinking about her plan to deceive the Westaway family?

4. Describe the three Westaway brothers' three different reactions to the news that Hal is Maud's daughter.

5. How does the theme of trust enter the narrative within the diary entry featured at the end of Chapter 10?

6. What are the contents of Hester Westaway's will?

7. What does the narrator mean with the claim that Hal tells her clients not only what they wanted to hear, but "What they needed to know as well" (24)?

8. What meaningful item does Hal keep on her mantelpiece and what does the object symbolize?

9. Name one main theme introduced by the novel's epigraph in The Death of Mrs. Westaway.

10. How did the drastic change just before Hal's 18th birthday transform her life?

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