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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One, Beginnings: Merrily and the Perambulator and Dr. and Mrs. Maudsley.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Vida Winter is a prolific and well-known author. Besides her fame, what can be said about her physical appearance?
(a) Her hair is long, often braided, and nearly black.
(b) She is old, but very beautiful.
(c) She is surprisingly tall, lean, and fit for a woman of age 75.
(d) Her body is shriveled with arthritis; she is severely stooped.

2. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?
(a) An odd odor that reminds Margaret of a funeral home.
(b) The laughter of children.
(c) The fragrance of lilacs.
(d) It is entirely silent.

3. When Ms. Winter is in pain, what is the metaphor she uses to describe this pain?
(a) A curtain that suffocates her.
(b) A tiger.
(c) A storm with brutal winds.
(d) A wolf.

4. On her first night at Vida Winter's house, Margaret looks out into the night before going to bed. What does she see?
(a) Total and complete darkness.
(b) A night lit with bright stars.
(c) A faint, mysterious light moving along the moor.
(d) Her reflection in the window.

5. Charlie, Isabelle's brother, is:
(a) Actually a step brother, and is older by twelve years.
(b) Her twin.
(c) Older than Isabelle, by only two years.
(d) Older than Isabelle, by nine years.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is in the perambulator for the dangerous ride downhill?

3. What news does Vida Winter's doctor give to Margaret?

4. What kind of writing of Margaret's has been published?

5. Margaret says of herself, "gradually, my reading became less random." What becomes the primary interest, or focus, of her reading?

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