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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two, Middles: Hester Arrives, The Box of Lives, and The Eye in the Yew,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where, and with whom, will Margaret eat her meals?
(a) Alone, in her bedroom.
(b) Always in the large dining room with Winter.
(c) With Winter and her extended family in the large and noisy kitchen.
(d) Sometimes alone and sometimes in the kitchen with the children.

2. Who is Hester?
(a) A neighbor who becomes the twin's friend.
(b) Charlie's new wife.
(c) The children's new governess.
(d) The deacon's wife, sent to help the twins.

3. Who or what startles Margaret in the ruins of the Angelfield house on her first day of exploration?
(a) The sound of a violin.
(b) The flapping wings of birds.
(c) Herself, in a mirror.
(d) A woman in white; Margaret calls to her, but the woman does not turn.

4. At what age does Margaret discover she was a twin, and that this twin died at birth?
(a) As an adult, as she is narrating this book.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Five.

5. A woman in white used what to hurt a visitor to the Angelfield house?
(a) A fireplace poker.
(b) A violin.
(c) Poison.
(d) The cords of the heavy curtains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Hester consult for advice about the children?

2. What is one overwhelming first impression of Vida Winter's house?

3. What item of Charles Dickens, the author, does Vida Winter discuss with Margaret?

4. What is surprising about the appearance of the letter for Margaret?

5. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?

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