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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is the report of the Angelfield fire confirmed by the Banbury Herald newspaper?
(a) Apparently not. There was no mention of a fire at Anglefield.
(b) Perhaps. There was a fire, but not in the year Winter had reported.
(c) The fire was only in the barn, not in the main house.
(d) Yes.

2. Describe the abrupt change in the way Isabelle's father treats her.
(a) He hires extra help to make sure she is well cared for and entertained.
(b) He becomes a doting father to the baby; singing lullabyes and reading stories.
(c) He leaves suddenly, leaving her in the care of the gardener and cook.
(d) He loves her at first, but after a few months begins to disdain her and hate her presence.

3. After several weeks into the interview process, what sound does Margaret hear late at night?
(a) Someone calling her name.
(b) Wolves howling on the moors.
(c) Someone singing long, erratic, notes of music.
(d) A child crying.

4. What is Margaret's least favorite month?
(a) April.
(b) August.
(c) December.
(d) February.

5. The following can be said about the bookshop:
(a) Students come to sell and resell textbooks.
(b) Most of the store's income is gained through rare book transactions.
(c) All of the answers are true.
(d) There are seven rooms of used books.

6. What is peculiar about the way Margaret must read "The Thirteen Tales?'
(a) Because of a printing error, she keeps turning it upside down.
(b) She must wear white gloves.
(c) Every thirteenth page, she searches for a clue to a mystery.
(d) She doesn't want anyone to see her reading it, so she disguises it.

7. What is the first question Margaret asks Vida WInter?
(a) What happened to the (missing) thirteenth story in her first book.
(b) Whether Winter is terminally ill and fears death will end her life soon.
(c) An explanation about the rumor that her house is haunted.
(d) Her real name.

8. Margaret says, "the hours between eight in the evening and one or two in the morning have always been my magic hours." What does she do during these hours?
(a) She finds contentment and pride as she writes her stories.
(b) She enjoys the company of her friends in small tea shops around London.
(c) She reads through numerous books.
(d) She has conversations with her mother and aunt which are always interesting and often humorous.

9. Where and with whom does Margaret Lea spend her days?
(a) In a small publishing house with her boyfriend.
(b) In the used book store with her father who owns the store.
(c) Margaret loves the city's parks, and spends most days in the parks meandering with friends.
(d) She works for a kind, elderly watchmaker who is also an author.

10. Vida Winter learned most of the family history by listening to whose stories?
(a) Her uncle, who wrote down the history.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) The Missus, who was the main kitchen servant.
(d) The stable boy who was like her old brother.

11. Margaret receives a letter from her father with something enclosed. What is it?
(a) An old picture of Isabelle and Charlie as young children.
(b) An artice about Vida Winter's disease.
(c) A necklace from her mother.
(d) A letter from a lawyer.

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

13. What pain does Margaret occasionally feel, especially at night?
(a) A pain in her side.
(b) Cramps in her hand, from writing so much.
(c) Headaches.
(d) A burning sensation on her scars, left over from a fire.

14. Who else participates in the"experiment" of Hester and the doctor?
(a) Isabelle.
(b) John-the-dig.
(c) The doctor's wife.
(d) Hester's friend, Samuel.

15. With whom does Hester seems to be making some positive impact?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Adeline.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Isabelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?

2. When Winter returns to the telling of her story, she talks of the village men asking for Dr. Maudsley's help with the twins. How does the doctor first attempt to solve the problem?

3. As the twins grow, what disturbing pattern emerges regarding them in the village and surrounding houses?

4. Margaret realizes that this person may still be alive and could answer many questions about the twins' childhood. She writes a letter asking an investigator to find whom?

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

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