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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) He diagnoses insanity and recommends that the twins be sent to an asylum.
(b) He visits every day for two weeks and then gives up in failure.
(c) He sends his wife to talk to the twin's mother.
(d) He, according to common practice of the time, uses leeches to try to clean their blood.

2. Who is Mr. Lomax?
(a) A relative of Hester's.
(b) A friend of Charlie's, the only one Charlie will speak with.
(c) A newpaper publisher.
(d) The family solicitor, or attorney.

3. In the beginning of the book, who has sent Margaret a surprising letter?
(a) The manager of Vida Winter's estate.
(b) Margaret's twin, separated from Margaret for years.
(c) Vida Winter, an author.
(d) Vida Winter's daughter.

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

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

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

7. When she has trouble falling asleep the night after receiving the letter, what does Margaret do?
(a) She takes a rare book from the shop and begins to read it.
(b) She wakes up her mother and makes her talk about her twin.
(c) She decides to try one of the "dark spells" she has read about earlier in the day.
(d) She reads everything she can about twins.

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

9. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
(a) She walks with a pronounced limp; one leg is signicantly shorter than the other.
(b) Her left arm has three burn marks; a cross-like symbol marks her, not unlike a brand.
(c) Her hair is a deep black except for thick streaks of silver and white.
(d) Her hand is badly scarred from fire; a mark like a Q was also embedded in the scar.

10. Hester has become quite well-read on what subject?
(a) The architecture of old English houses.
(b) The treatment of mental illness using leeches.
(c) The geneological history of the Angelfield family.
(d) The relationship and behavior of twins.

11. 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?
(a) John-the-dig.
(b) Hester.
(c) Emmeline.
(d) Arurelius Love.

12. In their first interview, Winter reveals to Margaret a painful bit of her history earlier than she wanted to.
(a) She had a child out of wedlock who died at age three.
(b) Her father was mentally ill and commited suicide.
(c) She had eloped with a disreputable man; he left her after only seven months of marriage.
(d) At age 16, she experienced a massive fire.

13. What is peculiar about the many interviews given by Vida Winter?
(a) She will never speak for more than thirty minutes.
(b) She finds it fun to make every reporter cry.
(c) She has never told the truth about her life.
(d) She prides herself on her honesty, despite her painful past.

14. In literature, what are examples of the "Rule of Three" which Vida Winter cites?
(a) Three drunken sailors, three Christmas hens.
(b) Three of the trinity, three of Satan.
(c) Fisherman's three wishes, three Billy Goats Gruff.
(d) Three sides of a golden triangle, three crowns on three kings.

15. What do the children do that make John-the-Dig and Missus sad?
(a) They cut each other's hair, destroying their beautiful appearance.
(b) They bully younger children.
(c) They destroy years of work in John-the-Digs's topiary garden.
(d) They destroy an entire apple tree right as it bloomed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the doctor comes to Angelfield, he recommends what?

2. What is the proof Margaret sees to prove she was a twin?

3. Where does Margaret begin her research to verify the three parts of Ms. Winter's story?

4. What is the landscape like on the trip north to Vida Winter's house?

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

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