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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What physical feature on Vida Winter is distinctive?
2. 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?
3. In the first interview, Margaret asks for three bits of information. What is the response to this from Vida Winter?
4. What do Hester and John-the-dig argue about?
5. Margaret receives a letter from her father with something enclosed. What is it?
Short Essay Questions
1. At one point in their first conversation, Margaret is uncomfortable and gets up to leave. What words of Vida Winter bring her back?
2. Relate the circumstances surrounding Isabelle's birth.
3. Describe Vida Winter's reaction to Margaret 's short leave of absence.
4. When Hester arrives, she summons the twins, but they do not come. How does Hester handle this behavior?
5. Give three adjectives that describe Hester.
6. Describe Judith, the housekeeper.
7. Describe the incident of the baby and perambulator.
8. List a few details that are used to describe Margaret's first impression of Vida Winter's house.
9. Relate a few ways that the bookstore contributed to Margaret's education.
10. Describe Margaret's reaction to reading Vida Winter's books.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss how the elements of weather work to strengthen the plot and themes of this book. For example, there is much mystery and confusion in the plot at the same time the countryside is immersed in a thick fog. Identify these setting clues and show how they strengthen the plot.
Essay Topic 2
In Dicken's Study, Vida Winter says she creates in order to fill a deep void within. Discuss Vida Winter as a creative person. Do you agree that her troubled past might have made her a better storyteller and novelist? What were her particular demons? What makes her likable as a character? Unlikeable?
Essay Topic 3
Aurelius is a character who is never content knowing he was abandoned by his own parent and adopted by a stranger. How does this affect the choices he makes? How does this affect his personality? Write about Aurelius as a character, paying particular attention to his desperate need for belonging.
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