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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. Who discovered the third child first?

2. Why doesn't the doctor come as soon as Emmeline has died?

3. What lie does Adeline tell Mr. Lomax about Charlie?

4. What does Hester accuse Emmeline of taking, as reported in Hester's diary?

5. In what man does Margaret show a romantic interest ?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crucial part of Vida Winter's story does Margaret figure out which answers many of the unsolved pieces of the story's puzzle?

2. Explain the relationship between Ambrose Proctor and the twins.

3. How does Adeline begin to confuse people about which twin is which?

4. What news brings Aurelius much joy?

5. Describe how Vida Winter became Adeline.

6. What lie does Adeline concoct about Charlie's whereabouts?

7. Who is the unnamed child's father?

8. What is Margaret hoping to find when she looks in Winter's collection of "Jane Eyre" books?

9. Why had Margaret's parents not told her about being a twin?

10. Karen shows a picture of her father to Margaret. What is he holding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is understanding family history helpful in understanding an individual? Winter says to Margaret that individuals are part of their family's story. Do you believe that an individual is so marked by his family or by the past events of a family that he or she is trapped by this background? Can a family so mark a person that he or she cannot change? Discuss this question as it relates either to Vida Winters or to Margaret Lea.

Essay Topic 3

How does "The Thirteenth Tale" fit into the genre of a Gothic novel? How does it not fit?

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