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The Other Face of Elizabeth Peters

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The Other Face of Elizabeth Peters game quiz
"Elizabeth Peters also writes books under the name of Barbara Michaels. My new quiz deals with books from this aspect of the author."

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1. Pat Robbins, the protagonist of "The Walker in Shadows", is a widow when Josef Friedrich moves in next door. Pat and Josef each have a teenager in the house. What exactly is the set up during the first half of the book?
    Pat's daughter, Marcia, hates Josef's son Kristof on sight; Pat blames Kristof
    Pat's son Mark and Josef's daughter Kathy are embarrassed when their parents fall in love
    Pat's daughter, Kathy, turns out to be the hospital-swapped twin of Josef's daughter, whose name is Kate
    Pat's son Mark falls in love with Josef's daughter, Kathy; Josef objects


2. Ruth Bennett, the protagonist of "Ammie, Come Home", appears in some of Barbara Michaels' other books as well, but this is her first appearance. It is in this book that she meets Pat MacDougal, whom she eventually marries. Why does Ruth turn him down at first?
    Her first husband had disappeared, and she couldn't trace him to ask for a divorce
    She was a widow, and devoted to the memory of her first husband
    She had had a horrific first marriage
    She was ashamed of being a middle-aged virgin


3. There is something very, very nasty in Ruth Bennett's Georgetown house in "Ammie, Come Home". Ruth's niece, Sara, is possessed by a ghost, but poor dead Ammie isn't the only unquiet spirit about. Who is, or was, the malevolent phantom?
    Anthony Doyle, Ammie's one-time lover
    Douglass Campbell, Ammie's father
    Bruce, Sara's boyfriend
    Mrs Jackson MacDougal, Pat's mother


4. Sara appears in "Ammie, Come Home", and her sister, Karen, plays a part in two novels called "Shattered Silk" and "Stitches in Time". Karen is known by that name in "Shattered Silk", but when Rachel, the protagonist of "Stitches in Time" meets her, she is using a different name. What was it, and why did she make the change?
    Kara, because she was possessed by a slave's spirit and changed her name in sympathy
    Kara, because she wanted to leave her frumpish Karen persona behind
    Verity, because it means 'truth', and she felt she now knew the truth about her sister
    She didn't change her name at all;Rachel made a mistake


5. In "Houses of Stone", Professor Karen Holloway is hot on the trail of a manuscript written by an obscure American writer. Karen's oddly named friend accompanies her on many of her trips. What is her name?
    Dr Margaret 'Peggy' Finneyfrock
    Lady Artemis Atlantis
    Professor Margaret 'Daisy' Billycorn
    Atalanta Manticore, QC


6. The pseudonymous author of the manuscript Karen Holloway is trying to acquire in "Houses of Stone" is finally revealed as an ancestor of the person who offered the book for sale. What pseudonym did the author use?
    Isabella
    Antigone
    Ismene
    Clara


7. Ellen March, protagonist of "Witch", was hopelessly in love. Who was her man and why did she think she couldn't marry him?
    He was Norman, her neighbour, and he hated cats;she loved them
    She didn't know his name, and he appeared to her in visions. She didn't know if he was real or not
    He was Tim, a young man who lived nearby. He was twenty years her junior
    He was Jack, her brother-in-law, and she thought she couldn't compete with her beautiful dead sister


8. In "Vanish With the Rose", Diana pretended to be an expert in which flowers to gain entry to Charles' and Emily's household?
    Miniature roses
    Heritage roses
    Hellebore, also known as Christmas roses
    Waterlilies


9. In "Vanish With the Rose", Diana had a special reason for wanting to spend time at Charles and Emily's house. What was it?
    She thought she was the heir to the house
    She was trying to discover the fate of her brother
    She was really a ghost hunter, and wanted to see if the rumours about the house were true
    She was in hiding because a murderer was after her


10. Who was the Barbara Michaels hero who wore far too many clothes and had a huge beard? He shaved it off and was nearly clobbered by his lady for his pains. She thought he was an intruder...
    Andy, from "Vanish With the Rose"
    Adam, from "Stitches in Time"
    Dave, from "Search the Shadows"
    Josef, from "The Walker in Shadows"


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