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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what is Rebecca's vase made?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Poker work.
(c) Alabaster.
(d) Ming china.

2. What sort of woman does the narrator crave to be?
(a) Witty and university educated.
(b) Thirty and more grown-up.
(c) Older and wiser like Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) Thirty-six years old and dressed in black satin and pearls.

3. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?
(a) A crooked house in a cobbled square.
(b) Prince Rainier driving with Princess Grace.
(c) A crooked white building.
(d) A ghostly figure in the sky.

4. What object is Robert suspected of stealing?
(a) A china cupid figurine.
(b) A small painting.
(c) An alabaster vase belonging to Rebecca.
(d) A statue of Neptune taming a seahorse.

5. How does Mrs Van Hopper misjudge the conversation with Maxim de Winter?
(a) She thinks Max was embarrassed by the narrator's behavior.
(b) She believes Max was flirting with the narrator.
(c) She thinks Max is falling for her.
(d) She believes Max thinks she is witty.

6. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?
(a) The hand of Rebecca.
(b) A cloud in front of the moon.
(c) The paw of a large dog.
(d) The trees moving in the wind.

7. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Gray.
(b) Pink.
(c) Black.
(d) Olive.

8. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?
(a) The pleasure of wearing Max's coat.
(b) Her new makeup.
(c) Getting away from Mrs Van Hopper.
(d) The pleasure of driving in the car with Max.

9. How do the de Winters travel from London to Manderley?
(a) They travel by car.
(b) They take a train from Euston.
(c) They travel by sailboat.
(d) They take the train from Victoria station.

10. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?
(a) It is on the seventh floor.
(b) It is on the third floor.
(c) It is on Level 148.
(d) It's on the second floor.

11. What does the narrator read in Frank Crawley's eyes?
(a) Recognition.
(b) Relief.
(c) Rejection.
(d) Regret.

12. In happier times, where did they take tea?
(a) On the beach.
(b) In the rose garden.
(c) Under the chestnut tree.
(d) In the boathouse.

13. Where is the narrator when Jack Favell discovers her?
(a) In the stone passageway.
(b) Behind the door to the morning room.
(c) Behind her study door.
(d) In the cottage.

14. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?
(a) In a postcard.
(b) She telephones Mrs Danvers.
(c) She telephones Maxim.
(d) In a letter.

15. How long after her drowning was Rebecca's body found?
(a) Two days.
(b) Two months.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?

2. Why does the narrator value boredom?

3. What does Frank tell the narrator about Ben?

4. What is Maxim's attitude to his past life?

5. What does the narrator believe to be inevitable in everyone's life?

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