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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip do with Ambrose's letters after Rachel reads them?
(a) Tells her to keep them.
(b) Tears them up.
(c) Throws them in the fire.
(d) Puts them back in his desk drawer.

2. What reason does Rachel give Seecombe for wanting breakfast in her room when she first arrives in England?
(a) She does not care for Philip's company.
(b) She does not want to put the cook to any trouble.
(c) She does not want to disturb Philip's routine.
(d) Ambrose used to say that women were not fit to see until after eleven.

3. When Philip goes to talk to Rachel after having arranged for her allowance, what is he shocked to find her wearing?
(a) A necklace that had belonged to his mother.
(b) A mourning gown.
(c) The pearl collar.
(d) A dressing gown.

4. What reason does Seecombe give for changing his mind about having a woman in the house?
(a) Rachel is a widow and he feels sorry for her.
(b) He believes it is time for Philip to get married now that he owns the estate.
(c) He has started courting the new cook.
(d) He thinks she might help them whip the shabby house into shape.

5. What does Philip see floating in the river after leaving Rainaldi's office?
(a) A dead man.
(b) A casket.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) A basket filled with Ambrose's clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition causes Ambrose to go abroad in the winters?

2. Why does Philip think Ambrose had a premonition about his death before he left the last time?

3. What expensive household item does Rachel give Philip as a gift?

4. What does Philip say he did as a child when he was in church?

5. Why did Ambrose dismiss Philip's nurse when he was a child?

(see the answer key)

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