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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?
(a) Seashells.
(b) Plants.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Foreign coins.

2. What did a young Philip do before walking away from the hanged man?
(a) Threw a stone at the dead man.
(b) Told Ambrose he would never marry, so he would never end up like the man.
(c) Took a picture of the dead man.
(d) Tucked a sprig of holly in the dead man's pocket.

3. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?
(a) Ambrose was drunk when he wrote the letter.
(b) Ambrose is trying to trick Philip.
(c) Ambrose did not write the letter.
(d) Ambrose has gone insane.

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

5. How old was Ambrose when Rachel met him?
(a) 56.
(b) 60,
(c) 43.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his letters to Philip, what symptom does Ambrose mention first?

2. Why does Philip think Louise is more perceptive than her father after he shares his suspicions about Rachel with Nick Kendall?

3. What trait of Rachel's does Ambrose praise in his initial letters to Philip about her?

4. In her letter to Philip, what reason does Rachel give for leaving Italy so suddenly after Ambrose's death?

5. What strikes Philip as the only thing that is large about Rachel when he first meets her?

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