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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Ambrose present Don to Philip when he was a child?
(a) By letting him pick a puppy from the litter.
(b) By leaving the puppy in his bedroom so he would find it.
(c) In a box under the Christmas tree.
(d) In a pie crust.

2. Why does Rachel describe Philip as the "despair of every mother?"
(a) He is a wealthy man, but he is unattractive.
(b) He is not interested in their daughters.
(c) He takes women on one date and never calls on them again.
(d) He has terrible manners.

3. Who does Rachel suggest might like to have Ambrose's old clothing?
(a) The servants.
(b) The poor.
(c) The tenants.
(d) Her servants at the villa.

4. What is Rachel doing when Philip goes to Pelyn to talk to his godfather about an allowance for her?
(a) Sitting in the library reading.
(b) Planting the trees and plants that were shipped from Italy.
(c) Visiting with tenants.
(d) Riding her horse.

5. What kind of lessons does Rachel want to teach?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Gardening.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Philip say are the only people who give lessons?

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

3. What does Philip think women perpetually think about?

4. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?

5. How does Rachel describe a man's jealousy?

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