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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ambrose dismiss Philip's nurse when he was a child?
(a) She hit Philip with a hairbrush.
(b) She taught Philip how to curse.
(c) She smelled like onions.
(d) She talked too much.

2. What disorder does Ambrose compare Rachel's spending to?
(a) Multiple personality disorder.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Obsessive compulsive disorder.
(d) Kleptomania.

3. In his letters to Philip, what symptom does Ambrose mention first?
(a) Fevers.
(b) Blindness.
(c) Blackouts.
(d) Headaches.

4. Who tells the servants and tenants about Ambrose's death?
(a) Rainaldi.
(b) Philip.
(c) Nick Kendall.
(d) Rachel.

5. What surprises Seecombe about Rachel's request to take a bath?
(a) He did not think Italians bathed.
(b) She requested that he send for a woman to help her.
(c) She carried her own water to the tub.
(d) She refused any help to wash her hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Rachel describe Philip as the "despair of every mother?"

2. As winter goes on, how does Philip feel about the prospect of seeing Rachel during the day?

3. What is Philip surprised to realize Rachel does not know when they are out riding?

4. Where is Philip when Rachel arrives at the house?

5. What reason does Rachel give Seecombe for wanting breakfast in her room when she first arrives in England?

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