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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Rachel describe a man's jealousy?
(a) Like an adult's.
(b) Frightening.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Like a child's.

2. How old was Philip when he came to live with Ambrose?
(a) Three years.
(b) 18 months.
(c) Six years.
(d) Ten years.

3. What strikes Philip as the only thing that is large about Rachel when he first meets her?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her nose.

4. What does a woman with two children ask Philip for when he arrives in Italy?
(a) Food.
(b) Directions to Rachel's villa.
(c) Money.
(d) A ride to Florence.

5. What was the hanged man convicted of?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Killing his wife.
(c) Robbing a bank.
(d) Murdering his wife's lover.

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

7. Who suggests they might retire now that Ambrose is married?
(a) Mr. Couch.
(b) Seecombe.
(c) Nick Kendall.
(d) John.

8. Where is Philip when Rachel arrives at the house?
(a) Out walking.
(b) In the stables.
(c) In the library.
(d) In London.

9. How does the servant at the villa describe Ambrose during his illness?
(a) Violent.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Sad.
(d) Peaceful.

10. Why does Philip think Louise is more perceptive than her father after he shares his suspicions about Rachel with Nick Kendall?
(a) Because Philip has always thought Louise to be very intelligent.
(b) Because Louise is a woman, so she would understand women better.
(c) Because Louise says her father's mind is starting to slip.
(d) Because Louise is his own age, and he thinks his godfather is getting old.

11. Where is Ambrose buried?
(a) In the Catholic cemetery in London.
(b) In the estate's private cemetery.
(c) In the Protestant cemetery in Italy.
(d) In the villa's private cemetery.

12. Why does Philip have to wait until he is 25 to take full control of the estate?
(a) Because Ambrose's will does not allow him to have the will before that age unless he is married.
(b) Because the will is not read until after his 25th birthday.
(c) Because Ambrose specified that age in his will, believing men do not know their own minds until that age.
(d) Because the law does not allow men to own land until they are 25.

13. What concern does Louise have when she learns that Rachel will be coming to Philip's house?
(a) She worries that Rachel will try to steal Philip away from her.
(b) She worries that Philip's house is too unkempt.
(c) She worries that Rachel will not want Philip's dogs in the house.
(d) She worries that Rachel may try to poison Philip.

14. What does Rachel do on the steps that she proclaims as Philip's first?
(a) Gives him her embroidered handkerchief.
(b) Slaps his cheek.
(c) Kisses him.
(d) Offers to go on a date with him.

15. What month is Philip's birthday in?
(a) April.
(b) July.
(c) October.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rachel tell Philip he can do in her boudoir that surprises him?

3. How long does Rachel say she had originally planned to stay with Philip?

4. Why does Philip not help the men harvest the fields after Ambrose's death?

5. What does the servant at the villa tell Philip has been done with Ambrose's clothes?

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