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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick Kendall suggest Philip begin doing before Ambrose and Rachel return home in case they have a baby?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Look for a property of his own.
(c) Ensure Ambrose does not write him out of the will.
(d) Clean the nursery.

2. What occupation does Philip plan to take up to be like his cousin?
(a) Banker.
(b) Member of Parliament.
(c) Justice of the Peace.
(d) School Teacher.

3. After Philip and Rachel talk about his visit to Italy, why does he tell Rachel to go upstairs?
(a) Because he wants her to pack her things and leave.
(b) Because she is crying and he has never seen a woman cry.
(c) Because she looks exhausted.
(d) Because he is angry at her and is afraid he will say something he should not.

4. What is the name of the horse that Rachel rides?
(a) Wellington.
(b) Don.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Gypsy.

5. How old is Don?
(a) 3.
(b) 18.
(c) 14.
(d) 7.

6. What does the servant at the villa tell Philip has been done with Ambrose's clothes?
(a) Rachel took them all.
(b) They were given to the poor.
(c) The were sold.
(d) They were burned.

7. How does Philip feel when he realizes he now owns the estate?
(a) Proud.
(b) Ill-prepared.
(c) Worried.
(d) Sad.

8. What was the name of the hanged man?
(a) Mr. Couch.
(b) Sam Bate.
(c) John Thompson.
(d) Tom Jenkyn.

9. Before meeting her, why does Louise suspect that Rachel will be very quick-tempered?
(a) Because she is a woman.
(b) Because Rachel is Italian.
(c) Because Ambrose's letters implied she fought with him often.
(d) Because only a woman with a temper could have put up with Ambrose.

10. After receiving Rachel's letter about coming to England, how does Philip ask his godfather to respond?
(a) To tell Rachel he was in Italy and that she can visit him at his house.
(b) To tell Rachel that Philip knows nothing of Ambrose's death.
(c) To tell Rachel that he knows what she did to Ambrose and that she is not welcome at the estate.
(d) Not to tell Rachel that he was in Italy and that she cannot come to his house.

11. What does Louise bring for Rachel's room?
(a) A lady's toiletry set.
(b) Clean linens.
(c) Fresh flowers.
(d) New curtains.

12. What did Ambrose use to teach Philip the alphabet?
(a) The names of tenants.
(b) Animal names.
(c) People in the Bible.
(d) Swear words.

13. Why does the woman who opens the gate of the villa not tell Philip about Ambrose?
(a) She does not speak English.
(b) Her husband will not allow her to talk to Philip.
(c) She is afraid of Philip.
(d) She is deaf.

14. On the morning Philip and Rachel are to go riding, where does Philip find Rachel?
(a) Resting in her bedroom.
(b) At Nick Kendall's house.
(c) At church.
(d) In the gardens with Tamlyn.

15. What does Rachel's letter say she plans to do with Ambrose's belongings?
(a) Give them to the poor.
(b) Sell them.
(c) Bring them to Philip.
(d) Leave them at the villa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What month is it when Philip decides to go to Italy to see Ambrose?

2. How do the servants address Philip after Ambrose's death?

3. What does Rachel do on the steps that she proclaims as Philip's first?

4. Where is Ambrose buried?

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

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