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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip think was his ultimate undoing with Rachel?
(a) He was too generous with his money.
(b) He should have believed Nick Kendall's suspicions about her.
(c) He should have recognized her as a liar from the beginning.
(d) He was too much like Ambrose.

2. How does Philip feel when he learns that Ambrose and Rachel have decided to stay in Italy for the summer?
(a) Sad.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Angry.
(d) Jealous.

3. What trait of Rachel's does Ambrose praise in his initial letters to Philip about her?
(a) She swears like a sailor.
(b) She knows when to stop talking.
(c) She is good with children.
(d) She has lovely eyes.

4. Where did Philip go to university?
(a) Nottingham.
(b) Manchester.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Cambridge.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What city is Villa Sangalletti near?
(a) Florence.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rome.

9. What reason does Rachel give Seecombe for wanting breakfast in her room when she first arrives in England?
(a) She does not want to put the cook to any trouble.
(b) Ambrose used to say that women were not fit to see until after eleven.
(c) She does not care for Philip's company.
(d) She does not want to disturb Philip's routine.

10. What reason does Seecombe give for changing his mind about having a woman in the house?
(a) Rachel is a widow and he feels sorry for her.
(b) He believes it is time for Philip to get married now that he owns the estate.
(c) He thinks she might help them whip the shabby house into shape.
(d) He has started courting the new cook.

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

12. What room does Seecombe first suggest they put Rachel in during her visit?
(a) Aunt Phoebe's suite.
(b) Ambrose's old room.
(c) The blue room.
(d) The guest bedroom.

13. What item of Ambrose's did Rachel forget to take with her from the villa?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A hat.
(c) A pair of shoes.
(d) A walking stick.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After receiving Rachel's letter about coming to England, how does Philip ask his godfather to respond?

2. What was the name of the hanged man?

3. Why does the woman who opens the gate of the villa not tell Philip about Ambrose?

4. How does the servant at the villa describe Ambrose during his illness?

5. Why does Philip have to wait until he is 25 to take full control of the estate?

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