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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?
(a) Ambrose has gone insane.
(b) Ambrose did not write the letter.
(c) Ambrose is trying to trick Philip.
(d) Ambrose was drunk when he wrote the letter.

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

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

4. What piece of information is Philip surprised to learn from Rainaldi concerning Ambrose's will?
(a) That the estate is to pass to Rachel.
(b) That the estate is to be Philip's immediately.
(c) That Nick Kendall is Philip's guardian.
(d) That Rachel is not included in the will.

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

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

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

8. What did a young Philip do before walking away from the hanged man?
(a) Threw a stone at the dead man.
(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) Tucked a sprig of holly in the dead man's pocket.

9. What is the weather like when Philip arrives in Italy?
(a) Sunny and humid.
(b) Rainy and cold.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Warm and breezy.

10. Where did Philip see a hanged man when he was just a boy?
(a) Florence, Italy.
(b) Rose and Crown Inn.
(c) Bodmin Fair.
(d) Four Turnings.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What item of Ambrose's does Rachel personally give to Philip?

2. What does Louise bring for Rachel's room?

3. What condition causes Ambrose to go abroad in the winters?

4. How old is Don?

5. In her letter to Philip, what reason does Rachel give for leaving Italy so suddenly after Ambrose's death?

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