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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Ambrose when Rachel met him?
(a) 43.
(b) 60,
(c) 32.
(d) 56.

3. What does Rachel joke that Aunt Phoebe died of?
(a) Shock on her wedding night.
(b) Food poisoning after eating her new husband's cooking.
(c) Boredom.
(d) A heart attack when she saw her wedding ring.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Where does the servant at the villa say that Ambrose liked to sit?
(a) In the kitchen of the villa.
(b) Near the fountain.
(c) In his room with the shutters closed.
(d) On a bench in the villa's private cemetery.

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

12. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?
(a) Plants.
(b) Foreign coins.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Dogs.

13. What does Philip see floating in the river after leaving Rainaldi's office?
(a) A dead dog.
(b) A casket.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A basket filled with Ambrose's clothing.

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

15. What did Rachel think Philip would be like before meeting him?
(a) Handsome and kind.
(b) Much older than he is.
(c) A spoiled boy.
(d) Not very intelligent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of information is Philip surprised to learn from Rainaldi concerning Ambrose's will?

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

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

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

5. Where did Philip go to university?

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