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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip realize he forgot to do while he and Rachel are at church?
(a) He forgot to visit Louise as promised.
(b) He forgot to invite the Pascoes to dinner.
(c) He forgot to feed the dogs.
(d) He forgot to tell Tamlyn to move the laburnum trees.

2. What is Rainaldi's attitude toward Philip the entire time he stays at the estate?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Obedient.

3. What suspicion did Ambrose have about Rainaldi?
(a) Rainaldi has been stealing from Rachel.
(b) Rainaldi poisoned Ambrose.
(c) Rainaldi is in love with Rachel.
(d) Rainaldi is a bank robber.

4. What does Philip say he did as a child when he was in church?
(a) Listened attentively.
(b) Played marbles.
(c) Read.
(d) Slept.

5. What day does Philip intend to give Rachel the estate?
(a) Rachel's birthday.
(b) The anniversary of the founding of the estate.
(c) Christmas.
(d) His birthday.

6. Why does Philip think it is strange to have Rachel in church with him?
(a) Because he cannot remember the last woman to sit in his pew.
(b) Because he suspects people are wondering who she is.
(c) Because it makes him feel like he is married.
(d) Because he doesn't normally go to church.

7. What reason does Rachel give Philip for never inviting Rainaldi to the villa after Ambrose became ill?
(a) Ambrose believed she and Rainaldi were having an affair.
(b) She did not want Ambrose to figure out that Rainaldi was in love with her.
(c) She was afraid Rainaldi was poisoning Ambrose.
(d) Rainaldi was afraid of Ambrose's violent outbursts.

8. What does Philip do while he sits listening to Rachel talk about visitors just to see if it will bother her?
(a) Puts his muddy boots up on the stool.
(b) Pretends he is not listening.
(c) Asks her about the attractive women.
(d) Slurps his tea.

9. Who does Rachel suggest she will marry if she ever marries again?
(a) Rainaldi.
(b) Nick Kendall.
(c) Philip.
(d) Seecombe.

10. What is Philip relieved to see when he is out walking on the night Rainaldi visits?
(a) Rainaldi and Rachel arguing.
(b) There is a light on in Rachel's room and in Rainaldi's room, too.
(c) The stable hands readying a horse for Rainaldi to leave.
(d) The carriage returning to pick Rainaldi up.

11. What does a letter from Ambrose reveal about Rachel?
(a) She had been married twice before Ambrose.
(b) She had been pregnant with Ambrose's child and lost the baby.
(c) She had been a prostitute before Sangalletti married her.
(d) She is not related to Philip's family after all.

12. What does Rachel give Philip to tuck under his pillow as a joke on Seecombe?
(a) A hair ribbon.
(b) Her stocking.
(c) A hairpin.
(d) A lock of her hair.

13. What disorder does Ambrose compare Rachel's spending to?
(a) Obsessive compulsive disorder.
(b) Kleptomania.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Multiple personality disorder.

14. What is Philip reminded of when Rainaldi insults his pipe smoking?
(a) Don attacking a dog he disliked.
(b) Ambrose's letter.
(c) Rachel saying that Rainaldi was sometimes tactless.
(d) His godfather telling him he should not smoke.

15. What is wrong with Sam Bate?
(a) He has a brain tumor.
(b) He is paralyzed.
(c) He has a terrible cough.
(d) He has a broken leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philip go to the bank before Christmas?

2. What word best describes Philip's and Rachel's days during the winter months?

3. How does Rachel treat Philip when introducing him to Rainaldi?

4. How old was Rachel when her father died?

5. Who does Rachel suggest might like to have Ambrose's old clothing?

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