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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Don?
(a) He is hit by a carriage.
(b) He runs away from home.
(c) A slate from the roof falls on him and he dies.
(d) Rachel sells him.

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

3. What does Philip think women perpetually think about?
(a) Knitting.
(b) Social engagements.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Men.

4. What does Sam Bate give Philip?
(a) A puppy.
(b) His land.
(c) A pie.
(d) A letter.

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

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

7. Why is Philip upset about the arrival of his godfather's letter regarding Rachel's allowance?
(a) He is unhappy with the amount Nick Kendall agreed to.
(b) It was not supposed to arrive until the next day.
(c) He had tried to stop the letter from being delivered.
(d) It was supposed to arrive before he got home.

8. Why does Rachel describe Philip as the "despair of every mother?"
(a) He has terrible manners.
(b) He is a wealthy man, but he is unattractive.
(c) He takes women on one date and never calls on them again.
(d) He is not interested in their daughters.

9. What tradition does Philip decide to start up again in December?
(a) Christmas caroling.
(b) Gift giving.
(c) Taking dinner baskets to all of the tenants.
(d) The Christmas party for the tenants.

10. What belonging of Ambrose's does Rachel ask to keep?
(a) His walking stick.
(b) His wedding ring.
(c) His books on gardening.
(d) His hunting jacket.

11. Why does the food at the house get better while Rachel is there?
(a) Rachel cooks for Philip.
(b) The cook asks Rachel for her orders.
(c) Rachel begins doing the shopping.
(d) Seecombe begins doing the cooking.

12. As winter goes on, how does Philip feel about the prospect of seeing Rachel during the day?
(a) Confused.
(b) Excited.
(c) Annoyed.
(d) Lovesick.

13. What word best describes Philip's and Rachel's days during the winter months?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Busy.
(c) Dreary.
(d) Routine.

14. Who does Rachel suggest might like to have Ambrose's old clothing?
(a) The tenants.
(b) The poor.
(c) Her servants at the villa.
(d) The servants.

15. Why does Rachel think Philip wanted her to wear the pearl collar?
(a) Because she should have worn it to her wedding to Ambrose.
(b) Because he wanted to make his godfather angry.
(c) Because they were his mother's.
(d) Because he is in love with her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rachel doing when Philip goes to Pelyn to talk to his godfather about an allowance for her?

2. What stipulation did Ambrose include in his unsigned will that would give Philip the estate back from Rachel?

3. What does Rachel do with the pearl collar when she hears Philip and Nick Kendall arguing about it?

4. What is the relationship like between Philip and his godfather after Christmas?

5. What piece of information from Mr. Couch does Nick Kendall pass on to Philip after the Christmas party?

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