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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the relationship like between Philip and his godfather after Christmas?
(a) Loving.
(b) Closer.
(c) Non-existant.
(d) Cold.

5. When it rains steadily for three days, what does Seecombe say that Philip and Rachel should do?
(a) Clean the library.
(b) Go to London and go shopping.
(c) Go through Ambrose's belongings.
(d) Spend the day reading.

6. What does Rachel wear to church that Philip asks her to remove?
(a) Her wedding rings.
(b) An expensive looking brooch.
(c) A pearl collar.
(d) A veil.

7. How does Rachel treat Philip when introducing him to Rainaldi?
(a) Like a nervous girl introducing a boy to her father for the first time.
(b) Like he is no one important.
(c) Like he is her suitor.
(d) Like he is a sullen child.

8. Why did Sangalletti choose to marry Rachel instead of her mother?
(a) Because Rachel's mother died.
(b) Because Rachel's mother was not kind.
(c) Because Rachel was younger.
(d) Because Rachel's mother lost her looks.

9. Why does Rachel tell Philip to marry Louise quickly after their first dinner with the Pascoes and Kendalls?
(a) Because Louise is being courted by someone else.
(b) Because Louise can be his hostess.
(c) Because Philip needs to be married before he takes control of the estate.
(d) Because Philip was flirting with one of the dinner guests.

10. How does Philip say that widows support themselves, aside from remarrying?
(a) Become beggars.
(b) Work as maids.
(c) Live off their husband's money.
(d) Sell their rings.

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

12. What kind of lessons does Rachel want to teach?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English.
(c) Gardening.
(d) Italian.

13. Who was the last person to wear the pearl collar before Philip gives it to Rachel?
(a) Philip's mother.
(b) Ambrose's mother.
(c) Philip's nanny.
(d) Aunt Phoebe.

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

15. What marks Ambrose's favorite spot on the estate's lands?
(a) A pond.
(b) A granite stone.
(c) A stone wall.
(d) A large oak tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel give Philip for Christmas?

2. What does Rachel say happens on birthdays?

3. Who rides home from church with Philip after he and Rachel go for the first time?

4. Who does Philip say are the only people who give lessons?

5. Who does Rachel suggest she will marry if she ever marries again?

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