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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Philip think happened to the money from Rachel's first marriage?
(a) Rachel spent it all.
(b) Rainaldi swindled her out of it.
(c) Her first husband did not have any money to leave her.
(d) It all went to pay her first husband's debts.

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

7. 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 is not related to Philip's family after all.
(d) She had been a prostitute before Sangalletti married her.

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

9. What does Philip ask Rachel to see that he learned about in a letter from Ambrose?
(a) A photograph of Rachel's and Ambrose's wedding.
(b) An old family Bible.
(c) An unsigned will.
(d) A locket with a picture of Philip's mother.

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

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

12. How old was Philip when he received Don?
(a) 15.
(b) 10.
(c) 20.
(d) 19.

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

15. What reason does Philip give Rachel for why she cannot give lessons?
(a) She is not smart enough.
(b) She has responsibilities to the estate and will not have time.
(c) It would reflect poorly on Ambrose.
(d) She is too young.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rachel say the allowance she is given makes her feel?

2. Which of the following clauses does the attorney suggest that Philip add to the document giving Rachel the estate?

3. When Philip goes to talk to Rachel after having arranged for her allowance, what is he shocked to find her wearing?

4. What marks Ambrose's favorite spot on the estate's lands?

5. What does Philip say he did as a child when he was in church?

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