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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Philip say that the people at church may suspect of Italians?
(a) They may be black.
(b) They may have spotted skin.
(c) They may all be ugly.
(d) They may all look like the Mona Lisa.

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

3. What expensive household item does Rachel give Philip as a gift?
(a) A chandelier for the dining room.
(b) A chaise lounge for his library.
(c) A silver tea service.
(d) Coverings for the blue room.

4. What does Rachel do with the pearl collar when she hears Philip and Nick Kendall arguing about it?
(a) Refuses to return it.
(b) Gives it back.
(c) Leaves it on the dining room table.
(d) Throws it across the room.

5. Who is angry about Rachel wearing the pearl collar?
(a) Nick Kendall.
(b) Louise.
(c) Seecombe.
(d) Philip.

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

7. What piece of information from Mr. Couch does Nick Kendall pass on to Philip after the Christmas party?
(a) Rachel's account is overdrawn.
(b) Rainaldi has sent a substantial amount of money to Rachel.
(c) Rachel has asked for an increase in her allowance.
(d) The estate is bankrupt.

8. How old was Rachel when her father died?
(a) 16.
(b) 4.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

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

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

11. What does Rainaldi tell Philip he sold for Rachel before coming to visit her?
(a) Her wedding rings.
(b) A painting.
(c) A parcel of land.
(d) The villa.

12. What does Philip warn Rachel of before they go to church together for the first time?
(a) That Louise will be angry at him for coming to church with another woman.
(b) That people will be staring at her.
(c) That they will have to sit with the vicar's wife.
(d) That the vicar is a terrible bore.

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

14. Why does Philip go to the bank before Christmas?
(a) To arrange to increase Rachel's allowance.
(b) To sell a piece of land.
(c) To revoke Rachel's allowance.
(d) To choose a piece of jewelry to give to Rachel.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What day does Philip intend to give Rachel the estate?

3. Why does Rachel think Philip wanted her to wear the pearl collar?

4. What does a letter from Ambrose reveal about Rachel?

5. What surprises Seecombe about Rachel's request to take a bath?

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