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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rachel tell Philip he can do in her boudoir that surprises him?
(a) Take off his shoes.
(b) Smoke his pipe.
(c) Curse.
(d) Loosen his tie.

2. How does the servant at the villa describe Ambrose during his illness?
(a) Violent.
(b) Sad.
(c) Resigned.
(d) Peaceful.

3. What does Rachel's letter say she plans to do with Ambrose's belongings?
(a) Give them to the poor.
(b) Bring them to Philip.
(c) Sell them.
(d) Leave them at the villa.

4. Why does the woman who opens the gate of the villa not tell Philip about Ambrose?
(a) She is afraid of Philip.
(b) She does not speak English.
(c) She is deaf.
(d) Her husband will not allow her to talk to Philip.

5. What item of Ambrose's did Rachel forget to take with her from the villa?
(a) A hat.
(b) A pair of shoes.
(c) A walking stick.
(d) A Bible.

Short Answer Questions

1. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?

2. What message does Philip ask Rainaldi to give Rachel before he leaves Italy?

3. What reason does Rainaldi give Philip for his not having been told about Ambrose's illness?

4. How does Philip feel when he learns that Ambrose and Rachel have decided to stay in Italy for the summer?

5. What trait of Rachel's does Ambrose praise in his initial letters to Philip about her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Philip raised by Ambrose?

2. Why did Ambrose start travelling during the winter months?

3. What does Philip intend to do when Rachel comes to see him?

4. Why does Ambrose tell Philip that Tom Jenkyn had no excuse for killing his wife?

5. Why was Rachel jealous of Philip when Ambrose was alive?

6. Why do the servants address Philip differently when he returns home from Italy?

7. What makes Philip think that Ambrose may have had a premonition of his death?

8. Why does Philip think Rainaldi looked shocked when they first met?

9. Why does Philip feel ashamed of his feelings when Ambrose wrote to say he was engaged?

10. What does the servant at the villa tell Philip was Ambrose's and Rachel's normal routine in the summer?

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