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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 Louise bring for Rachel's room?
(a) Clean linens.
(b) New curtains.
(c) Fresh flowers.
(d) A lady's toiletry set.

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

3. What does Philip see floating in the river after leaving Rainaldi's office?
(a) A basket filled with Ambrose's clothing.
(b) A dead dog.
(c) A dead man.
(d) A casket.

4. What did Rachel think Philip would be like before meeting him?
(a) Handsome and kind.
(b) Much older than he is.
(c) A spoiled boy.
(d) Not very intelligent.

5. Why does Philip think Louise is more perceptive than her father after he shares his suspicions about Rachel with Nick Kendall?
(a) Because Philip has always thought Louise to be very intelligent.
(b) Because Louise says her father's mind is starting to slip.
(c) Because Louise is a woman, so she would understand women better.
(d) Because Louise is his own age, and he thinks his godfather is getting old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick Kendall suggest Philip begin doing before Ambrose and Rachel return home in case they have a baby?

2. What occupation does Philip plan to take up to be like his cousin?

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

4. Where is Philip when Rachel arrives at the house?

5. How old is Don?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rachel do that impresses Philip while she and Philip are out riding the estate?

2. What reason does Rachel give in her letter for having taken all of Ambrose's possessions from the villa after he died?

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

4. What does Rainaldi tell Philip the doctors said was the cause of Ambrose's strange behavior before his death?

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

6. Why does Rainaldi think that Rachel will never return to Italy?

7. Why does Rachel say she felt strange when arriving at Philip's house?

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

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

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

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