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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 is the feeling at Philip's house on the day of Rachel's arrival?
(a) A feeling of unrest.
(b) A feeling of impending doom.
(c) A feeling of joy.
(d) A feeling of excitement.

2. How does Rachel describe a man's jealousy?
(a) Righteous.
(b) Like an adult's.
(c) Like a child's.
(d) Frightening.

3. What condition causes Ambrose to go abroad in the winters?
(a) Rheumatism.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Malaria.

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

5. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?
(a) Ambrose is trying to trick Philip.
(b) Ambrose has gone insane.
(c) Ambrose was drunk when he wrote the letter.
(d) Ambrose did not write the letter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concern does Louise have when she learns that Rachel will be coming to Philip's house?

2. What did a young Philip do before walking away from the hanged man?

3. How old was Ambrose when Rachel met him?

4. What was the hanged man convicted of?

5. Who suggests they might retire now that Ambrose is married?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Rachel wear only one color of gown?

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

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

4. Why was Philip raised by Ambrose?

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

6. What reason does Philip give Rachel for not hating her now that he has met her?

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

8. Why does Nick Kendall think it was wrong for Ambrose to have brought Philip up without women in his life?

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

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

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