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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 Philip decide to do after Christmas?
(a) Repair the house.
(b) Purchase a fancy carriage for Rachel.
(c) Sell all of the family jewels.
(d) Sell the estate.

2. Who leaves packages beside each of the plates at the Christmas dinner?
(a) Nick Kendall.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Seecombe.
(d) Philip.

3. When Philip goes to talk to Rachel after having arranged for her allowance, what is he shocked to find her wearing?
(a) A necklace that had belonged to his mother.
(b) The pearl collar.
(c) A dressing gown.
(d) A mourning gown.

4. Why does Rachel tell Philip to marry Louise quickly after their first dinner with the Pascoes and Kendalls?
(a) Because Louise can be his hostess.
(b) Because Philip needs to be married before he takes control of the estate.
(c) Because Philip was flirting with one of the dinner guests.
(d) Because Louise is being courted by someone else.

5. What does a letter from Ambrose reveal about Rachel?
(a) She had been married twice before Ambrose.
(b) She had been a prostitute before Sangalletti married her.
(c) She is not related to Philip's family after all.
(d) She had been pregnant with Ambrose's child and lost the baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason does Philip give Nick Kendall for Rachel being unable to come and stay with him at Pelyn?

3. What is Philip relieved to see when he is out walking on the night Rainaldi visits?

4. What does Philip think women perpetually think about?

5. What is wrong with Sam Bate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rachel do that makes Philip tease her that she will become a midwife?

2. What makes Philip start commenting on the improvement in the foods that are served by his cook?

3. What excuse does Philip give for Rachel having overdrawn her account?

4. How does Philip say Ambrose dealt with things that hurt or shocked him?

5. Why did Ambrose compare Rachel's spending to kleptomania?

6. Why does Philip say that his dogs care less about him since Rachel came?

7. Why does Rainaldi call Philip a "young Solomon?" (157)

8. Why did Ambrose not punish Philip for bringing mice to church with him when he was a boy?

9. Nick Kendall tells Philip that people he knows were horrified to learn that Ambrose was marrying Rachel. Why were they horrified?

10. What does Philip find in his room after going to Pelyn to arrange for Rachel's allowance, and why does it delight him?

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