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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 Rainaldi's attitude toward Philip the entire time he stays at the estate?
(a) Friendly.
(b) Condescending.
(c) Obedient.
(d) Authoritarian.

2. What is Philip relieved to see when he is out walking on the night Rainaldi visits?
(a) The carriage returning to pick Rainaldi up.
(b) The stable hands readying a horse for Rainaldi to leave.
(c) There is a light on in Rachel's room and in Rainaldi's room, too.
(d) Rainaldi and Rachel arguing.

3. What disorder does Ambrose compare Rachel's spending to?
(a) Kleptomania.
(b) Obsessive compulsive disorder.
(c) Multiple personality disorder.
(d) Schizophrenia.

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

5. Where is Don buried?
(a) In the plantation.
(b) Under a laburnum tree.
(c) Near Ambrose's granite stone.
(d) In the pet cemetery near the kennels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philip think it is strange to have Rachel in church with him?

2. Why does Rachel describe Philip as the "despair of every mother?"

3. Who was the last person to wear the pearl collar before Philip gives it to Rachel?

4. What kind of lessons does Rachel want to teach?

5. What does Philip realize he forgot to do while he and Rachel are at church?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Philip ask Rachel what she would have done if Ambrose had left her the estate with Philip to look after it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Rachel say she asked Ambrose not to tell Philip about the baby she was pregnant with?

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