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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers are in the morning room's vases?
(a) Pansies and clematis.
(b) Rhododendrons.
(c) Lilacs.
(d) Roses.

2. What does Mrs Van Hopper ask the narrator to fetch from her room?
(a) A letter from her daughter.
(b) A letter from her nephew.
(c) Her gloves.
(d) The train timetable.

3. What sort of woman does the narrator crave to be?
(a) Witty and university educated.
(b) Older and wiser like Mrs Van Hopper.
(c) Thirty and more grown-up.
(d) Thirty-six years old and dressed in black satin and pearls.

4. Why does the narrator value boredom?
(a) There'll be excitement later when she reads the cricket scores.
(b) She doesn't value it at all and is restless.
(c) It is a pleasant antidote to fear.
(d) It gives her time to write her novel.

5. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?
(a) The waste of angel cake at Manderley.
(b) The difficulty of getting good servants.
(c) The waste of food at Manderley.
(d) The poor quality of food at Manderley.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?

2. With what does Mrs Van Hopper compare Manderley?

3. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

4. What fruit does the narrator anticipate being served at tea?

5. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?

(see the answer key)

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