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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?
(a) At Palm Beach in Florida.
(b) In an imposing London bank building.
(c) On the cover of a magazine like Tatler.
(d) A fifteenth century walled city.

2. Who opens the car door for the narrator?
(a) Maxim.
(b) The butler.
(c) Mrs. Danvers.
(d) She opens it herself.

3. About what is the narrator especially knowledgeable?
(a) Vineyards.
(b) Breeding partridges.
(c) The history of Manderley.
(d) The English countryside.

4. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Olive.
(b) Black.
(c) Pink.
(d) Gray.

5. How does the narrator respond to Maxim's note?
(a) She is excited and hides the note from Mrs Van Hopper.
(b) She is shocked and destroys the note.
(c) She reads it but does not send a reply.
(d) She reads it and replies at once.

6. What is the narrator's attitude to the age-gap between herself and Maxim?
(a) She thinks it is a big barrier to their happiness.
(b) She thinks it will matter in the future.
(c) She thinks age doesn't mean anything in marriage.
(d) She thinks Maxim is more like a father as he is so much older.

7. In what way does the narrator disobey her husband?
(a) She puts Jasper on a leash.
(b) She takes off her raincoat.
(c) She lets the dog run away.
(d) She goes looking for the dog Jasper.

8. What fruit does the narrator anticipate being served at tea?
(a) Cranberries.
(b) Fresh raspberries.
(c) Apples.
(d) Strawberries and cream.

9. Why is the meal with Mrs Van Hopper eaten in silence?
(a) Mrs Van Hopper likes to concentrate on the food.
(b) Mrs Van Hopper is annoyed with Max de Winter.
(c) The narrator has nothing to say.
(d) Mrs Van Hopper is keeping silence for Lent.

10. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?
(a) He says his valet gossips.
(b) He says that he overpays his valet.
(c) He says he does not like travelling alone and the valet is company.
(d) He says he does not have a valet.

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

12. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?
(a) A frock.
(b) Slacks and a tunic top.
(c) Her flannel skirt.
(d) A skirt, twin set and pearls.

13. In what colors is the buoy painted?
(a) Orange and green.
(b) White and green.
(c) Red, white and blue.
(d) Orange and white.

14. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?
(a) Her ability to lie to Mrs Van Hopper.
(b) Her sophistication and dress sense.
(c) Her unspoiled youth.
(d) Her beautiful fingernails.

15. Whose things are in the boathouse?
(a) Jasper's.
(b) Ben's.
(c) Maxim's.
(d) Rebecca's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxim tell his wife about the east wing?

2. At the time the narrator bought the postcard, how much was her weekly pocket-money?

3. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

4. Overall, what does this description show the reader about Manderley?

5. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?

(see the answer keys)

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