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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator read in Frank Crawley's eyes?
(a) Rejection.
(b) Regret.
(c) Recognition.
(d) Relief.

2. For the narrator, what gives "a glow about [her] morning"?
(a) Her new makeup.
(b) The pleasure of wearing Max's coat.
(c) The pleasure of driving in the car with Max.
(d) Getting away from Mrs Van Hopper.

3. What did the narrator do with the pieces of the figurine?
(a) She put them in an envelope and hid them under her pillow.
(b) She put them in her underwear drawer.
(c) She put them in a container on her desk.
(d) She put them in an envelope which she hid in her desk.

4. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?
(a) Pigeons.
(b) Ducks.
(c) Swans.
(d) Guinea fowl.

5. How is Manderley's drive different from how the narrator imagined it?
(a) It seems neglected, needs resurfacing.
(b) There are no trees lining it.
(c) It is not wide and straight, but narrow and serpentine.
(d) The gravel is red, not white.

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

7. What lie about her morning activities does the narrator tell Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) She tells Mrs Van Hopper she went for a walk.
(b) She says she has been playing tennis with the professional.
(c) She says she has been playing golf with the professional.
(d) She says she went to the casino.

8. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) Beatrice Lacy.
(c) The wife of a bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(d) The bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.

9. How is the narrator reminded of an English spring?
(a) Through conversations with Maxim.
(b) Through old copies of the magazine Field.
(c) Through news of England on the radio.
(d) By looking through her photograph album.

10. What interesting sight does the narrator remember seeing in Monaco?
(a) A ghostly figure in the sky.
(b) Prince Rainier driving with Princess Grace.
(c) A crooked white building.
(d) A crooked house in a cobbled square.

11. Of what is Rebecca's vase made?
(a) Alabaster.
(b) Ming china.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Poker work.

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

13. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) Prettiness.
(b) A type of flower.
(c) Gaucho-influenced fashion.
(d) Clumsiness.

14. Jasper is what breed of dog?
(a) A corgi.
(b) A border collie.
(c) A King Charles spaniel.
(d) A cocker spaniel.

15. 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) A fifteenth century walled city.
(d) On the cover of a magazine like Tatler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of car does Jack Favell drive?

2. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?

3. What was the quality of Mrs Danvers' smile?

4. What does Maxim tell Mrs Van Hopper about his valet?

5. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

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