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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the leather book contain?
(a) A yearly menu plan.
(b) Detailed accounts.
(c) Details about guests at Manderley.
(d) Details about Rebecca's lovers.

2. Who is Jasper?
(a) A ferret.
(b) The narrator's cat.
(c) Maxim's dog.
(d) Rebecca's dog.

3. Where does Maxim propose to take the narrator for their honeymoon?
(a) Verona.
(b) Venice.
(c) Manderley.
(d) New York.

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

5. What enjoyable holiday does the bishop's wife mention?
(a) A trip on the Orient Express.
(b) A walking holiday in the Pennines.
(c) A holiday at Monte Carlo.
(d) A holiday in Australia.

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

7. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?
(a) She telephones Maxim.
(b) She telephones Mrs Danvers.
(c) In a letter.
(d) In a postcard.

8. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?
(a) He allows her to wear his coat.
(b) He allows/wants her to call him by his family's name for him: Maxim.
(c) He allows her to drive his car.
(d) He allows her to call him Max.

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

10. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?
(a) That little Nancy might have appendicitis.
(b) The difficulty of packing for the trip.
(c) Her realization that the narrator is happy in Europe.
(d) Her realizaton that the narrator isn't excited about going to New York.

11. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) Frith.
(c) A housemaid.
(d) A scullery maid.

12. In what condition is the sofa-bed in the boathouse?
(a) It is ripped open
(b) It is stained with blood.
(c) It has been reupholstered.
(d) It has been nibbled by mice and rats--not in good condition.

13. What does Frank think about the narrator?
(a) He thinks she is too young to manage Manderley.
(b) He thinks she is beautiful and shy.
(c) He thinks that she is fresh, young and sensible.
(d) He thinks she is inexperienced and arrogant.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?

2. What does Mrs. Danvers offer to do?

3. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

4. Which things are permanent, according to the narrator?

5. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?

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