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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What fault in Mrs Van Hopper changes the narrator's destiny?
(a) Her loud voice.
(b) Her snobbishness.
(c) Her greediness.
(d) Her terrible taste in shoes.

4. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?
(a) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(b) She avoids using slang words at all times.
(c) It's a shallow expression that doesn't convey the depth of happiness she has experienced.
(d) Her late father didn't like that expression.

5. What sort of car does Jack Favell drive?
(a) A green sports car.
(b) A Morris estate car.
(c) A red sports car.
(d) A Daimler.

6. What is an appropriate word to use for the dream picture of Manderley's grounds and garden?
(a) Grotesque.
(b) Placid.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Exciting.

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

8. On what floor of the hotel building is Max's suite?
(a) It's on the second floor.
(b) It is on the third floor.
(c) It is on Level 148.
(d) It is on the seventh floor.

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

10. Why does the narrator feel comfortable with her maid Clarice?
(a) She is experienced in service and very helpful.
(b) She is a friendly, outgoing girl.
(c) She has never been in service before and has no alarming standards.
(d) They are the same age.

11. What does Mrs Van Hopper think the narrator will like about New York?
(a) The shopping in Bloomingdale's.
(b) There will be boys and jazz clubs.
(c) Friends, the theatre and Central Park in June.
(d) There will be boys, excitement and her own set of friends.

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

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

14. What does Maxim tell his wife about the east wing?
(a) It is a good place to raise a family.
(b) It is more cheerful and has a lovely view of the rose garden.
(c) It is pleasant and has a good view of the shrubbery.
(d) It is haunted and he never goes there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?

2. What excuse does the narrator give to Mrs. Danvers?

3. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?

4. How does Beatrice announce that she will be coming to lunch?

5. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?

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