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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the unexpected visitor that Frith announces?
(a) Jack Favell.
(b) Maxim's grandmother.
(c) The coroner.
(d) Rebecca's grandmother.

2. According to Mrs. Danvers, why should Mrs. de Winter kill herself?
(a) She'll go to Heaven where there are no troubles.
(b) Max will never return to her because he really loves Rebecca.
(c) Because Maxim does not love her, she's not happy and a misfit at Manderley.
(d) It will make Rebecca happy.

3. Why are the shops in Layton closed?
(a) The shopowners have all gone to the inquest.
(b) It is Sunday.
(c) As a mark of respect to Rebecca.
(d) It is early closing day.

4. Who announces the arrival of Maxim's car?
(a) Clarice.
(b) Frith.
(c) Mrs. Danvers.
(d) Robert.

5. What does the narrator not want her husband to know?
(a) That the nurse is not looking after his grandmother properly.
(b) That Beatrice endangered her life in the car.
(c) The way his grandmother behaved, wanting Rebecca.
(d) That she visited his grandmother.

6. For how long would Rebecca have her hair brushed?
(a) Thirty minutes.
(b) Fifteen minutes.
(c) Twenty minutes.
(d) Five minutes.

7. What does Beatrice suggest the narrator do in the morning?
(a) She should get up early and talk to Max.
(b) She should have a good lie-in, with breakfast in bed.
(c) She should apologize to Maxim.
(d) She should sack Mrs. Danvers.

8. What has tarnished the silver dresses?
(a) A bottle of furniture polish.
(b) Verdigris.
(c) The azalea scent, turned stale.
(d) Stale perfume of roses.

9. Who is Captain Searle?
(a) The captain of the foundered vessel.
(b) An army reservist and magistrate.
(c) The harbormaster at Kerrith.
(d) The diver.

10. How might Beatrice's driving be described?
(a) Sensible, driving always at an appropriate speed.
(b) Fast, but careful and relatively safe.
(c) Fast and skilful.
(d) Fast, dangerous, not seeming to notice the chaos she causes.

11. Why does Frank visit the vicar?
(a) To borrow his car.
(b) To confess what he knows about the murder.
(c) To arrange Rebecca's burial.
(d) To ask him for dinner.

12. How does Max feel about speaking to the press?
(a) He only wants to make prepared statements.
(b) He doesn't want to make any statements.
(c) He is worried he might antagonize them.
(d) He thinks he needs them on his side.

13. Who instructs Mrs. Danvers to lock Maxim and his wife in their room for the night?
(a) Mrs de Winter.
(b) Colonel Julyan.
(c) Maxim de Winter.
(d) Jack Favell.

14. What does the narrator realize about Frank?
(a) That he will betray Maxim.
(b) That he knows Maxim killed Rebecca.
(c) That he is in love with her.
(d) That he no longer believes in Maxim.

15. What is Mrs. Danvers doing as she tells Mrs. de Winter about the night Rebecca died?
(a) She is looking out the window at the sea below the house.
(b) She has hold of Mrs. de Winter's hands and is staring fiercely into her eyes.
(c) She has hold of Mrs. de Winter's arm to the extent of bruising it.
(d) She is pacing around the room like a mad thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Favell think will help Ben to remember him?

2. Where does the narrator stand to watch the drama of the grounded ship?

3. What flower does a guest suggest the narrator represents, in her blue dress?

4. How long ago did the narrator last use her dressing-case?

5. For the narrator, what is the dreadful ending to the evening?

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