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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color dress does the narrator eventually wear top the ball?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) White.

2. What did Rebecca think of her lovers?
(a) She thought they gave her kudos.
(b) She laughed at them.
(c) She adored them.
(d) She thought they were good providers.

3. How is the narrator's entrance to the ball announced?
(a) Via a drum roll.
(b) Frith calls for order and announces her.
(c) Some loud chords on a piano.
(d) Via a trumpet fanfare.

4. In what way does the narrator find Frank Crawley invaluable?
(a) He helps her with accounts.
(b) He helps her serve tea to the many visitors.
(c) He conducts an inspection of Happy Valley.
(d) He teaches her to ride.

5. Where does the narrator stand to watch the drama of the grounded ship?
(a) She goes to the end of the breakwater, then goes to the clifftop.
(b) She stays in the house and looks out the window.
(c) She stays on the clifftop.
(d) She stays on the beach.

6. In what area of London does Dr Baker live?
(a) Hampstead.
(b) Maida Vale in Central London.
(c) Barnet in North London.
(d) Palmers Green in North London.

7. What is Mr Tubb's opinion about the boat's sinking?
(a) He says part of the hull was sawn off.
(b) He says it was deliberately scuttled.
(c) He says Rebecca was unusually careless.
(d) He says someone tampered with the boat when it was moored.

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

9. What are Maxim's dominant feelings about his years with Rebecca?
(a) His awe at Rebecca's beauty and cleverness.
(b) The shame and degradation from living a lie.
(c) The shame of having to deceive his grandmother.
(d) Knowing other man could have what he couldn't have.

10. Who saw Rebecca leave the note at Favell's flat?
(a) A cab driver.
(b) A housemaid.
(c) Rebecca's chauffeur.
(d) The porter.

11. Why is a diver employed?
(a) To look for survivors.
(b) To inspect the damaged hull of the ship.
(c) To make a report on damage to the reef.
(d) To salvage items from the ship's safe.

12. What reason does Mrs Danvers give for her deception over the ball dress?
(a) She wanted revenge because she believes Mrs. de Winter told her husband of Jack Favell's visit.
(b) She thinks Mrs. de Winter is a weak fool and therefore fair game.
(c) She likes the feeling of power.
(d) She says it is something Rebecca would have done.

13. What is the narrator's first reaction to Maxim's confession that he killed Rebecca?
(a) Indifference.
(b) Hysteria.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Revulsion.

14. In what sort of mood is the narrator the morning after the fancy dress ball?
(a) She is angry and depressed.
(b) She is in despair.
(c) She is tired and nervous.
(d) She is exhausted.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The tenor of his conversation at lunch makes it clear that Maxim . . .

2. What was Rebecca's attitude to doctors?

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

4. Where is the narrator when she puts "out [her] hand and touche[s] the brushes"?

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

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