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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Coroner say about Mr Tubb's workmanship?
(a) He says it is excellent and he would like him to work on his wife's boat.
(b) He says it is irrelevant.
(c) He says it is excellent and was not to blame for the accident.
(d) He condemns it as being responsible for the accident.

3. For the narrator, what is the dreadful ending to the evening?
(a) Mrs. Danvers laughs at her.
(b) Max is weeping for Rebecca.
(c) Max does not come to bed.
(d) Mrs. Danvers and Max laugh at her.

4. What flower does a guest suggest the narrator represents, in her blue dress?
(a) A cornflower.
(b) An iris.
(c) A forget-me-not.
(d) Morning glory vine.

5. What is the name of the game the narrator feels is being played with Mrs. Danvers?
(a) Old Bailey.
(b) Old Witch.
(c) Witchery.
(d) Spicks and Soecks.

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

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

8. What is Beatrice's theory about the holes in Rebecca's boat?
(a) She thinks Maxim was responsible.
(b) She thinks Ben probably did it.
(c) She doesn't believe there were any holes in the boat.
(d) She thinks Communists were responsible.

9. 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.

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

11. What does Rebecca imply during her final confrontation with Maxim?
(a) That she is pregnant with another man's child.
(b) That Maxim is impotent.
(c) That she is pregnant with Maxim's child.
(d) That Maxim won't divorce her because she is pregnant.

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

13. Why does Colonel Julyan not think it would help to write to the doctor about Rebecca's consultation?
(a) He would not give out confidential patient information in that manner.
(b) There is a postal strike.
(c) The doctor probably doesn't have the medical records, as he has retired.
(d) The doctor has moved house and might not receive the letter.

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

15. What is Colonel Julyan's hope concerning Jack Favell?
(a) That he will remember to bring Rebecca's note.
(b) That he will wake up to himself.
(c) That he has overslept.
(d) That he will be run over by a bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does she believe about her relationship with Maxim?

2. Why does the narrator tell Frank Crawley that Maxim did not come to bed?

3. Who is the unexpected visitor that Frith announces?

4. What was Rebecca's attitude to doctors?

5. What is the narrator's first reaction to Maxim's confession that he killed Rebecca?

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