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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which family member does Vivian help look after?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Jo.
(c) Patricia.
(d) Sally.

2. Who is the chef at the Duke and Duchess's cottage?
(a) Sandra Coakley.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Julia Pepper.
(d) Malcolm Gladwell.

3. Who says Malcolm is a snob, as Malcolm tells it to Vivian?
(a) His daughter.
(b) His ex-wife.
(c) His sister.
(d) His nephew Miles.

4. What is the title of the new job Vivian is being promoted into?
(a) Director of Social Work.
(b) Director of Annual Giving.
(c) Patient Services Coordinator.
(d) Director of In-Patient Services.

5. In Chapter 4, what is the first thing the stable manager tells Vivian to do when she gets up on the horse?
(a) Take her shoes off.
(b) Chew some gum to help relax her.
(c) Loosen her grip on the reins.
(d) Pat the horse's ears.

6. What does Vivian think of the Duchess when she meets her in person for the first time?
(a) She is rude and superior.
(b) She is smaller in person, pretty, and very friendly and warm.
(c) She is business-like and efficient, and not very interested in chatting with guests.
(d) She is polite but brisk.

7. In Chapter 5, what invitation does Vivian extend to Malcolm?
(a) She invites him to her granddaughter's christening.
(b) She invites him to Christmas Eve dinner.
(c) She invites him to visit her in California.
(d) She invites him to lunch with her and Maddie that day.

8. Who leaves Vivian a note the first morning she wakes up at the Duchess's cottage?
(a) Malcolm.
(b) Maddie.
(c) Jo.
(d) James.

9. What question regarding race does Vivian ask the Queen's private secretary?
(a) Whether he is able to advocate for racial equality issues in his role.
(b) Whether his family is happy he is working for the Queen given the royal family's history of slave-trading.
(c) Whether other black people work for the queen besides him.
(d) Whether black staff members get paid the same as white staff members.

10. In Chapter 5, what does Malcolm ask Vivian to do with him on the spur of the moment?
(a) Go to London with him for just the day.
(b) Go to lunch with him at a pub in town.
(c) Go snorkeling with him.
(d) Go to meet the Prime Minister.

11. Where is Malcolm's nephew set to go to college the following year?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Yale.

12. What is Vivian about to ask Malcolm when they run into the Queen unexpectedly?
(a) If he likes the Queen.
(b) If his mother is still alive.
(c) If he has children.
(d) Whether he is married.

13. In Chapter 5, what does Malcolm do after he stops the car on their way back to Sandringham?
(a) Kiss Vivian.
(b) Tell Vivian he can never see her again.
(c) Give Vivian a key to his house.
(d) Tighten Vivian's seatbelt.

14. In Chapter 4, what does Malcolm tell Vivian the monarchy offers in times of political turmoil?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Peace.
(c) Money.
(d) Permanence.

15. In Chapter 5, what does Vivian order at lunch with Malcolm?
(a) Chicken pot pie.
(b) Fish and chips.
(c) Shepherd's pie.
(d) Bubble and squeak.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, what was the only reason Vivian had hesitated to ask Malcolm to Christmas Eve dinner at Sycamore Cottage?

2. What does Vivian have for breakfast her first morning at the Duchess's cottage?

3. What male member of the British royal family's staff is in the kitchen of the Duchess's cottage when Vivian arrives there for breakfast her first morning staying there?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Malcolm tell Vivian about his history with riding horses?

5. What city is the hospital Vivian works at located in?

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