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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like when Philip arrives in Italy?
(a) Warm and breezy.
(b) Rainy and cold.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Sunny and humid.

2. What message does Philip ask Rainaldi to give Rachel before he leaves Italy?
(a) That he believes she killed Ambrose.
(b) That he never wants to see her.
(c) That he was in Italy and saw where Ambrose died.
(d) That she is to come to England immediately.

3. What excuse does Rainaldi give Philip for Ambrose's accusations against Rachel in the last letter Philip received?
(a) Ambrose was delusional.
(b) Ambrose and Rachel had been having a normal marital quarrel.
(c) Ambrose used the word "torment" because he was tormented by the thought of leaving Rachel alone.
(d) Ambrose believed Rachel was going to leave him.

4. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Foreign coins.
(c) Seashells.
(d) Plants.

5. Why does Philip not want to see Ambrose's grave?
(a) He does not believe Ambrose's spirit is there.
(b) He is afraid he will run into Rachel there.
(c) He does not like the words that Rainaldi had printed on the headstone.
(d) Ambrose had wanted to be cremated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rachel do on the steps that she proclaims as Philip's first?

2. What month is Philip's birthday in?

3. How does Philip feel when he learns that Ambrose and Rachel have decided to stay in Italy for the summer?

4. What room does Seecombe first suggest they put Rachel in during her visit?

5. What alternative to a brain tumor does Nick Kendall suggest to explain Ambrose's incoherent letter?

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