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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Philip give Rachel for why she cannot give lessons?
(a) She has responsibilities to the estate and will not have time.
(b) She is too young.
(c) It would reflect poorly on Ambrose.
(d) She is not smart enough.

2. What does Philip see floating in the river after leaving Rainaldi's office?
(a) A casket.
(b) A basket filled with Ambrose's clothing.
(c) A dead dog.
(d) A dead man.

3. Why does Philip not help the men harvest the fields after Ambrose's death?
(a) He will no longer be paid for the work because he owns the land.
(b) He has never helped them before, so there is no reason to start now.
(c) Ambrose is not there to order him to help.
(d) He realizes the men would think it is not right since he is now the estate's owner.

4. Who rides home from church with Philip after he and Rachel go for the first time?
(a) Louise.
(b) Nick Kendall.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Mary Pascoe.

5. Why does Philip have to wait until he is 25 to take full control of the estate?
(a) Because Ambrose specified that age in his will, believing men do not know their own minds until that age.
(b) Because Ambrose's will does not allow him to have the will before that age unless he is married.
(c) Because the law does not allow men to own land until they are 25.
(d) Because the will is not read until after his 25th birthday.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells the servants and tenants about Ambrose's death?

2. Why does Rachel think Philip wanted her to wear the pearl collar?

3. Where is Ambrose buried?

4. What does Philip say that the people at church may suspect of Italians?

5. Where did Philip see a hanged man when he was just a boy?

(see the answer key)

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