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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ambrose use to teach Philip the alphabet?
(a) People in the Bible.
(b) The names of tenants.
(c) Animal names.
(d) Swear words.

2. How does Rachel describe a man's jealousy?
(a) Frightening.
(b) Like an adult's.
(c) Righteous.
(d) Like a child's.

3. Why does the woman who opens the gate of the villa not tell Philip about Ambrose?
(a) Her husband will not allow her to talk to Philip.
(b) She is deaf.
(c) She is afraid of Philip.
(d) She does not speak English.

4. How did Ambrose present Don to Philip when he was a child?
(a) In a box under the Christmas tree.
(b) By letting him pick a puppy from the litter.
(c) In a pie crust.
(d) By leaving the puppy in his bedroom so he would find it.

5. What strikes Philip as the only thing that is large about Rachel when he first meets her?
(a) Her eyes.
(b) Her nose.
(c) Her feet.
(d) Her hands.

6. What trait of Rachel's does Ambrose praise in his initial letters to Philip about her?
(a) She is good with children.
(b) She knows when to stop talking.
(c) She has lovely eyes.
(d) She swears like a sailor.

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

8. What does Rachel tell Philip he can do in her boudoir that surprises him?
(a) Curse.
(b) Smoke his pipe.
(c) Loosen his tie.
(d) Take off his shoes.

9. What does Philip do with Ambrose's letters after Rachel reads them?
(a) Tells her to keep them.
(b) Puts them back in his desk drawer.
(c) Throws them in the fire.
(d) Tears them up.

10. What was the name of the hanged man?
(a) Tom Jenkyn.
(b) John Thompson.
(c) Mr. Couch.
(d) Sam Bate.

11. What piece of information is Philip surprised to learn from Rainaldi concerning Ambrose's will?
(a) That Nick Kendall is Philip's guardian.
(b) That the estate is to be Philip's immediately.
(c) That the estate is to pass to Rachel.
(d) That Rachel is not included in the will.

12. What was the hanged man convicted of?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Robbing a bank.
(c) Killing his wife.
(d) Murdering his wife's lover.

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

14. What reason does Seecombe give for changing his mind about having a woman in the house?
(a) He believes it is time for Philip to get married now that he owns the estate.
(b) He thinks she might help them whip the shabby house into shape.
(c) He has started courting the new cook.
(d) Rachel is a widow and he feels sorry for her.

15. What does the servant at the villa tell Philip has been done with Ambrose's clothes?
(a) Rachel took them all.
(b) The were sold.
(c) They were burned.
(d) They were given to the poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ambrose bring back from his travels abroad?

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

3. What month is Philip's birthday in?

4. Why does Philip think Ambrose had a premonition about his death before he left the last time?

5. How old was Ambrose when Rachel met him?

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