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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the narrator, what is the result of Mrs Van Hopper's illness?
(a) She gets two weeks of freedom.
(b) She gets two weeks of boredom.
(c) She learns some valuable lessons from the trained nurse.
(d) She gets the sack.

2. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?
(a) He allows her to drive his car.
(b) He allows her to call him Max.
(c) He allows/wants her to call him by his family's name for him: Maxim.
(d) He allows her to wear his coat.

3. What color is the stone of which Manderley is built?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) Olive.

4. Why does the narrator value boredom?
(a) She doesn't value it at all and is restless.
(b) There'll be excitement later when she reads the cricket scores.
(c) It gives her time to write her novel.
(d) It is a pleasant antidote to fear.

5. In her former life, about what was the narrator sometimes worried?
(a) The waste of angel cake at Manderley.
(b) The poor quality of food at Manderley.
(c) The difficulty of getting good servants.
(d) The waste of food at Manderley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Max describe as being "invariably late for dinner"?

2. From what illness is Mrs Van Hopper suffering?

3. What does the leather book contain?

4. Who opens the car door for the narrator?

5. What is it that the narrator describes as like a dark hand?

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