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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "frightful word of six letters" to which the narrator refers?
(a) Mauler.
(b) Murder.
(c) Mother.
(d) Merkin.

2. What can moonlight do, according to the narrator?
(a) Moonlight can scare you.
(b) Moonlight can reveal secrets.
(c) Moonlight can make you feel romantic.
(d) Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy.

3. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?
(a) It's a shallow expression that doesn't convey the depth of happiness she has experienced.
(b) It's a word that is not grown-up enough for her.
(c) She avoids using slang words at all times.
(d) Her late father didn't like that expression.

4. What does the narrator not want her husband to know?
(a) That Beatrice endangered her life in the car.
(b) That she visited his grandmother.
(c) The way his grandmother behaved, wanting Rebecca.
(d) That the nurse is not looking after his grandmother properly.

5. What shocks does Maxim claim to have suffered?
(a) The shock of seeing his new wife in Rebecca's dress.
(b) The discovery of the boat and the discovery of the body.
(c) Learning he'd made a mistake in identificaton and finding out the boat was sunk on purpose.
(d) His mistaken identification and his sister's illness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people from the ship are drowned?

2. What fruit does the narrator anticipate being served at tea?

3. What annoys and astonishes Mrs Van Hopper?

4. How does the narrator feel about playing bridge?

5. Why are the shops in Layton closed?

(see the answer key)

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