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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What excuse does the narrator give to Mrs. Danvers?
(a) She says she has lost her way.
(b) She says she is looking for a book.
(c) She says she has lost her key.
(d) She says she has a headache.

2. How long after her drowning was Rebecca's body found?
(a) Two months.
(b) Six months.
(c) Two days.
(d) Two weeks.

3. What did the narrator wear on her visit to the bishop's wife?
(a) Slacks and a tunic top.
(b) Her flannel skirt.
(c) A frock.
(d) A skirt, twin set and pearls.

4. In what way does the narrator disobey her husband?
(a) She lets the dog run away.
(b) She goes looking for the dog Jasper.
(c) She puts Jasper on a leash.
(d) She takes off her raincoat.

5. What quality of the narrator's does Maxim de Winter value?
(a) Her unspoiled youth.
(b) Her ability to lie to Mrs Van Hopper.
(c) Her beautiful fingernails.
(d) Her sophistication and dress sense.

6. As she flees into the interior of the house, who does the narrator encounter in the passageway?
(a) Mrs. Danvers.
(b) A scullery maid.
(c) Frith.
(d) A housemaid.

7. To what does the word "gaucherie" refer?
(a) Gaucho-influenced fashion.
(b) Prettiness.
(c) Clumsiness.
(d) A type of flower.

8. What sort of car does Jack Favell drive?
(a) A red sports car.
(b) A green sports car.
(c) A Daimler.
(d) A Morris estate car.

9. In her dream of Manderley, the narrator stands . . .
(a) At the door of the boatshed.
(b) By a wooden gate leading to the drive.
(c) At the window of Rebecca's room.
(d) By an iron gate leading to the drive.

10. Which things are permanent, according to the narrator?
(a) The bare little hotel bedroom and the dream.
(b) Manderley and Rebecca.
(c) The brown lilac and the Happy Valley.
(d) Fear and suffering.

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

12. How far away do Beatrice and Giles live?
(a) Two hundred miles away.
(b) Forty miles away.
(c) Fifteen miles away.
(d) Fifty miles away.

13. In what setting does the narrator think Max de Winter belongs?
(a) On the cover of a magazine like Tatler.
(b) At Palm Beach in Florida.
(c) A fifteenth century walled city.
(d) In an imposing London bank building.

14. Which birds remind the narrator of Manderley?
(a) Swans.
(b) Guinea fowl.
(c) Pigeons.
(d) Ducks.

15. Who first suggests the revival of the Manderley Fancy Dress ball?
(a) Beatrice Lacy.
(b) The wife of a bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.
(c) Mrs. Danvers.
(d) The bishop in a neighboring cathedral town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs Van Hopper ask the narrator to fetch from her room?

2. Which of these statements is true of Mrs Van Hopper?

3. Why does the narrator think "ripping" is a poor word to describe her two weeks in Maxim's company?

4. What special privilege does Max extend to the narrator?

5. Who is responsible for attending to the narrator's letters?

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