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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the narrator when she puts "out [her] hand and touche[s] the brushes"?
(a) In Rebecca's room in the west wing.
(b) In Mrs. Danvers' room.
(c) In the garage where paints are stored.
(d) In an art studio where Rebecca once worked.

2. What does Frank consider to be a universal instinct?
(a) To dress up in some sort of disguise.
(b) To kill enemies.
(c) To dress up and get drunk at parties.
(d) To disguise intentions if feeling threatened.

3. Where does the narrator stand to watch the drama of the grounded ship?
(a) She stays on the clifftop.
(b) She stays on the beach.
(c) She goes to the end of the breakwater, then goes to the clifftop.
(d) She stays in the house and looks out the window.

4. According to Mrs. Danvers, why should Mrs. de Winter kill herself?
(a) She'll go to Heaven where there are no troubles.
(b) It will make Rebecca happy.
(c) Max will never return to her because he really loves Rebecca.
(d) Because Maxim does not love her, she's not happy and a misfit at Manderley.

5. Who saw Rebecca leave the note at Favell's flat?
(a) Rebecca's chauffeur.
(b) A housemaid.
(c) A cab driver.
(d) The porter.

6. Why are the shops in Layton closed?
(a) It is Sunday.
(b) As a mark of respect to Rebecca.
(c) The shopowners have all gone to the inquest.
(d) It is early closing day.

7. What does the narrator's dream suggest?
(a) That she would like to be Rebecca.
(b) That she likes walking in the forest.
(c) That she is insecure about Maxim's feelings for her.
(d) That she is spooked by Mrs. Danvers.

8. What does Maxim's Gran believe are the three most important qualities in a wife?
(a) Breeding, bearing and beauty,
(b) Archness, aristocracy and acumen.
(c) Breeding, brains and beauty.
(d) Fertility, feistiness and fearlessness.

9. Who instructs Mrs. Danvers to lock Maxim and his wife in their room for the night?
(a) Colonel Julyan.
(b) Maxim de Winter.
(c) Jack Favell.
(d) Mrs de Winter.

10. What does Dr Baker reveal?
(a) That Rebecca needed an operation for a malformed uterus.
(b) That Rebecca had terminal cancer.
(c) That Rebecca was pregnant.
(d) That Rebecca had a serious heart condition.

11. What are the qualities the narrator believes a person must have to be well-bred?
(a) An aristocratic pedigree.
(b) A good accent and pride.
(c) Pride and money.
(d) Pride and guts.

12. What costume does Maxim de Winter suggest his wife wear to the fancy dress ball?
(a) Wonder Woman.
(b) A Dresden shepherdess.
(c) Alice Perrers.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

13. What explanation does Maxim give for the shipping disaster?
(a) He believes the ship mistook the bay for Kerrith Harbour.
(b) He believes the ship had not taken a pilot on board.
(c) He believes the ship's captain was drunk.
(d) He believes the ship had tried to avoid smugglers.

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

15. What does the Coroner say about Mr Tubb's workmanship?
(a) He condemns it as being responsible for the accident.
(b) He says it is excellent and he would like him to work on his wife's boat.
(c) He says it is excellent and was not to blame for the accident.
(d) He says it is irrelevant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Maxim misunderstood his wife to this point?

2. What color dress does the narrator eventually wear top the ball?

3. What does Maxim tell his wife at last?

4. Who announces the arrival of Maxim's car?

5. What does Beatrice suggest the narrator do in the morning?

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