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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Briggs?
(a) A friend of Mrs. Arbuthnot's husband.
(b) Mrs. Arbuthnot's uncle.
(c) The owner of the Italian villa.
(d) Mrs. Wilkins' first love that she occasionally sees.

2. Why does Mrs. Wilkins gasp when she looks out her window in Chapter 6?
(a) She sees her husband approaching the front door.
(b) She sees a naked man doing yoga.
(c) There is a violent storm outside.
(d) She is astonished by the beauty outside her window.

3. What does Mrs. Fisher contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) How the years have past like a whisper.
(b) How the past has more value than the present.
(c) How all her friends have died or abandoned her.
(d) How she feels even older on the inside.

4. According to Mrs. Fisher, what is Lady Caroline able to do with the servants?
(a) Hire them to work at her estate in England.
(b) Pay them a daily wage.
(c) Befriend them.
(d) Speak Italian in a way they can understand.

5. What is the only word that the women can understand from the Italian man in Chapter 5?
(a) "Grazie".
(b) "Buon giorno".
(c) "Aprile".
(d) "San Salvatore".

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot fail at in Chapter 7?

2. What does Lady Caroline call the pair of Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 6?

3. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot realize about both she and Mrs. Wilkins in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mrs. Fisher refer to frequently while speaking to Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 7?

5. Who has set herself up as hostess in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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