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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot fail at in Chapter 7?
(a) Remaining patient.
(b) Remembering to tell Mrs. Wilkins a funny anecdote.
(c) Asserting control over Mrs. Fisher.
(d) Staying awake late enough.

3. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mrs. Fisher feel has to be done about Mrs. Wilkins?
(a) She has to be curbed.
(b) She has to be thanked.
(c) She has to be celebrated.
(d) She has to be institutionalized.

4. Who is Mellersh?
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot's husband.
(b) Lady Caroline's lover.
(c) Mrs. Wilkins' husband.
(d) Mrs. Fisher's husband.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Lady Caroline NOT think of at the end of Chapter 8?

2. What does the narration note about Mrs. Wilkins marriage and life in Chapter 1?

3. Why does Mrs. Wilkins gasp when she looks out her window in Chapter 6?

4. How many replies do the women receive from their advertisement in Chapter 3?

5. What can Mrs. Wilkins see from her bedroom window?

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