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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wilkins make sure is the first thing that happens in the house when the women arrive?
(a) A feast.
(b) A toast.
(c) A hug.
(d) A kiss.

2. How does Mrs. Wilkins know Mrs. Arbuthnot?
(a) From church.
(b) She is her neighbor.
(c) Their husbands are colleagues.
(d) They went to school together.

3. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot's husband make a living?
(a) He writes stories about kings and their mistresses.
(b) He gambles.
(c) He works at a bank.
(d) He sells vacuums door to door to unassuming housewives.

4. What about Mrs. Wilkins is Mrs. Arbuthnot taken aback by in Chapter 1?
(a) Her enthusiasm.
(b) Her deep voice.
(c) The sadness in her eyes.
(d) Her spiritual beliefs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot feel she will have to do with Mrs. Wilkins at the villa in Chapter 3?

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

3. Why do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot make plans to arrive at the villa before the others?

4. What do the two women do for the first time at the villa at the end of Chapter 5?

5. How did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher come to arrive at the house at the same time?

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