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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 kiss.
(c) A hug.
(d) A toast.

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

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

4. What happened to Mrs. Arbuthnot's child?
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child was kidnapped.
(b) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child died.
(c) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child is away at school and rarely visits.
(d) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child was sent to live with relatives.

5. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?
(a) Whether or not she should even hope that the holiday will become reality.
(b) Of whether she should stay with her husband.
(c) How to overcome a recent death in the family.
(d) How to avoid Mrs. Wilkins.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did Mrs. Arbuthnot marry?

2. Who are Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot surprised to see from their window in Chapter 6?

3. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot ease her guilt over the source of her husband's income?

4. According to Mrs. Wilkins at the train station, what does her husband have no right to do?

5. What does Mrs. Wilkins suggest she and Mrs. Arbuthnot do in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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