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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wilkins do in Chapter 1 that surprises her?
(a) She approaches Mrs. Arbuthnot.
(b) She yells at a car driving past.
(c) She laughs heartily.
(d) She asks a stranger for directions.

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

3. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot imagine will happen when she and her husband are old?
(a) They will realize they should never have married.
(b) They will grow even more apart.
(c) They will die at around the same time.
(d) Happiness will come.

4. What do the two women do for the first time at the villa at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) They show their faces without make-up.
(b) They sing.
(c) They each share a secret they never told anyone before.
(d) Call each other by their first names.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Wilkins' husband decide that he wants to take her to Italy in Chapter 4?

2. Why does Mrs. Arbuthnot feel guilty in Chapter 4?

3. What excites Mrs. Wilkins about what she sees in the newspaper in Chapter 1?

4. What does Mrs. Fisher first ask Mrs. Wilkins to provide in Chapter 3?

5. What does Mrs. Wilkins notice Mrs. Arbuthnot doing in Chapter 1?

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