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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 is Mrs. Arbuthnot described as in Chapter 1?
(a) Practical.
(b) Friendly.
(c) Talkative.
(d) Mysterious.

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

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

4. What is Hampstead?
(a) A community near Oxford.
(b) A London suburb.
(c) A parish near Mrs. Arbuthnot's hometown.
(d) A village in Somerset.

5. What does Mrs. Fisher reminisce about when interviewed by Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot?
(a) Her past visits to Italy.
(b) A home filled with artists.
(c) Her marriage.
(d) Her school days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had "faded to the dimness of a dream" by the time the women arrived in Italy in Chapter 4?

2. What is the weather like at the beginning of the novel?

3. Where is Briggs from?

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

5. What do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot advertise in The Times?

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