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

2. What does Mrs. Wilkins notice Mrs. Arbuthnot doing in Chapter 1?
(a) Reading the same thing in the newspaper.
(b) Reading a book about Italy.
(c) Eating her favorite cookies.
(d) Crying in the corner.

3. Who is the author of "The Enchanted April"?
(a) Virginia Woolf.
(b) Elizabeth von Arnim.
(c) Fanny Fern.
(d) Barbara Pym.

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

5. What does Mrs. Wilkins suggest she and Mrs. Arbuthnot do in Chapter 1?
(a) Play some golf near Mrs. Wilkins' neighborhood.
(b) Share the cost of renting the vacation home.
(c) Start a new club.
(d) Have dinner with their husbands.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Wilkins make sure is the first thing that happens in the house when the women arrive?

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

4. How does Mrs. Wilkins know Mrs. Arbuthnot?

5. What catches Mrs. Wilkins eye in the newspaper?

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