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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 do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot advertise in The Times?
(a) A spare room at their homes in England.
(b) For other women to join them at the villa.
(c) A private driver who can drive them to the villa.
(d) A cook to accompany them to the villa.

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

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

4. Who meets the women in the courtyard of the castle in Chapter 5?
(a) Alanzo.
(b) Domenico.
(c) Marco.
(d) Gino.

5. What excites Mrs. Wilkins about what she sees in the newspaper in Chapter 1?
(a) The chance to meet some new friends.
(b) The idea of owning a new puppy.
(c) The innovations in cleaning appliances.
(d) The possibility of a holiday in Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot put all of her time and energy into doing?

2. Why does Mrs. Wilkins gasp when she looks out her window in Chapter 6?

3. What did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher feel they had the right to when they arrived at the house?

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

5. What does Lady Caroline call the pair of Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 6?

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