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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 newspaper is Mrs. Wilkins reading in Chapter 1?
(a) The Times.
(b) The Local.
(c) The Standard.
(d) The News.

2. According to Mrs. Wilkins at the train station, what does her husband have no right to do?
(a) Make her feel guilty.
(b) Follow her to Italy.
(c) See her off.
(d) Forgive her.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Fisher refer to frequently while speaking to Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 7?

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

3. What happened to Mrs. Arbuthnot's child?

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

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

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