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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Lady Caroline Denster interested in the holiday?
(a) To meet her lover in Italy.
(b) To get away from all the people and circumstances in her life.
(c) To experience Italy in the spring.
(d) To visit the same villa she did as a child.

4. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot ease her guilt over the source of her husband's income?
(a) She writes letters to the editor.
(b) She runs a social club for women.
(c) She helps and donates to the poor.
(d) She volunteers at an animal shelter.

5. Who does Lady Caroline watch from her terrace in Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot.
(b) A group of young students walking down the sideroad.
(c) The gardener.
(d) Mrs. Fisher.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Fisher react the Mrs. Wilkins' enthusiasm in Chapter 7?

2. What must the renters provide to the landlord for the Italian villa?

3. Where is Briggs from?

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

5. What is Lady Caroline surprised by in Chapter 9?

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