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

2. What is Lady Caroline surprised by in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot's closemindedness.
(b) Her own foresight.
(c) Mrs. Wilkins' sensitivity.
(d) Mrs. Fisher's lack of common sense.

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

4. Why does Lady Caroline decide to act cool, distant and commanding during her stay at the house?
(a) To manipulate the women into getting what she wants.
(b) To appear impressive.
(c) To avoid the other women.
(d) To try and keep her real identity a secret.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the rent for the Italian villa?

2. What does Mrs. Wilkins notice Mrs. Arbuthnot doing in Chapter 1?

3. What about Mrs. Wilkins is Mrs. Arbuthnot taken aback by in Chapter 1?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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