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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. Fisher refer to frequently while speaking to Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 7?
(a) Her memories of famous writers.
(b) Her husband.
(c) What she plans on eating for dinner.
(d) Her favorite shops in the area.

2. Why does Mrs. Wilkins gasp when she looks out her window in Chapter 6?
(a) She sees a naked man doing yoga.
(b) There is a violent storm outside.
(c) She is astonished by the beauty outside her window.
(d) She sees her husband approaching the front door.

3. What happened to Mrs. Arbuthnot's child?
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child was sent to live with relatives.
(b) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child is away at school and rarely visits.
(c) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child died.
(d) Mrs. Arbuthnot's child was kidnapped.

4. What does Mrs. Fisher contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) How the past has more value than the present.
(b) How she feels even older on the inside.
(c) How the years have past like a whisper.
(d) How all her friends have died or abandoned her.

5. According to Mrs. Fisher, what is Lady Caroline able to do with the servants?
(a) Pay them a daily wage.
(b) Hire them to work at her estate in England.
(c) Speak Italian in a way they can understand.
(d) Befriend them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot briefly argue about in Chapter 8?

3. Who interrupts Lady Caroline after Costanza does in Chapter 8?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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