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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13, 14 and 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Fisher confused to discover in Chapter 13?
(a) That she can move quite easily without her stick.
(b) That she is growing attached to the other ladies.
(c) That the indoors are stifling her.
(d) That her eyesight is improving.

2. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot believe her husband is too busy doing to notice her gone?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Reading his naughty books.
(c) Attending to his books.
(d) Having affairs.

3. What had "faded to the dimness of a dream" by the time the women arrived in Italy in Chapter 4?
(a) Their aggression and angst from before.
(b) Their husband's faces.
(c) Their lives back in England.
(d) Their worries and guilt.

4. Why does Mrs. Wilkins' husband decide that he wants to take her to Italy in Chapter 4?
(a) Because he received a bonus at work.
(b) Because she worked so hard at pleasing him before she left England.
(c) Because Italy is his favorite place in Europe to visit.
(d) Because he knows Mrs. Wilkins is angry at him.

5. What does Lady Caroline's grace, beauty and nature allow her to be?
(a) Snobbish without offending anyone.
(b) As silly as she wants.
(c) Quite ditzy without ever being considered stupid.
(d) Standoffish and still charming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reminds Mrs. Fisher of her husband in Chapter 9?

2. Why is Lady Caroline Denster interested in the holiday?

3. What does Lady Caroline want desperately for in Chapter 8?

4. How does Mrs. Fisher feel about the chatty and enthusiastic Mrs. Wilkins when she first meets her?

5. Who offers to pay for the first week of groceries for the group in Chapter 15?

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