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

2. Why does Mrs. Fisher become annoyed with Mrs. Wilkins in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Wilkins takes the credit for "breathing life" into the trip.
(b) Mrs. Wilkins claims she "saw inside" Lady Caroline and knows what she wants.
(c) Mrs. Wilkins refuses to keep quiet for longer than a brief moment.
(d) Mrs. Wilkins repeatedly asks Mrs. Fisher questions about her personal life.

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

4. How does Mrs. Fisher find a particularly hidden area of the garden in Chapter 10?
(a) By following the sound of crying.
(b) By following the scent of cigarettes.
(c) By following the sound of two people arguing.
(d) By following a faint flashing light.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What conclusion does Lady Caroline come to in Chapter 13?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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