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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 did Mrs. Fisher and Lady Caroline have taken out of their rooms upon their arrival at the house?
(a) Settees.
(b) Old clothes.
(c) The drapery.
(d) The chamber pots.

2. Who are Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot surprised to see from their window in Chapter 6?
(a) Briggs.
(b) A gardener.
(c) Mrs. Fisher.
(d) Lady Caroline.

3. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot imagine will happen when she and her husband are old?
(a) They will die at around the same time.
(b) They will realize they should never have married.
(c) They will grow even more apart.
(d) Happiness will come.

4. What reminds Mrs. Fisher of her husband in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Arbuthnot's weak laugh.
(b) A red and orange bouquet in the foyer.
(c) A song that Lady Caroline hums in the garden.
(d) The pasta course at lunch.

5. Which of the following does Lady Caroline NOT think of at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Her sudden and increasing loneliness.
(b) The lack of real romance in her past and present.
(c) The speed of passing time.
(d) The busy and noisy life she left behind.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mellersh appear at lunch and dinner in Chapter 15?

2. What is Mrs. Arbuthnot described as in Chapter 1?

3. What do the two women do for the first time at the villa at the end of Chapter 5?

4. Who is Rose?

5. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?

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