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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rose wait for after writing to her husband in Chapter 17?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A sign.
(c) A letter.
(d) A knock at the front door.

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

3. What has Mrs. Fisher realized by the end of the novel?
(a) Friendship is happiness.
(b) Her future is bright and full.
(c) Loneliness is not acceptable in her life any longer.
(d) The emptiness of living in the past.

4. Why does Rose regret writing to her husband in Chapter 17?
(a) She thinks he will try to control her and ruin her relaxing vacation.
(b) She fears he will not get along with Mellersh.
(c) She wants to start a romance with someone in Italy.
(d) She fears he will not come to the villa or even respond to her letter.

5. According to Mrs. Wilkins, what will Mrs. Fisher do before long in Chapter 11?
(a) Invite the other women into her living area.
(b) Reach an impass.
(c) Snap at them or leave the villa.
(d) Smile at their sincerity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lady Caroline feel she owes Mr. Briggs a great deal in Chapter 22?

2. What makes Lady Caroline glad about Ferdinand's presence in Chapter 19?

3. What does Mrs. Fisher tell Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot to do during the lunch course in Chapter 9?

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

5. Who is Mellersh?

(see the answer key)

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