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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot advertise in The Times?
(a) For other women to join them at the villa.
(b) A cook to accompany them to the villa.
(c) A spare room at their homes in England.
(d) A private driver who can drive them to the villa.

2. According to Mrs. Wilkins in Chapter 7, what is the only thing that Mrs. Fisher has to worry about?
(a) Being happy.
(b) Making friends.
(c) Her health.
(d) Dying alone.

3. What newspaper is Mrs. Wilkins reading in Chapter 1?
(a) The Standard.
(b) The News.
(c) The Local.
(d) The Times.

4. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?
(a) How to overcome a recent death in the family.
(b) Of whether she should stay with her husband.
(c) Whether or not she should even hope that the holiday will become reality.
(d) How to avoid Mrs. Wilkins.

5. What is Mrs. Arbuthnot going to Hampstead for in Chapter 2?
(a) To deliver a lecture.
(b) To shop for a particular perfume.
(c) To go to the museum.
(d) To visit her niece.

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

7. What surprises Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot when they enter the dining room in Chapter 7?
(a) The room is without a table.
(b) Their breakfast has not been served.
(c) There is a feast awaiting them.
(d) Mrs. Fisher is already there.

8. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot ease her guilt over the source of her husband's income?
(a) She helps and donates to the poor.
(b) She runs a social club for women.
(c) She writes letters to the editor.
(d) She volunteers at an animal shelter.

9. What does Mrs. Fisher first ask Mrs. Wilkins to provide in Chapter 3?
(a) The itinerary.
(b) The number of the landlord.
(c) References.
(d) A photograph of the villa.

10. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot playfully remind Mrs. Wilkins of in Chapter 6?
(a) That beauty is temporary.
(b) That home is where the heart is.
(c) That age is but a number.
(d) That money can't buy happiness.

11. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot's husband make a living?
(a) He works at a bank.
(b) He sells vacuums door to door to unassuming housewives.
(c) He gambles.
(d) He writes stories about kings and their mistresses.

12. What is Lady Caroline surprised by in Chapter 9?
(a) Mrs. Fisher's lack of common sense.
(b) Mrs. Wilkins' sensitivity.
(c) Her own foresight.
(d) Mrs. Arbuthnot's closemindedness.

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

14. Why does Mrs. Arbuthnot feel guilty in Chapter 4?
(a) For spending money and time on her own happiness.
(b) For shutting Mrs. Wilkins out.
(c) For not inviting her sister on the trip.
(d) For not praying before eating her breakfast.

15. How did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher come to arrive at the house at the same time?
(a) They tried to arrive before the other but ended up arriving at the same time.
(b) They decided to travel together so they could play cards on the train.
(c) They were previously acquainted and felt it proper to travel together.
(d) They both came to Italy early to get the nicest rooms.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Wilkins know Mrs. Arbuthnot?

2. What does Lady Caroline tell Costanza in Chapter 8?

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

4. How much is the rent for the Italian villa?

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

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