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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narration note about Mrs. Wilkins marriage and life in Chapter 1?
(a) It is dull and routine.
(b) It is the result of careful planning in her youth.
(c) It is more interesting than she thinks.
(d) It has improved in recent years.

2. Why does Lady Caroline decide to act cool, distant and commanding during her stay at the house?
(a) To appear impressive.
(b) To avoid the other women.
(c) To manipulate the women into getting what she wants.
(d) To try and keep her real identity a secret.

3. What did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher feel they had the right to when they arrived at the house?
(a) The use of the restrooms first.
(b) The best rooms.
(c) To choose the menu.
(d) The first pick of reading materials.

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

5. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mrs. Fisher feel has to be done about Mrs. Wilkins?
(a) She has to be institutionalized.
(b) She has to be curbed.
(c) She has to be thanked.
(d) She has to be celebrated.

6. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?
(a) How to avoid Mrs. Wilkins.
(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 overcome a recent death in the family.

7. How does Mrs. Wilkins know Mrs. Arbuthnot?
(a) From church.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) Their husbands are colleagues.
(d) She is her neighbor.

8. What does Lady Caroline believe of Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot when she first meets them?
(a) They are sweet and innocent.
(b) They will teach her many things.
(c) They will soon become tiresome.
(d) They are far too drab to interest her.

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

10. Who meets the women in the courtyard of the castle in Chapter 5?
(a) Marco.
(b) Domenico.
(c) Gino.
(d) Alanzo.

11. Who does Lady Caroline watch from her terrace in Chapter 8?
(a) Mrs. Fisher.
(b) Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot.
(c) The gardener.
(d) A group of young students walking down the sideroad.

12. How does Mrs. Fisher feel when she sees she is the only one at the lunch table in Chapter 9?
(a) Lonely.
(b) Confused.
(c) Relieved and angry.
(d) Happy to have some peace.

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

14. What is Mrs. Arbuthnot described as in Chapter 1?
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Talkative.
(c) Practical.
(d) Friendly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Wilkins notice Mrs. Arbuthnot doing in Chapter 1?

2. What does Lady Caroline's grace, beauty and nature allow her to be?

3. Which of the following does Lady Caroline NOT think of at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What does Mrs. Wilkins make sure is the first thing that happens in the house when the women arrive?

5. When Lady Caroline meets Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot for the first time, what does she suggest they do?

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