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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 thanked.
(c) She has to be curbed.
(d) She has to be celebrated.

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

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

5. Where is Briggs from?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) America.
(d) Britain.

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

7. What excites Mrs. Wilkins about what she sees in the newspaper in Chapter 1?
(a) The idea of owning a new puppy.
(b) The possibility of a holiday in Italy.
(c) The innovations in cleaning appliances.
(d) The chance to meet some new friends.

8. How much is the rent for the Italian villa?
(a) Forty-five pounds.
(b) Eighty pounds.
(c) Sixty pounds.
(d) One hundred pounds.

9. What does a man do with the women's luggage in Chapter 5?
(a) Ties it to his horse.
(b) Opens it.
(c) Takes it away in an automobile.
(d) Loads it in a carriage.

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

11. What does Mrs. Fisher reminisce about when interviewed by Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot?
(a) Her school days.
(b) A home filled with artists.
(c) Her past visits to Italy.
(d) Her marriage.

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

13. How does Mrs. Wilkins convince her husband that she is already going to Italy in Chapter 4?
(a) She gives him the address of the villa.
(b) She asks Mrs. Arbuthnot to convince him.
(c) She gives him the number of the villa's landlord.
(d) She shows him her ticket.

14. According to Mrs. Arbuthnot, why should she and Mrs.Wilkins be running things at the house?
(a) Because they are the most personable of the bunch.
(b) Because they found San Salvatore.
(c) Because they are older.
(d) Because they are familiar with running a household.

15. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot feel she will have to do with Mrs. Wilkins at the villa in Chapter 3?
(a) She will have to allow her her distance.
(b) She will have to help Mrs. Wilkins restrain her enthusiasm.
(c) She will have to keep her busy.
(d) She will have to learn more about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hampstead?

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

3. How did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher come to arrive at the house at the same time?

4. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot imagine will happen when she and her husband are old?

5. How does Mrs. Fisher feel when she sees she is the only one at the lunch table in Chapter 9?

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