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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only word that the women can understand from the Italian man in Chapter 5?
(a) "Buon giorno".
(b) "Grazie".
(c) "Aprile".
(d) "San Salvatore".

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Fisher refer to frequently while speaking to Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 7?

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

3. Who is the author of "The Enchanted April"?

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

5. Where is Briggs from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mrs. Wilkins fetch Mrs. Arbuthnot after dressing and unpacking in Chapter 6?

2. How does Mrs. Arbuthnot react to Mrs. Wilkins' suggestions in Chapter 1?

3. What are some defining characteristics attributed to Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 1?

4. According to Lady Caroline, what does her beauty allow her to be?

5. Why does Mrs. Arbuthnot come to the conclusion that both she and Mrs. Wilkins are miserable in Chapter 1?

6. What do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot think of Lady Caroline's beauty in Chapter 6?

7. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot believe about her own happiness?

8. What does Lady Caroline reflect on as she watches Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot in Chapter 8?

9. What disagreement do Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Arbuthnot have in Chapter 7?

10. Describe Mrs. Fisher's lunch scene in Chapter 9.

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