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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 through 27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Charlie and Dorothy have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. What is the area called where Kitty's house is?
(a) Providence Heights.
(b) Victoria Road.
(c) The Peak.
(d) Happy Valley.

3. Why do Walter and Kitty plan their wedding so quickly?
(a) Kitty is afraid he'll change his mind.
(b) Mrs. Garstin forces them to marry before it gets too hot.
(c) They are madly in love and don't want to wait.
(d) Walter has to return to China in the fall.

4. Before Walter specialized as a bacteriologist, what did he do for his vocation?
(a) He was a researcher who specialized in soil properties.
(b) He was a professor of medicine.
(c) He was a translator who worked in a hospital.
(d) He was an M.D. who did general work in a hospital.

5. What compliment does Charlie regularly pay Dorothy?
(a) She is a wonderful mother.
(b) She is extremely attractive.
(c) She is a wonderful hostess.
(d) She has marvelous fashion sense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Kitty like Charlie's wife's name?

2. After Kitty appears so radiant (shortly after commencing her affair with Charlie), what do her friends assume?

3. After Kitty and Walter's discussion of divorce, where does she go to meet Charlie?

4. Which Italian city was Somerset Maugham staying in when he was inspired to write The Painted Veil?

5. When Kitty and Charlie meet in Chapter 20, what does the room smell like?

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