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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Margot's mother ecstatic after Margot's visit to Villa I Tatti?
(a) Margot becomes engaged.
(b) Margot is accepted into Harvard.
(c) Margot is accepted into Oxford.
(d) Margot becomes pregnant.

2. Why does Margot's father break down and cry years after her mother dies?
(a) Margot's brother is killed.
(b) Margot's sister reveals Margot's mother's infidelity to him.
(c) His second wife leaves him.
(d) The tapes she recorded did not have anything on them.

3. Who are the Mud Angels?
(a) The dark-skinned children in the playground.
(b) What Margot calls young children making mud pies outside her flat.
(c) People who search the mud for valuables to sell.
(d) Young people helping with the flood.

4. Where in the United States does Margot Harrington live?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Denver.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

5. What does Margot remember about Señor Bruni?
(a) Not much.
(b) He was her mother's lover.
(c) He often bought her ice cream when he visited New York.
(d) He often bought her ice cream when he visited Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?

2. Who does Margot tell Postiglione came up with the drying process?

3. What invitation does Margot decline?

4. Why is Margot flying to Italy?

5. Whose actions are not as impressive as his talk?

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