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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Margot inadvertently learn while the train is traveling through France?
(a) The propensity of Italian men to pinch women.
(b) The bank heist by a man in the next car over.
(c) Intimate details about two American women.
(d) The acts of an embezzler in her train car.

2. Who is Margeaux?
(a) Margot's mother's name.
(b) Margot's aunt after whom Margot is named.
(c) Margot's alter ego.
(d) The name Margot calls her twin who was born first and dies before Margot is born.

3. Where does Margot stay?
(a) Her out-of-twon friend's flat.
(b) The Hilton.
(c) Pension Medici.
(d) Pension Grazi.

4. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?
(a) For an interview.
(b) To study the ruins.
(c) To meet her father.
(d) To meet a lover.

5. What invitation does Margot decline?
(a) An invitation to stay at a stranger's home.
(b) An offer of a room upgrade for more money.
(c) An invitation to have a drink at a nearby bar.
(d) An invitation to see the Coliseum the next day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Margot finally disembark for good?

2. Who is Professor Eugene Chapin?

3. What does Margot's mother decide to do when she is dying?

4. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?

5. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?

(see the answer key)

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