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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Professor Eugene Chapin?
(a) A professor at Harvard when Margot attended as an undergrad.
(b) Margot's uncle.
(c) The man for whom Margot is to translate.
(d) A professor at Oxford when Margot attended as an undergrad.

2. How does Margot manage to get back on the train?
(a) She jumps and the young man she saw earlier grabs her hands.
(b) The conductor pulls her up onto the car as the train is barely moving.
(c) Someone pulls the emergency stop cord.
(d) She yells just as the conductor is about to signal the all-clear to the engineer.

3. What does Margot discover about the nuns?
(a) They are all elderly.
(b) They work in silence.
(c) They sing while working.
(d) They are all from Rome.

4. What does Margot learn one day when she returns to the convent after one of her forays?
(a) Two of the posulants are in trouble.
(b) Her brother is there.
(c) Her father is in Rome.
(d) Her father is in Venice.

5. What happens to the taxi in which Margot is riding?
(a) Its radiator boils over.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It gets a flat tire.
(d) The driver crashes it into a car in front of him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will happen when Margot goes to Italy?

3. What do Margot and the abbess discuss concerning nuns?

4. What poem does Margot remember as she realizes she has been left stranded?

5. Who is Margeaux?

(see the answer key)

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