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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?
(a) That Margot is a wealthy heiress.
(b) That Margot is meeting her father in Italy.
(c) That Margot is American.
(d) Nothing.

2. What does the abbess in response to Margot's reply to the challenge?
(a) That obedience is the most difficult vow to keep.
(b) That a book is evil only if in the wrong hands.
(c) She has no idea why God would want some women to become nuns.
(d) That women become nuns for hundreds of reasons.

3. What reminds Margot of a prison?
(a) The rooms in the outer city of the Vatican.
(b) The rooms in the Pension.
(c) The catacombs of Rome.
(d) Her little cell at the convent.

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

5. What signs does Margot see in the city?
(a) Of the damage done by rioters.
(b) Of the discontent of the foreign workers.
(c) The damage from the flood.
(d) Of the widespread unemployment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Mud Angels?

2. About what does Margot inadvertently learn while the train is traveling through France?

3. What does the train conductor tell Margot a bit later?

4. When did Margot once live in this city?

5. Why does Margot visit Villa I Tatti?

(see the answer key)

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