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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Eight and Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mary learn from her lawyer?
(a) Her grandfather left her a large estate.
(b) Her father left her a large estate.
(c) Her husband squandered all his money.
(d) Her husband wants a divorce.

2. About whom does the conversation turn to?
(a) Mary.
(b) Lord Seafair.
(c) Karl.
(d) Edgar.

3. Why did Edgar charter a plane?
(a) That was the only way to get from where he was to Italy.
(b) He does not trust the commercial airlines.
(c) He did not charter a plane; he chartered a boat.
(d) To get back to Mary more quickly.

4. How does Rowley get to Mary's villa?
(a) Train.
(b) Walking.
(c) Bicycle.
(d) Cab.

5. Where is the party Mary is attending that night to be held?
(a) In open pavilions on the estate of a Baron Mary does not know.
(b) At Princess San Ferdinando's home.
(c) In a converted opera house.
(d) A restaurant on the banks of the Arno river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is generally in good humor?

2. Who is Edgar Swift?

3. Why couldn't Mary end the marriage?

4. Why doesn't Mary say anything as Karl is talking?

5. How long after Rowley calls for permission to visit does he arrive at Mary's?

(see the answer key)

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