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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One and Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nina remind Mary to do?
(a) Carry her pistol.
(b) Call her sister back.
(c) Have the car filled with petrol.
(d) Apply rouge and eye liner.

2. How does Mary respond to Edgar's question?
(a) She says she is not ready to return to England.
(b) She says she is not comfortable with his staying at the villa since she is alone.
(c) She asks for a few days to consider it.
(d) She does not know the woman who Edgar plans to marry.

3. What city can Mary see from the terrace of the villa?
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Venice.
(d) Florence.

4. Why is Edgar visiting?
(a) He is a contractor who will be doing the remodeling of her villa.
(b) He wants to buy the villa where she is staying.
(c) He has an appointment in Cannes and so is nearby.
(d) He needs to ask Mary's advice about her sister.

5. What does Mary wish she had done?
(a) Stayed home and packed to go to her mother.
(b) Called her sister and canceled the visit.
(c) Stayed home so she did not have to be cheerful.
(d) Stayed home to think about marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mary's mother point out to Mary when Mary was 19?

2. Why does the Princess ask for the dismissal of the violinist?

3. In what century is the Tuscan villa built?

4. Why does Mary drive around the area?

5. What does Mary make clear to Rowley?

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