View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who owns the villa?
(a) Lord Seafair.
(b) The Leonards.
(c) Mary Panton.
(d) Edgar Swift.

2. What does Edgar give Ciro?
(a) Money.
(b) Tickets to the opera.
(c) Advice.
(d) Instructions about the roses.

3. Why does Mary have second thoughts about attending the party?
(a) Her mother wants her to come to Rome right away.
(b) She knows no one at the party.
(c) Her sister arrives the next day and the house needs cleaning.
(d) Edgar is not there to escort her.

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

5. What does Mary think about on the way to the party?
(a) How to maximize the little money she has remaining.
(b) Her sister's pending divorce.
(c) Her mother's vague allusions to health issues.
(d) Edgar's question.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary wish she had done?

2. Why does Mary drive around the area?

3. Who is generally in good humor?

4. Who is Edgar Swift?

5. What does Edgar ask Mary?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 276 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample