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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the weather like at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Cold and rainy.
(c) Warm and sunny.
(d) Stormy.

2. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?
(a) Whether or not she should even hope that the holiday will become reality.
(b) How to avoid Mrs. Wilkins.
(c) Of whether she should stay with her husband.
(d) How to overcome a recent death in the family.

3. What newspaper is Mrs. Wilkins reading in Chapter 1?
(a) The Standard.
(b) The News.
(c) The Local.
(d) The Times.

4. Who meets the women in the courtyard of the castle in Chapter 5?
(a) Alanzo.
(b) Gino.
(c) Domenico.
(d) Marco.

5. What do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot advertise in The Times?
(a) A cook to accompany them to the villa.
(b) A spare room at their homes in England.
(c) For other women to join them at the villa.
(d) A private driver who can drive them to the villa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excites Mrs. Wilkins about what she sees in the newspaper in Chapter 1?

2. What about Mrs. Wilkins is Mrs. Arbuthnot taken aback by in Chapter 1?

3. How does Mrs. Wilkins know Mrs. Arbuthnot?

4. What is the only word that the women can understand from the Italian man in Chapter 5?

5. What does Mrs. Fisher first ask Mrs. Wilkins to provide in Chapter 3?

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