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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Mrs. Fisher feel has to be done about Mrs. Wilkins?
(a) She has to be institutionalized.
(b) She has to be celebrated.
(c) She has to be curbed.
(d) She has to be thanked.

2. What about Mrs. Wilkins is Mrs. Arbuthnot taken aback by in Chapter 1?
(a) Her deep voice.
(b) Her enthusiasm.
(c) The sadness in her eyes.
(d) Her spiritual beliefs.

3. What is the weather like when the women arrive in Italy in Chapter 5?
(a) Hot and humid.
(b) Freezing cold.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Cloudy and rainy.

4. What is Mrs. Arbuthnot going to Hampstead for in Chapter 2?
(a) To shop for a particular perfume.
(b) To deliver a lecture.
(c) To go to the museum.
(d) To visit her niece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot fail at in Chapter 7?

2. What catches Mrs. Wilkins eye in the newspaper?

3. What does Mrs. Wilkins make sure is the first thing that happens in the house when the women arrive?

4. How does Mrs. Fisher feel about the chatty and enthusiastic Mrs. Wilkins when she first meets her?

5. How did Lady Caroline and Mrs. Fisher come to arrive at the house at the same time?

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