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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot believe her husband is too busy doing to notice her gone?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Having affairs.
(c) Reading his naughty books.
(d) Attending to his books.

2. What reminds Mrs. Fisher of her husband in Chapter 9?
(a) A song that Lady Caroline hums in the garden.
(b) The pasta course at lunch.
(c) Mrs. Arbuthnot's weak laugh.
(d) A red and orange bouquet in the foyer.

3. Why does Mrs. Wilkins gasp when she looks out her window in Chapter 6?
(a) There is a violent storm outside.
(b) She is astonished by the beauty outside her window.
(c) She sees her husband approaching the front door.
(d) She sees a naked man doing yoga.

4. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot put all of her time and energy into doing?
(a) Her social life.
(b) Making her husband happy.
(c) Learning new things.
(d) Helping the poor in the name of God.

5. How many replies do the women receive from their advertisement in Chapter 3?
(a) Fifty-three.
(b) Twenty-four.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had "faded to the dimness of a dream" by the time the women arrived in Italy in Chapter 4?

2. What does Mrs. Fisher receive two plates of in Chapter 9?

3. What does a man do with the women's luggage in Chapter 5?

4. Why does Mrs. Fisher hurry to the lunch table in Chapter 9?

5. Why do Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Arbuthnot make plans to arrive at the villa before the others?

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