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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22.

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 curbed.
(b) She has to be institutionalized.
(c) She has to be celebrated.
(d) She has to be thanked.

2. Why is Lady Caroline Denster interested in the holiday?
(a) To meet her lover in Italy.
(b) To visit the same villa she did as a child.
(c) To get away from all the people and circumstances in her life.
(d) To experience Italy in the spring.

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

4. Why does Lady Caroline hurry into the villa at the beginning of Chapter 20?
(a) She has received an important telegram.
(b) She has a confession to make.
(c) It is close to dinner time.
(d) She wants to pack and leave Italy as soon as she can.

5. What does Mrs. Fisher contemplate at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) How the past has more value than the present.
(b) How the years have past like a whisper.
(c) How she feels even older on the inside.
(d) How all her friends have died or abandoned her.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Arbuthnot, why should she and Mrs.Wilkins be running things at the house?

2. Who is Rose?

3. What does Mrs. Arbuthnot ask guidance from God for in Chapter 2?

4. What can Mrs. Wilkins see from her bedroom window?

5. What does Mrs. Wilkins suggest she and Mrs. Arbuthnot do in Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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