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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will happen when Margot goes to Italy?
(a) She will lose her job in the States.
(b) She will be in the running for a book award.
(c) Her father will disown her.
(d) Her fiance says he will end their engagement.

2. Who are the Mud Angels?
(a) What Margot calls young children making mud pies outside her flat.
(b) People who search the mud for valuables to sell.
(c) The dark-skinned children in the playground.
(d) Young people helping with the flood.

3. Who does Margot meet one day later than originally scheduled?
(a) Charles.
(b) No one.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Eugene.

4. What does the train conductor tell Margot a bit later?
(a) To return to her former compartment.
(b) The tracks are washed out where she is going and she has to disembark.
(c) Her stop is next.
(d) She owes more money on her ticket.

5. What does the conductor reveal to the two women in Margot's compartment?
(a) That Margot is meeting her father in Italy.
(b) That Margot is American.
(c) That Margot is a wealthy heiress.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed Margot's life shortly after going to Villa I Tatti?

2. Who speaks to Margo in French?

3. Who does Margot encounter when she changes compartments on the train?

4. Why does Margot almost miss the train as it is leaving a scheduled stop?

5. About what does Margot inadvertently learn while the train is traveling through France?

(see the answer key)

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