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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?
(a) He likes to spend time with old women.
(b) He had heard of it through a friend, thought he should see it.
(c) He is in search of a job.
(d) He spends every summer vacation there with his mother.

2. Where is Mr. Pontellier eager to go the next day?
(a) Wall Street, to conduct business
(b) Carondelet Street, the business center of the city
(c) Bourbon Street, the heart of New Orleans
(d) Easy Street, to open a bar

3. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine's?
(a) She helps cook.
(b) She sleeps.
(c) She reads books.
(d) She cleans the house.

4. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) How to cook a chicken Creole style
(b) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(c) Her intimate moments with her husband
(d) Her interest in writing a novel

5. What effect does music generally have on Edna?
(a) It has a way of making her anxious.
(b) None. She hates music.
(c) It has a way of evoking pictures in her mind.
(d) Sedative. It makes her sleepy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Edna at the service?

2. Although they do not talk, what does the author say is happening between Robert and Edna?

3. What were some of the reasons Edna decided to marry Leonce Pontellier?

4. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?

5. What does Madame Ratignolle beg Robert to do?

(see the answer key)

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