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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?
(a) She is fond of them because the law says she should be.
(b) She adores them completely.
(c) She is not fond of them at all.
(d) She is fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way.

2. What does Robert talk a great deal about?
(a) His brother
(b) Mexico
(c) Himself
(d) His mother

3. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?
(a) She has taken swimming lessons .
(b) She is under a white sunshade when a black one would be better.
(c) She has bought an ugly swimsuit.
(d) She has bathed at a bad time.

4. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their literary knowledge
(b) Their endurance especially when swimming
(c) Their ability to drink a lot
(d) Their entire absence of prudery

5. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:
(a) Her husband's business, their house on Esplanade Street
(b) Her father's Mississippi plantation, Kentucky, and her sister's engagement
(c) The weather
(d) Her children

Short Answer Questions

1. What is singing in French and a little Spanish?

2. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?

3. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?

4. Where is Mr. Pontellier eager to go the next day?

5. What is Edna realizing about herself?

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