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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room and:
(a) Reads a book
(b) Devises a scheme to move out
(c) Cries almost uncontrollably
(d) Writes letters to her father

2. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(b) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(c) She is very physically affectionate.
(d) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.

3. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:
(a) A bizarre disease
(b) Been having nightmares
(c) A fever
(d) A strange animal with him

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?

2. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?

3. Who is very fond of Robert?

4. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?

5. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?

(see the answer key)

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