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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) Devises a scheme to move out
(b) Cries almost uncontrollably
(c) Reads a book
(d) Writes letters to her father

2. What does Madame Ratignolle beg Robert to do?
(a) Accompany her to the house
(b) Babsyit her children
(c) Fix her house
(d) Start an affair with Edna

3. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.
(b) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.
(c) Yes, he is.
(d) No, he is not.

4. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?
(a) She is glad to be alone and painting
(b) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.
(c) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(d) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.

5. What does Mr. Pontellier promise to bring back for his sons?
(a) Ice cream
(b) Bonbons and peanuts
(c) Bourbon balls
(d) Candies and walnuts

Short Answer Questions

1. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:

2. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?

3. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?

4. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?

5. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?

(see the answer key)

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