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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?
(a) Her situation in life
(b) Her illness
(c) Her pregnancy
(d) Her relationship with her husband

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:

3. Does Mrs. Pontellier feel comfortable in the company of Creoles?

4. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?

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

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