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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 is not fond of them at all.
(c) She is fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way.
(d) She adores them completely.

3. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?
(a) His back hurts and he is uncomfortable.
(b) He gets a telephone call.
(c) He gets a telegraph.
(d) He cannot read it with any

4. What is singing in French and a little Spanish?
(a) A green and yellow iguana
(b) A fat man
(c) A green and yellow parrot
(d) A fat lady

5. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?
(a) He is a slow reader .
(b) He is too cheap to buy the day's paper.
(c) The day's paper has not yet reached the Grande Isle.
(d) He likes old news, not current news.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adele Ratignolle urge Robert to do?

2. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?

3. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:

4. What does Robert jokingly say happened to Mrs. Pontellier when she was in the ocean?

5. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:

(see the answer key)

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