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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 Edna see when Mademoiselle Reisz plays?
(a) Nothing. But she feels passions that make her choke with tears.
(b) Her life unfold like a beautiful flower
(c) The future in gross detail
(d) Herself playing the piano

2. What does Mr. Pontellier send home to his wife while he is away?
(a) A basket filled with eggs
(b) A basket filled with exquisite candies and fancy foods
(c) A basket filled with wine bottles
(d) A basket filled with instructions on how she should behave

3. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?
(a) She longs to have another child.
(b) The mantel of reservation that had always enveloped her is loosening.
(c) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.
(d) The mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.

4. What kind of woman is Edna not?
(a) A crazy woman
(b) A career woman
(c) A mother-woman
(d) A mean woman

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Robert ask to perform for Mrs. Pontellier?

2. What do Robert and Edna do before Mr. Pontellier returns to the cottage?

3. What had Edna attempted to learn all summer?

4. What do the Farival twins perform at the Grand Isle celebration?

5. Who is very fond of Robert?

(see the answer key)

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