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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 17-20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their endurance especially when swimming
(b) Their ability to drink a lot
(c) Their entire absence of prudery
(d) Their literary knowledge

2. Alone in her room, what does Edna do?
(a) She tears up a handkerchief, stomps on her wedding ring and smashes a vase.
(b) She cuts up the linens with sharp scissors.
(c) She packs her bags but decides not to leave.
(d) She laughs uncontrollably.

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

4. What does Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?
(a) She knows nothing of them and is very curious.
(b) She confuses them with the Spanish.
(c) They are a treacherous, unscrupulous and revengeful people.
(d) They are the most delightful people she knows.

5. Describe Mrs. Pontellier's eyes.
(a) Quick, bright, yellowish brown, about the color of her hair
(b) Dull, slow, blue like the sky
(c) It is impossible to see her eyes hidden behind sunglasses
(d) Green and grayish at the same time

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are there no recent adult photographs of Robert at his mother's home?

3. Rather than paint, what does Mr. Pontellier think his wife should be doing?

4. What is Edna realizing about herself?

5. How soon will Robert depart?

(see the answer key)

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