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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(c) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.
(d) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.

2. Edna gradually awakens, as if from a dream to feel:
(a) Like she should sleep and dream more
(b) That she really is in a dream
(c) The realities pressing into her soul
(d) That it is better to sleep in a real bed

3. Describe Madame Antoine:
(a) Short, stout, angry and scary like a guard dog
(b) Thin, walks elegantly and speaks beautiful English
(c) Short, with a rather unforgettable face
(d) Fat, walks heavily and clumsily, speaks no English but is warm and friendly

4. Does Mrs. Pontellier feel comfortable in the company of Creoles?
(a) She does not give it much thought.
(b) Not entirely
(c) Absolutely
(d) Not at all

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On the advice of Dr. Mandelet, what does Leonce decide to do?

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

3. Where does Edna go with her sketches?

4. How does Edna feel once her father and husband are gone?

5. What does Edna do while her husband is in New York?

(see the answer key)

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