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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had Edna attempted to learn all summer?
(a) How to swim
(b) How to cook
(c) How to fish
(d) How to memorize poetry

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

3. Where is Mr. Pontellier eager to go the next day?
(a) Bourbon Street, the heart of New Orleans
(b) Easy Street, to open a bar
(c) Carondelet Street, the business center of the city
(d) Wall Street, to conduct business

4. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(b) She is very physically affectionate.
(c) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(d) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.

5. Why does Edna feel a pang of jealousy toward Madame Lebrun?
(a) She is a better painter than Edna.
(b) She is more beautiful than Edna.
(c) Robert wrote to his mother but not to Edna.
(d) She is richer than Edna.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Colonel is an expert at concocting:

2. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?

3. What does Edna receive with her husband's letter of disapproval?

4. Why does Madame Ratignolle complain to Edna?

5. At the last moment, which two guests do not show up at Edna's dinner party?

(see the answer key)

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