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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonce is so dissatisfied with dinner he leaves to:
(a) Go to the Ratignolles
(b) Go to see his doctor
(c) Go to a restaurant
(d) Go to the club

2. What does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?
(a) She wishes she had a psychiatrist to talk to.
(b) It muddles her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.
(c) It makes her realize her life is full.
(d) It makes her want to pack up and go home.

3. As Edna walks around town, who occupies her thoughts?
(a) Alphonse
(b) Robert
(c) Raoul
(d) Leonce

4. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:
(a) A bizarre disease
(b) A fever
(c) A strange animal with him
(d) Been having nightmares

5. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(b) How to cook a chicken Creole style
(c) Her intimate moments with her husband
(d) Her interest in writing a novel

6. As they sail to the Cheniere Caminada, how does Edna feel?
(a) Sick to her stomach
(b) Eager to experience a religious awakening
(c) Oppressed
(d) She feels she is being liberated.

7. What does Edna do when her husband orders her to come inside?
(a) She asks if they can get a larger cottage.
(b) She obeys him instantly.
(c) She suggests they take a walk.
(d) She refuses to obey him.

8. What happens to Edna at the service?
(a) She renounces religion.
(b) She sings too loudly and is told to leave.
(c) She starts crying and cannot stop.
(d) She nearly faints and has to leave.

9. What does Edna throw at Robert?
(a) Her shoe
(b) A frying pan
(c) A pillow
(d) An orange she plucked from a tree

10. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?
(a) He tickles her.
(b) He becomes very silent.
(c) He often rests his head on her arm.
(d) He paints, too.

11. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?
(a) He is walking along the beach.
(b) He went to Madame Antoine's.
(c) He is now at the Cheniere.
(d) He is at Klein's.

12. How has Robert's going away affected Edna?
(a) She has lost her appetite and is losing weight.
(b) She feels like she is going mad.
(c) She is not entirely sure yet.
(d) It has taken the brightness, the color, the meaning out of everything.

13. What does Mariequita think of Robert and Edna?
(a) That they would make good foster parents
(b) That they should separate immediately
(c) That they have a secret
(d) That they are sweethearts

14. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?
(a) With little interest
(b) With great enthusiasm
(c) Angry that he is home so late
(d) Surprised that he is home so early

15. What does Robert jokingly say happened to Mrs. Pontellier when she was in the ocean?
(a) She looked like a shark.
(b) No one watched her because they knew she was a good swimmer.
(c) A spirit rose from the Gulf and found her.
(d) He never jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Edna learn once she joins the others for dinner?

2. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?

3. What happens on Tuesdays in the Pontellier home?

4. How does Edna feel upon leaving the Ratignolles?

5. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?

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