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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?
(a) Gone fishing
(b) He has written a novel.
(c) He has built a house.
(d) He would devote himself to one married woman.

2. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.
(b) Yes, he is.
(c) No, he is not.
(d) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.

3. What does Victor say has changed Edna?
(a) The city atmosphere
(b) Her new confidence
(c) Her sense of style
(d) His being around her

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

5. Why does it anger Mr. Pontellier so much that Edna went out on Tuesday?
(a) He thinks it will hurt his business and reputation.
(b) He is actually not that angry but sarcastic.
(c) He has a short fuse.
(d) He hates anything out of the ordinary.

6. 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 mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.
(d) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.

7. Who is Montel?
(a) A friend of Edna's
(b) A servant at the Lebrun estate
(c) A celebrity who vacations on the Grande Isle
(d) A man who is in love with Madame Lebrun

8. Why does Robert smoke cigarettes?
(a) He cannot afford cigars.
(b) No particular reasons
(c) He thinks it makes him look good.
(d) He cannot afford pipes.

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

10. Over whom did Victor and Robert once fight?
(a) Mariequita, the Spanish girl
(b) A married woman on the Grande Isle
(c) A girl they went to school with
(d) Adele

11. 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) Herself playing the piano
(d) The future in gross detail

12. How does Edna react to the news she learns at dinner?
(a) She is delighted.
(b) She is shocked.
(c) She is skeptical.
(d) She has no reaction.

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

14. What news does Edna learn once she joins the others for dinner?
(a) That Robert is actually married to Mariequita
(b) That Robert is going to New York
(c) That Robert is going to Mexico
(d) That Robert is going to Europe

15. Raoul's condition prompts Mr. Pontellier to accuse his wife of:
(a) Hating him
(b) Giving Raoul the wrong medicine
(c) Being a great mother
(d) Neglecting their children

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?

2. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?

3. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?

4. Was Edna a good swimming student?

5. Once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room and:

(see the answer keys)

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