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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Mr. Pontellier view his home?
(a) With great pride
(b) He wishes it were smaller.
(c) With great modesty
(d) He is not one to be interested in a house.

2. What does Madame Ratignolle mean when she talks about her condition?
(a) Her situation in life
(b) Her pregnancy
(c) Her relationship with her husband
(d) Her illness

3. Where is Robert when Edna discovers his plan?
(a) In the same room
(b) On the beach
(c) In an adjacent room
(d) On his way to Mexico

4. What does Edna realize about herself after learning of Robert's departure?
(a) She does not like Robert as much as she thought.
(b) She is experiencing a real infatuation.
(c) She has always wanted to go to Mexico.
(d) She might just take off and join him .

5. Where does Robert suggest he and Edna go the next day?
(a) Grande Cheniere
(b) Grande Terre
(c) The Grand Canyon
(d) The Cayman Islands

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

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

8. What does Edna want to do with Madame Ratignolle?
(a) Start a restaurant
(b) Start an art business
(c) Talk politics
(d) Paint a portrait of her

9. Why are there no recent adult photographs of Robert at his mother's home?
(a) He stopped having them taken when he had to pay for them himself.
(b) He does not believe in photographs.
(c) He does not like the way he has turned out.
(d) He has not found a photographer he likes.

10. Once Mr. Pontellier is asleep, Mrs. Pontellier leaves the room and:
(a) Writes letters to her father
(b) Reads a book
(c) Cries almost uncontrollably
(d) Devises a scheme to move out

11. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:
(a) Mysterious
(b) Devious
(c) Callous
(d) Capricious

12. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?
(a) His wife, Mrs. Edna Pontellier and the young Robert Lebrun
(b) Robert LeBrun and his wife
(c) Madame Lebrun and her son Robert
(d) The local priest

13. How does Edna feel upon leaving the Ratignolles?
(a) Eager to go back
(b) Depressed rather than soothed
(c) Profoundly changed
(d) Soothed and sleepy

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

15. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?
(a) The mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.
(b) The mantel of reservation that had always enveloped her is loosening.
(c) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.
(d) She longs to have another child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adele Ratignolle urge Robert to do?

2. What does Edna do after her conversation with Mademoiselle Reisz?

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

4. What happens on Tuesdays in the Pontellier home?

5. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?

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