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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?
(a) To con people into buying investments they do not need
(b) To keep children in public not private schools
(c) To speculate in real estate
(d) To make money, not save it

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

6. Around what time does Edna finally get up?
(a) Two in the morning
(b) About one hour before dawn
(c) At the same time she always does, seven a.m.
(d) Noon the next day

7. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?
(a) She has bathed at a bad time.
(b) She has taken swimming lessons .
(c) She is under a white sunshade when a black one would be better.
(d) She has bought an ugly swimsuit.

8. Edna thinks her husband's bad humor is because of:
(a) His bad finances
(b) His work
(c) The hot weather
(d) Her

9. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?
(a) She adores them completely.
(b) She is fond of them because the law says she should be.
(c) She is fond of them in an uneven, impulsive way.
(d) She is not fond of them at all.

10. Why does Edna choose to remain in the hammock?
(a) She has always preferred hammocks to beds.
(b) She likes the salty air.
(c) She thinks it may make Leonce romantic.
(d) She feels that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant.

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

12. Who does Edna ask the little Negro girl to wake up?
(a) Robert
(b) Victor
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Adele

13. Where will Montel be next month?
(a) No one is really sure
(b) On a cruise ship
(c) Vera Cruz
(d) Santa Cruz

14. In retrospect, how does Edna feel about stomping on her wedding ring?
(a) Foolish
(b) She still cannot believe she did such a thing
(c) Perfectly fine
(d) Vindicated

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Robert when Edna discovers his plan?

2. Where does Edna go with her sketches?

3. Who is very fond of Robert?

4. When Edna cannot find Mademoiselle Reisz, who does she go to for help?

5. Describe Mrs. Pontellier's eyes.

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