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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?
(a) He likes old news, not current news.
(b) The day's paper has not yet reached the Grande Isle.
(c) He is too cheap to buy the day's paper.
(d) He is a slow reader .

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

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

4. Although they do not talk, what does the author say is happening between Robert and Edna?
(a) They have a lot to say but cannot find the right words.
(b) They are learning to be silent around each other.
(c) They are allowing anger to fester within themselves.
(d) They are feeling the throbbings of desire.

5. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their endurance especially when swimming
(b) Their entire absence of prudery
(c) Their literary knowledge
(d) Their ability to drink a lot

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

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

8. 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

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

10. What does Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?
(a) They are a treacherous, unscrupulous and revengeful people.
(b) They are the most delightful people she knows.
(c) She knows nothing of them and is very curious.
(d) She confuses them with the Spanish.

11. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?
(a) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.
(b) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(c) She is glad to be alone and painting
(d) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.

12. The news of Robert's departure upsets Edna so much she goes to:
(a) The train station
(b) The beach
(c) Her room
(d) The neighbor's dinner party

13. Who, according to Madame Ratignolle, was naughty?
(a) Raoul
(b) Adele herself
(c) Leonce
(d) Etienne, one of Edna's sons

14. What does Edna do that surprises everyone?
(a) She forces Leonce to swim with her.
(b) She takes surfing lessons.
(c) She jumps into the ocean and swims by herself.
(d) She runs up and down the beach like a madwoman.

15. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:
(a) The weather
(b) Her children
(c) Her husband's business, their house on Esplanade Street
(d) Her father's Mississippi plantation, Kentucky, and her sister's engagement

Short Answer Questions

1. What folly has Mrs. Pontellier committed, according to her husband?

2. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:

3. What is singing in French and a little Spanish?

4. What is Madame Antoine cooking for dinner?

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

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