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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Edna wonders how many years she has slept. Robert says:
(a) About half an hour
(b) An entire day
(c) You have slept exactly one hundred minutes.
(d) You have slept precisely one hundred years.

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

3. 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

4. And what does Leonce do when Edna asks him to come to bed?
(a) He comes immediately.
(b) He ignores her and reads the newspaper.
(c) He stays behind to have another round of wine.
(d) He stays behind to finish smoking his cigar.

5. When Edna cannot find Mademoiselle Reisz, who does she go to for help?
(a) The Police
(b) Adele Ratignolle
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Leonce

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

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

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

9. What does Edna do after her conversation with Mademoiselle Reisz?
(a) She announces she is going to renew her vows to Leonce.
(b) She goes for a walk.
(c) She plunges into the ocean with abandon.
(d) She tries to find Robert's contact information.

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

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

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

13. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?
(a) His back hurts and he is uncomfortable.
(b) He gets a telegraph.
(c) He gets a telephone call.
(d) He cannot read it with any

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Robert decide to make this trip?

3. On what street do the Pontelliers live?

4. What does Edna do that surprises everyone?

5. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?

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