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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?
(a) He is walking along the beach.
(b) He is now at the Cheniere.
(c) He went to Madame Antoine's.
(d) He is at Klein's.

4. 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

5. What does Mademoiselle Reisz say to Edna after her performance?
(a) Edna is the only one worth playing for.
(b) She would have preferred playing the violin.
(c) It is the last time she will perform for anyone.
(d) She should have chosen a different tune.

6. What does Edna do at Madame Antoine's?
(a) She cleans the house.
(b) She reads books.
(c) She helps cook.
(d) She sleeps.

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

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

9. Does Mademoiselle Reisz's performance affect anyone else?
(a) It arouses everyone.
(b) It excites the children only.
(c) It excites the adults only.
(d) Only those who know music

10. Leonce is so dissatisfied with dinner he leaves to:
(a) Go to a restaurant
(b) Go to the Ratignolles
(c) Go to the club
(d) Go to see his doctor

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

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

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

14. How soon will Robert depart?
(a) Within minutes
(b) In a fortnight
(c) The next day
(d) That night

15. 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 might just take off and join him .
(c) She has always wanted to go to Mexico.
(d) She is experiencing a real infatuation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:

2. What has Robert done pretty much every summer at Grande Isle?

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

4. The news of Robert's departure upsets Edna so much she goes to:

5. Why are there no recent adult photographs of Robert at his mother's home?

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