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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 take the news of his wife's move?
(a) With bewilderment
(b) Well--he expected it.
(c) With unqualified disapproval and remonstrance
(d) With joy

2. What did Robert write in his note to Edna?
(a) I'm at the store. Back in five minutes.
(b) I'm at my mother's. Meet me there.
(c) I'm going to Grande Isle. Come with me.
(d) I love you. Good-by because I love you.

3. Who does Mrs. Highcamp think her daughter would like?
(a) Victor
(b) Leonce
(c) Robert
(d) Alcee

4. Why does Mr. Pontellier not try to persuade Edna to go to the wedding?
(a) He thinks it will get him out of going as well.
(b) He is following the doctor's advice to let her do as she likes.
(c) He thinks she needs to stay back and look after the house.
(d) He does not want to bring her.

5. Who does Mr. Pontellier discuss with the doctor?
(a) Edna, his wife
(b) Adele
(c) Janet, Edna's sister
(d) Etienne and Raoul

6. What is her overwhelming feeling after kissing Alcee?
(a) A feeling of lightness
(b) A feeling of irresponsibility
(c) A feeling of inevitablity
(d) A feeling of excitement

7. Describe the nature of Robert's and Edna's conversation:
(a) Very intellectual
(b) A bit awkward, mostly small talk
(c) As if they had never left each other
(d) Very proper and polite

8. Most of all, what did Edna gain?
(a) A new lover
(b) A better sense of what men are really like
(c) A greater understanding of life
(d) An understanding of what married women feel when they are adulterous

9. The Colonel is an expert at concocting:
(a) Strong drinks
(b) Odd stories
(c) Crazy jokes
(d) Tobacco mixes

10. Where is Edna at the end of this story?
(a) Having dinner with Victor and Mariequita
(b) In the ocean, physically too tired to swim back
(c) Back on Esplanade Street, with Leonce
(d) On a ship to Mexico

11. What does Victor take from Mrs. Highcamp?
(a) Her scarf
(b) Her purse
(c) Her skirt
(d) Her cane

12. What does Edna promise before leaving?
(a) That she will paint his portrait
(b) That they will be together from now on
(c) That they will have to marry in a civil ceremony
(d) That they will go back to Mexico

13. What does Victor talk about with Mariequita?
(a) His new job
(b) Mrs. Pontellier's dinner party
(c) Alcee Arobin
(d) Mrs. Highcamp's scarf

14. Why did Robert never reveal his true feelings to Edna before?
(a) He thought she would make fun of him.
(b) He was not sure of how he felt until this moment.
(c) He was worried she would not understand.
(d) She was not free.

15. What does Edna want to do before dinner?
(a) Bathe in the ocean
(b) Take a nap
(c) Go fishing
(d) Play the piano

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Edna react to the note?

2. Edna tells Robert that he:

3. Edna's father believes her marriage would be stronger if:

4. What announcement does Edna make at Mademoiselle Reisz's?

5. When Edna sees Robert at the cafe, she accuses him of being the embodiment of:

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