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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Robert suggest he and Edna go the next day?
(a) The Cayman Islands
(b) Grande Cheniere
(c) Grande Terre
(d) The Grand Canyon

3. Madame Lebrun remarks that sometimes she thinks Mrs. Pontellier is:
(a) Callous
(b) Devious
(c) Mysterious
(d) Capricious

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

5. Who does Edna search for?
(a) Victor Lebrun
(b) Mademoiselle Reisz
(c) Mariequita
(d) Madame Antoine

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robert take Edna to recover?

2. What does Edna do when her husband orders her to come inside?

3. Was Edna a good swimming student?

4. What characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?

5. Who does Robert ask to perform for Mrs. Pontellier?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Robert want to stay and talk to Edna rather than leave?

2. Describe Edna's feelings when she learns Robert is leaving for Mexico.

3. Why does Edna throw such a violent fit after Leonce takes off to have dinner at the club?

4. Is Edna taking a big risk by going to the Lebrun house to find Mademoiselle Reisz's address?

5. Given all of the time and attention and affection from Robert and now his sudden departure, what kind of person is he? Do you think he is different from the man you first read about? Has he been deceptive? Is he fearful?

6. What do you think the author means when she says Edna was beginning to understand her place in the universe as a woman and as a human being?

7. Why doe Edna feel so comfortable in Madame Antoine's house right away?

8. If Edna were to tell Leonce how she really felt, would he understand? Would he listen? How would she tell him so it would get through to him?

9. The author says that Edna's will had blazed up. However, Leonce has a strong will, too. What is going on in this chapter? How is the Pontellier marriage changing?

10. Before Edna visits the Ratignolles, she is consumed by thoughts of Robert. Is she obsessed? Infatuated? Are her feelings genuine?

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