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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. On the advice of Dr. Mandelet, what does Leonce decide to do?
(a) Divorce her
(b) Not bring her to New York with him
(c) Institutionalize her
(d) Send her back to Kentucky

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

3. Where will Edna move?
(a) Her mother-in-law's house in the countryside
(b) Another grand house on the other side of town
(c) A little house around the corner
(d) A totally different city

4. As Edna walks on the beach, what does she realize about Robert?
(a) He was much too young for her.
(b) That he was a cad just like Alcee
(c) That eventually he would melt out of her existence
(d) He probably had another girlfriend anyway.

5. What does Edna do while her husband is in New York?
(a) She spends time with Mrs. Highcamp and Alcee Arobin.
(b) She plays card games.
(c) She learns needlepoint.
(d) She redecorates the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonce tells Edna he will return in March after which they will go where?

2. How does Mr. Pontellier take the news of his wife's move?

3. Who suddenly appears before Victor and Mariequita?

4. What does Edna want to do before dinner?

5. What does Victor take from Mrs. Highcamp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do you think happens to Edna? Does she die in the ocean? Does she make it back?

2. Why does Mr. Pontellier talk to Dr. Mandelet about Edna? Why can he not talk to his wife himself?

3. Did the author give any warning that this love affair might not end happily?

4. Is the Colonel, Edna's father, right to think that if she and her husband spent more time together in the evenings at home, they would have a stronger marriage?

5. Edna goes to Mademoiselle Reisz's for refuge, as well as to find out the latest news about Robert. What happens when she is at Mademoiselle Reisz's alone, waiting for the pianist, and Robert shows up out of the blue?

6. Why does Madame Ratignolle urge Edna to think of her children?

7. Why does Edna enjoy horse racing so much?

8. Do you think Edna's feelings were Robert were genuine?

9. Edna and Mademoiselle Reisz have a spirited discussion when they meet again. Describe the things they say to one another. Is this a pair of women who really like each other?

10. Why does Edna need to know so much about Robert's tobacco pouch?

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