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

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

3. What announcement does Edna make at Mademoiselle Reisz's?
(a) She is moving to Paris to study painting.
(b) She is going to adopt Mariequita.
(c) She is moving out of her house on Esplanade Street.
(d) She is going to start a family with Alcee.

4. Why does Edna tell Victor to stop singing?
(a) She hates that song.
(b) He is a terrible singer.
(c) She wants to sing.
(d) He is singing a song that Robert often sang to her.

5. Edna and Robert finally kiss. Who made the first move?
(a) Edna
(b) The author does not say.
(c) Robert
(d) They moved toward one another at exactly the same time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the tobacco pouch that Robert carries?

2. What worries Mr. Pontellier about this situation?

3. Where does Arobin urge Edna to go with him?

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

5. Describe the nature of Robert's and Edna's conversation:

Short Essay Questions

1. Are Robert Lebrun and Alcee Arobin alike? Or are they dramatically different from one another?

2. 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?

3. Why does the photo of Alcee Arobin upset Robert so much when he goes back to the pigeon-house with her?

4. Edna tells Mademoiselle Reisz that she is going to move out of her house and that she is in love with Robert. Are either of these actions wise?

5. Why does Edna enjoy horse racing so much?

6. Why does Mademoiselle Reisz play the Chopin piece? Is this an instance of foreshadowing?

7. In addition to her move, what occasion is the group celebrating?

8. Is Leonce at all worried about the breakup of his marriage emotionally? Is he making arrangements to hide his real feelings?

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

10. Describe how Edna feels once she is truly alone.

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