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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Pair of Silk Stockings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what does Edna yearn?
(a) Another child.
(b) Independence.
(c) She does not know.
(d) A man who loves her for herself.

2. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna when Edna returns?
(a) That a fresh catch of fish has just arrived.
(b) That Étienne is quite ill.
(c) That Étienne was naughty.
(d) That Léonce will be delayed getting back.

3. What explanation does Edna give Robert for having a photo of Alcée in her house?
(a) She is sketching him.
(b) She likes his face.
(c) She is having an affair with him.
(d) She offers no explanation.

4. What does Madame Ratignolle tell Edna to remember?
(a) Her honor.
(b) Her children.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her husband.

5. Who is the successful planter?
(a) Calixta.
(b) Clarisse.
(c) Alcée Laballière
(d) Bobinôt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Pontellier learn one week about Edna's visitation day?

2. Whose picture did Edna keep when she is a child?

3. Who comes to the pigeon house while Robert is there?

4. What is one thing Mrs. Sommers buys at the store with her newly-acquired money?

5. What does the character not perceive?

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