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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Edna see Robert?
(a) At mass.
(b) At Grand Isle.
(c) At her home.
(d) At a cafe.

2. How is Edna going to pay for her move?
(a) Money her husband gives her.
(b) Money from Robert.
(c) Money from Alcée.
(d) With money from her mother's estate and selling of her art.

3. What does Edna do in her distress?
(a) Says mean things to Victor.
(b) Slaps Robert.
(c) Says mean things to Robert.
(d) Swims out too far into the Gulf and drowns.

4. What does Alcée give to Edna?
(a) A ring.
(b) A slap.
(c) A threat of blackmail.
(d) An apology.

5. Who is Victor with when Edna arrives at Grand Isle?
(a) His mother.
(b) Robert.
(c) Mariequita.
(d) No one.

6. Where does Léonce think Edna spends too much time?
(a) With the children instead of letting the nanny care for them.
(b) Shopping.
(c) In bed.
(d) In her art studio.

7. Who is Léonce Pontellier?
(a) The resort owner.
(b) The resort manager.
(c) A wealthy, successful businessman.
(d) A friend of Edna's father.

8. About what is Edna pleased to have broken?
(a) Her vows.
(b) A pair of earrings Léonce gave her.
(c) A vase.
(d) A decorative plate.

9. Why does Edna cry after Robert leaves?
(a) She learns her husband is having an affair.
(b) Her husband wants a divorce.
(c) She doesn't want to go back to the city.
(d) She just then realizes how infatuated she is with him.

10. What does Mademoiselle Reisz play on the piano?
(a) A piece Robert requested for Edna.
(b) A lively piece to cheer her up.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A sad love ballet.

11. What does Léonce fear about Edna?
(a) That she is becoming unstable.
(b) That she is unrealistic in her expectations.
(c) That she is having an affair.
(d) That she is pregnant.

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

13. Where does the character crouch?
(a) In a depression in his cave.
(b) In the center of his cage.
(c) In a branch of the tree.
(d) In the corner.

14. For what does Edna not apologize?
(a) Her desire for independence.
(b) Her honesty.
(c) Her desire to go away with Robert.
(d) Her desire for a divorce.

15. Who is Dr. Mandelet?
(a) A good psychiatrist.
(b) Robert's physician.
(c) A voodoo practitioner.
(d) Mr. Pontellier's physician and frirend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Edna thinking about as she returns home from the Ratignolle home?

2. How does Victor upset Edna at the dinner party?

3. Where does Edna grow up?

4. About what do Léonce Pontellier and Edna often argue?

5. What does the character keep doing?

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