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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what faith is Edna raised?
(a) None.
(b) Presbyterian.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Episcopal.

2. What does the character not perceive?
(a) That it is in a cage.
(b) Its own self.
(c) The outside world.
(d) That it is owned.

3. What does Léonce Pontellier send Edna after he returns to the city?
(a) Money.
(b) A gift.
(c) A letter with a poem.
(d) Divorce papers.

4. How does the character seem?
(a) Content.
(b) Angry.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Agitated.

5. Who is Adèle Ratignolle?
(a) Robert's cousin.
(b) Robert's fiance.
(c) Edna's friend.
(d) Léonce Pontellier's mistress.

6. What does Léonce write to Edna?
(a) He orders her to move back to his home.
(b) That he disapproves of her move.
(c) That he is worried about the children.
(d) He wants a divorce.

7. What does the character finally do?
(a) Lets itself die.
(b) Seeks vengeance against its master.
(c) Ventures completely into the outside world.
(d) Leaps off the tree and flies.

8. What does Mr. Pontellier learn one week about Edna's visitation day?
(a) Edna saw only Robert.
(b) Edna does not receive visitors.
(c) Edna changed the day.
(d) Edna wants to have Mr. Pontellier join her on the visitation day.

9. Where do the Pontelliers live in the non-summer months?
(a) New Orleans.
(b) Lafayette.
(c) Mobile.
(d) Charleston.

10. How does Victor upset Edna at the dinner party?
(a) He tells Edna Robert has married a Spanish woman.
(b) He tells Edna Robert has married an Italian woman.
(c) He sings a song Robert used to sing.
(d) He tells Edna that Mr. Pontellier is not in New York, but rather at his mistress's house in New Orleans.

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

12. What happens by accident one day?
(a) The sun does not shine.
(b) The lamp burns out.
(c) The fire gets too hot.
(d) The cage door is left open.

13. What does Mildred decide to do?
(a) Go to a convent.
(b) Leave the farm.
(c) Apply for a nanny's position.
(d) Marry the farmhand.

14. What does Edna promise Madame Ratignolle?
(a) That Edna will attend Madame Ratignolle when the baby comes.
(b) That Edna will reconsider the move.
(c) That Edna will not invite men into her home unless someone is present.
(d) That Edna will not have an affair until she is sure.

15. How many children does Edna have?
(a) 2.
(b) 0.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Mr. Pontellier arrive at the cottage after the swim?

2. What does Edna find when she gets home?

3. Where does Edna ask Robert go with her the morning after the swim?

4. What does Robert say forced him to go to Mexico?

5. How does Mildred say she can forgive the man who is too forward?

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