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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Armand want Désirée to do?
(a) Leave.
(b) Swear to the local priest that she is white.
(c) Stay with him no matter what.
(d) Find out if someone in her ancestry is negro.

2. What does Désirée husband do soon after their first child is born?
(a) Sticks by her.
(b) Withdraws his affections.
(c) Kills her.
(d) Divorces her.

3. Upon what is Mrs. Sommers focused?
(a) Finding a job.
(b) The cruel gossip.
(c) Finding a husband.
(d) The needs of her children.

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

5. What does Elodie take from Everson?
(a) Nothing.
(b) His cross.
(c) His watch and money.
(d) His gold teeth.

6. What makes Athénaïse decide to return to Cazeau?
(a) She is lonely.
(b) She has no money.
(c) She learns she is pregnant.
(d) She is in trouble with some shady characters.

7. About what do Mrs. Sommers' neighbors gossip?
(a) About Mrs. Sommers' deceased husband.
(b) About Mrs. Sommers' old world family.
(c) About Mrs. Sommers' male visitors.
(d) About Mrs. Sommers' better days.

8. Where does Athénaïse go when she leaves Cazeau a second time?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Lafayette.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Atlanta.

9. Who is dead at the opening of the story?
(a) Elizabeth Stock.
(b) Elizabeth Stock's sister.
(c) Elizabeth Stock's father.
(d) Elizabeth Stock's mother.

10. How much advance payment does Sublet give the 'Cadian man?
(a) 10 silver dollars.
(b) Nothing.
(c) 20 gold pieces.
(d) 2 silver dollars.

11. Where does Mr. Brightman go for a meeting?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Washington, D. C.

12. What is one other Chopin piece in which Gouvernail appears?
(a) "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
(b) The Awakening.
(c) "A Gentleman of Bayou Têche."
(d) "Désirée's Baby."

13. What does Armand's mother say in a letter to Armand's father?
(a) That she hates her husband.
(b) That she does not want Armand.
(c) That she is black.
(d) That she had a daughter she puts up for adoption.

14. What does the postcard say that Elizabeth Stock read?
(a) It predicts a change in the economic future.
(b) It is about the weather in Greece.
(c) It is about an urgent meeting the next day.
(d) It has something written in code that she cannot read.

15. What does Alcée write to his wife?
(a) That she should come home immediately.
(b) That she should stay longer in Biloxi if she wants.
(c) That he wants a divorce.
(d) That he is ill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Sublet want the 'Cadian man to do?

2. Of what is Cazeau reminded when he goes to fetch his wife?

3. What does Clarisse not miss?

4. What is Calixta's response to Bobinôt's question?

5. What does Désirée do with herself and her baby?

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