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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Mrs. Baroda tell her husband she is going to visit some relatives?
(a) To help with the cotton picking.
(b) There is a family wedding.
(c) One of them is ill.
(d) To avoid being around Gouvernail.

3. Why does Désirée's husband think she is not white?
(a) Her baby is not white.
(b) He has no reason; just an instinctive feeling.
(c) She has habits that are like negroes.
(d) Her grandfather is dark skinned.

4. Upon whom does Athénaïse begin to depend for companionship?
(a) Gouvernail.
(b) Her brother.
(c) The cook.
(d) The laundress.

5. How does Gabriel die?
(a) He does not die.
(b) A fall from his horse.
(c) Suicide.
(d) A mob.

6. What frightens Calixta?
(a) Lightning striking a tree.
(b) Lightening strikes the house.
(c) Bobinôt is late.
(d) The hobo starts acting strange.

7. What does Evariste ask to be identified as?
(a) A gentleman.
(b) A 'Cadian.
(c) A rogue.
(d) Nothing.

8. Who breaks the news gently to a loved one of the accident?
(a) Josephine.
(b) Louise.
(c) Brently.
(d) John.

9. How does Mrs. Baroda feel when she speaks to Gouvernail?
(a) That he is not human.
(b) That he does not respect her.
(c) Repulsed by him.
(d) Attracted to him.

10. What is Louise imagining in her room?
(a) How her brother must have suffered before dying.
(b) A future of endless possibilities.
(c) What her husband is doing in heaven.
(d) What her husband is doing in hell.

11. What is one thing Mrs. Sommers buys at the store with her newly-acquired money?
(a) Silk stockings.
(b) Chocolate for the children.
(c) A stack of books.
(d) Clothes for the children.

12. What does Désirée do with herself and her baby?
(a) Appeals to the priest to intervene.
(b) Kills Armand.
(c) Goes to live with her parents.
(d) Kills herself and her baby.

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

14. How much money does Mrs. Sommers receive?
(a) 50 dollars.
(b) 15 dollars.
(c) 1000 dollars.
(d) 100 dollars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mrs. Sommers go after the store?

2. Where does Mr. Brightman go for a meeting?

3. Where does Athénaïse go when she leaves Cazeau a second time?

4. Where did Elizabeth Stock work?

5. Where does the doctor advise Elizabeth to spend the winter?

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