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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does Evariste save?
(a) Mr. Sublet's son.
(b) No one.
(c) Mr. Sublet.
(d) Martinette.

4. What does Mrs. Baroda say about her husband wanting Gouvernail for a second visit?
(a) She is frightened.
(b) She is indifferent.
(c) She objects.
(d) She thinks is it a great idea.

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

6. Who unnerves Mrs. Baroda?
(a) Her maid.
(b) Gaston.
(c) Her cook.
(d) Gourvernail.

7. 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.

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

9. Who are Bobinôt and Calixta and Alcée Laballière and Clarisse?
(a) Four siblings.
(b) Two couples in the story.
(c) Four characters in a fairy tale told to the child in the story.
(d) Four friends.

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

11. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?
(a) Because she loves him.
(b) She does not follow him.
(c) To keep him out of mischief.
(d) To find out if he is really going to the ball.

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

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

14. What does Clarisse not miss?
(a) The injustice of the social system in the South.
(b) Intimacy with Alcée.
(c) Her days of social obligations.
(d) The heat of New Orleans.

15. Where does Mrs. Sommers go after the store?
(a) A fancy restaurant.
(b) To a job interview.
(c) To her parents' home to borrow money.
(d) To see her lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the successful planter?

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

3. Who is Gouvernail?

4. How much money does Mrs. Sommers receive?

5. What does Mrs. Sommers wish as she is riding home on the bus?

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