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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reason Cazeau tells his wife that he married her?
(a) For her money.
(b) His father forced him to do so.
(c) Because he loves her.
(d) For her political connections.

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does Louise die?
(a) She does not die.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) Her husband kills her when he learns she celebrated his passing.
(d) As a passenger in the train wreck.

9. What is Calixta's response to Bobinôt's question?
(a) She will bake him a cake if he will introduce her to his brother.
(b) She has said no.
(c) She has not yet given a response.
(d) She has said she will lend him her pony, but not her find mare.

10. Why is Elizabeth fired from her job?
(a) Because she is surly.
(b) For doing unauthorized actions.
(c) Because she is late almost every day.
(d) Because she steals from her employer.

11. Who has just been killed in a railroad accident?
(a) Brently.
(b) No one.
(c) Louise.
(d) Josephine.

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

13. What does Elodie not tell Gabriel?
(a) That Everson comes to her and he is not dead.
(b) That she robs Everson.
(c) That a knife is in his other coat.
(d) That Everson talks to the sheriff.

14. What does Cazeau sense when he embraces Athénaïse?
(a) That she has no emotions.
(b) That she is different.
(c) That she is insane.
(d) That she still does not love him.

15. What does Mrs. Sommers wish as she is riding home on the bus?
(a) That she had bought more chocolate for the children.
(b) That her children would disappear.
(c) That the ride would never end.
(d) That her husband would return to her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Elodie take from Everson?

3. Who is the successful planter?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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