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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Edna have to leave Robert suddenly?
(a) She is too distraught to stay with him.
(b) Madame Ratignolle is in labor.
(c) Léonce sends a servant over to fetch her.
(d) Madame Ratignolle dies giving birth.

3. What has Robert been teaching Edna?
(a) How to make gumbo stew.
(b) How to swim.
(c) How to play the recorder.
(d) How to fish.

4. What does Mr. Pontellier find that surprises him when he returns to the cottage?
(a) Edna is still awake.
(b) Edna is in the hammock.
(c) Edna is asleep in the children's room.
(d) Edna is not home.

5. How does Edna feel she is acting?
(a) Childish.
(b) Brave.
(c) On impulse.
(d) Foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Léonce write to Edna?

2. What explanation does Edna give Robert for having a photo of Alcée in her house?

3. What is the only thing that makes Edna happy since Robert left?

4. Why does Léonce scold Edna?

5. What does Dr. Mandelet say he will do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Edna and her father do when he visits and how does Léonce respond?

2. Describe the scene when Victor upsets Edna.

3. How does the creature survive and how does it see?

4. Why do Edna and her husband argue and what does each do?

5. What happens when Edna goes to be with Madame Ratignolle as she is having her baby?

6. What happens between Robert and Edna by the end of Chapter 35?

7. What is Edna's life like in New Orleans?

8. What story does Edna tell and how does she explain knowing of the story?

9. Describe Edna's terrifying water experience.

10. What happens when Mr. Pontellier arrives home at eleven?

(see the answer keys)

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