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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. How does Mildred say she can forgive the man who is too forward?
(a) If he marries her.
(b) If she can forgive herself.
(c) If he will leave the farm.
(d) She will not ever forgive him.

2. What does Robert say forced him to go to Mexico?
(a) Pressure from Edna's husband.
(b) Pressure from his mother.
(c) Pressure from his brother.
(d) His love for Edna.

3. What does Edna do that terrifies her?
(a) Swims out too far in the Gulf.
(b) Drops her baby.
(c) Falls down the stairs.
(d) Plays the piano in front of many others.

4. Who is Madame Lebrun?
(a) Léonce Pontellier's mother.
(b) The woman who rents out the vacation cottages.
(c) A famous pianist.
(d) A woman who runs an illicit house.

5. Where does Edna plan to move?
(a) Grand Isle.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) New York.
(d) Into a smaller house nearby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Edna say to Robert about Léonce setting her free to marry Robert?

2. What is the opening setting for the novelette The Awakening?

3. How does Victor upset Edna at the dinner party?

4. By what was Edna taken regarding Léonce before they marry?

5. What does Mr. Pontellier find that surprises him when he returns to the cottage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Edna learn when she returns from Chênière Caminada?

4. Why does Edna decide to move into a smaller house and what does the staff call the house?

5. What does Robert confess when he and Edna go back to the pigeon house and what is Edna's response?

6. What does Edna find when she visits Mademoiselle Reisz and how does Edna react?

7. How does Léonce Pontellier treat his sunburned wife?

8. About what do Edna and her father argue and what does her father say to Léonce?

9. Where does Robert decide to go and how does Edna react?

10. What does Madame Ratignolle ask of Edna and what does she think of the pigeon house?

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