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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. Whose wedding does Edna refuse to attend?
(a) Robert's.
(b) Léonce's brother's.
(c) Edna's sister's.
(d) Léonce's sister's.

2. Of what does Robert often daydream?
(a) Going to make his fortune in Mexico.
(b) Going to make a fortune in Australia.
(c) Finding a cure for his mother's illness.
(d) Finding a wife as pretty as Edna.

3. Who is Dr. Mandelet?
(a) Robert's physician.
(b) A good psychiatrist.
(c) A voodoo practitioner.
(d) Mr. Pontellier's physician and frirend.

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

5. How does Edna speak to her husband?
(a) Sharply.
(b) Sweetly.
(c) Sensually.
(d) She refuses to speak to him at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Edna have to leave Robert suddenly?

2. How many children does Edna have?

3. What will Edna do before she moves?

4. What does Mildred want to try?

5. What depresses Edna when she visits Madam Ratignolle?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Madame Ratignolle.

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

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

5. What happens when the cage door is left open by accident one day?

6. What does Mademoiselle Reisz show and tell Edna concerning Robert?

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

8. How does Edna feel about living in the pigeon house?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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