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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does Mrs. Sommers receive?

2. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?

3. What is one thing Mrs. Sommers buys at the store with her newly-acquired money?

4. What is Calixta's response to Bobinôt's question?

5. Why does Mrs. Baroda tell her husband she is going to visit some relatives?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Calixta become involved with Alcée Laballière?

2. What does Mrs. Sommers receive and what does she plan to do with it?

3. Why does Mr. Sublet change his attitude towards Evariste?

4. Why does Armand withdraw from Désirée?

5. What does Louise Mallard learn and how does she learn of it?

6. How does Mrs. Baroda feel towards Gourvernail at the opening of the story, and what does she do as a result?

7. How does Elizabeth help Mr. Brightman?

8. What does Clarisse do when she learns Alcée is going to see Calixta and why does she do what she does?

9. What does Elodie learn while at a wedding reception?

10. What does Alcée write to his wife and what is her response?

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