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

2. For whom does Mr. Sublet ask when he visits Bayou Têche?
(a) Evan Martinette.
(b) A police officer.
(c) Evariste Bonamour.
(d) The mayor.

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

4. Who does Evariste save?
(a) No one.
(b) Mr. Sublet.
(c) Martinette.
(d) Mr. Sublet's son.

5. Why does Désirée's husband think she is not white?
(a) Her grandfather is dark skinned.
(b) Her baby is not white.
(c) He has no reason; just an instinctive feeling.
(d) She has habits that are like negroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Elodie not tell Gabriel?

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

3. What is the reason Cazeau tells his wife that he married her?

4. Upon whom does Athénaïse begin to depend for companionship?

5. What are Elodie and Gabriel playing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Elizabeth lose her job at the post office?

4. How does Mrs. Sommers spend her fifteen dollars?

5. What is the difference between Calixta and Clarissa?

6. What does Gabriel tell Tnate Elodie and what does she say in response?

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

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

9. How does Athénaïse develop a relationship with Gouvernail?

10. What does Mr. Sublet ask Evariste Bonamour and what Sublet give Evariste?

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