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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. Why is Louise feeling relieved?
(a) Because she is a free woman.
(b) Because her brother survives the accident.
(c) She is not relieved.
(d) Because her father survives the train accident.

2. What is one thing Mrs. Sommers buys at the store with her newly-acquired money?
(a) Clothes for the children.
(b) A stack of books.
(c) Silk stockings.
(d) Chocolate for the children.

3. How does Louise die?
(a) Her husband kills her when he learns she celebrated his passing.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) She does not die.
(d) As a passenger in the train wreck.

4. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?
(a) To keep him out of mischief.
(b) Because she loves him.
(c) To find out if he is really going to the ball.
(d) She does not follow him.

5. What is the reason Cazeau tells his wife that he married her?
(a) His father forced him to do so.
(b) For her political connections.
(c) For her money.
(d) Because he loves her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Elodie and Gabriel playing?

2. Who is Gouvernail?

3. Who are Bobinôt and Calixta and Alcée Laballière and Clarisse?

4. How does Mrs. Baroda feel when she speaks to Gouvernail?

5. What does Mrs. Sommers wish as she is riding home on the bus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Louise Mallard respond to the news?

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

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

6. What is the difference between Calixta and Clarissa?

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

8. Why does Armand withdraw from Désirée?

9. How does Athénaïse develop a relationship with Gouvernail?

10. How does Elizabeth help Mr. Brightman?

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