1. Where is Mr. Pontellier eager to go the next day?
(a) Easy Street, to open a bar
(b) Carondelet Street, the business center of the city
(c) Wall Street, to conduct business
(d) Bourbon Street, the heart of New Orleans

2. What does Mrs. Pontellier overhear Madame Ratignolle relate to Monsieur Farival in great detail?
(a) Her intimate moments with her husband
(b) How to cook a chicken Creole style
(c) One of her accouchements, or, childbirths
(d) Her interest in writing a novel

3. After declining Robert's invitation to go to the beach, how does Edna feel?
(a) She feels sad, because it might the last time he ever asks her.
(b) She feels relieved, because she cannot swim.
(c) She feels contradictory, regretting she had not gone and glad that she had not.
(d) She is glad to be alone and painting

4. What starts to change in Edna this summer at Grande Isle?
(a) The idea of living here year-round is gaining its appeal.
(b) She longs to have another child.
(c) The mantel of reservation that had always enveloped her is loosening.
(d) The mantel of openness that had always enveloped her is tightening.

5. Why is Robert at Grande Isle?
(a) He likes to spend time with old women.
(b) He spends every summer vacation there with his mother.
(c) He had heard of it through a friend, thought he should see it.
(d) He is in search of a job.