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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 31-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When talking to both Adele and Edna, Robert is jovial and jokes often. Is he this way when alone with Edna?
(a) It depends on whether her husband is in the room.
(b) No, he is not.
(c) Yes, he is.
(d) The author gives few clues as to how he behaves when alone with Edna.

2. Who does Mr. Pontellier drop in to visit in town one morning?
(a) Madame Ratignolle
(b) Mademoiselle Reisz
(c) Madame Lebrun
(d) Dr. Mandelet

3. How does Edna react to the news she learns at dinner?
(a) She is skeptical.
(b) She is delighted.
(c) She is shocked.
(d) She has no reaction.

4. Why does Edna feel a pang of jealousy toward Madame Lebrun?
(a) She is richer than Edna.
(b) Robert wrote to his mother but not to Edna.
(c) She is a better painter than Edna.
(d) She is more beautiful than Edna.

5. Mrs. Pontellier talks about:
(a) The weather
(b) Her husband's business, their house on Esplanade Street
(c) Her father's Mississippi plantation, Kentucky, and her sister's engagement
(d) Her children

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Edna's feelings for her own children?

2. What does opening up to Madame Ratignolle do for Edna?

3. Why does Edna cry when she listens to Mademoiselle Reisz play the piano?

4. Who arrives at Mademoiselle Reisz's while Edna waits there alone?

5. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?

(see the answer key)

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