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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?
(a) He is a slow reader .
(b) He likes old news, not current news.
(c) The day's paper has not yet reached the Grande Isle.
(d) He is too cheap to buy the day's paper.

2. Why does Mr. Pontellier stop reading his newspaper?
(a) He cannot read it with any
(b) He gets a telegraph.
(c) He gets a telephone call.
(d) His back hurts and he is uncomfortable.

3. What does Madame Ratignolle do to Edna that she first finds unsettling?
(a) She rubs Edna's belly whenever she wants to.
(b) She is very physically affectionate.
(c) She speaks to Edna in a very mean tone.
(d) She never looks Edna in the eye when speaking to her.

4. What does Edna realize about herself after learning of Robert's departure?
(a) She is experiencing a real infatuation.
(b) She has always wanted to go to Mexico.
(c) She might just take off and join him .
(d) She does not like Robert as much as she thought.

5. What does Leonce believe is a way to become rich?
(a) To speculate in real estate
(b) To con people into buying investments they do not need
(c) To make money, not save it
(d) To keep children in public not private schools

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

7. When Mr. Pontellier checks in on his sons, he thinks that Raoul has:
(a) A strange animal with him
(b) A bizarre disease
(c) Been having nightmares
(d) A fever

8. Where is Leonce when Edna returns from the Cheniere?
(a) He is now at the Cheniere.
(b) He is walking along the beach.
(c) He went to Madame Antoine's.
(d) He is at Klein's.

9. When Edna cannot find Mademoiselle Reisz, who does she go to for help?
(a) Adele Ratignolle
(b) Madame Lebrun
(c) The Police
(d) Leonce

10. What does Madame Ratignolle beg Robert to do?
(a) Start an affair with Edna
(b) Accompany her to the house
(c) Fix her house
(d) Babsyit her children

11. What does Victor say has changed Edna?
(a) Her sense of style
(b) The city atmosphere
(c) Her new confidence
(d) His being around her

12. According to Edna, her marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an:
(a) Accident
(b) Act of rebellion
(c) Amiable thing to do
(d) Act of convenience

13. What news does Edna learn once she joins the others for dinner?
(a) That Robert is going to New York
(b) That Robert is going to Mexico
(c) That Robert is going to Europe
(d) That Robert is actually married to Mariequita

14. What does Mr. Pontellier send home to his wife while he is away?
(a) A basket filled with wine bottles
(b) A basket filled with eggs
(c) A basket filled with exquisite candies and fancy foods
(d) A basket filled with instructions on how she should behave

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As they sail to the Cheniere Caminada, how does Edna feel?

3. What happens on Tuesdays in the Pontellier home?

4. Where is Robert when Edna discovers his plan?

5. Why does Robert smoke cigarettes?

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