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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 Madame Ratignolle think of the Mexicans?
(a) She confuses them with the Spanish.
(b) They are a treacherous, unscrupulous and revengeful people.
(c) She knows nothing of them and is very curious.
(d) They are the most delightful people she knows.

2. Who approaches Mr. Pontellier underneath a white sunshade?
(a) His wife, Mrs. Edna Pontellier and the young Robert Lebrun
(b) Robert LeBrun and his wife
(c) The local priest
(d) Madame Lebrun and her son Robert

3. Why does Robert smoke cigarettes?
(a) No particular reasons
(b) He thinks it makes him look good.
(c) He cannot afford pipes.
(d) He cannot afford cigars.

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

5. What effect does music generally have on Edna?
(a) None. She hates music.
(b) Sedative. It makes her sleepy.
(c) It has a way of evoking pictures in her mind.
(d) It has a way of making her anxious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert do while Mrs. Pontellier paints?

2. What does Mr. Pontellier send home to his wife while he is away?

3. How does Madame Ratignolle explain the behavior of the Lebruns?

4. How does Mrs. Pontellier react when her husband comes home from Klein's?

5. Who is the embodiment of every womanly grace and charm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Leonce at all upset that his wife has been away with another man?

2. Given all of the time and attention and affection from Robert and now his sudden departure, what kind of person is he? Do you think he is different from the man you first read about? Has he been deceptive? Is he fearful?

3. What is the first impression the author gives of Mrs. Pontellier?

4. Why do you think Mr. Pontellier is so enraged at his wife when he thinks Raoul has a fever?

5. Madame Ratignolle--what kind of woman is she?

6. Edna and Adele grow close. How are they different?

7. Despite growing closer to Adele, why does Edna still not reveal her thoughts to Adele?

8. Why doe Edna feel so comfortable in Madame Antoine's house right away?

9. What is the purpose of Mariequita in this part of the story?

10. What do we learn is different about Mrs. Pontellier from the other wives who summer at the Grande Isle?

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