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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 characteristic of the Creoles "impresses" Mrs. Pontellier?
(a) Their literary knowledge
(b) Their entire absence of prudery
(c) Their ability to drink a lot
(d) Their endurance especially when swimming

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

3. What does Robert jokingly say happened to Mrs. Pontellier when she was in the ocean?
(a) She looked like a shark.
(b) No one watched her because they knew she was a good swimmer.
(c) A spirit rose from the Gulf and found her.
(d) He never jokes.

4. On what street do the Pontelliers live?
(a) Esplanade Street
(b) Avocado Street
(c) Wall Street
(d) Bourbon Street

5. What does Edna see when Mademoiselle Reisz plays?
(a) Nothing. But she feels passions that make her choke with tears.
(b) The future in gross detail
(c) Her life unfold like a beautiful flower
(d) Herself playing the piano

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Mr. Pontellier reading a day-old newspaper?

4. Who does Edna search for?

5. In retrospect, how does Edna feel about stomping on her wedding ring?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Mrs. Pontellier and Madame Ratignolle have a heated argument in which Edna says she would be willing to give up anything for her children except for herself. What does she mean by this? And why does it upset Madame Ratignolle so much?

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

4. Do you think Mr. Pontellier is too angry and too demanding when he gets angry at his wife for breaking their Tuesday routine?

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

6. Does Robert appear in any way to be a "bad boy"? If so, how?

7. If Edna were to tell Leonce how she really felt, would he understand? Would he listen? How would she tell him so it would get through to him?

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

9. Why do you think Robert manages to get Mademoiselle Reisz to play for Edna?

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

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