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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Athénaïse.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Bobinôt and Calixta and Alcée Laballière and Clarisse?
(a) Two couples in the story.
(b) Four siblings.
(c) Four friends.
(d) Four characters in a fairy tale told to the child in the story.

2. What is the first kiss to which Edna has ever responded?
(a) She says she has never really responded to any kiss.
(b) One from Alcée.
(c) The one Robert gave her during the summer.
(d) The first one from her husband.

3. How is Edna going to pay for her move?
(a) With money from her mother's estate and selling of her art.
(b) Money from Robert.
(c) Money her husband gives her.
(d) Money from Alcée.

4. Of what is Cazeau reminded when he goes to fetch his wife?
(a) Going to market.
(b) The way his friends laughed when he told them who he planned to marry.
(c) A saying his mother told him on his wedding day.
(d) A slave his father once had to retrieve.

5. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?
(a) To keep him out of mischief.
(b) Because she loves him.
(c) She does not follow him.
(d) To find out if he is really going to the ball.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Alcée flirt with at the ball?

2. Where does Edna plan to move?

3. What kind of woman does Edna tell Alcée she is?

4. How does Victor upset Edna at the dinner party?

5. What does Edna think she understands?

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