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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edna do that terrifies her?
(a) Swims out too far in the Gulf.
(b) Plays the piano in front of many others.
(c) Drops her baby.
(d) Falls down the stairs.

2. Where does Edna see Robert?
(a) At her home.
(b) At a cafe.
(c) At Grand Isle.
(d) At mass.

3. What is Edna thinking about as she returns home from the Ratignolle home?
(a) How bad childbirth can be.
(b) What she is supposed to remember.
(c) What she wants to take with her when she leaves with Robert.
(d) Whether her husband will let her see her children if she runs off with Robert.

4. Why does Robert take Edna to Madame Antoine's home?
(a) Edna is feeling ill.
(b) To have Edna's portrait drawn.
(c) To introduce her to Madame Antoine.
(d) To seduce her.

5. Where does Edna plan to move?
(a) New York.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) Into a smaller house nearby.
(d) Grand Isle.

6. Where does Edna take her father when he visits?
(a) To Madame Ratignolle's for an evening of music.
(b) To see her painting show.
(c) To visit Robert.
(d) To Mademoiselle Reisz for an evening of music.

7. What does Edna say to Robert about Léonce setting her free to marry Robert?
(a) That Léonce does not own her.
(b) That Léonce has his affairs also.
(c) That Léonce will make certain she never sees her children again.
(d) That Léonce will be happy to set her free.

8. Where do the Pontelliers live in the non-summer months?
(a) Mobile.
(b) Charleston.
(c) New Orleans.
(d) Lafayette.

9. What does Mr. Pontellier learn one week about Edna's visitation day?
(a) Edna does not receive visitors.
(b) Edna saw only Robert.
(c) Edna changed the day.
(d) Edna wants to have Mr. Pontellier join her on the visitation day.

10. What does Léonce think he has learned by Edna's interaction with her father?
(a) That she controls her father.
(b) That Edna is spoiled by her father.
(c) That she is scared of her father.
(d) That she has a deep family attachment he had not noticed before.

11. Of what does Edna remind Robert?
(a) That they spent the entire day together.
(b) That he is to talk to Mr. Pontellier the next day.
(c) That he is going to Mexico the next morning.
(d) That he is going to teach her to float on the waves the next morning.

12. What does Edna decide to do about Robert?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Tell her husband she is leaving him for Robert.
(c) Try harder to convince him to go away with her.
(d) Avoid him.

13. In what faith is Edna raised?
(a) None.
(b) Catholic.
(c) Episcopal.
(d) Presbyterian.

14. Why does Léonce scold Edna?
(a) She wants to go back to the summer cottage.
(b) She wants to go with him to New York.
(c) She wants to get out of the house.
(d) He does not scold her.

15. Where does Edna grow up?
(a) Kentucky.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Chicago.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What story does Edna tell at dinner when Dr. Mandalet visits?

3. Where does Edna ask Robert go with her the morning after the swim?

4. What depresses Edna when she visits Madam Ratignolle?

5. What is one childhood crush Edna remembers?

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