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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. Who has a weak heart?
(a) John.
(b) Louise.
(c) Brently.
(d) Josephine.

2. Who is dead at the opening of the story?
(a) Elizabeth Stock's sister.
(b) Elizabeth Stock's mother.
(c) Elizabeth Stock's father.
(d) Elizabeth Stock.

3. What do Calixta and Alcée do?
(a) Make love.
(b) Pick berries.
(c) Fight.
(d) Play chess.

4. Where did Elizabeth Stock work?
(a) She is unemployed.
(b) She works at the local bank.
(c) She is a baker's helper.
(d) At the post office in Stonelift.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom does Mr. Sublet ask when he visits Bayou Têche?

2. Why does Clarisse follow Alcée to the ball?

3. What does the postcard say that Elizabeth Stock read?

4. What is Louise imagining in her room?

5. What makes Athénaïse decide to return to Cazeau?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth help Mr. Brightman?

2. Why does Armand withdraw from Désirée?

3. How does Louise Mallard respond to the news?

4. Why does Elizabeth lose her job at the post office?

5. What does Elodie learn while at a wedding reception?

6. What does Gabriel tell Tnate Elodie and what does she say in response?

7. How does Mrs. Sommers spend her fifteen dollars?

8. What does Désirée do after Armand tells her to leave?

9. What does Clarisse do when she learns Alcée is going to see Calixta and why does she do what she does?

10. How does Athénaïse develop a relationship with Gouvernail?

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