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Desiree's Baby Final Review
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1) What is the main conflict in “Desiree’s Baby”?
A
Desiree wants to have a child, but her husband does not.
B
Desiree gives birth to a child that is Black.
C
Desiree has to choose between her two children.
D
Desiree gives birth to a child that is blind.
2) What does Armand do with his love letters to Desiree?
A
He reads them aloud to his friends and mocks Desiree.
B
He keeps them in a special box as keepsakes.
C
He burns them along with all of her clothing and the baby furniture
D
He bundles them up and throws them in the well.
3) What does Armand learn about his parents?
A
His mother was really a Black woman.
B
His parents were originally French.
C
His father was really a Black man.
D
His parents adopted him as a child.
4) What choice does Desiree make?
A
She leaves Armand and takes the baby and disappears into the Bayou
B
She heads back to Valmonde to her mother.
C
She leaves Armand and the baby to go back home.
D
She files for divorce.
5) What is the setting of “Desiree’s Baby”?
A
Pre-Civil War Louisiana
B
Post-Vietnam Louisiana
C
Revolutionary Era Louisiana
D
Post-Civil War Louisiana
6) Who is the protagonist in “Desiree’s Baby”?
A
Armand
B
LaBlanche
C
Madame Valmonde
D
Desiree
7) Which of the following items was NOT burned at the end of the story in Armand's bonfire?
A
a letter from Madame Valmonde attesting to Desiree's white lineage
B
the corbelle he had ordered from Desiree from Paris
C
letters Desiree had sent him before they were married
D
the cradle Desiree's baby slept in
8) What changes in Armand's behavior has Désirée noticed after her son was born?
A
rmand compares his son’s eyes to Désirée’s once a day.
B
The costs of the French corbeille and the baby’s layette has sent him into debt, and his mood has grown pensive and anxious.
C
Armand cannot help talking about his son’s future and the prospect of more children
D
Armand is so pleased with his son that he has stopped punishing his servanta
9) Why has L'Abri, the Aubigny mansion, come to seem a sad looking place to Madame Valmondé?
A
She believes that the house needs a woman’s touch.
B
Armand’s habit of being strict with his servants has tarnished the house’s once-proud reputation
C
She misses Désirée ,and approaching her daughter’s new home reminds her of the past.
D
She has a sense of foreboding about what will happen to Désirée now that she has married.
10) Which explanation of Désirée's parentage does Madam Valmondé finally accept?
A
Providence had bequeathed Desiree to her, for she was childless.
B
She was the illegitimate child of Monsieur Valmonde and an octoroon maid.
C
She had run away from her own parents.
D
She had been abandoned by the stone pillar by reckless Texans.
11) Why is Madame Valmonde shocked when she sees the baby?
A
the baby looked as if it were not in good health.
B
the baby would not stop crying.
C
it has grown a great deal in a short time.
D
she notices its skin color is dark.
12) What is the relationship implied between Armand and LaBlanche?
A
She is Armand’s aunt.
B
She is Armand’s sister
C
it is implied that Armand is having an affair with her.
D
she is a freed slave who chooses to stay and keep his house
13) What figurative language does the writer use in the following: “Armand,” she called to him, in a voice which must have stabbed him.
A
alliteration
B
simile
C
metaphor
D
oxymoron
14) What figurative language does the writer use in the following: “The roof came down steep and black like a cowl”
A
metaphor
B
alliteration
C
oxymoron
D
simile
15) The foreboding appearance of L’Abri symbolizes
A
Monsieur Volmonde’s feelings toward Armand
B
Desiree’s feelings toward her baby
C
Armand’s dark moods
D
LaBlanche’s feelings toward Armand
16) The author contrasts Armand's treatment of the slaves on the plantation with
A
of how Texans treat slaves on their plantations
B
Of his father's treatment of slaves on his plantation
C
Of Desiree's treatment of slaves on the plantation
D
Monsieur Volmonde's treatment of Slaves on his plantation
17) When Desiree describes her child to her mother, we know she is feeling
A
proud
B
ashamed
C
embarrassed
D
ambivalent
18) To explain how Armand came to notice Desiree before he married her, the author uses
A
hyperbole
B
foreshadowing
C
flashback
D
symbolism
19) The reader learns that Armand's moods
A
determine Desiree's happiness
B
determine whether or not Madame Valmonde will visit
C
determine who gets to sit at the dinner table each night
D
determine how hard the slaves will work
20) When Armand's mood deteriorates in the story, Desiree becomes
A
depressed
B
worried
C
physically sick
D
aloof
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