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BEGINNING-MIDDLE
100

WHY DOES ARMAND'S MANNER TOWARDS HIS WIFE AND THE SLAVES CHANGE?

HIS BABY IS NOT WHITE 
100

WHO LEFT PARIS BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER/WIFE? 

ARMAND AND MONSIEUR AUBIGNY

100

WHAT IS L'ABRI AND HOW IS IT DESCRIBED?

THE AUBIGNY'S PLANTATION WHERE DESIREE AND ARMAND ARE STAYING. IT IS DESCRIBED AS BEING SOLEMN AND DARK. 

200

WHAT DOES THE LETTER WRITTEN BY ARMAND'S MOTHER REVEAL?

THAT ARMAND IS THE PERSON WITH BLACK ANCESTRY, NOT DESIREE 

200

WHO IS MADAME VALMONDE?

THE WOMAN WHO RAISED DESIREE 
200

HOW DOES MADAME VALMONDE REACT WHEN SHE SEES THE BABY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE?

SHE IS STARTLED AND EXAMINES THE BABY CLOSELY.

300

WHAT HAPPENS TO DESIREE AND THE BABY AT THE END?

THEY RUN OFF INTO THE BAYOU (NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN)

300

WHO IS ZANDRINE?

THE NURSE THAT TAKES CARE OF DESIREE AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER BABY

300

WHAT DOES DESIREE SAY TO MADAME VALMONDE'S REACTION TO THE BABY?

SHE KEEPS SAYING THAT THE BABY HAS GROWN SO FAST AND THAT THE BABY CRIES LOUDER THAN EVER NOW

400

WHAT DOES ARMAND BURN UP AFTER DESIREE AND THE BABY LEAVE?

THEIR CLOTHES AND LETTERS THAT DESIREE HAD WRITTEN TO HIM

400

WHO FOUND DESIREE BY THE STONE PILLAR AS A BABY?

MONSIEUR VALMONDE 

400

DOES ARMAND CARE ABOUT DESIREE'S ORIGINS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?

NO... HE ONLY CARES ABOUT GIVING HER HIS LAST NAME 

500

WHO DOES DESIREE WRITE TO AT THE END?

MADAME VALMONDE

500

HOW IS DESIREE DESCRIBED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHORT STORY?

AS BEAUTIFUL, GENTLE, SINCERE, AND AFFECTIONATE

500

HOW OLD IS THE BABY WHEN DESIREE AND ARMAND START TO NOTICE THAT HE IS NOT WHITE?

THREE MONTHS OLD

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