THE ENDING
WHAT MADE ARMAND'S MANNER TOWARDS HIS WIFE AND THE SLAVES CHANGE BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE HE MARRIED DESIREE'?
HE REALIZES THAT HIS BABY IS NOT ALL WHITE
WHERE DID ARMAND GROW UP AS A CHILD AND WHY DID HE HAVE TO MOVE BACK TO LOUISIANA?
PARIS, FRANCE. HIS MOM DIED SO THEY MOVED BACK TO LOUISIANA
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.
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF "DESIREE'S BABY?"
KATE CHOPIN
WHO DOES DESIREE WRITE TO AT THE END?
MADAME VALMONDE
WHO IS MADAME VALMONDE?
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.
WHAT TIME PERIOD WAS "DESIREE'S BABY" SET IN?
ANTEBELLUM TIME PERIOD (PRIOR TO CIVIL WAR)
WHAT HAPPENS TO DESIREE AND THE BABY AT THE END?
THEY RUN OFF INTO THE BAYOU (NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN)
HOW IS DESIREE DESCRIBED IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SHORT STORY?
AS BEAUTIFUL, GENTLE, SINCERE, AND AFFECTIONATE
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
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ARMAND'S REPUTATION IF PEOPLE FOUND OUT HE WAS MIXED?
HE WOULD LOSE HIS STATUS AND SHAME HIS FAMILY NAME.
WHAT DOES ARMAND BURN UP AFTER DESIREE AND THE BABY LEAVE?
THEIR CLOTHES AND LETTERS THAT DESIREE HAD WRITTEN TO HIM
WHO FOUND DESIREE BY THE STONE PILLAR AS A BABY?
MONSIEUR VALMONDE
DOES ARMAND CARE ABOUT DESIREE'S ORIGINS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORY?
NO... HE ONLY CARES ABOUT GIVING HER HIS LAST NAME
LOUISIANA
WHAT DOES THE LETTER WRITTEN BY ARMAND'S MOTHER REVEAL?
THAT ARMAND IS THE PERSON WITH BLACK ANCESTRY, NOT DESIREE
WHAT MADE DESIREE' REALIZE THAT HER CHILD WAS MIXED?
SHE SAW A SIMILARITY BETWEEN HER CHILD AND THE "QUADROON" CHILD OF LA'BLANCHE
APPROXIMATELY HOW OLD IS THE BABY WHEN PEOPLE START TO NOTICE THAT HE IS NOT WHITE?
FOUR WEEKS OLD (or) ABOUT 3 MONTHS...
WHAT YEAR WAS "DESIREE'S BABY" WRITTEN?
1893