"Love" by William Maxwell

Which detail does not support that this story takes place in the early 1900s?

• died of tuberculosis
• backseat of my father's open Chalmers
• lit by a coal-oil lamp
• flowers from the greenhouse

The sentence "The name might as well have been graven in stone" is an example of...

• foreshadowing
• simile
• flashback
• symbolism

How is the imagery in this sentence "we escorted her downtown in a body" related to a funeral?

• it relates to students who take their teacher to a movie
• it relates to the pallbearers who carry the coffin
• it relates to the number of graves in a cemetery
• it doesn't relate at all

Which of the following is not a gift that was given to Ms. Brown?

• sweat peas
• an apple
• purple asters
• pansies

Which line foreshadows to the readers that Ms. Brown was ill, but the students didn't know yet?

• She never had to ask us to be quiet
• She cleared her throat and said that Ms. Brown was sick
• Her delicate fingers seemed to take forever to remove the ribbon
• We would not have dreamed of doing anything that displeased her

What qualities can the reader infer are the reasons why he loves his teacher?

• She was frustrated and disappointed with their behavior
• She enjoyed getting gifts from the students
• She was beautiful and good at writing in cursive
• She was patient and compassionate toward her students

"Rancidus" is Latin for "stinking."  In the last paragraph, what does "rancid water" mean?

• The water is filthy and malodorous
• The water is poisoned
• The water is not safe to drink
• There is not enough water in the vase

How did the narrator learn the news of Ms. Brown's death?

• radio
• newspaper
• television
• his parents told him

When did Ms. Brown die?

• When the students were in fifth grade
• When the students were in the seventh grade
• When the students were in the sixth grade
• When the students were in the eighth grade

The sweat pea represents departure.  The author chose this as the final gift to Ms. Brown in order to...

• create imagery by describing the purpose of the sweat pea
• show how the students really didn't know types of flowers
• symbolize the teacher later leaving life through her death
• predict that the students would later visit Ms. Brown