The Story of an Hour

From what ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer?

• kidney failure
• heart trouble
• detached retinas
• H1N1

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What might Mrs. Mallard's ailment symbolize?

• her inability to see things as they are
• her inability to filter out less important things in life
• her unhappiness and troubling emotions
• a raging desire for pig flesh

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who breaks the news of Mr. Mallard's death?

• Richards
• Roberts
• Josephine
• Friar John

The following passage, "When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills." is an example of:

• personification
• irony
• symbolism
• imagery

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is significant about the story's setting?

• The story's set in a time period that afforded women very few rights.
• It takes place in a large house.
• The story encompasses one hour.
• The setting makes no difference.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How could we best characterize Brently Mallard

• He is an abusive husband who deserves to die in a fiery train wreck.
• He's a conniving man who set up the train wreck story so he could scare his wife and kill her.
• He's a typical husband in the late 19th-century
• He's an adulterer.

In what season does the story take place and why is it significant?

• The story takes place in Spring and symbolizes a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard
• The story takes place in Summer and symbolizes the burning hot love Mrs. Mallard has for her husband.
• The story takes place in Winter and symbolizes that everything dies.
• The story takes place in Fall and symbolizes that school is about to start.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In "The Story of an Hour", what does Louise stare at while locked in her room?

• A picture

• A locket

• A Bible

• the sky

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

In "The Story of an Hour", Louise reacts to the news of her husband's death first with _________, then with __________.

• grief, excitement

• self-pity, anger

• fear, acceptance

• joy, despair

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4