The Wife's Story: Comprehension Check

From whose point-of-view is the story told?

• The wife's
• A stranger's
• The husband's
• A human's

How does the narrator feel about her husband before he behaves strangely?

• She loves him
• She resents him
• She likes him
• She distrusts him

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why doesn't the narrator prevent her husband's death at the end of the story?

• She is angry with him
• She feels betrayed by him
• She is protective of her family
• She doesn't love him

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Why does the narrator get angry with the daughter when the daughter is scared of her dad?

• She can't accept that her husband is mean
• She does not want her daughter to be disrespectful
• She doesn't want her husband know she is suspicious of him
• She is angry with her daughter over her behavior

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT something the narrator says about her husband at the beginning of the story?

• He is hard-working
• He doesn't whine
• He's a good singer
• He's a mean father

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the husband changes?

• He leaves when she is sleeping
• He has a short temper with her
• He seems like he might harm his daughter
• He kills the neighbor's pet

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

At the very end of the story, after he dies, the wife seems to _____ her husband.

• hate

• miss

• fear

• mistrust

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

“I don’t understand it. I don’t believe in it. I don’t believe that it happened. I saw it happen but it isn’t true. It can’t be.” The TONE of the narrator in this quote is BEST stated as...

• Shocked and disbelieving
• Excited and optimistic
• Angry and regretful 
• Depressed and lonely

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

During the CLIMAX of the story, when the husband transforms into something different, the author is using which type of irony?

• Dramatic

• Situational

• Verbal

• Transitional

If the reader had known from the beginning that the wife was a wolf, not a human, how would the reader's opinion about the wife change?

• The reader would relate to her experience more
• The reader would feel less sympathy for her
• The reader would understand that the wife loves her husband
• The reader would like the husband more

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3