The Wives of the Dead

The author of "The Wives of the Dead"

• William Hawthorne 
• Nathaniel Hawthorne
• William Shakespeare
• Cam Newton

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The husbands of the main characters were

• a sailor and a machinist
• a sailor and a reverand
• a sailor and a soldier
• a sailor and a landsman

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The following passage serves as an example of _____________: "all of whose emotions were influenced by her mild, quiet, yet not feeble character" (Hawthorne 1)

• imagery
• indirect characterization
• direct characterization
• alliteration

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What word best describes the mood created by the following passage? "The cold light of the lamp threw the shadows of the furniture up against the wall, stamping them immovably there, except when they were shaken by a sudden flicker of the flame" (Hawthorne 1)

• enchanted
• eerie
• undaunted
• jocular

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The following statement is which type of conflict: The wives want to tell the other when they hear of their husband's fortune, but do not.

• Man vs Nature

• Man vs. Himself

• Man vs. Society

• Man vs Man

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The setting of the story is

• Salem, Massachusetts

• London, England

• Bay Province , a seaport town

• Albany, New York

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The two sisters-in-law…

• were invited to a funeral they do not wish to attend, as they only need each other for comfort.

• have both lost their husbands and want to be left alone together in their grief.

• have both lost their husbands in a shipwreck and are scared to be left alone.

• have both lost husbands within the past few days, though one is thought to be only missing.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When the sisters settle down to sleep…

• they are both able to drift off and forget their sorrow.

• the rain keeps both of them from falling asleep.

• Margaret is able to fall asleep, but Mary stays up crying and thinking about her dead husband.

• Mary is able to fall sleep, but Margaret cannot because she is thinking of her dead husband.*

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

What does Margaret hear and how does she react?

• She hears rain, thinks she is having a dream, and tries to go back to sleep.

• She hears knocking and hesitates, but goes to the door because she doesn’t have anything to lose.

• She is too frightened and wakes Mary to answer the door for her.

• She runs to the door immediately, believing it to be her supposedly dead husband.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Goodman Parker has come to…

• give his condolences for the two widowed sisters.

• give Mary some bad news about her missing husband.

• tell Margaret that her husband is not dead after all.

• tell Margaret that her husband is alive, but that he has joined the French.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3