Collection One: "The Wife's Story"

What type of story is "A Wife's Story?"

• science fiction
• fable
• fairy tale
• fantasy

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What type of narrator does the author choose as the "teller" of the story?

• third-person limited

• first person, a character

• third-person omniscient

• second-person "you"

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

Which of the following is not a way that the wife describes her spouse?

• good father

• complainer

• gentle

• hardworker

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Who narrates "A Wife's Story?"

• a woman
• a man
• a female wolf
• a male wolf

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What assumption does the reader make that must be changed by the story's end?

• that the narrator is human

• that the narrator's husband will return

• that the husband is a werewolf

• that the wolf pack kills the husband

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What activity of the husband first arouses the wife's suspicions?

• Goes out "hunting" during the day

• Plays rough with the children

• Is unnaturally kind and gentle to her

• No longer comes home at night

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which event does the wife mention as the most "awful thing" that happened?

• Her husband attacked her.

• Her husband attacked their youngest.

• Her child ran away.

• Her daughter was frightened by her own father.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

There are very few foreshadowing clues in the story to hint at the fact that this story is about wolves.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

The wife witnessed her husband changing into a man.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The best word to describe the end of the story is:

• Uplifting
• Tragic
• Hopeful
• Confusing

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.8.2