Story of an Hour

From what ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer?

• kidney failure

• heart trouble

• pneumonia

• detached retinas

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

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.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who broke the news to Mrs. Mallard that her husband is dead?

• Richards
• Josephine
• Brently Mallard
• She found out herself

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

True or False?
Brently died in the train accident. 

• True
• False 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

What does Louise say repeatedly while looking out the window?

• "Free"

• "Finally"

• "Freedom"

• "Yay

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

How did Mrs. Mallard feel AFTER experiencing her initial grief over her husband's death?

• happy

• sad

• angry

• jealous

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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 died in the train wreck.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Who are the Main Characters of the story?

• Louise Mallard, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Richard
• Mr. and Mrs. Adams, Tessie, Old Man Warner
• Raphael, Leonardo, Michael Angelo, Dontello 
• Jing Mei, Canning Woo, Suyuan Woo, An-mei Hsu 

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

What is the theme of "The Story of an Hour?"

• It's not always save to stay within tradition
• Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light
• freedom, self-fulfilment, meaning of love, empowerment 
• A life without love, is no life at all

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Who is Josephine?

• Brently's sister
• Richard's wife
• A Neighbor
• Louise's sister