"The Wife's Story" Review

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"

Who narrates "A Wife's Story?"

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• TRUE
• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The wife witnessed her husband changing into a man.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• Uplifting
• Tragic
• Hopeful
• Confusing

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

One example of foreshadowing in the story is repeated reference to

• people

• Hunting and survival

• man vs. nature

• blood and the moon

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

When her husband changes into a human, the wife immediately views him as _____________.

• The husband she loves.

• An enemy to her and her children

• A friend.

• Someone she admires.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3