Story of an Hour (2020)

From what ailment does Mrs. Mallard suffer?

• kidney failure

• heart trouble

• pneumonia

• detached retinas

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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.11-12.3

In what season does the story take place and why is it significant?

• The story takes place in Winter and symbolizes that everything dies.
• The story takes place in Summer and symbolizes the burning love Mrs. Mallard has for her husband.
• The story takes place in Spring and symbolizes a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard.
• The story takes place in Fall and symbolizes the everything is falling apart.

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.10

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

What does Louise say repeatedly while looking out the window?

• "Free"

• "Finally"

• "Freedom"

• "Yay

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

"It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long." Here, shudder means..

• to tremble in happiness

• to tremble in sadness

• to tremble in hope

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

According to the selection, why is the line "she had died of heart disease--of the joy that kills" ironic?

• Because she didn't die
• Joy cannot literally kill someone
• She was sad that her husband was actually alive
• She was sad that her husband was dead

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

"She was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window." This passage demonstrates that Mrs. Mallard is feeling which of the following emotions?

• Angry & bitter

• Happy & hopeful

• Sad & devastated

• Indifferent & bored

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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.

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