"A Wife's Story" Review

Who narrates "A Wife's Story?"

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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

• science fiction

• fable

• fairy tale

• fantasy

Which of the following adjectives best describes the narrator’s state of mind at the start of the story?

• Ecstatic

• Frightened

• Skeptical

• Infuriated

Which of the following is not one of the suspicious things that the husband does?

• Go out during the day
• Hunt at night
• Wash himself repeatedly
• Frighten his child

How does the narrator describe her husband?

• A cold man with a strained relationship with his family.

• A good father who embodied goodness.

• A violent man whose children hid from him in fear.

• kind man, but one who seemed detached from reality.

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

• good father
• complainer
• gentle
• hardworker

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

• Her husband attacked her.
• Her husband attacked his daughter.
• Her daughter ran away.
• Her daughter was frightened by her father.

According to the narrator, she would not have gotten through her difficult times without who in the picture?

• Her mother.

• Her father.

• Her sister.

• Her grandmother.

The narrator reflects on something that “brings the shivers on me.” What gave her the shivers?

• The constant chill in the air; she lived where there was no season but winter.

• Her husband’s dire warning about wandering in the woods.

• Her husband’s fascination with blood.

• Her husband’s beautiful singing voice.

At the end of the story, what does the wife hope?

• To run away to a safe place with her husband.
• To see her handsome husband in his original form.
• To return to her parent's home.
• To re-marry.