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

Her husband’s beautiful singing voice.

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.

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

To see her handsome husband in his original form.

To run away to a safe place with her husband.

To return to her parent's home.

What is believed about those with the “curse in his blood”?

They would have trouble sleeping and leave home to find others like him.

They would vanish into thin air, never to be seen again.

They would go wherever water is and drown themselves.

They would lose their appetites and grow weaker and weaker.

Which of the following happens at the end of the story?

The husband is killed violently.

The sister is killed by the husband.

The husband fired a gun at his family.

The climax of this story occurs when ___________________.

The wife's sister kills the man.

The wolf frightens his daughter.

A quote from the story reads: "It was like his hair fried away in the sunlight and was gone" Which of the following events does this quote refer to?

When the wolf was changing into a man.

When the wife describes how handsome her husband was.

When the daughter became frightened of her father.

When the sister killed the man.

What is the wife very worried about when she sees her husband's transformation?

He will continue to smell strangely.

He will leave her for a human wife.

Which of the following is not true?

The children tell their mother that they do not want their father to return home.

The narrator did not wish to nag her husband about his reasons for leaving.

The narrator becomes particularly concerned with her husband’s strange smell upon returning.

The husband seemed disinterested in answering his wife’s questions and pretended to sleep to avoid further conversation.

By the story’s conclusion, all of the following are true except…

The narrator knew the spell could not be broken and that her husband would never return in his normal form.

The wife, her sister, and others attack the husband.

The husband runs off, trying to save himself.

"A Wife's Story" Review

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who narrates "A Wife's Story?"

a woman

a man

a female wolf

a male wolf

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CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

science fiction

fable

fairy tale

fantasy

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Ecstatic

Frightened

Skeptical

Infuriated

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

good father

complainer

gentle

hardworker

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

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"A Wife's Story" Review

Who narrates "A Wife's Story?"

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

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

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

How does the narrator describe her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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