"Ruthless" and "Button, Button" Paired Text Quiz

11 In what way are the stories "Ruthless" and "Button, Button" similar?

• Both describe the setting of the story taking place in a city where the married couple lived.

• Both stories highlight a newlywed married couple that is just getting to know each other.

• Both stories provide details about how one of the spouses dies by accidental poisioning.

• Both stories portray the main character as a spouse who was materialistic and selfish.

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12 How does Judson Webb in "Ruthless" differ from Norma Lewis in "Button, Button"?

• Judson Webb is amused by the idea of catching a thief, while Norma is concerned about how pressing the button works.

• Judson Webb is thankful for his wife's advice about the thief, while Norma Lewis seems indifferent to her husband's advice about the button device.

• Judson Webb is surprised that his wife is concerned about his actions with the poison, while Norma Lewis expects her husband to act the way he does about the button device.

• Judson Webb becomes the victim of his own actions, while Norma Lewis learns her husband becomes the victim of her actions.

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13 Unlike the husband, Arthur Lewis, in "Button, Button", the wife, Marcia Webb, in "Ruthless" —

• keeps the risks and potential danger of her husband's actions a secret

• supports her husband's actions against the thief even though she disagrees

• tells someone else about the risks and potential danger of her husband's actions

• tries to persuade her husband not to do the actions he is considering

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14 The ending of the stories "Ruthless" and "Button, Button" are similar because both of the main characters —

• regret listening to the advice of their spouses.

• learn a lesson about being selfish and materialistic.

• have an experience with an accidental death due to the main character's careless and selfish actions.

• resolve their conflict in the story the way they wanted to

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