The Necklace

What the cause of Mathilde's unhappiness?

• She never gets invited to parties.

• She does not love her husband

• She is required to work hard and is poor.

• She wants to live a different life from the one she is living?

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is one way the setting affects the story?

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is Mathilde's first reaction to the invitation to the ball?

• disappointed

• ungrateful

• happy

• humble

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What is something that Monsueur Loisel and Mathilde have in common?

• They both work had to repay the debt for the necklace

• They are both unhappy with their middle-class lives.

• They are both grateful for the invitation to the ball.

• They both work for Gantner Avenue School.

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CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

The author describes the amount of housework that Mathilde must do as being odious. Using the context clues, what is a synonym for odious?

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

How does the third-person omniscient point of view help readers understand how the lost necklace impacts Mathilde?

• By focusing on Mathilde's feelings, the narrator shows her emotional and physical changes

• By focusing on Mathilde's action, the narrator shows how Mathilde does not change over time

• By including Mathilde's thinking, the narrator highlights her indifference toward the lost necklace

• By including Mathilde's reactions, the narrator shows how Mathilde becomes happy with her new life

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

How do Mathilde's feelings change when she is at the ball?

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why does Madame Forestier not recognize Mathilde at the end of the story?

• Mathilde has lost her good looks.

• Madame Forestier is losing her eyesight.

• Madame Forestier is trying to ignore her.

• Mathilde changed the color of her hair.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The necklace in the story is a symbol for the following theme. ​ ​

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

What effect does the loss of the necklace have on Monsieur Loisel?

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CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3