AP Story of an Hour

The most important fact that explains Mrs. Mallard’s death is

             

• she has a heart problem

• she is frustrated in her marriage

• she does not love her husband

• he sister is too protective

• she has long dreamed of an escape

Setting details that suggest a new beginning for Mrs. Mallard include all of the     following EXCEPT

•   “There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair.”

• “The delicious breath of rain was in the air”

• “She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her…”

• “No; she was drinking the very elixir of life…”

• “Spring days, and summer days and all sorts of days that would be her own.”

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

An example of oxymoron is

             

• wild abandonment

• fell tumultuously

• coursing blood

• monstrous joy

• cruel intention

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When Mrs. Mallard whispers “free, free, free!” she looks

        

• deranged

• terrified

• joyous

• amused

• tentative

Mrs. Mallard appears to express true grief in all of the following EXCEPT

          

• “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.”

• “She sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul.”

• “But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder…”

• “And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.”

• “She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.”

The major problem with the Mallard marriage is

          

• Mr. Mallard is away from home most of the time

• awareness of her husband’s death

• sense of freedom

• sense of social propriety

• awareness of guilt

“There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.”        The “something” in this statement is Mrs. Mallard’s

          

• realization of grief

• awareness of her husband’s death

• sense of freedom

• sense of social propriety

• awareness of guilt

In the sentence “But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air,” the dominant effect is

       

• all encompassing

• very threatening

• sweetly welcoming

• quite ambiguous

• somewhat suffocating

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The best example of foreshadowing for the ending of the story is

           

• “Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with the heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.”

• “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept it significance.”

• “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.”

•   “She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands, folded in death…”

• “There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory.”

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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 phrase “live for her” most likely means that Mr. Mallard

        

• makes sacrifices so her life will be secure

• makes decisions about her without including her in the process

• demands that she obey him

• tells others how to respond to her

•   ignores her existence

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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