"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin

Who broke the news of Mr. Mallard's death to Mrs. Mallard?

• Mrs. Mallard's sister Josephine

• Mr. Mallard's friend Richards

• A newspaper reporter

• A peddler in the street

Where did Mrs. Mallard go after hearing the news?

• To her sister's house

• To the newspaper office

• To her room alone

• To the open square before her house

What did Mrs. Mallard see outside her window?

• A stormy sky

• A peddler selling wares

• A distant song being sung

• Tops of trees with new spring life

What did Mrs. Mallard feel approaching her?

• A sense of fear about being a widow

• A feeling of joy and freedom

• A physical exhaustion from the news and her heart condition

• A state of confusion about her husband's death

What did Mrs. Mallard whisper to herself repeatedly?

• Sad, sad, sad

• Free, free, free

• Alone, alone, alone

• Gone, gone, gone

What did Mrs. Mallard recognize as the strongest impulse of her being?

• Love

• Fear

• Self-assertion

• Repression

What did Mrs. Mallard see beyond the bitter moment of her husband's death?

• A long procession of years to come

• A life filled with sorrow

• A world without love

• A future of uncertainty

How did Mrs. Mallard feel when she saw her husband's dead body in her mind?

• Relieved, that she doesn't have to be married anymore

• Indifferent, not sure what she is feeling after such a shock

• Sad, and she knew she would cry again at the funeral

• Angry, she was so upset and blames him for dying & leaving her alone

What did Mrs. Mallard pray for?

• A short life

• A life filled with joy

• A life without sorrow

• A long life

Who entered the house at the end of the story?

• Mrs. Mallard's sister

• A doctor

• A peddler

• Mr. Mallard