Secret Life of Walter Mitty

What is the author’s purpose in including this passage in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”? “Not so fast! You’re driving too fast!” said Mrs. Mitty. “What are you driving so fast for?”

• to show that Walter Mitty is a skillful driver

• to entertain the reader with Mrs. Mitty’s joke

• to create sympathy for Mrs. Mitty

• to show that Mrs. Mitty orders her husband around

In Walter Mitty’s daydreams, how do the other characters treat him?

• respectfully

• sympathetically

• scornfully

• impatiently

Why might you consider Mrs. Mitty a flat character?

• She changes at the end of the story.

• She does not change.

• She has many character traits.

• She has only one main character trait.

Why might you consider Walter Mitty a round character?

• He needs to lose twenty-five pounds.

• He is meek on the outside but bold in his daydreams.

• He is athletic.

• He never says what he thinks.

Why does Thurber include Walter Mitty’s daydreams in his story?

• They are funny.

• They create suspense.

• They reveal Mitty’s character.

• They reveal Mrs. Mitty’s character.

Why is Walter Mitty a static character, not a dynamic one?

• He has not changed or learned anything by the end of the story.

• At the end of the story, he decides to give up daydreaming.

• He is weak and timid.

• He does not communicate well with Mrs. Mitty.

What is one of the author's purposes in contrasting Walter Mitty's daydreams and his real life?

• to persuade readers that they should respect others

• to entertain readers with the humor of the contrast

• to entertain readers with Mr. Mitty's exciting adventures

• to pay tribute to Mrs. Mitty's patience

Walter Mitty daydreams, imagining that he is a heroic air force captain about to fly a two-

man bomber into heavy combat by himself.

Walter Mitty daydreams, imagining himself heroically facing a firing squad—“proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.”

In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,” what does “spoiling for a hurricane” mean in this sentence? It’s spoiling for a hurricane, if you ask me.

• We have just been through a hurricane.

• It looks as if a hurricane is coming.

• Being in a hurricane is scary.

• There is no rain or wind in sight.