Madame Loisel Story Questions

Picture Madame Loisel in her apartment. How does this setting make her feel?

• Happy and content

• Sad and discontent

• Excited and thrilled

• Indifferent and neutral

Compare Madame Loisel's daydreams with her real surroundings. What kind of life does she want?

• A luxurious and glamorous life

• A simple and content life

• A life of adventure and travel

• A life dedicated to helping others

What the kind of invitation tells me about the place where the party will be held is:

• It suggests an elegant and fancy place

• It indicates a casual setting.

• It implies an outdoor location.

• It hints at a private residence.

Anxious means _______________ in this sentence. The surrounding words, or context clues, that helped me figure it out are: Madame Loisel might be anxious about _______________.

• Nervousness

• Calm

• Excited

• Indifferent

Matilda thinks that looking poor is humiliating. Other negative words that are used to describe being poor are:

• pauper

• lowly

• miserable

• hopeless

• sad

Madame Loisel goes to see Mrs. Forestier. Being in this new setting influences Mathilda's choices by:

• Making her change her mind about borrowing the jewelry

• Choosing something simple because she knows that what matters is how the persons are inside

• Choosing what appears to be more the most valuable piece of jewelry

• Bare and minimalistic, reflecting simplicity.

Madame Loisel changes in this setting by _______________. This tells me _______________ about her.

• Madame Loisel changes in this setting by becoming more humble. This tells me she has learned the value of hard work.

• Madame Loisel changes in this setting by acting happier. This tells me that she likes to feel she is beautiful, admired in elegant places.

• Madame Loisel changes in this setting by becoming more generous. This tells me she values friendship more.

• Madame Loisel changes in this setting by becoming more reclusive. This tells me she prefers solitude.

The words and phrases in this sentence that gave me clues about the meaning of the word Elegance are:

• graceful and stylish

• awkward and clumsy

• The word clashed and the word plain, everyday, and shabbiness suggest that elegance means "stylishness."

• dull and boring

I use a map of Paris to locate the places mentioned in the story.

• yes

• no yet

The story includes phrases such as “her mind a blank” and “they had lost all hope.” These phrases helped me to understand the characters' feelings by: ___________________________________________________________.

• By showing their confusion and despair.

• By indicating their happiness and joy.

• By highlighting their excitement and anticipation.

• By demonstrating their anger and frustration.