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WorksheetsThe Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
Whose Statement is not included in Ambrose Bierce’s “The Moonlit Road”?
“Joel Hetman, Jr.”
“Gilead Potter”
“Caspar Grattan”
The Late Julia Hetman”
_____ Which of the following phrases does Joel Hetman, Jr. not use to describe himself as he begins his Statement?
“fairly well educated”
"rich, respected"
“of sound health”
"stunningly handsome and charming"
Where was Joel Hetman, Jr. at the time of his mother’s murder?
he was away at war in the U. S. Army
he was living in a basement apartment at his parents’ house
he was in jail, serving time for the attempted murder of his father
he was away at college
none of the above
How does Joel Hetman, Jr. know the story of his mother’s murder?
from his father’s testimony before the coroner
from conversations with his grief-stricken father
he sees his mother’s ghost and she tells him what happened to her
he reads the stories in the local newspapers
How does Joel Hetman, Jr. describe the behavior of his father in the weeks following his mother’s death?
he was a “nervous wreck”
he was in a “deep dejection”
he had relapsed into a “melancholy apathy
all of the above
When his father sees the ghost of his mother, what does Joel Hetman, Jr. see?
he sees her, as well
he sees nothing
he sees a vision of the night of the murder
he sees his own future spirit
What does his father do upon seeing the ghost?
he runs to her, begging for forgiveness
he screams at her to go “back to the depths of hell”
he runs into the woods
he hides behind his son, in order to escape her “vengeful eyes”
How does the writer of Statement II acquire his name, “Caspar Grattan”?
it was his name in the cell block
he "gave it to [himself]"
it was his birth name
it was his son’s nickname for him growing up
Who says to him that he “looks like 767”?
two passing men in uniform
his son
his wife's ghost
his prison cellmate
When he hears that number, each of the following memories come to mind EXCEPT. . .
“gibbering obscenity”
“peals of joyless laughter”
“obscene screeches and howls”
“the clang of iron doors”
When recounting his story, Caspar Grattan remembers what of his early life? Mark all that apply.
is woman “whom I loved and distrusted”
his son of “brilliant parts and promise”
his daughter whom he “raised from birth to maturity”
What does he see when he enters his wife’s chamber upon returning from his business
nothing - "it was complete darkness"
his son threatening his mother at gunpoint
his wife in bed with his business partne
his wife sitting in a chair reading a book
What does he do when his “foot struck her” and he tripped over her?
"I fell in a shattered heap of sorrow…”
"I strangled her till she died!"
“I shrieked with righteous anger at her unfaithfulness”
“I pulled off her cloak and saw the face of a stranger!”
After he “[lay] the plan” and “[redressed] the wrong,” what does he remember?
"Then all is blank."
the image was “struck in my shattered mind forever….”
his wife’s “stunned visage woke my dreams.”
I heard “a voice most unholy echo throughout the estate.”
the prophecy from his "unholy conscience"
Where does Mrs. Hetman, in her statement, say that all ghosts “dwell” (live)?
with “Infinite Sorrow in our Souls”
in the "Valley of the Shadow"
in the “Bowels of Hell”
by the “River of Forgiveness and Consolation”
“within the Tomb of Eternal Shadows”
