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WorksheetsThe Boarded Window
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
"The Boarded Window" is written from which perspective?
1st person
2nd person
3rd person
Omniscient
Why does Ambrose Bierce choose the first-person point of view for The Boarded Window?
What is the setting of this story?
An immense and unbroken forest that lays a few miles away from the city of Cincinnati
A great city of Cincinnati
A lost modern city in Iowa
Imaginative land in the middle of the forest.
What was unusual about Murlock?
He had come to town from the West
He looked much younger than his age
The only window in his cabin was always shut.
He did not like to be in the sun and stayed inside.
Please describe Murlock in 3 adjective words.
What did Murlock do when he thought his wife was dead?
Tie her hands in preparation for her funeral
Cut down woods from the forest
Mourn for seven days until her family came to visit him
Look for priest for a proper funeral
One day, Murlock went hunting and returned to find his wife delirious with fever. He tried to nurse her back to health but she died. Why did he care for her by himself?
What was the horrible sight that he saw in the night when the tragedy happened?
His wife staggering around
Ghouls pulling his wife through the window
An enormous panther dragging his wife toward the window
A giant grizzly bear dragging his wife to death
Describe Murlock's wife. Use evidence from the story to justify your answer. Please mention the line(s) from the passage.
The fact that Murlock does not cry in "The Boarded Window" serves as what kind of literary element?
Metaphor
Simile
Trick Ending
Foreshadowing
Did Murlock love his wife? Why do you think so?
Did you expect the ending?
Yes, I did. I could tell from the first time I read the story
No, I did not. I never imagine such an ending! What a plot twist!
