WorksheetsButton, Button
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
What will the Lewis family receive if they push the button?
$50
$500
$50,000
$500,000
From what POINT OF VIEW is this story told?
1st Person (I, Me)
2nd Person (You, Your)
3rd Person limited (they, them) - sticks closely to one character in the story, showing both how they feel and what’s going on around them
3rd person omniscient - The narrative is told from the perspective of a narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of many characters in the story.
How does Arthur feel about the box?
He wants to push the button.
He never tells us.
He doesn't know how he feels about it.
He wants nothing to do with the box.
What does Norma NOT want to do with the money?
Have a baby
Go to college
Buy a better apartment
Go to Europe
What is the climax of the story?
Mr. Lewis dies.
Norma presses the button.
Norma brings the box back inside.
Mr. Steward calls Norma.
What does Mr. Steward ask Norma at the end of the story?
Are you sure you want to press the button?
Did you really think you knew your husband?
What are you going to do with the money?
Was it worth it?
What does the button symbolize?
Right
Choice
Temptation
Wrong
What is the inciting incident?
Norma & Arthur's final argument over the device.
The arrival of Mr. Steward.
The phone call from Lenox Hill Hospital.
Norma & Arthur’s first argument over the device.
Which one is NOT considered part of the rising action?
Norma receives the package.
Arthur directs Mr. Steward to take the device with him.
Norma and Arthur's second argument over the device.
Norma takes the torn card halves with her to work.
Which is not a Rising Action?
Norma & Arthur's second argument over the device.
The phone call from Lenox Hill Hospital.
Norma & Arthur’s first argument over the device.
Arthur directing Mr. Steward to take the device with him.
Identify the resolution to the story.
Norma shrieking.
Observing the device, empty of wires or machinery.
Mr. Steward questioning, “Do you really think you knew your husband?”
The phone call from Lenox Hill Hospital.
Why was Arthur uninterested in the details of the offer?
He thought the offer was immoral (wrong).
He did not need any money.
He knew that Mr. Steward was crazy.
Which is the best description of how Mr. Steward presented the button unit to Norma and Arthur?
He forced them to take it.
He tempted them with it.
He begged them to take it.
How did Norma try to justify to Arthur her interest in the offer?
She said that she wanted to give the money to charity.
She said that she wanted the money to improve both their lives.
She said that she wanted the money so she could quit her job.
How did Arthur die?
He was killed by an electric shock from the button unit.
Mr. Steward pushed him in front of a subway train.
A crowd at the station pushed him in front of a subway train.
What can we infer from Mr. Steward's last line, "Dear lady... Do you really think you knew your husband?"?
The man with whom she lived is a stranger.
The husband had a secret life.
Her husband had a different view of the value of human life and morals.
Her husband was behind the experiment to test his wife.
Which of the following is NOT something Norma says to justify wanting to push the button?
What if it is just a psychological experiment?
The person could be "some old Chinese peasant 10,000 miles away."
The person is someone we will never see or know.
I don't care! I want to go on fancy trips and go shopping.
