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1. The main character of the story is...: Mrs. Mallard
2. The setting of the story is...: Mrs. Mallard's house
3. Mrs. Mallard has trouble with her...: heart
4. Did Mr. Mallard die in the story.?: no
5. Did Mrs. Mallard die in the story?: yes
6. Mrs. Mallard want to be?: free
7. Mrs. Mallard's sister is?: Josephine
8. The fact that Mrs. Mallard is the one that dies and not Mr. Mallard is an
example of...: irony
9. The story takes place in the present, past or future?: past
10. The story is told in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person?: 3rd person
11. b: mrs mallard has
a diabetes
b heart trouble
c arthritis
12. a: when louise mallard first hears of her husband's death, she
a cries
b prays
c jumps with joy
13. c: louise mallard feels _______ by her husband's death
a betrayed
b lonely
c set free
14. c: mr mallard was a ______ husband
a absent
b abusive
c loving
15. a: mrs mallard looks forward to _____
a living only for herself
b traveling to exotic places
c marrying again
16. d: the narrator in the story describes the home they have rented for the summer
as
a beautiful and stately
b run down and spooky
c like a prison
d b and c
17. a: during her 'cure', the narrator is
a forbidden to visit certain relatives
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b allowed to write
c forced to sleep in the crib with her baby
d a and c
18. a: john and her brother are ________
a physicians
b university professors
c journalists
19. d: the narrator begins to see ______ in the wallpaper
a eyes
b shadowy shapes
c a woman
d all of the above
20. d: at the end of the story, the narrator ______
a crawls around the room
b crawls over her husband's unconscious body
c says she has gotten free despite her husband and jane
d all of the above
21. Ironic: The author is saying don't get married because it is a form of slavery for
woman, the women's vow for marriage is to love, to honor, and to OBEY
She's being joyful because she won't be a slave anymore, and has her own life to
live she's being held back by being a housewife
After she says she is free, she dies
Spring time new life, new birth
She's being honest with her feelings
She lived for her husband, but now she'll live for herself
Free body and soul
Brently had been far from the railroad accident, and did not even know there was
one
The doctors said that her death is caused by her overwhelming joy when she sees
her husband alive, but she was actually disappointed because her brief moment of
freedom was taken away from her (stereotype of male doctors)
22. Setting: Louise Mallard's house
Beautiful spring day
1980s
23. Louise Mallard: heart condition, husband "died", at first acted sadly, and then
she was happy, unhappily married, a babe
24. Brently Mallard: "died" and happily married
25. Josephine: Louise's sister
26. Richards: Brently's friend, works at newspaper office
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1. The main character of the story is...: Mrs. Mallard
2. The setting of the story is...: Mrs. Mallard's house
3. Mrs. Mallard has trouble with her...: heart
4. Did Mr. Mallard die in the story.?: no
5. Did Mrs. Mallard die in the story?: yes
6. Mrs. Mallard want to be?: free
7. Mrs. Mallard's sister is?: Josephine
8. The fact that Mrs. Mallard is the one that dies and not Mr. Mallard is an
example of...: irony
9. The story takes place in the present, past or future?: past
10. The story is told in 1st, 2nd or 3rd person?: 3rd person
11. b: mrs mallard has
a diabetes
b heart trouble
c arthritis
12. a: when louise mallard first hears of her husband's death, she
a cries
b prays
c jumps with joy
13. c: louise mallard feels _______ by her husband's death
a betrayed
b lonely
c set free
14. c: mr mallard was a ______ husband
a absent
b abusive
c loving
15. a: mrs mallard looks forward to _____
a living only for herself
b traveling to exotic places
c marrying again
16. d: the narrator in the story describes the home they have rented for the summer
as
a beautiful and stately
b run down and spooky
c like a prison
d b and c
17. a: during her 'cure', the narrator is
a forbidden to visit certain relatives
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b allowed to write
c forced to sleep in the crib with her baby
d a and c
18. a: john and her brother are ________
a physicians
b university professors
c journalists
19. d: the narrator begins to see ______ in the wallpaper
a eyes
b shadowy shapes
c a woman
d all of the above
20. d: at the end of the story, the narrator ______
a crawls around the room
b crawls over her husband's unconscious body
c says she has gotten free despite her husband and jane
d all of the above
21. Ironic: The author is saying don't get married because it is a form of slavery for
woman, the women's vow for marriage is to love, to honor, and to OBEY
She's being joyful because she won't be a slave anymore, and has her own life to
live she's being held back by being a housewife
After she says she is free, she dies
Spring time new life, new birth
She's being honest with her feelings
She lived for her husband, but now she'll live for herself
Free body and soul
Brently had been far from the railroad accident, and did not even know there was
one
The doctors said that her death is caused by her overwhelming joy when she sees
her husband alive, but she was actually disappointed because her brief moment of
freedom was taken away from her (stereotype of male doctors)
22. Setting: Louise Mallard's house
Beautiful spring day
1980s
23. Louise Mallard: heart condition, husband "died", at first acted sadly, and then
she was happy, unhappily married, a babe
24. Brently Mallard: "died" and happily married
25. Josephine: Louise's sister
26. Richards: Brently's friend, works at newspaper office
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