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V. FICTION MINI READER
The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin

Take the following quiz after reading the selection in your textbook, "The Story of an Hour", by Kate Chopin, to help you in a better understanding of the reading.

1 .       At the end of the story, Mrs. Mallard has a heart attack because she is upset about her husband's death. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       The plot of a story refers to the sequence of events as they occur in the story. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       At first, Mrs. Mallard wept for joy when she learned of her husband's death. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       The setting provides the mood or atmosphere of a story. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       One way the reader can understand a character is by paying attention to what a character does and says. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       "The Story of an Hour" is told by the main character and thus, has a first-person narrator. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       The way the story is presented or the person from whose perspective the story is told is called the tone. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       The tone of a story is its meaning or message. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       The tone of "The Story of an Hour" is serious, suspenseful, and ironic. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       "The Story of an Hour" has only one theme. [Hint]

 
 






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