The wife's story questions and answers

Last updated12 June 2022Reduce teacher workload, measure general reading comprehension, and promote homework accountability with this printable quiz on “The Wife’s Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin. An answer key is included. Questions pertain to the following key details: The narrator’s emotional state The narrator’s characterization of her
husband The relationship between the narrator and her sister A quality about the narrator’s husband that “brings the shivers on” her The moon’s role in the husband’s transformation The “curse in his blood” The husband’s tendency to leave home abruptly The husband’s strange smell upon returning The children’s fear of their own father A physical
transformation The story’s resolution Tes paid licenceHow can I reuse this?A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.BundleWith this bundle of high school resources for teaching "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin, educators may conveniently measure general reading
comprehension with a quiz on character and plot. Additionally, teachers will be able to support their students through the process of analyzing the author's craft, helping readers identify textual details that evoke the reader's sympathy and examples of literary devices that contribute to a tense mood and surprising outcome. Lastly, teachers will be
able to support high-order thinking with analysis questions. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. This resource may facilitate small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to
analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers' reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present
information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. By engaging with these materials, students will perform the following tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly * Apply knowledge of anaphora to the text * Articulate how
anaphora contributes to the narrator's characterization * Analyze the narrator's statements to infer details about her husband * Discern meaning in less familiar words and phrases, taking into consideration the context of the passage * Analyze an excerpt to discern tone in context * Analyze an excerpt to discern and articulate the narrator's internal
conflict * Apply knowledge of simile to the text * Articulate the significance of the narrator's "grief howl" * Analyze character statements and actions to discern and articulate character motivations * Analyze the term "blessed dark" to discern and articulate what it conveys about the narrator's mindset * Cite and explain textual details that evoke a
sense of sympathy within readers * Revisit the text to identify details that foreshadow the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Analyze the author's craft to explain how language contributes to the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Write with clarity and precision$7.50Select overall rating(no rating)Your rating is required to
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will review your report and will be in touch. This short story retells a horrible event from the perspective of a wife. The entire tale is shrouded in mystery as the wife merely alludes to the event for the majority of the story, without spelling out what actually occurred. Her story begins with a description of her loving husband. She tells of how she first
spotted him and how his gentility enticed her. She extols his virtues as a husband and as a member of the community. He was a wonderful father, well liked and celebrated for his singing abilities. In her words, “He was purely good […] a hard worker and never lazy, and so big and fine-looking. Everybody looked up to him, [and] he had such a
beautiful voice” (274). To his wife, he seemed perfect.
However, her account quickly takes a dark turn when she begins to discuss the event itself. She says that after the event, members of the community blamed the moon, claiming a connection between blood and the moon. They said that it was something in her husband’s blood, just as it had been in his father’s blood. His father had disappeared
some time ago, and for the first time she wondered about the nature of his fate.

Questions pertain to the following key details: The narrator’s emotional state The narrator’s characterization of her husband The relationship between the narrator and her sister A quality about the narrator’s husband that “brings the shivers on” her The moon’s role in the husband’s transformation The “curse in his blood” The husband’s tendency to
leave home abruptly The husband’s strange smell upon returning The children’s fear of their own father A physical transformation The story’s resolution Tes paid licenceHow can I reuse this?A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.BundleWith this bundle of high school
resources for teaching "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin, educators may conveniently measure general reading comprehension with a quiz on character and plot. Additionally, teachers will be able to support their students through the process of analyzing the author's craft, helping readers identify textual details that evoke the reader's
sympathy and examples of literary devices that contribute to a tense mood and surprising outcome. Lastly, teachers will be able to support high-order thinking with analysis questions. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. This resource may facilitate small-group discussions.

Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. By engaging with these materials, students will perform the following tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly as
well as implicitly * Apply knowledge of anaphora to the text * Articulate how anaphora contributes to the narrator's characterization * Analyze the narrator's statements to infer details about her husband * Discern meaning in less familiar words and phrases, taking into consideration the context of the passage * Analyze an excerpt to discern tone in
context * Analyze an excerpt to discern and articulate the narrator's internal conflict * Apply knowledge of simile to the text * Articulate the significance of the narrator's "grief howl" * Analyze character statements and actions to discern and articulate character motivations * Analyze the term "blessed dark" to discern and articulate what it conveys
about the narrator's mindset * Cite and explain textual details that evoke a sense of sympathy within readers * Revisit the text to identify details that foreshadow the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Analyze the author's craft to explain how language contributes to the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Write with clarity and
precision$7.50Select overall rating(no rating)Your rating is required to reflect your happiness.Write a reviewUpdate existing reviewIt's good to leave some feedback.Something went wrong, please try again later.Empty reply does not make any sense for the end userEmpty reply does not make any sense for the end userReport this resourceto let us
know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. This short story retells a horrible event from the perspective of a wife. The entire tale is shrouded in mystery as the wife merely alludes to the event for the majority of the story, without spelling out what actually occurred. Her story
begins with a description of her loving husband. She tells of how she first spotted him and how his gentility enticed her. She extols his virtues as a husband and as a member of the community. He was a wonderful father, well liked and celebrated for his singing abilities. In her words, “He was purely good […] a hard worker and never lazy, and so
big and fine-looking. Everybody looked up to him, [and] he had such a beautiful voice” (274). To his wife, he seemed perfect. However, her account quickly takes a dark turn when she begins to discuss the event itself. She says that after the event, members of the community blamed the moon, claiming a connection between blood and the moon.
They said that it was something in her husband’s blood, just as it had been in his father’s blood. His father had disappeared some time ago, and for the first time she wondered about the nature of his fate. Before the event, she had started to notice that her husband would disappear some nights unexpectedly. He would leave, making flimsy excuses
for his absences.
At these times, when he spoke, his voice would change and so would his demeanor. He would even smell different – disgusting – upon his return. This smell would linger for days even after he would bathe. One day, after returning, his daughter took notice of him and became afraid. The next time the moon changed, his wife finally saw what was
happening. When he stood in the open, his fur fell away, revealing a pale, fleshy human where once a proud, handsome wolf had stood. After seeing this, his wife cried out, howling in fear. Hearing her cries, the rest of the pack came and quickly hunted him down. As he lay dead, his wife watched his body, waiting for it to transform back into her
husband, but instead his body remained motionless - a lifeless human body growing cold on the ground. Analysis Le Guin entices the reader and heightens the suspense in the story by limiting the reader to the perspective of the wife and revealing information slowly. This is a clever way to keep the reader guessing throughout the story.

Questions pertain to the following key details: The narrator’s emotional state The narrator’s characterization of her husband The relationship between the narrator and her sister A quality about the narrator’s husband that “brings the shivers on” her The moon’s role in the husband’s transformation The “curse in his blood” The husband’s tendency to
leave home abruptly The husband’s strange smell upon returning The children’s fear of their own father A physical transformation The story’s resolution Tes paid licenceHow can I reuse this?A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.BundleWith this bundle of high school
resources for teaching "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin, educators may conveniently measure general reading comprehension with a quiz on character and plot. Additionally, teachers will be able to support their students through the process of analyzing the author's craft, helping readers identify textual details that evoke the reader's
sympathy and examples of literary devices that contribute to a tense mood and surprising outcome. Lastly, teachers will be able to support high-order thinking with analysis questions. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. This resource may facilitate small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode
language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers' reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance
claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. By engaging with these materials, students will perform the following
tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly * Apply knowledge of anaphora to the text * Articulate how anaphora contributes to the narrator's characterization * Analyze the narrator's statements to infer details about her husband * Discern meaning in less familiar words and phrases, taking into consideration the context of the
passage * Analyze an excerpt to discern tone in context * Analyze an excerpt to discern and articulate the narrator's internal conflict * Apply knowledge of simile to the text * Articulate the significance of the narrator's "grief howl" * Analyze character statements and actions to discern and articulate character motivations * Analyze the term "blessed
dark" to discern and articulate what it conveys about the narrator's mindset * Cite and explain textual details that evoke a sense of sympathy within readers * Revisit the text to identify details that foreshadow the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Analyze the author's craft to explain how language contributes to the major revelation near
the story's conclusion * Write with clarity and precision$7.50Select overall rating(no rating)Your rating is required to reflect your happiness.Write a reviewUpdate existing reviewIt's good to leave some feedback.Something went wrong, please try again later.Empty reply does not make any sense for the end userEmpty reply does not make any sense
for the end userReport this resourceto let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. This short story retells a horrible event from the perspective of a wife. The entire tale is shrouded in mystery as the wife merely alludes to the event for the majority of the story, without
spelling out what actually occurred. Her story begins with a description of her loving husband. She tells of how she first spotted him and how his gentility enticed her. She extols his virtues as a husband and as a member of the community. He was a wonderful father, well liked and celebrated for his singing abilities. In her words, “He was purely
good […] a hard worker and never lazy, and so big and fine-looking. Everybody looked up to him, [and] he had such a beautiful voice” (274). To his wife, he seemed perfect. However, her account quickly takes a dark turn when she begins to discuss the event itself.
Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. By engaging with these materials, students will perform the following tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly as
well as implicitly * Apply knowledge of anaphora to the text * Articulate how anaphora contributes to the narrator's characterization * Analyze the narrator's statements to infer details about her husband * Discern meaning in less familiar words and phrases, taking into consideration the context of the passage * Analyze an excerpt to discern tone in
context * Analyze an excerpt to discern and articulate the narrator's internal conflict * Apply knowledge of simile to the text * Articulate the significance of the narrator's "grief howl" * Analyze character statements and actions to discern and articulate character motivations * Analyze the term "blessed dark" to discern and articulate what it conveys
about the narrator's mindset * Cite and explain textual details that evoke a sense of sympathy within readers * Revisit the text to identify details that foreshadow the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Analyze the author's craft to explain how language contributes to the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Write with clarity and
precision$7.50Select overall rating(no rating)Your rating is required to reflect your happiness.Write a reviewUpdate existing reviewIt's good to leave some feedback.Something went wrong, please try again later.Empty reply does not make any sense for the end userEmpty reply does not make any sense for the end userReport this resourceto let us
know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. This short story retells a horrible event from the perspective of a wife. The entire tale is shrouded in mystery as the wife merely alludes to the event for the majority of the story, without spelling out what actually occurred. Her story
begins with a description of her loving husband. She tells of how she first spotted him and how his gentility enticed her. She extols his virtues as a husband and as a member of the community. He was a wonderful father, well liked and celebrated for his singing abilities. In her words, “He was purely good […] a hard worker and never lazy, and so
big and fine-looking.
Everybody looked up to him, [and] he had such a beautiful voice” (274). To his wife, he seemed perfect. However, her account quickly takes a dark turn when she begins to discuss the event itself. She says that after the event, members of the community blamed the moon, claiming a connection between blood and the moon. They said that it was
something in her husband’s blood, just as it had been in his father’s blood. His father had disappeared some time ago, and for the first time she wondered about the nature of his fate. Before the event, she had started to notice that her husband would disappear some nights unexpectedly. He would leave, making flimsy excuses for his absences. At
these times, when he spoke, his voice would change and so would his demeanor. He would even smell different – disgusting – upon his return. This smell would linger for days even after he would bathe. One day, after returning, his daughter took notice of him and became afraid. The next time the moon changed, his wife finally saw what was
happening. When he stood in the open, his fur fell away, revealing a pale, fleshy human where once a proud, handsome wolf had stood. After seeing this, his wife cried out, howling in fear. Hearing her cries, the rest of the pack came and quickly hunted him down. As he lay dead, his wife watched his body, waiting for it to transform back into her
husband, but instead his body remained motionless - a lifeless human body growing cold on the ground. Analysis Le Guin entices the reader and heightens the suspense in the story by limiting the reader to the perspective of the wife and revealing information slowly. This is a clever way to keep the reader guessing throughout the story. While the
language she uses is not vague, the tale is imbued with double meaning, so much so that once the twist is reveled, it forces a reinterpretation, and often a rereading, of the entire story. It is not until the end of the story that the reader realizes that he or she has been duped into believing that the story was about a human relationship. Le Guin
brilliantly misleads the reader by never explicitly saying the narrator and her family are human. “The Wife’s Story” prompts a reader to examine the relationship between the reader and the story. Le Guin illustrates with “The Wife’s Story” the extent to which readers apply their assumptions to a text. Though Le Guin never says that the characters
are human, she counts on this assumption to create the plot twist. In this way, she shows how a story’s impact comes from what is imagined in the minds of the readers. She also demonstrates how a reader can easily be led astray through the power of subtle suggestions. Le Guin writes, “Then one time when I was walking in the woods I met him by
himself coming back from a hunting trip…” (273).

Questions pertain to the following key details: The narrator’s emotional state The narrator’s characterization of her husband The relationship between the narrator and her sister A quality about the narrator’s husband that “brings the shivers on” her The moon’s role in the husband’s transformation The “curse in his blood” The husband’s tendency to
leave home abruptly The husband’s strange smell upon returning The children’s fear of their own father A physical transformation The story’s resolution Tes paid licenceHow can I reuse this?A bundle is a package of resources grouped together to teach a particular topic, or a series of lessons, in one place.BundleWith this bundle of high school
resources for teaching "The Wife's Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin, educators may conveniently measure general reading comprehension with a quiz on character and plot. Additionally, teachers will be able to support their students through the process of analyzing the author's craft, helping readers identify textual details that evoke the reader's
sympathy and examples of literary devices that contribute to a tense mood and surprising outcome. Lastly, teachers will be able to support high-order thinking with analysis questions. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. This resource may facilitate small-group discussions. Through these discussions, students decode
language and pose/respond to questions relating to plot, broad topics, and character development, demonstrating an ability to analyze how complex characters transform and advance the plot and themes by applying logic and citing compelling, meaningful textual evidence. They will also evaluate their peers' reasoning and use of rhetoric to advance
claims, clarifying or challenging unclear ideas. Using this resource for structured guidance, students, ultimately, will present information, conclusions, and supporting textual evidence clearly, concisely, and appropriately, thereby helping their peers comprehend their thinking. By engaging with these materials, students will perform the following
tasks: * Identify what the text states explicitly as well as implicitly * Apply knowledge of anaphora to the text * Articulate how anaphora contributes to the narrator's characterization * Analyze the narrator's statements to infer details about her husband * Discern meaning in less familiar words and phrases, taking into consideration the context of the
passage * Analyze an excerpt to discern tone in context * Analyze an excerpt to discern and articulate the narrator's internal conflict * Apply knowledge of simile to the text * Articulate the significance of the narrator's "grief howl" * Analyze character statements and actions to discern and articulate character motivations * Analyze the term "blessed
dark" to discern and articulate what it conveys about the narrator's mindset * Cite and explain textual details that evoke a sense of sympathy within readers * Revisit the text to identify details that foreshadow the major revelation near the story's conclusion * Analyze the author's craft to explain how language contributes to the major revelation near
the story's conclusion * Write with clarity and precision$7.50Select overall rating(no rating)Your rating is required to reflect your happiness.Write a reviewUpdate existing reviewIt's good to leave some feedback.Something went wrong, please try again later.Empty reply does not make any sense for the end userEmpty reply does not make any sense
for the end userReport this resourceto let us know if it violates our terms and conditions. Our customer service team will review your report and will be in touch. This short story retells a horrible event from the perspective of a wife. The entire tale is shrouded in mystery as the wife merely alludes to the event for the majority of the story, without
spelling out what actually occurred. Her story begins with a description of her loving husband. She tells of how she first spotted him and how his gentility enticed her. She extols his virtues as a husband and as a member of the community. He was a wonderful father, well liked and celebrated for his singing abilities. In her words, “He was purely
good […] a hard worker and never lazy, and so big and fine-looking. Everybody looked up to him, [and] he had such a beautiful voice” (274). To his wife, he seemed perfect. However, her account quickly takes a dark turn when she begins to discuss the event itself. She says that after the event, members of the community blamed the moon, claiming
a connection between blood and the moon. They said that it was something in her husband’s blood, just as it had been in his father’s blood. His father had disappeared some time ago, and for the first time she wondered about the nature of his fate. Before the event, she had started to notice that her husband would disappear some nights
unexpectedly. He would leave, making flimsy excuses for his absences. At these times, when he spoke, his voice would change and so would his demeanor. He would even smell different – disgusting – upon his return. This smell would linger for days even after he would bathe. One day, after returning, his daughter took notice of him and became
afraid. The next time the moon changed, his wife finally saw what was happening.
When he stood in the open, his fur fell away, revealing a pale, fleshy human where once a proud, handsome wolf had stood. After seeing this, his wife cried out, howling in fear. Hearing her cries, the rest of the pack came and quickly hunted him down. As he lay dead, his wife watched his body, waiting for it to transform back into her husband, but
instead his body remained motionless - a lifeless human body growing cold on the ground. Analysis Le Guin entices the reader and heightens the suspense in the story by limiting the reader to the perspective of the wife and revealing information slowly. This is a clever way to keep the reader guessing throughout the story.
While the language she uses is not vague, the tale is imbued with double meaning, so much so that once the twist is reveled, it forces a reinterpretation, and often a rereading, of the entire story. It is not until the end of the story that the reader realizes that he or she has been duped into believing that the story was about a human relationship.
Le Guin brilliantly misleads the reader by never explicitly saying the narrator and her family are human. “The Wife’s Story” prompts a reader to examine the relationship between the reader and the story. Le Guin illustrates with “The Wife’s Story” the extent to which readers apply their assumptions to a text. Though Le Guin never says that the
characters are human, she counts on this assumption to create the plot twist.
In this way, she shows how a story’s impact comes from what is imagined in the minds of the readers. She also demonstrates how a reader can easily be led astray through the power of subtle suggestions. Le Guin writes, “Then one time when I was walking in the woods I met him by himself coming back from a hunting trip…” (273). Readers fill in
the details about the husband, including his species. Readers do not question the lack of a full description because the wife, with whom readers form a bond via a shared perspective, also seems in the dark for most of the story. As with much of Le Guin’s writing, “The Wife’s Story” features mythological elements. In this case, the main mythological
element is the concept of the werewolf, a being capable of shifting form, from man to wolf, compelled to do so at the full moon. However, Le Guin even turns this on its head, by suggesting that the wolf, rather than the man, is the werewolf’s true form.