The First Day
This is the age of the narrator, a young girl experiencing her first day of school.
5 years old
This is the name of the pregnant housewife who is the main character of the story.
Mary Maloney
Mary kills her husband with this unusual household item from the freezer.
leg of lamb
What does the main character transform into in the end of the story?
a fox
What is Ms. B's favorite color?
Green
The story takes place in this U.S. city.
washington dc
The story begins with Mary sitting in this room, waiting for her husband to come home.
living room
To create an alibi, Mary goes to this place and chats with the grocer as if nothing happened.
grocery store
The main character of the story works at this kind of job before she discovers the coat.
what is a bank clerk
What club does Ms. B run?
Drama Club
The narrator's mother struggles with this task during the school registration process.
reading and writing
Patrick Maloney delivers shocking news to his wife, which is only hinted at in the text but strongly implied to be this.
What is that he is leaving her (or planning a divorce)?
The police officers unknowingly destroy the murder weapon when they do this.
eat the leg of lamb
In Teolinda Gersão’s story, this luxurious item in a shop window awakens the clerk’s deepest desires and instincts.
What is the red fox fur coat?
What month and year did Ms. B get engaged?
December 2024
The narrator feels a mix of excitement and nervousness because she is experiencing this milestone in her life.
Mary cherishes her routine of waiting for Patrick, showing her devotion. This nightly drink she prepares for him symbolizes comfort and habit.
whiskey with soda
The officers’ failure to find the murder weapon highlights this literary concept, when the audience knows more than the characters.
dramatic irony
The clerk’s final transformation happens not in the city but in this natural place, symbolizing freedom and wildness. What is the place?
a forest
What grades does Ms. B teach this year?
9th and 10th
what is the literary device used in this sentence?
ones uses this technique when he provides detailed observations of the mother and daughter’s journey to school, helping readers see the world through the child’s eyes.
imagery
Dahl creates tension in Part One by using this technique, when the reader senses something is wrong even before Patrick speaks.
What is foreshadowing?
What literary device is used in this sentence?
In Part One, Dahl uses this type of imagery to describe the room as “warm and clean,” creating a calm atmosphere before the shocking murder.
visual (sight) imagery
This color is painted on the protagonist’s nails before she attends the party, hinting at her transformation.
What is red (or scarlet)?
what is the one thing Ms. B was excited about doing this summer?
going to summer slam and meeting her favorite WWE wrestler.