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100
Before moving in with the wife, he lived with his mother near Spring Lake.
Who is the husband?
100
Before changing, the husband is described like this.
What is a good husband, a good father, not cast down, gentle?
100

To wave or flourish as a threat or in anger or excitement.

What is brandish(ed)?
100

The author of The Wife's Story.

Who is Ursula K. Le Guin?

100
This text isn't a novel. But it is one of these.
What is a short story?
200
The narrator of the story.
Who is the wife?
200
The wife knows something is up with her husband because of this particular sense (think ONE of the five senses).
What is scent (smell)?
200
To bring out of sleep or awake; also, to cause to feel angry or excited.
What is rouse?
200

Who is the main character of the show Grey's Anatomy

Meredith Grey

200
The husband is killed! That's where the action reaches it's highest part, which is also known as this.
What is a story's climax?
300
This character kills the husband by sinking her teeth into his throat.
Who is the wife's sister?
300
The species the narrator is referring to when she states that her "own dear love turned into the hateful one."
What is a human?
300

The meaning of bear in the following sentence:

"...because I could bear it no longer."

What is to endure, manage, tolerate?
300

What is the capital of Nebraska

Lincoln

300
This is a story being told by a narrator directly involved in the situation, so it is this kind of text.
What is a narrative?
400
This character looks at the husband and says, "Make it go away! Make it go away!"
Who is the baby of the family?
400
The man brandishes this weapon when the narrator displays "mother anger".
What is a branch?
400

The meaning of "game" in the following sentence:

"He hadn't got any game at all, not so much as a field mouse."

What is wild mammals or birds hunted for sport?
400

Finish the lyric

Makin' my way downtown_____

Walkin' fast, faces pass and I'm homebound

400
The point of view this text is written in.
What is first person point of view?
500
They say it's the moon's fault, but really, the cause of the husband's problem is this.
The husband's father's blood.
500
The narrator does this at the end because she thinks "that if the thing was dead, the spell, the curse must be done...".
What is she goes up close to her dead [human] husband?
500

The meaning of "drawing" in the following sentence:

"The others were drawing back from the kill..."

What is to move in a slow, stead way?
500

Guess the riddle

What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

The letter “R.”

500
This story already happened, so the narrator is speaking in this tense.
What is the past tense?
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