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100

A synonym/explanation to a descriptive word

"near"

abutting, adjacent, adjoining, attached, beside, bordering, close, conterminous, contiguous, coterminous, neighboring, next, nigh

100

What season is described in the story?

Spring

100

Knowing that _______ was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.

Mrs. Mallard

100

Unscramble the phrase:

ahrte eedaiss

heart disease 

200

A synonym/explanation to a descriptive word

"intelligent"


smart, clever, bright, sharp, well-informed, apt, wise, brilliant, brainy, witty, talented, sophisticated, skilful

200

This comfortable item of furniture symbolizes the relief Louise feels as she processes the news.

Armchair

200

Her husband's friend _______ was there, too, near her.

Richards

200

Unscramble the phrase:

btiert mtoenm

bitter moment

300

A synonym/explanation to a descriptive word

"dull"

boring, uninteresting, monotonous, tedious, tiresome, mundane, lackluster, insipid, flat

300

This sound from outside, symbolizing life and freedom, reaches Louise’s ears as she sits alone.

Birdsong

300

It was her sister ______ who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing.

Josephine

300

Unscramble the phrase:

arrodlia rsdestia

railroad disaster

400

A synonym/explanation to a descriptive word

"veiled"

obscured, concealed, masked, cloaked, shrouded, screened, hidden, enshrouded

400

What does the window symbolize?

The sight of this open feature in Louise’s room symbolizes freedom and possibility.

400

"_________, open the door! I beg, open the door — you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, _________? For heaven's sake open the door."

Louise

400

Unscramble the phrase:

ysciphla iuoheatsnx

physical exhaustion

500

A synonym/explanation to a descriptive word

"afflicted"

affected, aggrieved, doleful, ill, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, smitten, sore, unfortunate, unlucky, woeful, wretched

500

What does the season and the fresh scent of rain symbolize this for Louise?

The new spring life and the fresh scent of rain symbolize renewal for Louise.

500

It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with __________ 's name leading the list of "killed."

Brently Mallard

500

Unscramble the phrase:

wdil oadabemnntn

wild abandonment