Walter Mitty

Why might you consider Walter Mitty a round character?

• He needs to lose twenty-five pounds.

• He is meek on the outside but bold in his daydreams.

• He is athletic.

• He never says what he thinks.

Why does Thurber include Walter Mitty’s daydreams in his story?

• They are funny.

• They create suspense.

• They reveal Mitty’s character.

• They reveal Mrs. Mitty’s character.

What is the author’s purpose in including this passage in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”? “Not so fast! You’re driving too fast!” said Mrs. Mitty. “What are you driving so fast for?”

• to show that Walter Mitty is a skillful driver

• to entertain the reader with Mrs. Mitty’s joke

• to create sympathy for Mrs. Mitty

• to show that Mrs. Mitty orders her husband around

In this passage from Thurber’s story, why is the garageman grinning when he comes to help Walter Mitty unwind the chains from his tires?

• Mitty has just told him a joke.

• The garageman is being friendly.

• The garageman is laughing at Mitty.

• The garageman always grins.

Walter Mitty daydreams, imagining himself heroically facing a firing squad—“proud and disdainful, Walter Mitty the Undefeated, inscrutable to the last.”

Why is Walter Mitty a static character, not a dynamic one?

• He has not changed or learned anything by the end of the story.

• At the end of the story, he decides to give up daydreaming.

• He is weak and timid.

• He does not communicate well with Mrs. Mitty.

Walter Mitty daydreams, imagining that he is a heroic air force captain about to fly a two-

man bomber into heavy combat by himself.

In Walter Mitty’s daydreams, how do the other characters treat him?

• respectfully

• sympathetically

• scornfully

• impatiently

Judging from what she says and does, how does Mrs. Mitty feel about her husband?

• She loves and respects him.

• She is proud of him.

• She is irritated and annoyed with him.

• She is frightened of him.

Why might you consider Mrs. Mitty a flat character?

• She changes at the end of the story.

• She does not change.

• She has many character traits.

• She has only one main character trait.