FAST PRACTICE # 3 REVIEW

9. This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B.

Part A: How does the author use details about the setting to convey Louise’s feelings?

• She describes the bedroom furniture in a way that shows how stifled Louise feels.

• She describes Louise’s home in a way that shows how comfortable she feels there.

• She describes all the plans Louise wants to make to show how excited she feels about the future.

• She describes the spring scene out the window in a way that shows Louise’s new sense of freedom.

9. Part B: Which sentence best supports the answer to Part A?

• “There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair.” (paragraph 4)

• “She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life.” (paragraph 5)

• “In the street below a peddler was crying his wares.” (paragraph 5)

• “She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.” (paragraph 13)

10.Read the sentence from paragraph 19 of the passage.

"Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her."

What does the underlined phrase suggest about Louise’s thoughts?

• They were dismal and dreary.

• They were cloudy and unfocused.

• They were racing in an uncontrolled way.

• They were focused on the immediate future

11. Part A: What do Louise’s thoughts and actions reveal about her view of her husband?

• She loves him passionately, but he does not return her love.

• She loves him somewhat but also feels oppressed by their relationship.

• She has no love for him and stays with him only because he takes care of her.

• She resents his good health and ability to travel while illness keeps her at home

11.Part B- Which two paragraphs from the story best support the answer to Part A?

• paragraph 7

• paragraph 8

• paragraph 14

• paragraph 15

• paragraph 20

12.Part A: Which of these inferences about Louise’s perspective is best supported by the text?

• She felt imprisoned by her role as a woman in society.

• She feared being alone more than she feared being in a loveless marriage.

• She never wanted to marry her husband, but she felt she had no other choice.

• She found the joy of independence to be stronger than her love for her husband.

12.Part B: Which excerpt from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• “She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.” (paragraph 3)

• “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name.” (paragraph 9)

• “She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial.” (paragraph 12)

• “What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!” (paragraph 15)

13.PART A -What theme is best developed in the passage?

• People’s true feelings are often hard to detect.

• Tragedy often strikes when it is least expected.

• Trying to protect loved ones from bad news is impossible.

• People perceived as ill or weak are sometimes very strong underneath.

13.Part B: Which excerpt from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?

• “She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms.” (paragraph 3)

• “When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: ‘free, free, free!’” (paragraph 11)

• “What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!” (paragraph 15)

• “When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease—of joy that kills.” (paragraph 23)

14. 14.What are two main themes conveyed in the passage?

• Family is needed in times of tragedy.

• It is important to check all the facts.

• Physical weakness can undermine mental strength.

• The institution of marriage can sometimes be oppressing.

• Women lacked independence at the time the story takes place.