Who enjoyed the ball?
• Continuing without interruption
• Very poor person
• The money, goods, or estate that one brings to her marriage
• The hanging of heavy fabric for use as a curtain
• A low but often continuous sound
• To make involuntary stops and repetitions while speaking
• To fill with alarm
• Clever management of money
• Mme Forestier never contacted Mathilde after her necklace was “returned.” Why?
• She didn’t realize that her necklace was fake
• Why did Mr. Loisel expect his wife to be pleased to receive the invitation from the Minister of Education?
• She likes fancy things
• What was Mathilde’s reaction on reading the invitation?
• Why had Mr. Loisel been saving money?
• Why did Mathilde want to hurry away from the ball?
• Her coat was plain
• What did Mathilde do to find the necklace?
• Police station• Cab company• Newspaper office
• What was Mme Forestier’s reaction when she saw Mathilde and figured out who she was?
• Why was Mathilde unhappy with her life?
• She felt she had been born for a better life
• What did Mathilde do to help earn money for a new necklace?
• Washed clothes• Washed dishes• Carried out garbage
• Whose point of view is this story told from?
• What is the mood of this story
• Gloomy• Nervousness• anticipation
• What can we conclude about Mathilde?
• She pretends to be someone else
• In what year did the scientists find the “machine” on the moon?
• What was the narrator doing when he first noticed the pyramidal structure?
• Cooking breakfast
• How did the scientists open the machine?
• “If you will pardon so commonplace a simile, we have set off the ______ and have nothing to do but wait”
• Why did the aliens leave the “machine” on the moon?
• They wanted to know when we were advanced enough to leave Earth
• What country was Maya visiting?
• What culture did the elder think Maya to belong to?
• What was the lady carrying who helped Maya find shelter?
• Water and her child
• Who wrote the murder story?
• Agatha Christie
• Who was the detective’s assistant?
• Captain Hastings
• Who was the detective?
• Did the murder take place in London?
• This person aided in the murder
• The housekeeper (Mrs. Havering)• Mr. Havering
• What was used to murder the victim?
• How did “Nemesis” find justice?
• The murderers died
• What does the necklace represent when Madame Loisel first sees it in the black satin box?
• It represents the life Madame Loisel desired
• What does the necklace symbolize after Madame Loisel discovers that it is lost?
• The life they will never have because of debt
• How does the meaning of the symbol change when it is revealed that the diamonds in the necklace were fake?
• It then becomes a symbol fo the emptiness of Mathilde’s vanity and her illusions about happiness
• Know the ending of “The Sentinel.”