37. The correct answer is (B). The title of the story contains two elements. The first, dream, describes
Mrs. Mallard’s feelings about the future. As is learned in the third paragraph, she is glad as well as sad
to learn of her husband’s death. She looks forward to the future. The second element of the title is
hour, a relatively short period of time compared with an entire life. Mrs. Mallard enjoys her dream for
only a short time because her husband reappears.
38. The correct answer is (C). We are told in the second paragraph that Mrs. Mallard initially reacts to
the news of her husband’s death with a “storm of grief.” In paragraph three, it is learned that she looks
forward to a life without him. This ambivalence is summed up by the final sentence of the third
paragraph: “And yet she had loved him—sometimes.”
39. The correct answer is (B). In the third paragraph, it is learned that Mrs. Mallard is looking forward
to a life without her husband because she wishes to live for herself—without a powerful will trying to
control her. Thus, it can be inferred that Mr. Mallard was a controlling person. Watch out for choice
(C)! Although Mr. Mallard may have had the objectionable trait of being controlling, there is not
sufficient evidence to conclude that he was abusive.
40. The correct answer is (A). Ask yourself why the author bothered to insert the remark about the
latchkey. Why not simply write “Mr. Mallard walked through the door?” What would be lost? The
particular effect of the turning of the lock is to prompt the reader to ask “Why is someone coming
through the door? Who would have a key to the house?” Thus, it foreshadows, even if only briefly, the
arrival of Mrs. Mallard’s husband and heightens the dramatic effect of his entrance.
41. The correct answer is (E). The most important characteristic of the story is its irony. Mrs. Mallard
has experienced the grief of losing her husband and the joy of the realization that she will be free to
live her own life. She accepts and even welcomes this prospect, only to find out that her husband is
not in fact dead.
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