PART 1: (check all answers that apply)
Based on paragraphs 10-11, check all the feelings that Mrs. Mallard feels.
A) Absolute freedom--her future is finally hers again
B) She hated her husband
C) Sorrow that he was gone
D) Confusion about what she felt for him
E) Excitement that he was gone
F) She reflected deeply about what her love for him had meant

PART 2:
Why does she hold so many contradictory feelings at the same time?
A) Love is an unsolved mystery, but so is she--so is everyone. Sometimes being tied to someone like a spouse can feel like a cage, even if that cage is built with the best intentions.

B) The coming years would be powerful and challenging. She was excited for the chance to make a life for herself, but wondered if she could survive without her husband's guidance.

C) She worried that the birthday boy was crying because of the gift she gave him. Carrots and toothpaste is a fine gift for a child, right? She decided that she didn't care what the kid thought. Let him cry! She'll eat the carrots and toothpaste all by herself!

D) Her husband was a good man who never looked upon her with anything except for love. But she didn't like him very much anyways. Maybe she needs to just embrace that she's a bad person.