The Necklace
1. The course of the Loisels’ life changed due to the necklace. Comment.
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2. What was the cause of Matilda’s ruin? How could she have avoided it?
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3. What would have happened to Matilda if she had confessed to her friend that she had lost her necklace?
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4. If you were caught in a situation like this, how would you have
dealt with it?
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1. The characters in this story speak in English. Do you think this is their language? What clues are there in the story about the language its characters must be speaking in?
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2. Honesty is the best policy.
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3. We should be content with what life gives us.
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• ‘The Dowry’ by Guy de Maupassant
• ‘A Cup of Tea’ by Katherine Mansfield
• ‘The Bet’ by Anton Chekov
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