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Tobias Wolff, Say Yes

Tobias Wolff, Say Yes

Read Say Yes and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Then “submit” your work.

1. What is the couple doing at the beginning of the story?

eating dinner

folding laundry

watching TV

washing and drying the dishes

2. Which of the following issues sparks the fight between the couple?

whether people from different countries should marry each other

whether white and black people should marry each other

whether old women and young men should marry each other

whether people who have been married before should marry each other

3. What is the husband’s stance on the issue?

that they should just live together rather than marry

that they shouldn’t marry

that they should marry only if they can live away from their families

that they should marry if they are in love

4. How does Ann’s husband initially respond to her hypothetical scenario?

He says he would have married her but with strong objections.

He says he would only have married her if they could have lived alone in Norway.

He says he would not have married her.

He says he would have married her.

5. Where is the husband at the end of the story?

He is alone outside taking the trash out.

He is on his hands and knees maniacally cleaning the kitchen floor.

He is alone in their dark bedroom.

He is on the couch watching television.