Question Think about it 1
How did losing the necklace change the course of the Loisels’ life?
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Trace the replacement debt and its ten-year effect.
Answer
They buy a costly replacement and spend ten years working to repay it.
CLASS 10 · FOOT PRINTS WITHOUT FEET SUPP. READER · CHAPTER 7
The Necklace
Original concise and expanded answers about Matilda Loisel’s choices, the lost necklace, and the story’s lessons.
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The Necklace
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Question Think about it 2
What causes Matilda’s ruin, and how could she have avoided it?
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Separate the accident from the costly decision that follows.
Answer
The loss starts the trouble; hiding it and buying a replacement causes the long debt.
Question Think about it 3
What might have happened if Matilda had told Mme Forestier that she had lost the necklace?
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Use the final revelation to imagine a more honest solution.
Answer
Mme Forestier could have explained it was imitation jewellery, saving them from the costly replacement.
Question Think about it 4
How would you handle a situation in which you lost something valuable that you had borrowed?
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Explain how you would tell the owner and help solve the problem.
Answer
I would tell the owner promptly, search carefully, and agree together on a fair next step.
Question Talk about it 1
Are the characters likely speaking English in the story world? What clues suggest another language?
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Use the Paris setting and French words as clues.
Answer
They are likely speaking French; the story is set in Paris and uses French titles and money.
Question Talk about it 2
How does the story support or complicate the saying “Honesty is the best policy”?
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Connect Matilda’s silence with the unnecessary debt.
Answer
Her failure to tell the truth leads to ten years of hardship; honesty could have prevented it.
Question Talk about it 3
What does the story suggest about being content with what life gives us?
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Explain how comparison and status affect Matilda’s choices.
Answer
The story warns that chasing status can harm us; possessions should not decide our worth.