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The Boarded Window Trivia Quiz

Ambrose Bierce seems to have been very eccentric and most of his stories deal with death. "The Boarded Window" is one of his better known works.

A multiple-choice quiz by srfield99. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
srfield99

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
284,033

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
209

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Murlock lived "only a few miles" from which present day city? Hint

Castle Rock, Maine

Boulder, Colorado

Cincinnati, Ohio

Bangor, Maine

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of Murlock's young bride? Hint

It is not known.

Esther

Martha

June Cleaver

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Question 3 of 10

3. One day, Murlock went hunting and returned to find his wife delirious with fever. He tried to nurse her back to health but she died. Why did he care for her by himself? Hint

There were no physicians or neighbors within miles.

She was wanted by the law.

He had attended medical school.

He was wanted by the law.

4. Murlock was too grief-stricken to bury his wife on the day she died. He laid her body on a table in their cabin and finally fell asleep. What noise came repeatedly through an open window, from the dark woods, while he slept? Hint

the lonely sound of whip-poor-wills

a low growl

an eerie wailing sound

the sound of hoofbeats

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Question 5 of 10

5. Something woke Murlock in the dead of night. What did he hear when he woke up? Hint

soft steps on the floor of the cabin

all of these

a violent struggle

a heavy thump

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Question 6 of 10

6. Murlock lit up the cabin and saw a horrible sight. How did he illuminate the cabin? Hint

He lit a candle.

He stirred embers in the fireplace.

He lit a lantern.

He fired his rifle.

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the horrible sight that he saw? Hint

a grizzly bear trying to eat his wife's body

a panther dragging his wife toward the window

his wife staggering around

ghouls pulling his wife through the window

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Question 8 of 10

8. What did Murlock do after seeing the terrible sight? Hint

He ran from the cabin in fear.

He grabbed a butcher knife.

He embraced his wife.

He passed out and did not wake until morning.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Murlock's wife had not really been dead the night before. What was one way he could tell? Hint

She was sitting in a chair, totally insane.

Her fingernails were broken off in the floorboards.

The whole story had been a nightmare.

She had an animal's ear clenched between her teeth.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Murlock's wife recovered from her ordeal and the open window was forever boarded.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Murlock lived "only a few miles" from which present day city?

Answer: Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati borders the Ohio River and is a beautiful city with a rich history of riverboat industry. Castle Rock is, of course, a fictional town featured in Stephen King stories.

2. What was the name of Murlock's young bride?

Answer: It is not known.

"There is no known record of her name." Hopefully, no one guessed "June Cleaver".

3. One day, Murlock went hunting and returned to find his wife delirious with fever. He tried to nurse her back to health but she died. Why did he care for her by himself?

Answer: There were no physicians or neighbors within miles.

Also, he thought she was too sick to be left alone and it would have taken him days to find help.

Answer: an eerie wailing sound

It was a "long wailing sound, like the cry of a lost child". How creepy is that?

5. Something woke Murlock in the dead of night. What did he hear when he woke up?

Answer: all of these

He was probably more terrified than I was when I read this. Well, maybe.

6. Murlock lit up the cabin and saw a horrible sight. How did he illuminate the cabin?

Answer: He fired his rifle.

"Murlock sprang to the wall, with a little groping seized his loaded rifle, and without aim discharged it."

7. What was the horrible sight that he saw?

Answer: a panther dragging his wife toward the window

It was a huge panther which had his wife by the throat. It is implied that the panther was wailing earlier in the woods.

8. What did Murlock do after seeing the terrible sight?

Answer: He passed out and did not wake until morning.

"When he returned to consciousness, the sun was high and the wood was vocal with the sound of birds."

9. Murlock's wife had not really been dead the night before. What was one way he could tell?

Answer: She had an animal's ear clenched between her teeth.

Also, there was a pool of wet blood on the floor, next to his wife and her hands were clenched tightly. The gunshot had scared away the panther.

10. Murlock's wife recovered from her ordeal and the open window was forever boarded.

Answer: False

His wife had finally died and he boarded the window. He never got over the shock and lived as a recluse until the end of his days.

Source: Author srfield99

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