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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the monkey paw used for?
(a) Torture.
(b) Black mail.
(c) Wishes.
(d) Hope.

2. What title does Morris have?
(a) Captain.
(b) Lieutenant.
(c) Sergeant Major.
(d) Admiral.

3. Why does Mrs. White chase her son?
(a) For exercise.
(b) For fun.
(c) To get him to work.
(d) She is angry.

4. What time of day does this book start?
(a) Evening.
(b) Night.
(c) Morning.
(d) Afternoon.

5. What kind of eyes does Morris have?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Beady.
(c) Soft.
(d) Child-like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the monkey paw unique?

2. Why does White hesitate to make his first wish?

3. Why does Morris not use the monkey paw any more?

4. Why does Mr. White try to distract the person he is playing with at the beginning of the book?

5. What does White compare the paw to during his first wish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens just before the first knock on the door is heard?

2. Why does Mr. White choose what he does for his first wish?

3. How does Mrs. White respond to the gift from the visitor?

4. How does Herbert act the morning after the wish?

5. What kind of wishes does Morris say the Monkey Paw should be used for?

6. Why does Morris say the Monkey Paw was given power?

7. What message does the visitor have to make clear when talking with the Whites?

8. How does the author advance the plot in the last chapter of the book?

9. How does Morris say the Monkey Paw got its powers?

10. What does White's son think will come with the wish when it is granted?

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