3. What brings Mrs. White comfort about Herbert's injury?
(a) He was doing a good thing.
(b) He is not in pain.
(c) He is coming home.
(d) He is at the hospital.

4. How many children does Mrs. White have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

5. How many children does Mr. White have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

6. Where does Herbert go the morning after the wish?
(a) To work.
(b) To school.
(c) To the club.
(d) To church.

7. When did Mr. White learn to comfort his wife?
(a) He never did.
(b) When they first got married.
(c) When they lost their first child.
(d) When they were dating.

8. Where is the visitor from?
(a) Mer and Merkins.
(b) Meg and Mawlins.
(c) Maw and Meggins.
(d) Merk and Mergins.

9. Whose warnings did Mr. White ignore?
(a) His father's.
(b) Morris's.
(c) His wife's.
(d) The maid's.

10. Why is Mrs. White's hope ironic?
(a) She says she doesn't believe in it.
(b) She doesn't understand it.
(c) She didn't want Mr. White to make the wish.
(d) She knows he is dead.

11. What ruins Mrs. White's comfort when she hears of Herbert's injury?
(a) It means it went fast.
(b) It means he is dead.
(c) It means they need more money.
(d) It means he is fired.

12. Why does the visitor bring something to the Whites?
(a) To pay his respects.
(b) To validate Herbert's service.
(c) To avoid a law suit.
(d) To fulfill the law.

13. Why is the gift from the visitor so ironic?
(a) It is what their son wanted.
(b) It is the same amount they wished for.
(c) It meets Morris's demands.
(d) It is beyond what they hoped.

14. Who has a hard time understanding what happened to Herbert?
(a) The visitor.
(b) Morris.
(c) Mr. White.
(d) Mrs. White.

15. In what does Mrs. White put her hope?
(a) The wish.
(b) The paw.
(c) Fate.
(d) Herbert.