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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose acquaintance do the Whites and the visitors have in common?
(a) Morris.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Shane.
(d) All of these.

2. Who sent the visitor to the White's?
(a) Morris.
(b) His partner.
(c) His company.
(d) His son.

3. Morris says his life is a part of ___________.
(a) God's creations.
(b) The world's way.
(c) A grand scheme.
(d) Fate's plan.

4. What is Mr. White reluctant to accept when he hears of his son's injury?
(a) Recompense.
(b) All of these.
(c) Responsibility.
(d) Reality.

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

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

7. For what kind of company is the visitor working?
(a) Investigatory.
(b) Industrial.
(c) Real estate.
(d) Law related.

8. Whom does Mrs. White have to pay the morning after the wish?
(a) A grocer.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A tailor.
(d) A baker.

9. Where was Herbert when he got hurt?
(a) The park.
(b) School.
(c) Church.
(d) Work.

10. How does Mr. White feel about the wish the morning after?
(a) Hopeful.
(b) Amazed.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Silly.

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

12. What kind of voice does the visitor use to describe his mission in coming to the house?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Quick.
(c) Business-like.
(d) Booming.

13. What does Mrs. White think injured her son?
(a) The machinery.
(b) The monkey paw.
(c) All of these.
(d) The wish.

14. How many children does Morris have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.

15. What does Mr. White think of people's desires being granted?
(a) It is ludicrous.
(b) It is lazy.
(c) It is amazing.
(d) It is ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comforts Mrs. White after the visitor leaves?

2. What does Mr. White feel like doing when he hears what the visitor brought him?

3. Who is at the door the morning after the wish?

4. How does Herbert feel about the wish the morning after?

5. What injured Herbert?

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