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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is at the door the morning after the wish?
(a) The milk man.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) The mail man.
(d) A bill collector.

5. What was Herbert doing when he got injured?
(a) Walking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Working.
(d) Reading.

6. Who refuses responsibility for Herbert's injury?
(a) The company.
(b) All of these.
(c) The visitor.
(d) The government.

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

8. How does Mr. White feel about the visitor hanging around after Herbert leaves?
(a) He is angry.
(b) He is suspicious.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is nervous.

9. Why is the visitor hesitant to talk to the Whites?
(a) He doesn't know if he is in the right spot.
(b) He has bad news.
(c) He is waiting for the paw sign.
(d) He feels guilty.

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

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

12. What does Mr. White feel like doing when he hears what the visitor brought him?
(a) Going to battle.
(b) Dying.
(c) Burning the paw.
(d) Killing the visitor.

13. Why isn't Herbert in any pain after his injury?
(a) He died.
(b) He is medicated.
(c) He is paralyed.
(d) He is in shock.

14. What is ironic about Mr. White's response to the news of Herbert's injury?
(a) He dreamed about this.
(b) He smiles before he faints.
(c) He felt the paw move just before he heard.
(d) He did what he told his wife not to.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who else works for the place the visitor is from?

2. How does the visitor seem in the White's home?

3. When did Mr. White learn to comfort his wife?

4. What does Mr. White do when he hears what the visitor has brought him?

5. Who remembers how Morris said things would unfold after a wish?

(see the answer keys)

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