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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the visitor dressed?
(a) None of these.
(b) Casually.
(c) In rags.
(d) Nicely.

3. Who runs to the door the first time it rings after the wish?
(a) Mrs. White.
(b) Mr. White.
(c) The maid.
(d) Morris.

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

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

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

7. Who remembers how Morris said things would unfold after a wish?
(a) The maid.
(b) Mr. White.
(c) Herbert.
(d) Mrs. White.

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

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

10. What does Mrs. White do when she hears what the visitor has brought her?
(a) Screams.
(b) Runs away.
(c) Faints.
(d) Vomits.

11. What does Mr. White think injured his son?
(a) The monkey paw.
(b) The wish.
(c) All of these.
(d) The machinery.

12. How did Morris say things would unfold after a wish?
(a) Naturally.
(b) Strangely.
(c) Alarmingly.
(d) Quickly.

13. Who is the first one to notice the visitor prowling around?
(a) Herbert.
(b) Morris.
(c) Mrs. White.
(d) Mr. White.

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

15. What is the weather like the morning after the wish is made?
(a) Windy.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Rainy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Herbert work with at his job?

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

3. Who refuses responsibility for Herbert's injury?

4. Who has a hard time understanding what happened to Herbert?

5. Morris says his life is a part of ___________.

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