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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the visitor seem in the White's home?
(a) Hurried.
(b) Idle.
(c) Uncomfortable.
(d) Upset.

2. 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.

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

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

5. Who does the visitor say is responsible for Herbert's injury?
(a) The company.
(b) A passerby.
(c) The government.
(d) Herbert.

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

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

8. How is Herbert's injury described?
(a) He is sliced through.
(b) He is badly hurt.
(c) He is maimed.
(d) He is bad off.

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

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

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

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

13. Who else works for the place the visitor is from?
(a) The White's neighbor.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Mr. White.
(d) Morris.

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

15. What is the visitor's name?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Guyant.
(c) None of these.
(d) Gregory.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the weather like the morning after the wish is made?

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

4. What kind of voice does the visitor use to describe his mission in coming to the house?

5. Who sent the visitor to the White's?

(see the answer keys)

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