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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How long have the Whites been together?
(a) 30 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 40 years.
(d) 50 years.

8. 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.

9. What does Herbert joke about the morning after the wish?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Travelling to India.
(c) Quitting his job.
(d) Their coming wealth.

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

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

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

13. Who is the first to understand the true cause of Herbert's injury?
(a) The visitor.
(b) Herbert.
(c) Mr. White.
(d) Mrs. White.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Mr. White feel about the visitor hanging around after Herbert leaves?

3. What does the visitor think injured Herbert?

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

5. Where is the visitor from?

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