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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What did Mr. White interfere with when he made a wish?
(a) The magic.
(b) His son.
(c) Fate.
(d) His family.

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

9. What does Mr. White do when he hears what the visitor has brought him?
(a) Faints.
(b) Laughs.
(c) Screams.
(d) Vomits.

10. What does Herbert work with at his job?
(a) Machines.
(b) Paperwork.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Food.

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

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

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

14. Who does Mr. White look like when he hears of the gift brought by the visitor?
(a) His wife.
(b) Morris.
(c) His father.
(d) His son.

15. What ruins Mrs. White's comfort when she hears of Herbert's injury?
(a) It means he is dead.
(b) It means they need more money.
(c) It means it went fast.
(d) It means he is fired.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What injured Herbert?

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

4. What is the visitor's name?

5. Who does the visitor say is responsible for Herbert's injury?

(see the answer keys)

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