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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of voice does the visitor use to describe his mission in coming to the house?
(a) Business-like.
(b) Quick.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Booming.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Morris says his life is a part of ___________.
(a) A grand scheme.
(b) God's creations.
(c) The world's way.
(d) Fate's plan.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the visitor bring something to the Whites?

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

3. Why isn't Herbert in any pain after his injury?

4. What is Mr. White reluctant to accept when he hears of his son's injury?

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

(see the answer keys)

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