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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. For what kind of company is the visitor working?
(a) Industrial.
(b) Real estate.
(c) Investigatory.
(d) Law related.

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

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

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

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

11. Who comforts Mrs. White after the visitor leaves?
(a) None of these.
(b) Her maid.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her husband.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Mrs. White's hope ironic?

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

3. What does the visitor give the Whites?

4. Whom does Mrs. White have to pay the morning after the wish?

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

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