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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mr. White playing a game with at the beginning of the book?
(a) His wife.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His son.
(d) His friend.

2. Morris says men should not interfere with __________.
(a) God.
(b) Fate.
(c) Men.
(d) History.

3. Whom is Mr. White waiting for at the beginning of the book?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His son.

4. What does White's son dislike about his house?
(a) The size.
(b) The path to the house.
(c) The dark windows.
(d) All of these.

5. What causes the family to stop talking about the paw?
(a) Dinner is served.
(b) The storm rages.
(c) Chess is played.
(d) Morris changes the subject.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like at the beginning of the book?

2. What is the monkey paw meant to show?

3. Mr. White's son wants to use the paw ___________.

4. How did Morris come across the monkey paw?

5. Where did Morris spend much of his time during his travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mr. White want Morris to talk about when he first gets there?

2. Why does Morris say the Monkey Paw was given power?

3. What happens after Mr. White makes his second wish?

4. Why does Mr. White choose what he does for his first wish?

5. Why does Mr. White hesitate to make the second wish his wife asks for?

6. What kind of wishes does Morris say the Monkey Paw should be used for?

7. What does Morris's tale of the monkey paw remind White of?

8. What happens just before the first knock on the door is heard?

9. What does Morris say should be done with the Monkey Paw?

10. What is Mr. White's third wish?

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