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

2. How was the monkey paw preserved?
(a) It was mummified.
(b) It was salted.
(c) It was encased.
(d) It was dried.

3. What was done to make the monkey paw unique?
(a) A spell was placed on it.
(b) It had a spirit transferred to it.
(c) It was blessed.
(d) A curse was placed on it.

4. How does Mr. White know his visitor is there?
(a) He hears a donkey bray.
(b) There is a knock on the door.
(c) His dog barks.
(d) The gate bangs.

5. How does Mr. White feel about Morris's travels?
(a) He is fearful.
(b) He is excited.
(c) All of these.
(d) He is jealous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of eyes does Morris have?

2. Where has Mr. White always wanted to travel?

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

4. Who is Mr. White playing a game with at the beginning of the book?

5. What title does Morris have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Morris say the Monkey Paw got its powers?

2. Why does the visitor act the way he does when he gets to the White's house?

3. How do the Whites know Morris?

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

5. What changes in Mr. White after his son's funeral?

6. What happens when Mr. White makes his first wish?

7. What does Mrs. White do when her husband tells her where the Monkey Paw is?

8. How does Mr. White act the morning after the wish?

9. Why does Mr. White not want the second wish to be granted?

10. How does Herbert act the morning after the wish?

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