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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 is the weather like at the beginning of the book?
(a) Warm.
(b) Hot.
(c) Cold.
(d) Dry.

2. What is the name of Mr. White's son?
(a) Hal.
(b) Harold.
(c) Henry.
(d) Herbert.

3. What does White do to distract the person he is playing a game with?
(a) Argues with his wife.
(b) Explains his illness.
(c) Eats his cake.
(d) Talks about their visitor.

4. Where did Morris spend much of his time during his travels?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) Africa.
(d) Brasil.

5. What does Morris say makes the monkey paw work?
(a) Magic.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Angels.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who made the monkey paw unique?

2. Where did Morris get the monkey's paw?

3. What must be done for the paw to work?

4. What is the monkey paw meant to show?

5. Morris says men should not interfere with __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has the visitor come to the White's house?

2. How do the Whites respond to Herbert's death after his funeral?

3. How does Morris say he got the Monkey Paw?

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

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

6. What does White choose as his first wish?

7. What does Mr. White hear after he makes the third wish?

8. How does the author advance the plot in the last chapter of the book?

9. How many wishes can the Monkey Paw Give?

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

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