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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was done to make the monkey paw unique?

2. Who made the monkey paw unique?

3. How was the monkey paw preserved?

4. Why does Morris not use the monkey paw any more?

5. Where must the paw be held in to be used?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What warning does Morris give about the Monkey Paw before he leaves?

3. What does Mrs. White say to her husband when he tries to get her to be warm in bed one night?

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

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

6. Who knocks on the door the morning after the wish?

7. What ends the comfort Mrs. White feels when she learns about her son's injury?

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

9. What changes in Mrs. White after her son's funeral?

10. How are wishes to be made with the paw?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

How does Herbert die, and what led to this death?

Essay Topic 3

Where did irony occur in the granting of the wishes, and how did this affect the tone of the book?

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