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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the visitor hang around after Herbert leaves the morning after the wish?

2. Who comforts Mrs. White after the visitor leaves?

3. How does Herbert feel about the wish the morning after?

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

5. Whose acquaintance do the Whites and the visitors have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What curse was placed on the paw, and how did it come to fruition?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Many different characters in this plot were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

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