The Monkey's Paw

The difference between Mr. White's attitude and Morris's attitude about the monkey's paw is that

• Mr. White shows no interest, but Morris is obsessed.
• Morris takes the matter seriously, but Mr. White questions the paw's power.
• Mr. White seems hostile toward the paw, but Morris reflects fondly on it.
• Morris keeps trying to change the topic, but Mr. White continues to ask about it.

Why does Mr. White wish for two hundred pounds?

• Morris tells Mr. White that wishing for money is sensible.
• Mr. White spends too much money paying Morris for the paw.
• Herbert suggests to his father that two hundred pounds will help pay off their house.
• Mrs. White complains about the state of Mr. White's clothes.

Mrs. White removes her apron and apologizes for her husbands's garments to the gentleman at the door because she

• feels embarrassed about the way in which her family lives compared to their neighbors.
• sees how well he is dressed and thinks that he might be connected with the two hundred pounds.
• admires him and decides to use her wish to have a higher status in society.
• knows he is from Maw and Meggins and does not want her sone to be embarrassed about his home life.

What mood do you find in the story when the Whites stop speaking to one another after Herbert's death?

• hopeless grief
• quiet thought
• hurtful anger
• silent blame

The detail that helps you predict that Mrs. White will want to use the paw to wish for Herbert to return is when she

• pulls a chair across the floor to unlock the door
• asks Mr. White whether he destroyed the paw
• sits at the window and cries all night
• laughs at the thought of the paw

A grimace is

• depression in response to a death
• a token given away for a small fee.
• the suspicion of an elaborate story
• a facial expression of pain of disgust

Peril means

• warning
• evil
• accident
• danger

What does credulity mean?

• the feeling of giving in to another
• a disposition to believe too readily
• the manner of reacting to a shock
• an honor received for years of work

To believe in fate means that you believe in

• a power that determines the course of events
• the ability of the dead to live again
• a way to make others follow your rules
• the power of a token to grant wishes

What does compensation mean?

• a verbal promise to pay over a period of time
• something, such as work, one does to pay bills
• the exchange of goods in barter and trade deals
• something, such as money, received as a payment