The Monkey's Paw - Study Sync
Authored by Mary Lockard
English
6th - 10th Grade
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Looking at these questions, this quiz focuses on the classic horror short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs, emphasizing both literary analysis skills and reading comprehension. The material is appropriate for middle school students, specifically grades 6-8, as it combines foundational literary terminology with close reading of a canonical text. Students need to demonstrate understanding of key literary devices including foreshadowing, irony, mood, and suspense, while also analyzing character motivations, plot structure, and thematic elements. The questions require students to identify the inciting incident, recognize the antagonist, understand cause-and-effect relationships in the plot, and make inferences based on textual evidence. Additionally, students must grasp the story's genre classification as horror and understand proper formatting conventions for citing short story titles. The assessment balances recall of plot details with higher-order thinking skills such as prediction, inference, and thematic analysis. Created by Mary Lockard, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 6 and 10. This comprehensive quiz serves multiple instructional purposes, from formative assessment during a unit on short stories to summative evaluation of student understanding after reading "The Monkey's Paw." Teachers can use this as homework to reinforce reading assignments, as a review activity before a larger assessment, or as a warm-up to discussion sessions about literary devices and themes. The quiz effectively supports classroom instruction by ensuring students have mastered both the plot elements and the literary concepts necessary for deeper analysis and discussion. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards including RL.6.1 (citing textual evidence), RL.6.3 (analyzing plot development), RL.6.4 (determining meaning of words and phrases), and RL.6.5 (analyzing story structure), making it an excellent tool for measuring student progress toward grade-level reading and analysis standards.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The overall feeling or atmosphere of a work of literature is called--
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What is the inciting incident of “The Monkey’s Paw”?
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CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story is called--
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
A contrast between expectation and reality is called--
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.5.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Repeated elements of the plot are called--
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CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
At the beginning of the story, the Whites--
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Which statement best describes the sergeant major’s attitude toward the monkey’s paw?
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CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
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