Short Story Review

Convincing someone to a belief or action is...

• Argument

• Persuasion

• Demand

• Conversation

Which of the following elements of the setting in the last paragraph of "The Monkey's Paw" best symbolize the old couple's feelings at the end of the stsory?

• lighting the match

• searching the dark ground for the paw

• knocking ceased, door opened

• street lamp, cold wind

What is ironic about Mr. White saying, "I have everything I want"?

• He wishes for his son to die so he can have more money.

• He gets more money.

• If he believes he has everything he wants, he shouldn't need to wish for anything.

• His house burns down because of his wishes.

What are the consequences of Mr. White's first wish?

• His son dies

• His wife dies

• He dies

• Nothing

What is Mr. White's second wish?

• To have two hundred more pounds

• To live forever

• For his son to come back

• For his wife to stop crying

What happens after Mr. White's second wish?

• He hears someone walking around on the roof

• He hears a knock at his bedroom window

• He hears a knock at the door

• He hears someone moving around in the kitchen

What can we infer (or guess) Mr. White's third wish is for?

• His 200 pounds to be taken away

• His son to come back to life

• His life to end

• His son to remain dead

What is the resolution of "The Monkey's Paw"?

• There isn't one

• The knocking stops and all is quiet

• Mrs. White kills Mr. White

• Mrs. White dies of grief

In the beginning of the story, the setting of "The Monkey's Paw" is...

• a stormy, winter night

• a tornadic, summer night

• a lazy, spring day

• a bright, cheerful fall day

How did Sergeant-Major Morris acquire the monkey's paw?

• He bought it on Amazon

• He received it after its previous owner wished for death

• His father gifted it to him

• He bought it from a street merchant while on an excursion