2nd Nine Weeks ELA Exam

What is the mood inside Mr. and Mrs. White's home at the beginning of "The Monkey's Paw" before Sergeant-Major Morris' arrival?

• tense and awkward
• cozy and comfortable
• creepy and sinister
• happy and joyful

How does the setting outside of the Whites' home, at the beginning of "The Monkey's Paw," set the mood for the story?

• creepy and sinister
• joyful and happy
• cozy and comfortable
• tense and awkward

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

• fakir (holy man)
• a man who wished for death

What is so special about the paw?

• It grants 3 wishes to all who find it.
• It grants 1 wish to 3 people.
• It allows the owner to stop time.
• It grants 3 wishes to 3 people.

What other detail from the story foreshadows that the paw is evil?

• It's shrivelled and dried to a mummy.
• No one has wished on it yet.
• The first man who had it wished for death.
• Sergeant-Major Morris brought it with him.

What does Mr. White wish for first?

• 200 dollars
• a new house
• for his son back
• 200 pounds

What immediately happens when Mr. White makes his first wish?

• There is a loud crash from the piano, and the paw moves in his hand.
• His wife faints and falls to the floor.
• Sergeant-Major Morris warns him "If you must wish...wish for something sensible."
• Mr. White sees a simian (monkey) face in the dying fire inside his fireplace.

What happens the day after Mr. White makes his first wish?

• They find the money tied up in a bundle on the bed.
• Herbert dies, and his parents get compensation from a representative from the Maw and Meggins factory.
• Mrs. White dies, and Mr. White gets money from an insurance company.
• A mysterious stranger gives 200 pounds to Herbert.

How much compensation does Mr. and Mrs. White receive from the Maw and Meggins factory?

• 200 dollars
• 500,000 dollars
• 200 pounds
• 15,000 pounds

How did Herbert White die?

• while traveling to India to meet Sergeant Major Morris
• after getting caught in the machinery at work
• during the night while sleeping