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Monkey's Paw

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which is a theme of the play?
a)
Mr. White should never have used the monkey's paw.
b)
Mr. White's wish for 200 pounds led to Herbert's death.
c)
Never trust a monkey.
d)
It is dangerous to interfere with fate.
2.
In "The Monkey's Paw," why does Sergeant Major Morris grow pale when the Whites ask him about his three wishes on the monkey's paw?
a)
The idea of magic frightens him.
b)
He is trying not to laugh as he fools his friends.
c)
He is remembering the horrible effects of his wishes.
d)
He is ashamed of believing in the monkey's paw.
3.
Which event in "The Monkey's Paw" signals the resolution of the story?
a)
Sergeant Major Morris visits the Whites.
b)
Mr. White makes his second wish on the paw.
c)
Mr. White searches for the monkey's paw to make a third wish.
d)
There was no one at the door when Mr. White looks out.
4.
Using inference, why did Sgt. Morris decide not to sell the paw?
a)
He wanted to keep all the wishes for himself.
b)
If he sold the paw, he'd be cursed.
c)
The paw was a gift from his great-grandfather.
d)
The paw was evil.
5.
What evidence from the text foreshadows that the paw was evil?
a)
"If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens."
b)
"Why, we're going to be rich, and famous, and happy."
c)
"I expect you'll find the cash tied up in a big bag in the middle of your bed."
d)
"His mother laughed, and following him to the door, watched him down the road."
6.
Which piece of textual evidence from the beginning of the story foreshadows the end?
a)
"What was that you started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris?"
b)
"If you don't want it, Morris," said the other, "give it to me."
c)
"I threw it on the fire. If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again like a sensible man."
d)
"I wish for two hundred pounds," said the old man distinctly…
7.
Mr. White's second wish, for his son to return, is included in which part of the plot?
a)
rising action
b)
climax
c)
conflict
d)
falling action
8.
What was special about the paw?
a)
The paw granted unlimited wishes.
b)
The paw granted 3 wishes.
c)
The paw was a valuable artifact.
d)
The paw belonged to a famous king.
9.
The uncertainty or anxiety that a reader feels about what will happen next in a story is called--
a)
foreshadowing.
b)
mood.
c)
a parallel episode.
d)
suspense.
10.
What detail foreshadows, or hints, that Morris’s story about the monkey’s paw may be true?
a)
Mr. White feels the paw move.
b)
Herbert beats Mr. White at chess.
c)
Morris tells stories about his life in India.
d)
Mr. White says he has all he really wants.
11.

Themes that are found throughout the literature of all time periods.

a)

Imagery

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Inference

d)

Universal Theme

12.

The following paragraph can be defined by what type of Figurative Language?

You can feel the cool breeze blowing as you sit with your feet in the warm sand. The smell of salt fills the air as you slowly drift off to sleep.

a)

Allusion

b)

Simile

c)

Imagery

d)

Irony

13.

A written conversation between two or more characters.

a)

a chat

b)

imagery

c)

fate

d)

dialogue

14.

A logical guess that is made based on facts and one's own knowledge and experience.

a)

inference

b)

compensation

c)

dialogue

d)

peril

15.

Something that is dangerous

a)

condole

b)

grimace

c)

credulity

d)

peril

16.

To express sympathy or sorrow for someone

a)

fate

b)

grimace

c)

prosaic

d)

condole

17.

A facial expression of pain or disgust.

a)

grimace

b)

compensation

c)

resignation

d)

credulity

18.

A power that is thought to determine the course of events.

a)

fate

b)

theme

c)

peril

d)

resignation

19.

A tendency to believe too readily

a)

compensation

b)

prosaic

c)

credulity

d)

peril

20.

Something such as money, that is received as payment

a)

compensation

b)

peril

c)

grimace

d)

fate

21.

The acceptance of something that is inescapable

a)

compensation

b)

resignation

c)

condole

d)

peril

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