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WorksheetsMonkey's Paw EN10
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is the author of "The Monkey's Paw"?
a)
Edgar Allan Poe
b)
W.W. Jacobs
c)
J.K. Rowling
2.
What is the setting of the story?
a)
An isolated house on a stormy night
b)
A busy road in the early morning
c)
A factory
3.
What are the characters doing in the very beginning of the story?
a)
Eating breakfast before Herbert goes off to work
b)
Herbert and Mr. White are playing chess
c)
Everyone is asleep
4.
Who gave Mr. White the paw?
a)
Herbert
b)
Sgt. Major Morris
c)
A fakir
d)
Mrs. White
5.
What shows that Sergeant-Major Morris dislikes the paw?
a)
He threw it on the fire.
b)
He keeps it in his pocket.
c)
He gives it to Mr. White.
6.
What power does the paw have?
a)
It can show you the future.
b)
It can grant 3 wishes to 3 people.
c)
It turns everything it touches into gold.
7.
What foreshadows that the paw is evil?
a)
Sergeant-Major Morris brought it with him.
b)
The first man who had it wished for death.
c)
It kills everyone that owns it.
8.
What does Mr. White wish for first?
a)
200 pounds
b)
1000 dollars
c)
a new house
9.
What happens immediately after Mr. White makes his first wish?
a)
His son falls to the floor, dead.
b)
The paw moves in his hand.
c)
A bag of money appears.
10.
Where does Herbert work?
a)
the army
b)
Paw and Peggins
c)
Maw and Meggins
d)
the graveyard
11.
What does the man from Maw and Meggins bring to the Whites?
a)
200 pounds
b)
The Monkey's Paw
c)
A deed to a new house
12.
What is the Whites' second wish?
a)
for their son to be alive again
b)
for more wishes
c)
for more money
13.
Whom is likely to be knocking at the door at the end of the story?
a)
Herbert
b)
Sergeant-Major Morris
c)
the man from Maw and Meggins
14.
Mr. White refuses to help his wife open the door because he is
a)
angry that she woke him up.
b)
weakened by his grief.
c)
annoyed that he keeps bothering her.
d)
afraid that his second wish came true.
15.
What is the theme of the story?
a)
Be careful what you wish for.
b)
Do not be greedy.
c)
Keep your friends close. Keep your enemies closer.
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