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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mr. White playing at the beginning of the book?
(a) Chess.
(b) Pinochle.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Checkers.

2. What does Mrs. White think injured her son?
(a) The monkey paw.
(b) All of these.
(c) The machinery.
(d) The wish.

3. Where must the paw be held in to be used?
(a) The left hand.
(b) The right knee.
(c) Over a grave.
(d) The right hand.

4. How was the monkey paw preserved?
(a) It was mummified.
(b) It was salted.
(c) It was dried.
(d) It was encased.

5. What does Mr. White feel like doing when he hears what the visitor brought him?
(a) Burning the paw.
(b) Going to battle.
(c) Killing the visitor.
(d) Dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Morris keep the monkey paw?

2. What does Mr. White think injured his son?

3. Why is the gift from the visitor so ironic?

4. What brings Mrs. White comfort about Herbert's injury?

5. What must be done for the paw to work?

(see the answer key)

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