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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who refuses responsibility for Herbert's injury?
(a) All of these.
(b) The company.
(c) The visitor.
(d) The government.

2. What does Mrs. White do when she hears what the visitor has brought her?
(a) Screams.
(b) Faints.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Vomits.

3. Why isn't Herbert in any pain after his injury?
(a) He is in shock.
(b) He is medicated.
(c) He died.
(d) He is paralyed.

4. Who runs to the door the first time it rings after the wish?
(a) Morris.
(b) The maid.
(c) Mr. White.
(d) Mrs. White.

5. For what kind of company is the visitor working?
(a) Real estate.
(b) Investigatory.
(c) Law related.
(d) Industrial.

6. What does Mr. White think of people's desires being granted?
(a) It is amazing.
(b) It is ridiculous.
(c) It is ludicrous.
(d) It is lazy.

7. When did Mr. White learn to comfort his wife?
(a) When they were dating.
(b) When they lost their first child.
(c) He never did.
(d) When they first got married.

8. Who does the visitor say is responsible for Herbert's injury?
(a) The company.
(b) The government.
(c) Herbert.
(d) A passerby.

9. What was Herbert doing when he got injured?
(a) Reading.
(b) Eating.
(c) Walking.
(d) Working.

10. Whom does Mrs. White have to pay the morning after the wish?
(a) A grocer.
(b) A tailor.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A baker.

11. Where does Herbert go the morning after the wish?
(a) To church.
(b) To school.
(c) To work.
(d) To the club.

12. What is the visitor's name?
(a) Guyant.
(b) Grendel.
(c) None of these.
(d) Gregory.

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

14. How does Mrs. White feel about the wish the morning after?
(a) Silly.
(b) Amazed.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Hopeful.

15. What kind of voice does the visitor use to describe his mission in coming to the house?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Quick.
(c) Booming.
(d) Business-like.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is ironic about Mr. White's response to the news of Herbert's injury?

3. What did Mr. White interfere with when he made a wish?

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

5. In what does Mrs. White put her hope?

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