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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Morris come across the monkey paw?

2. What does Morris do when White tries to pay for the paw?

3. What title does Morris have?

4. Why does Mr. White try to distract the person he is playing with at the beginning of the book?

5. Why does Morris not use the monkey paw any more?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. White want the second wish to be?

2. What changes in Mrs. White after her son's funeral?

3. How does Mr. White feel about the idea of people's wishes being answered?

4. What makes Mrs. White feel better about her son's injury?

5. What does Mrs. White understand before her husband?

6. What kind of wishes does Morris say the Monkey Paw should be used for?

7. What changes in Mr. White after his son's funeral?

8. How does Morris say life will go forward after a wish is made?

9. How does the author describe Mrs. White when she has her idea for the second wish?

10. Why has the visitor come to the White's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the three wishes made with the paw, and what happens in response to these wishes?

Essay Topic 2

There was only one setting in this book. What was this setting, and how did this singular location affect the tone and progression of this book?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how did those moments affect the course of the plot?

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