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30 Cards in this Set
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Author of The Monkey's Paw
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W.W. Jacobs
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Setting of the Monkey's Paw
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Great Britain, on a very marshy, boggy street in the late 1800s
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Main Characters of the Monkey's Paw
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Herbert White, Mrs. White, Mr. White, Sergeant-Major Morris
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Climax of the Monkey's Paw
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either when Mr. White makes the wish OR when Herbert is back to life, knocking on the door
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Type of Ending in the Monkey's Paw
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a cliff-hanger ending, an open ending
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Mr. White
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an old man, Herbert's dad and Mrs. White's wife. He enjoys chess and is Morris' friend. He is content with his life. He doesn't want Herbert to come back to life, afraid of what he is now, so his third wish is that he would go away.
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Mrs. White
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an old woman, Herbert's mom and Mr. White's husband. She tells Mr. White to wish Herbert back to life.
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Herbert White
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The White's son, he doesn't believe in the power of the paw. He works at Maw and Meggin's and dies when he gets caught in the machinery.
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Author of The Necklace
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Guy de Maupassant
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Setting of The Necklace
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France, late 1800s
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Main Characters of The Necklace
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Mathilde Loisel
M. Loisel Mme. Forestier |
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Mathilde Loisel
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Married to M. Loisel, is beautiful and feels that she should have luxurious things. Mme Forestier is her friend from the convent school, but she doesn't talk to her because she is jealous of her.
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M. Loisel
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Married to Mathilde and is a clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. He is very economical and gives an invitation to the ball to his wife.
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Mme. Forestier
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She is rich, and is Mathilde's old school friend from the convent. She lends Mathilde a necklace made of paste.
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Climax of the Necklace
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When Mathilde finds out the necklace was made of paste
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Lesson of The Necklace
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Tell the truth
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Type of Ending in The Necklace
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an open ending, a twist at the very end
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The author of The Tell-tale Heart
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Setting of The Tell-tale Heart
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America, in a house in the early 1800s
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Main Characters of The Tell-tale Heart
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the crazy man (narrator) and the old man with the evil eye
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Crazy Man (narrator)
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He is crazy and hates the old man he lives with because of his eye. He kills the old man and hides the body, then hears a heart thumping and confesses
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Old Man with Evil Eye
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He lives with the crazy man. He is a good person, but has an eye with a cataract which looks evil. He is killed by the crazy man.
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Climax of The Tell-tale Heart
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When the crazy man hears the heart thumping and confesses
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The author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Washington Irving
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Setting of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Sleepy Hollow, NY, 1800s
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Main Characters in Sleepy Hollow
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Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Brom Bones
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Ichabod Crane
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A tall and thin schoolteacher from Connecticut who likes to read. He is also the choirmaster at the church. He loves to eat and wants to marry Katrina Van Tassel.
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Katrina Van Tassel
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The pretty only child of Baltus Van Tassel. She was the heiress of all her father's property. She is eighteen and a great flirt.
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Brom Bones
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His real name is Abraham Van Brunt. He is the town hero, and is very strong and always wins whatever fight he gets into. Brom likes Katrina Van Tassel and competes against Ichabod for her heart.
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Opinion of Ending of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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I think that Brom Bones dressed up as the Headless Horseman and threw a pumpkin, not a head, at Ichabod. He either killed Ichabod, or he scared him off.
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