The Monkey's Paw Test

Front 1

1. tendency to believe too readily?

Back 1

credulity

Front 2

2. something that is like the rapid firing of firearms?

Back 2

fusillade

Front 3

3. brave; valiant?

Back 3

doughty

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4. feeling that something bad will happen?

Back 4

foreboding

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5. spoken ill of?

Back 5

maligned

Front 6

6. The monkey’s paw has a spell put on it from a witch. True or False?

Back 6

False, it was a fakir; an Indian holy man.

Front 7

7. The spell on the Paw makes it possible for three separate men to have three wishes. True or false?

Back 7

True.

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8. Sergeant Major Morris is happy to give the paw to Mr. White. True or false?

Back 8

False, Sergeant Major Morris had wanted to burn it and tried to stop Mr. White from wishing.

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9. The first man who wished on the paw wished on the paw, wished for death as his third wish. True or false?

Back 9

True.

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10. Herbert very much believes in the power of the paw. True or false?

Back 10

False, he made fun of it.

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11. The man from ‘Maw and Meggins’ shows up to fire Herbert. True or false?

Back 11

False, he showed up to tell Mr. and Mrs. White that Herbert had been killed in an accident and to give them 200 £ compensation.

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12. After Herbert dies, Mr. and Mrs. White don’t talk to each other much. True or false?

Back 12

True.

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13. It is Mrs. White’s idea to wish Herbert alive again. True or false?

Back 13

True.

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14. Mr. White agrees with his wife that making a second wish is a good idea. True or false?

Back 14

False, he resisted the idea.

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15. Mr. White never makes his last wish. True or false?

Back 15

False, he makes this 3rd and last wish to send away Herbert after he had returned from the grave.

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16. When Mrs. White opens the door, no one is there. True or false?

Back 16

True.

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17. At the beginning of the story, Mr. White is complaining about:
a. the weather
b. the monkey’s paw
c. living so far away from town
d. Herbert’s sarcastic remarks

Back 17

c. living so far away from town

Front 18

18. At the beginning of the story, who arrives at the White’s house?
a. Herbert
b. a ghost
c. Sergeant Major Morris
d. a well-dressed man

Back 18

c. Sergeant Major Morris

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19. Where had Sergeant Major Morris spent the previous twenty-one years?
a. India
b. America
c. England
d. London

Back 19

a. India

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20. Who says, “I’d like to go to India myself, just to look round a bit, you know?”?
a. Mr. White
b. Sergeant Major
c. Mrs. White
Morris
d. Herbert

Back 20

a. Mr. White

Front 21

21. Which best describes Sergeant Major Morris’ attitude toward the paw?
a. He is excited about it.
b. He is bored with it.
c. He wants to sell it.
d. He doesn’t want it to cause any more mischief.

Back 21

d. He doesn’t want it to cause any more mischief.

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22. How does Mr. White take possession of the paw?
a. He pays Sgt. Major Morris for it.
b. It was a gift from India, given to him by Sgt. Major Morris.
c. He won it in a bet with Sgt. Major Morris.
d. He grabbed it out of the fire after Morris threw it on to burn.

Back 22

d. He grabbed it out of the fire after Morris threw it on to burn.

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23. Mr. White first wish is for
a. two hundred pounds
b. a nicer house
c. Herbert to come back
d. the knock at the door to stop

Back 23

a. two hundred pounds

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24. After making his first wish, Mr. White claims that
a. he saw a ghost
b. the paw moved
c. he saw Herbert die
d. he heard a knock at the door

Back 24

b. the paw moved

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25. What did Herbert see in the fire?
a. a paw
b. a monkey face
c. two hundred pounds
d. his death

Back 25

b. a monkey face

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26. The next day, who does Mrs. White see outside the house?
a. Herbert
b. a ghost
c. Sergeant Major Morris
d. a well-dressed man

Back 26

d. a well-dressed man

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27. How did Herbert die?
a. he fell
b. he jumped off a building
c. a monkey attacked him
d. he was caught in the machinery

Back 27

d. he was caught in the machinery

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28. What was Mr. White’s second wish?
a. For two hundred pounds
b. For his son to be alive again
c. For his son to leave them alone
d. for the paw to be destroyed

Back 28

b. For his son to be alive again

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29. What is the climax of the monkey’s paw?
a. When Herbert dies
b. When there is a knocking at the front door
c. When Mr. White makes his first wish
d. When Mr. White makes his last wish

Back 29

b. When there is a knocking at the front door

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30. What does the word furtively mean?
a. noisy commotion
b. commonplace; ordinary
c. secretly; stealthily
d. greedy for riches

Back 30

c. secretly; stealthily