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The Monkey's Paw Study Guide Questions withCorrect Answers
What type of mood is established in the beginning of the story and what
details help create that feeling? Correct Answer-depressing, suspenseful
- the rain, the expected visitor
The name of The Whites' house is Laburnum Villa. Laburnum is a type
of bush that is poisonous. How is this an example of foreshadowing?
Correct Answer-poison brings death and death will come to the house
when Herbert dies later in the story
What is the point of view of the story? Correct Answer-third person
omniscient
Mr. White made reckless, foolish decisions when playing chess, which
caused him to lose. How is this an example of foreshadowing? Correct
Answer-he acts before thinking with the monkey's paw later, also
What magical ability did the monkey's paw have? Correct Answer-to
grant 3 men 3 wishes each
Why did the fakir place a spell on the paw? Correct Answer-to show
people that fate can not be changed without serious consequences
, Why did the author choose a monkey's paw and not another animal's
paw? In other words, of what is a monkey symbolic? Correct Answer-a
monkey symbolizes deception and foolishness
Sergeant Major Morris' face whitened when he revealed that he had
three wishes. What can we infer about the paw? Correct Answer-it does
not always kill, but the results of its granting wishes is never good
What was probably upsetting the sergeant-major about the White
family's lightheartedness toward the paw? Correct Answer-He was
telling the truth and they did not believe him
Mrs. White made an allusion to The Arabian Nights, saying the
monkey's paw was like one of the stories in that book. What is an
allusion? Correct Answer-when a story or book is mentioned in another
story or book
What was the first man's third wish? How is this an example of
foreshadowing? Correct Answer-for death, Herbert dies later in the story
Why didn't Mr. White know what to wish for? What was Mr. White's
first wish? Correct Answer-he said he had everything he wanted, he
wished for £200
What did the paw immediately do after the first wish? What can we infer
from this? Correct Answer-it moved, it had a power or spirit in it
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