"The Monkey’s Paw" - W. W. Jacobs
Content Quiz
1. What game are Mr. White and his son playing when the story begins?
2. How many people can receive wishes from the monkey’s paw?
3. What is Mr. White’s son’s name?
4. What is the first wish made by Mr. White?
5. What happens to make the first wish come true?
6. How does the Sergeant Major try to destroy the paw?
7. What happens to Herbert?
8. What is the second wish made with the paw?
9. Who makes the second wish?
10. What is the final wish?
Answers:
1. Chess
2. 3
3. Herbert
4. He wishes for 200£
5. Herbert dies. He gets caught in machinery.
6. Throws it in the fire
7. He dies
8. For Herbert to be alive
9. Mrs. White comes up with the wish, but her husband makes it
10. For the second wish to be cancelled or for Herbert to be dead again.