Author Facts
The author of The Monkey's Paw
Who is W. W. Jacobs?
Who is Herbert White?
The kind of logic the world of The Third Wish runs on
What is fairy tale logic?
The definition of a motif
What is a literary element that occurs across many cultures and time periods
Definition of a talisman
What is an object, typically an inscribed ring or stone, that is thought to have magic powers and to bring good luck?
How old Joan Aiken was when she started writing
When is five years old?
The force of nature that also acts as foreshadowing in the beginning of the story
What is a thunder storm?
The full descriptor of Mr. Peter's first wish
The settings of both stories
What are Mr. Peter's home near the forest of Savernake in an unknown time (but it is spring)
And Laburnam Villa in the 1900s
The definition of credulity
What is a tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true?
The place W.W. Jacobs spent a lot of time and gained inspiration from
Where is the docks of the River Thames
The place where Sgt. Major Morris and Mr. White first met twenty-one years ago
Where is working in a warehouse?
How Leita describes being a human
What is very difficult?
The climaxes of both stories
What are the moment where Mr. White wishes the corpse away and when Mr. Peters wished for Leita to become a swan again.
The definition of a fakir
What is an old magic man (a monk in the Muslim tradition)?
The job of Aiken's father
What is a poet?
What is to be sensible?
The myth about Mr. Peters that kids whisper about
What is his swan wife and her sister fighting and drowning two thieves?
List all the conflicts in both stories
[Miss Ramsey's discretion]
The definition of doughty
What is being brave and persistent?
What the W.W. stands for in Jacobs' last name
Who is William Wymark
[Miss Ramsey's discretion)
The lesson of this story
What is the fact that even if your wish is granted, it doesn't always better you?
The main differences between both stories
[Miss Ramsey's discretion)
The definition of "rubicund of visage"
What is having a face that is having a ruddy complexion or being high-colored?