The Monkey's Paw
This is the first wish Mr. White makes upon using the paw.
What is for 200 pounds?
This is the narrator’s stated reason for wanting to kill the old man.
What is his "vulture eye" ?
This is the name of the main character who longs for wealth and luxury.
Who is Mathilde Loisel?
This is the name of the skilled hunter who becomes the hunted.
Who is Rainsford?
This island serves as the setting for a deadly game of survival.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
This tragic event fulfills the first wish in an unexpected way.
What is Herbert's death?
This time period describes how long the narrator carefully watches the old man before acting.
What is seven nights?
This is the occupation of Mathilde’s husband.
What is a clerk?
This is the name of the island where the story takes place.
What is Ship-Trap Island?
This event sets Mathilde’s downfall in motion after a night of apparent success.
What is losing the necklace?
This is the second wish Mrs. White urges her husband to make.
What is to wish Herbert back to life?
This object the narrator uses to enter the old man’s room each night.
What is a lantern?
Why is Mathilde Loisel unhappy at the beginning of the story?
What is lacking wealth and luxury?
This general hunts humans for sport on the island.
Who is General Zaroff?
This story features a conflict driven by a character’s obsessive focus on a single physical feature.
What is The Tell-Tale Heart?
What literary element is strongly emphasized when Herbert jokes about the wishes coming true?
What is foreshadowing?
This sound drives the narrator to panic and ultimately confess.
What is the beating of the heart?
This event the Loisels are invited to, which sets the story in motion.
What is a formal ball (or party at the Ministry)?
What is Rainsford’s initial belief about hunting?
What is animals do not feel fear?
This ironic revelation changes the meaning of Mathilde’s years of suffering.
What is that the necklace was fake?
This visitor brings the monkey’s paw to the White family and warns them about it.
Who is Sergeant-Major Morris?
What is the most likely symbolic meaning of the old man’s “vulture eye”?
What is it symbolizes the narrator's fear and obsession?
This is how long the Loisels spend paying off the debt for the replacement.
What is ten years?
This detail about Zaroff’s past explains why he has grown bored with traditional hunting.
What is he has found that hunting animals is too easy
Out of all our short stories, this one has a setting that ultimately represents a lack of hope and a lack of safety and security.
What is "The Most Dangerous Game" ?