Characters
Objects
Setting
Vocabulary
Finish the Quote
100
What was the name of the old man who made the wishes with the monkey's paw?
What is Mr. White
100
What is the object in the story that makes wishes?
What is the monkey's paw
100
Where are they playing chess at the beginning of the story?
What is the living room
100
Define: bog
What is a swamp or mud
100
At the beginning of the story: "I wish for...."
What is 200 pounds
200
What is the name of the old lady from the story?
What is Mrs. White
200
What does the son stare into after making the first wish?
What is the fireplace
200
Where are the old lady and old man when they hear the knocking at the end of the story?
What is the bedroom
200
Define: torrent
What is a swift-flowing stream or river
200
"The first man had his three wishes. Yes. I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for....."
What is death
300
What is the name of the son from the story?
What is Herbert
300
What are the characters playing at the beginning of the story?
What is chess
300
What is the name of the type of house the characters live in?
What is a villa
300
Define: rubicund
What is reddish
300
"Wish!" Repeated his wife. He raised his hand. "I wish...."
What is my son alive
400
What is the name of the visitor that came to the house to visit?
What is Sergeant Major Morris
400
What does the old man insist his wife hears, instead of the dead son?
What is a mouse
400
Where does the stranger who visits them with the "bad news" pause at three times?
What is the gate
400
Define: doughty
What is brave/courageous
400
"I don't know what people are thinking about. I suppose because only two houses on this road are ....."
What is let
500
What is the name of the hindu or holy man that put the curse on the paw?
What is a fakir
500
What was the last thing we saw in the story, as the old lady opened the door and looked outside?
What is the streetlight flickering and/or a deserted road
500
Where did the old man retrieve the monkeys paw from, when he made his last wish?
What is the parlor, or mantelpiece.
500
Define: credulity
What is a disposition to believe too readily/gullible
500
"If you must wish," he said gruffly, "wish for something..."
What is sensible
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