What game were the father and son playing at the beginning of the story?
Chess
100
According to the title of the poem, what happened to the son?
died by drowning
100
Rejunvenate
to make young again
100
The central idea of the story, the perspective on life that the author was trying to say.
Theme
200
Why did Mr. Nuttel come to the county?
To cure his nervous condition
200
How did the couple get the 200 pounds?
It was compensation for their son's accidental death.
200
Bathyspere
Round helmet used by divers.
200
Spell the word that means permanent.
indelible
200
The main character in a story.
Protagonist
300
Ghastly
horrible or frightful
300
What was the couple's second wish?
That their son would come back from the dead
300
What does the word persistence mean?
never giving up
300
In what person and from what point of view is the story told?
First person from the point of view of the barber.
300
The person in the story that conflicts with the main character.
antagonist
400
Who wrote "The Open Window"
Suki
400
Why did the old fakir put a spell on the monkey's paw?
Because he wanted to prove that fate ruled people's lives.
400
What literary element is demonstrated by the mother telling Jerry at the end of the story that he shouldn't swim anymore that day?
Irony
400
What type of conflict does the barber deal with?
internal
400
The series of events leading up to the resolution of the story.
Plot
500
What story does the little girl tell to explain Frampton's quick departure?
The the dogs scared him because he was once hunted into a cemetery by dogs.
500
Spell the word that means greedy.
Avaricious
500
Who wrote the short story and where is she from?
Doris Lessing from what is now Iran
500
What is the irony in this story?
That he talked himself out of killing the barber only to discover that the customer knew of his allegence and only came into the shop to see if the barber would kill him.