Characters
He comes to visit the White family at night
Who is Sergeant Major Morris?
The Paw can grant this many wishes per person
What is three wishes?
Describe the mood and season in the opening of The Monkey's Paw
winter, cold, there is a storm that sets the mood. Dark and story.
What happens to Herbert?
What is he gets caught in the machinery at work and dies?
This popular halloween movie has three witches in it named The Sanderson Sisters
What is Hocus Pocus?
This is the reason why he hates the old man in Tell Tale
He has the eye of a vulture. He hates his eye
How did the Paw get the ability to make wishes?
A spell was put on it by an old fakir (Indian wizard)
Creepy story
This is the reason that Mrs. White cannot open the door for Herbert when he comes back from the grave
She is too short to reach the lock.
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, he is the main character
Jack Skellington
How many people are in the White family? Name them.
3
Mr. White
Mrs. White
Herbert
He creeps into the old man's room and opens the door to watch him sleep
Why does he keep telling you that he is not mad in Tell Tale Heart
To convince you that he is normal and not mad
Why is he so careful as to not disturb the old man while he sleeps?
He does not want to wake him. He just wants to watch him and get ready to kill him and his eye
The day after Halloween is called this.
All Saints Day
He is afraid of what this will do to his wife.
Name all three wishes that Mr. White makes
For herbert to come back
For herbert to go back to the grave
What does the madman keep hearing in his own brain when the police show up?
The heartbeat of the old man who has died. He is insane and keeps hearing the heartbeat.
On what night does he murder the old man and his eye?
the 8th night
Name the 6 songs that you listened to for the Suspense Music Assignment
Freddy Krueger
Psycho Shower scene
Jaws
Halloween Michael Meyer
Scream
He knows what the Monkey Paw can do and he wants to save the White family the trouble and heartache.
When the police show up at the end of The Tell Tale Heart, explain what happens.
Various answers
Tells them the old man is in the country
He is calm
Keeps hearing the heartbeat of the old man underneath the floorboards
Tells them to sit and relax on a chair right on the floorboards over the body
Why does he admit to killing the old man to the police?
He thought they heard the old man's heartbeat but it was all in his head.
How does he kill the old man in Tell Tale Heart?
He takes apart the body piece by piece very carefully. He laughs the whole time.
Summarize one of these horror stories in your own words and then compare it to Halloween
Various answers