Characters & Setting
This character receives the monkey's paw from a friend and makes the first three wishes.
Who is Mr. White?
The total number of wishes the monkey's paw can grant in total across three different men.
What is 9? (3 wishes to 3 different men)
The exact amount of money Mr. White wishes for to pay off his house mortgage.
What is £200 (two hundred pounds)?
The company where Herbert White works at the time of his accident.
What is Maw and Meggins?
"If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens. Pitch it on the fire again, like a sensible man."
Who is Sergeant-Major Morris?
This officer returns from India with tales of exotic places and magical objects.
Who is Sergeant Major Morris?
What is the central theme or lesson of "The Monkey's Paw"?
Be careful what you wish for
The second wish made by Mr. White under pressure from his wife.
What is for Herbert to come back to life?
How Herbert White is tragically killed at work.
What is being caught in the machinery?
"I wish for two hundred pounds, that's all."
Who is Mr. White?
He is the lighthearted son of the White family who works at Maw and Meggins.
Who is Herbert White?
This physical movement occurs in Mr. White's hand right after he makes his first wish, horrifying him.
What is twisting/twining like a snake?
The implied third and final wish made by Mr. White at the end of the story.
What is for the entity knocking at the door to disappear/return to the grave?
The sum of money offered by the company representative as compensation to the White family.
What is £200 (two hundred pounds)?
How could two hundred pounds hurt you, father?"
Who is Herbert White?
The name of the cozy isolated cottage where the White family lives.
What is Laburnum Villa?
Sergeant-Major Morris attempts to destroy the paw using this before Mr. White saves it.
What is throwing it onto the fire?
The dark, ominous chess outcome Herbert predicts right before his father makes the first wish.
What is a checkmate / losing his king?
The distance from the cemetery to Laburnum Villa, explaining why it took time for "Herbert" to walk back after the second wish.
What is two miles?
The game played by Mr. White and Herbert at the start of the story, serving as a metaphor for taking risks and facing consequences.
What is chess?
She urges her husband to use the second wish to bring their son back to life.
Who is Mrs. White?
What happened to the first owner of the monkey's paw after making his first two wishes?
His third wish was for death.
Who says: "If you don't want it, Morris, give it to me."
Mr. White.
The state of Herbert's body that makes Mr. White deeply fearful of seeing him brought back to life.
What is severely mutilated/decayed (he was dead for ten days)?
"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir... He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their..." (Finish the quote).
What is "...to their sorrow"?