The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw
The Open Window
Desert Exile
President Ford
100
What is the last name of the family in this short story? 
What is White
100

Why is Mr. White upset with his son Herbert at the beginning of the story? 

What is Herbert beating his father in a game of chess

100

Who is Mrs. Sappleton's niece? 

Who is Vera
100
What is the purpose of the short story, "Desert Exile?" 
What is to inform readers about the WRA camps, provide details on the day-to-day living in the camps, or showing the readers the injustice Japanese-American families faced simply because of their physical appearance. 
100
What is President Ford's first name? 
Who is Gerald 
200
What is the son's FULL name in this story? 
Who is Herbert White
200
The previous wisher wished for death. This is an example of what literary device? 
What is Foreshadowing
200
Who is visiting the Sappleton home? 
Who is Mr. Framton Nuttle
200
What is the narrator's full name? 
Who is Yoshiko Uchida 
200

President Ford gives his speech on February 19, 1976. Why is this significant? 

What is the anniversary (34th) of the Executive Order that allowed the government to uproot Japanese-American families from their homes and place them into the internment camps 
300
What is the White's first wish? 
What is two hundred pounds
300

What was the White's second wish? 

What is wishing for their son's return from the dead 

300
Summarize the story Vera tells Mr. Nuttel. 
What is Ms. Underwood will be the judge of this answer :) 
300
What town in California is the Uchida family from? 
What is Berkley 
300
Ford says, "I call upon the American people to affirm with me the unhyphenated American promise that we have learned from the tragedy of that long ago experience." Ford is appealing to what literary device? 
What is Pathos
400

What happens to Herbert after his father makes the first wish?

What is death 
400

Who was knocking at the White's door at the end of the story? 

Who is Herbert White
400

Why does Mr. Nuttel dash frantically from the house

What is he believes he has seen a ghost because of Vera's story
400
What did the Uchida family's non-japanese friends do for them while they were in the internment camp? 
What is food and supplies 
400
What is President Ford's purpose of this speech? 
What is to publicly apologize and acknowledge that an injustice was done to Japanese-American citizens
500
True/False


The monkey's paw is indestructible 

What is False


It's magical

It had a spell put on it by an old fakir

The object is used to show that fate rules people's lives

500

What was Mr. White's final wish? 

What is wishing his son to return to the grave
500
Give an example of situational irony and dramatic irony from the story. 
What is Ms. Underwood will decide :) 
500

List two ways the narrator and her family demonstrate ingenuity in facing the circumstances at the internment camp. 

What is Ms. Underwood will decide :)
500
"The Executive Order 9066 ceased to be effective at the end of Worl War II. Because there was no formal statement of termination." This fact is an example of what literary device 
What is Logos