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Monkey Business
Here Kitty, Kitty
Button, Button
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Who said it?
100
"It's just an ordinary little paw to look at," he said, taking it from his pocket. The paw was brought into the White's home by this person.
Who is Sergeant Major Morris?
100
The princess indicated to her lover which door to open by moving her hand, ever so slightly, like this.
What is to her right?
100
Arthur met his grisly end this way.
What is he was pushed in front of a train?
100
Like, this question is as hard as a rock. One of these figures of speech compares two things using 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile.
100
"My dear lady, do you really think you knew your husband?”
Who is Mr. Steward?
200
Mr. White and his son Herbert were board at the beginning of the story. They passed the time playing this game.
What is chess?
200
What happened to an accused person if he was found to be not guilty?
What is he was rewarded on the spot by getting married?
200
"If you push the button, somewhere in the world someone you don't know will die. In return for which you will receive a payment of" this much money.
What is $50,000.
200
"Cheap, Frugal, Miserly," are all words that have a negative this."
What is connotation?
200
"For God's sake, don't let it in!"
Who is Mr. White?
300
"An old fakir put a spell on it. He put a spell on it so that it would grant this many wishes.
What is nine?
300
The princess hated the young lady behind the other door because she had often seen her doing this.
What is glancing at/talking to her lover?
300
This is where the button was when Norma first saw it.
What is "lying by the front door"?
300
"You are a couch potato," is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
300
"Well I don't see the money, and I am sure I never will."
Who is Herbert?
400
The Monkey's Paw was written in 1902 by this man.
Who is W.W. Jacobs?
400
On the day of the public arena 'trials,' even if the event occurred in the "evening," people from the town were actually hired to do this.
What is mourn?
400
At the end of the story, this is what happens to the button.
What is broken into pieces. "Abruptly, she began to smash it on the sink edge, pounding it harder and harder, until the wood split. She pulled the sides apart, cutting her fingers without noticing."
400
"He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee." Language that evokes or suggests a specific image in the reader's mind is called this.
What is Imagery?
400
"How about a baby boy in Pennsylvania? Some beautiful little girl on the next block?”
Who is Arthur?
500
A well-dressed stranger stopped by to inform Mr. and Mrs. White that their son Herbert had been badly hurt at work. He was a representative from this company where Herbert worked.
What is Maw and Meggins?
500
The princess and her lover escaped the notice of her semi-barbaric father this long.
What is many months?
500
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lewis lived at 21 7 E. Thirty-seventh Street in this major American city.
What is New York?
500
The reader knows the Juliet is only sleeping, but Romeo thinks she's dead. This is an example of this type of irony.
What is Dramatic Irony?
500
"Which came out of the opened door?"
Who is the narrator of The Lady or the Tiger?