Last Leaf
Which Character is sick?
Johnsy
The character who travels the world and brings back the cursed Monkey's Paw
Sergeant -Major Morris
Who demands that Mr. White makes a second wish?
Mrs. White
Time Safari, Inc. is a company that organizes what kind of trips for its customers?
Hunting trips to the past.
What year does the story take place?
2055.
What does Mme. Forestier do for Mme. Loisel?
loans her a necklace
What charcter traits describe Sue?
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What literary term best describes Sergeant-Major Morris's warnings about the monkey's paw
Foreshadowing
What is Mr. White's second wish
for his son to come back to life
What is the warning that Travis, the safari leader, gives to Eckles multiple times in the story?
Stay on the Path. Don't go off of it-- no matter what.
In Eckles' fear, he steps off the metal Path and crushes what single thing in the environment that ends up changing the world, even though he doesn't know it at the time?
A single butterfly.
What is Mathilde's main problem at the beginning of the story?
She was born into the wrong social class.
She thinks she is poor and deserves better
Describe Berman
an older man who is a failed painter
A minor character who wins at chess and doubts the validity of The Monkey's Paw
Herbert
What is the first man's last wish
He wished for death
How do the hunters know which animals to shoot once they're at their destination? Be specific.
Lesperance has marked the target animals with red paint.
Eckles, the story's protagonist, is amazed by the "mass and tangle" of "snaking and humming wires and steel boxes" on the machine across the room from where he was signing up for the trip. What was the machine he was amazed by?
A time machine.
What do the Loisels do to get the money to replace the necklace?
borrow money, work hard
What is the Last Leaf a symbol of?
Johnsy's will to live
What was Sgt. Maj. Morris' final warning to Mr. White
"Wish for something sensible"
What was Mr. White's last wish
We do not know
Which candidate won the election right before Eckles went on the Time Safari, Inc. trip? Keith, the pro-democracy candidate, or Deutscher, the pro-dictatorship candidate?
Keith, the pro-democracy candidate.
What character is described as "a stone idol, a mountain avalanche"? It also sounds like thunder when entering the scene!
The Tyrannosaurus Rex.
What character traits describe Madame Loisel?
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Where does the story take place?
Greenwich Village, NYC
Fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow is an example of _______________ found in The Monkey's Paw.
Theme
Where does the man who delivers the news of Herbert's death work?
Maw and Meggins
Name at least two things in the story that were described as having "a sound of thunder."
1. The time machine
2. The T-Rex
3. The gunshot at the end (probably Travis shooting Eckles)
Why don't Bilings and Kramer want to take a trophy picture with the T-Rex once they kill it?
They are too horrified, tired, and scared by the violence of the whole ordeal, and just want to go home.
Why don't the Forestier's tell Mme. Loisel that they lost the necklace?
They were embarrassed.
They did not want to be thought of as thieves