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1.Where is Laburnam Villa, the home of Mr. and Mrs. White?
Paris
a large city
on the square of a small town
far outside of town



2.Who in the party first mentions the monkey's paw during the story?
Sergeant Major Morris
Mr. White
Mrs. White
Herbert White



3.Why does Mr. White wish for only two hundred pounds?
He would like to purchase a new piano.
He has almost everything he wants.
Mrs. White chooses the figure at random.
Mrs. White plans to use the money to buy a new dress.



4.Which of the following lines from the story is an example of foreshadowing?
"Well, don't break into the money before I come back," said Herbert.
He shook his head.
"I suppose all soldiers are the same," said Mrs. White.
They sat down by the fire again while the two men finished their pipes.



5.Why does Mr. White tell his wife that the sound of knocking is really just a rat?
He hates his son and no longer wants to see him.
He believes that his son has turned into a rat and is running around the house.
He is afraid of seeing his son mutilated and back from the dead.
The knocking has ceased.

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