Question: How does each of the Whites react when first hearing the legend of the monkey’s paw?

Answer: Mr. White believes Mrs. White is skeptical and Herbert is amused.

Question: At the end of the story, how have Mr. and Mrs. White’s feelings about the talisman changed?

Answer: They all believe and that are all scared and fearful of the paw.

Question: According to Sergeant Major Norris, what lesson does the fakir want to teach?

Answer: He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives and if you mess with fate the consequences would be bad.

Question: Describe three events in the rising action.

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Question: Identify the point at which the story reaches its climax.

Answer: When Mr. White is making the last wish and Mrs. White is trying to get the door open.

Question: Sergeant Major Morris’s advice to Mr. White is to “wish for something sensible.” How does this advice foreshadow later events?

Answer: If you don’t wish for something sensible something bad will happen. The event that foreshadowed was that Herbert died.

Question: How does Mr. White word his first wish? How might he have worded that wish for better effect?

Answer: I wish for 200 pounds. I wish for 200 pounds with no consequences in return.

Question: Would any version of Mr. White’s wish be foolproof?

Answer: It will not be foolproof.

Question: What overall insight or theme is revealed in this story?

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Question: setting

Answer: In and around the White’s house. The village the live in is Laburnam Villa in 1902. The first section of the story covers one night. The second section is the following day. The third section happens at night but it is 10 days later after Herbert has died.