Read this passage from "The Monkey's Paw":"Likely," said Herbert, with pretended horror. "Why, we're going to be rich, and famous, and happy. Wish to be an emperor, father, to begin with; then you can't be henpecked."He darted round the table, pursued by the maligned Mrs. White armed with an antimacassar.Mr. White took the paw from his pocket and eyed it dubiously. "I don't know what to wish for, and that's a fact," he said slowly. "It seems to me I've got all I want."What conflict in the story does this passage reveal?A.Mr. White wants to believe in the monkey's paw because his family really needs money.B.Mrs. White is upset that Herbert is behaving disrespectfully toward his father.C.Herbert is angry that his parents don't believe in the magic of the monkey's paw.D.Mr. White feels compelled to make a wish even though he's already content with his life.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

"The Monkey's Paw":He took something out of his pocket and proffered it. Mrs. White drew back with a grimace, but her son, taking it, examined it curiously."And what is there special about it?" inquired Mr. White, as he took it from his son, and having examined it, placed it upon the table."It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it."Which sentence best explains what the author is foreshadowing in this passage?A.Mrs. White will be afraid of the monkey's paw and ask her husband to throw it away.B.Mr. White will contact the fakir to learn more about the spell he put on the monkey's paw.C.The spell on the monkey's paw will be broken, and the Whites will get everything they want.D.Mr. White will come to regret any wishes he makes on the monkey's paw.

Which detail from "The Monkey's Paw" most clearly helps create tension?A.The White family listens to Mr. Morris's tales of travel.B.A fakir warned that anyone who meddled with fate would be sorry.C.Mrs. White knits while her husband and son play chess and wait for a visitor.D.Mr. White uses all three wishes from the monkey's paw by the end of the story.

Which detail is an example of internal conflict in "The Monkey's Paw"?A.Mr. White has doubts about making another wish on the monkey's paw after his son is killed.B.Herbert and his father discuss whether to make a first wish on the monkey's paw.C.Mr. White tries to make a final wish on the monkey's paw before his wife opens the door.D.Herbert White gets caught in a piece of machinery at work and is killed.

How do Mr. White's wife and son first react to the story about the monkey's paw?A.They think it will end up killing someone.B.They are desperate to get the paw.C.They do not believe it is magical.D.They think it carries disease.

Which element of plot does this excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw" best represent?But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door. He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish.A.ConflictB.ConclusionC.ClimaxD.Falling action