Which event is most clearly the climax of "The Monkey's Paw"?A.Mrs. White tells Mr. White to wish their son back alive.B.The Whites receive money for their son's death.C.Mr. White pulls the monkey's paw out of the fire.D.Mr. White uses his third and final wish.

Which part of "The Monkey's Paw" would be considered part of the story's falling action?A.Mr. White looks out the front door and sees an empty road.B.Mr. and Mrs. White can never get their son back.C.Mr. White has no wishes left on the monkey's paw.D.Mr. White wishes to return his so

Which excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw" would be considered the story's climax?A.In the huge new cemetery, some two miles distant, the old people buried their dead, and came back to a house steeped in shadow and silence.B.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.C.Unconscious of his wife's shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor.D.A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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 from the story is part of the rising action?A.The author establishes that the story begins on a cold, wet night.B.Mr. White is sorry he ever wished on the monkey's paw.C.Mr. White pulls the monkey's paw from the fire.D.Mr. White wishes his son were back in the cemetery.

Which detail from "The Monkey's Paw" is an example of conflict?A.When all of Mr. White's wishes are gone, he is worse off than before.B.Mrs. White wants her son to come back from the dead, but Mr. White is afraid.C.The night the story begins, the weather outside is cold and wet.D.The White family is fascinated by Mr. Morris's stories.