The Monkey's Paw Story & Vocabulary

Sgt. Major Morris could be described as

• joyful
• curious
• easy going
• serious

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.4

To protect the Whites from any negative consequences of the paw, Sgt. Major Morris did all EXCEPT

• threw the paw in the fire
• told them to wish for something sensible
• tried to get it back
• mentioned the man who wished for death

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

What words/phrases are NOT used to describe the setting?

• "beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places..."
• "Pathways a bog, and the road's a torrent!"
• "only two houses in the row are let"
• "Never mind, dear, perhaps you will with the next one."

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.4

How did Mr. White react to the news of his son's death?

• He turned pale and cried
• He crumpled into a heap and fainted
• He got angry and screamed
• He wished he had another child

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.W.8.9A

What do the White's stop doing after Herbert's death?

• They stop eating supper together
• They stop going to the neighbor's house
• They stop thinking about Herbert
• They stop talking

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.3

How does the setting at the beginning set the mood for the story?

• Helps set a depressing mood.
• Helps set a sombre, mysterious mood.
• Helps set a happy, smelling-flowers mood.
• What is mood?

Which event in "The Monkey's Paw" signals the resolution of the story?

• Sergeant Major Morris visits the Whites.
• Mr. White makes his second wish on the paw.
• Mr. White searches for the monkey's paw to make a third wish.
• There was no one at the door when Mr. White looks out.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.10

What was special about the paw?

• The paw granted unlimited wishes.
• The paw granted 3 wishes.
• The paw was a valuable artifact.
• The paw belonged to a famous king.

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

What evidence from the text foreshadows that the paw was evil?

• "If you keep it, don't blame me for what happens."
• "Why, we're going to be rich, and famous, and happy."
• "I expect you'll find the cash tied up in a big bag in the middle of your bed."
• "His mother laughed, and following him to the door, watched him down the road."

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

The use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story is called--

• foreshadowing.
• a parallel episode.
• suspense.
• irony.

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4