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Quiz in The Monkey's Paw
Quiz Examples in The Monkey's Paw:
I.
🔒"His hand grasped the monkey's paw, and with a little shiver he wiped his hand on his coat and went up to bed...." See in text (I.)
""I expect you'll find the cash tied up in a big bag in the middle of your bed," said Herbert, as he bade them good-night, "and something horrible squatting up on top of the wardrobe watching you as you pocket your ill-gotten gains."..." See in text (I.)
""The first man had his three wishes. Yes," was the reply; "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death...." See in text (I.)
"Better where you are," said the sergeant-major, shaking his head. He put down the empty glass, and sighing softly, shook it again...." See in text (I.)
""Never mind, dear," said his wife, soothingly; "perhaps you'll win the next one." Mr. White looked up sharply, just in time to intercept a knowing glance between mother and son...." See in text (I.)
""I'm listening," said the latter,..." See in text (I.)
""Twenty-one years of it," said Mr. White, nodding at his wife and son. "When he went away he was a slip of a youth in the warehouse. Now look at him."..." See in text (I.)
II.
🔒"the old man smiled faintly, put out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap, to the floor..." See in text (II.)
"Mr. White dropped his wife's hand, and rising to his feet, gazed with a look of horror at his visitor. His dry lips shaped the words, "How much?"..." See in text (II.)
"She caught her breath, and turning to her slower-witted husband, laid her trembling old hand upon his. There was a long silence...." See in text (II.)
"All of which did not prevent her from scurrying to the door at the postman's knock,..." See in text (II.)
"the dirty, shrivelled little paw was pitched on the sideboard..." See in text (II.)
III.
🔒"breathed his third and last wish...." See in text (III.)
"before the thing outside got in...." See in text (III.)
"There was another knock, and another...." See in text (III.)
"Neither spoke, but lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock...." See in text (III.)
""It is foolish and wicked," he faltered...." See in text (III.)
""Get it," she panted; "get it quickly, and wish--Oh, my boy, my boy!"..." See in text (III.)
""No," she cried, triumphantly; "we'll have one more. Go down and get it quickly, and wish our boy alive again."..." See in text (III.)