The Monkey's Paw

Cards (9)

  • What is cursed?
    The paw
  • Where was this story written?
    London, England
  • What most likely happened to Herbert at the end of the Monkey's Paw?
    He returns to the grave
  • Why did the man from Maw and Meggins go to the Whites' house?
    To tell them that Herbert died and to pay them
  • What two ELA concepts are introduced in this story?
    Irony and foreshadowing
  • Who is the author of The Monkey's Paw?
    W.W. Jacobs
  • When was the Monkey's Paw published?

    1902
  • What is the setting of the Monkey's Paw?
    A small home in England in the early 1900s
  • When was W.W. Jacobs born?
    1863 in London