ANALYZE THE TEXT
Support your responses with evidence from the text. NOTEBOOK
1. Analyze Review paragraphs 1-6. What details about the setting
seem to foreshadow later events?
2. Draw Conclusions Reread paragraphs 45-49. Identify the
allusion, or reference to a well-known work, that Mrs. White
makes. What does the allusion suggest about Mrs. White's view of
the paw?
3. Compare What do the actions of Mr. and Mrs. White at the end
of the story reveal about their different expectations for wishes
made on the monkey's paw? Identify what hopes or fears these
expectations reveal.
4. Analyze What theme is suggested by "The Monkey's Paw"?
Provide examples that show how the author develops the theme
through the characters and plot.
5. Notice & Note Review paragraphs 92-95. What do the Whites
realize about the two hundred pounds they will receive "as
compensation"?
