Sergeant-Major Morris believes that the monkey’s paw brings grief.

a. Mr. White: “I’d like to go to India myself, just to look round a bit.”

b. Mr. White: “. . . of all the beastly, slushy, out-of-the-way places to live in, this is the worst.”

c. Sergeant-Major Morris: “I don’t know what the first two (wishes) were, but the third was for death.”

d. Sergeant-Major Morris: “Hold it up in your right hand and wish aloud.”

Herbert thinks that the monkey’s paw is not really magical; he treats it like a joke.

a. Herbert: “Why, we’re going to be rich, and famous, and happy. Wish to be an emperor, Father, to begin with.”

b. Sergeant-Major Morris: “If you must wish,” Sergeant-Major Morris said gruffly, “wish for something sensible.”

c. Mrs. White: “Did you give him anything for it, Father?”

d. Sergeant-Major Morris: “It had a spell put on it by an old fakir, a very holy man.”