Which sentence best explains what the author is foreshadowing in this passage for monkey paws
Answers
The options to the question are
A. Mr. White will make other serious mistakes by acting without thinking of the consequences.
B. Mr. White will win the game and tease his son about his poor chess-playing skills.
C. Mr. White will accuse his son, Herbert, of cheating, causing his son to move out.
D. Mr. White will continue to take unnecessary risks, but nothing will happen to him.
The answer is A. Mr. White will make other serious mistakes by acting without thinking of the consequences.
In the lesson The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, the father, Mr. White, and his son play chess. When the father makes a fatal mistake, he diverts his son by saying "Hark at the wind".
The author foreshadow's the father's character of acting hastily without thinking of the outcome.