Question

. Read this passage from “The Monkey’s Paw.” What can you infer about Mr. White’s actions? But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If only he could find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife as his wife put it down in the passage against the door. He heard the creaking of the bolt as it came slowly back, and at the same moment he found the monkey's paw, and frantically breathed his third and last wish. The knocking ceased suddenly, although the echoes of it were still in the house. He heard the chair drawn back, and the door opened. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of disappointment and misery from his wife gave him the courage to run down to her side, and then to the gate beyond. The street lamp flickering opposite shone on a quiet and deserted road. He wished his son back in the grave. He threw the paw in the fire. He wished his son would be whole. He ran down to help his wife open the door.

Answer 1

It infers that he wished his son back into the grave

Answer 2

He wished his son back in the grave.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is the statement that best describes the action that is implied in this passage. In the text, we see that Mr. White looks for the paw frantically while someone is at the door. He is extremely afraid of this being, which leads us to conclude that it is his son, who is back from the grave. Mrs. White seems to think this too, as she goes to the door. However, when Mr. White recovers the paw, the knocking on the door stops. We can assume that Mr. White wished his son back in the grave.