Question

Read the excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw.”

"It had a spell put on it by an old fakir," said the sergeant-major, "a very holy man. He wanted to show that fate ruled people's lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow. He put a spell on it so that three separate men could each have three wishes from it."
His manner was so impressive that his hearers were conscious that their light laughter jarred somewhat.
"Well, why don't you have three, sir?" said Herbert White, cleverly.
The soldier regarded him in the way that middle age is wont to regard presumptuous youth. "I have," he said, quietly, and his blotchy face whitened.
"And did you really have the three wishes granted?" asked Mrs. White.
"I did," said the sergeant-major, and his glass tapped against his strong teeth.
"And has anybody else wished?" persisted the old lady.
"The first man had his three wishes. Yes," was the reply; "I don't know what the first two were, but the third was for death. That's how I got the paw."

Which event does the excerpt foreshadow?

A. the sergeant-major's return to India and the resulting tragedy
B. the sergeant-major obtaining the paw and the resulting tragedy
C. Mr. White's refusal of the paw and the resulting tragedy
D. Mr. White accepting the paw and the resulting tragedy

Answer 1

the answer is d

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D. Mr. White accepting the paw and the resulting tragedy

Step-by-step explanation:

The word "foreshadow" is an intransitive verb that means to represent something or signify something that will happen, beforehand.

From the passage, the sergeant-major talks about a paw that had a spell cast on it by an old fakir who granted three wishes for three separate people who found it and anyone that tried to interfere with fate would have sorrow to pay for it.

The sergeant-major explained that he got the paw after the first man that found the paw had his third wish to be death. So, the soldier accepted the paw and the resulting tragedy, which was the death of the first finder of the paw.