Question 19 of 20
Which excerpt from "The Monkey's Paw would be considered the story's
climax?
A. A cold wind rushed up the staircase, and a long loud wail of
disappointment and misery from his wife gave him courage to run
down to her side, and then to the gate beyond.
B. 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.
C. In the huge new cemetery, some two miles distant, the old people
buried their dead, and came back to a house steeped in shadow
and silence.
D. Unconscious of his wife's shriek, the old man smiled faintly, put
out his hands like a sightless man, and dropped, a senseless heap,
to the floor.
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