1 Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnum villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess; the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical chances, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady knitting placidly by the fire.

2 "Hark at the wind," said Mr. White, who, having seen a fatal mistake after it was too late, was amiably desirous of preventing his son from seeing it.

3 "I'm listening," said the latter grimly surveying the board as he stretched out his hand. "Check."

4 "I should hardly think that he's come tonight," said his father, with his hand poised over the board.

5 "Mate," replied the son.

6 "That's the worst of living so far out," balled Mr. White with sudden and unlooked-for violence; "Of all the beastly, slushy, out of the way places to live in, this is the worst. Path's a bog, and the road's a torrent. I don't know what people are thinking about. I suppose because only two houses in the road are let, they think it doesn't matter."

1. Which sentence BEST expresses the main idea of paragraphs 1-6?
A) Within the small parlor, there is a warm fire burning and a mother, father, and son.
B) While Mr. White plays chess with his son, Mr. White becomes unraveled emotionally by his son beating him in chess.
C) A father and his son are playing chess, but the father is preoccupied with why an expected guest of his has not yet arrived.
D) A man named Mr. White is rather upset that he lives so far out in the country and his home has none of the modern conveniences.
2. The setting in paragraph 1 MOST LIKELY demonstrates that
A) The time of day is most likely mid-morning.
B) Mr. White’s son loves to play chess all day.
C) It most likely takes place before the 1900s one evening.
D) It most likely takes place in the mid-1980s one dark afternoon.

1. Sentence (B) while Mr. White plays chess with his son, Mr. White becomes unraveled emotionally by his son beating him in chess best expresses the main idea of the given paragraphs.

2. The setting in paragraph 1 most likely demonstrates that (C) It most likely takes place before the 1900s one evening.

W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" tells the story of the White family and their "three wishes" that they made upon a monkey's paw. The short story covers a span of one night and the next day.

The given excerpt from the story is from the beginning of the story where the narrator introduces the characters and also reveals the setting of the story.

We can see that the Whites are in their "small parlour", with the father-son duo playing chess while the mother is knitting.

The main idea of the six paragraphs is that the father becomes unraveled emotionally when he realizes that his son is beating him in the game.

Also, they were waiting for the arrival of their guest, who seems to be delayed by the heavy rains.

The setting seems to be around the early 1900s or even before that, considering the story was published in 1902.

The main idea of the given paragraphs is that the family, in their parlour, are waiting for their guest to arrive amidst the heavy rains. The father-son duo were playing chess to pass the time where the father realizes that his son is winning, while the mother is knitting nearby. Also, the scene is set in and around the early 1900s, on a raining evening. Thus, the correct answers are options B and C.

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