L 1.1.8 Quiz: Analyze the Shape of a Story
Question 5 of 10
Read this excerpt from the exposition in "The Monkey's Paw.
Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed
ideas about the game involving radical changes, 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. What is one piece of information you can infer about the story from this sentence?