The excerpt that tells the White family's uncertainty on the Major's story would be when Mr. White said:
"If the tale about the monkey's paw is not more truthful than those he has been telling us," said Herbert, as the door closed behind their guest, just in time to catch the last train, "we shan't make much out of it." This is because they are not sure what is true about the information that a stranger told them in the train.
He chased him around with a newspaper and a stick and forced him back into his room.
It's not a simple sentence: it has more than one clause.
It is also not compound: the two clauses are not independent <span>and a compound has independent clauses.
</span>It is however complex: the two clauses are not independent (<span>While you were on vacation is the dependent clause). This is the correct answer.
(it's not compound-complex because it has 2 and not more clauses)
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