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Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
The sight of the ghost materialising in his room filled the narrator with ………
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The ghost wanted John to …………………………………………..
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Have a class discussion…
Who do you think bought and cooked all the food he ate ? Were they also to blame for Walter’s obesity ?
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Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
John wants the ghost to disappear before his wife enters the room and waves his arms
at the ghost with something of the motion of a beginner when learning to swim. His
movement shows his ………………………
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Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
When the narrator says his wife is never so pretty as when she's doing something she
knows he disapproves of, his tone is …………………….
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The ghost says "It's all your fault.'It' here refers to ………………………
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Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
Gladolia wishes to leave the narrator's house as ………………….
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Which genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why?
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Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence
from the story.
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What makes Helen, the ghost and her other co-ghosts organize The Writer's Inspiration Bureau? .
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Why had Helen, the ghost, been helping the narrator write ghost stories? Why was she going on strike? What condition did she place for providing continued help?
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How does the ghost undermine the narrator's faith in his ability to write ghost stories?
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Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene? What impression of his wife's character do you form from his words?
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Why does the narrator hesitate to be a partner to Laura Hinkle during the Ouija Board Party?
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The following is an entry in Walter’s diary :
Write the next day’s entry in Walter’s diary. Make up information, in order to make your entry interesting.
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What message does the ghost convey to the group assembled in the narrator's house? What is their reaction to the message?
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Do you agree with the narrator calling the assembly of women "manipulators?" Give reasons.
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Why is John's wife angry? What does she decide to do?
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Why does John wish himself to be dead?
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When confronted by Lavinia about his flirtations over the Ouija Board, John insists that 'the affair was quite above-board, I assure you, my love'. Bring out the pun in John's statement.
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