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Based on your reading of the story answer the following question by ticking the correct option.
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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Answer the following question briefly.
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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John's apprehensions about his wife's reaction to her encounter with the ghost are
unfounded. Justify.
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After her reconciliation with her husband, John Hallock, Lavinia writes a letter to
her friend expressing how her relationship with him has almost been on the verge
of breaking and what has saved it. Write her a letter.
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John Hallock reflects upon his experience with Helen's ghost and in retrospect he finds it quite amusing. All the same he is relieved that he is no longer plagued by it. Ironically, the same ghost inspires his creativity and he writes a diary entry reflecting upon the comical aspect of his experience. Write his diary entry
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Discuss in small groups and select two games that, according to you, develop us the best (a) physically, (b) mentally and (c) socially. Give reasons for your choice.
Physically : __________ and __________ Reasons for our choice : __________
Mentally : __________ and __________ Reasons for our choice : __________
Socially : __________ and __________ Reasons for our choice : __________
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The narrator and his wife reveal something about their character through their words and actions. We also learn about them from what other people say. Can you pick out the words that describe them from the box given below? Also, pick out lines and instances from the story to illustrate your choice.
| shy arrogant loyal clever overconfident manipulative protective self- disparaging suspicious sceptical jealous fearless firm shrewd strong gullible sly creative loves novelty and thrills |
| Person | Extract from story | What it tells us about the character |
| John Hallock | 1. …in the end things had always come my way….. somehow I'd always been able to dig one (plot) up for him, so I'd begun to get a bit cocky as to my ability (to write stories). | 1. ____________ |
| 2. "But my ghosts aren't a bit like you----". | 2. sceptical | |
| 3. We scout around until we find a writer without ideas and with a mind soft enough to accept impression. | 3. gullible | |
| 4. .................................................................. | 4. creative | |
| 5. ................................................................... | 5. protective | |
| LaviniaHallock | 1. .................................................................... | 1. loves novelty and thrills |
| 2..................................................................... | 2. spendthrift | |
| 3. ..................................................................... | 3. suspicious | |
| 4. ....................................................................... | 4. jealous | |
| 5. Buys the Ouija board but says it is for John's research. | 5. manipulative | |
| 6. Does not flinch when she meets the ghost but talks to her casually. | 6. strong |
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