Question

Based on your reading of the story above, answer the following questions by ticking the correct options.

1. The narrator earns his living by ………………………….

1. writing ghost stories

2. working as a reader for a magazine

3. working as a stenographer

4. working as an accountant in a lumber company

2. The writer was overconfident about his ability to write ghost stories because ……

1. whenever magazines wanted a ghost story, they got in touch with him

2. he was always able to write a ghost story whenever he had to write one

3. the readers appreciated his ghost stories

4. he knew the ghost lady would help him write a good ghost story

3. The sight of the ghost materialising in his room filled the narrator with ………

1. fear

2. excitement

3. joy

4. anticipation

4. The ghost wanted John to …………………………………………..

1. stop his wife from using the Ouija board

2. stop using the Ouija board himself

3. stop his guests from using the Ouija board

4. stop people from using the Ouija board

5. 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 ………………………

1. fear

2. amusement

3. desperation

4. anxiety

6. When the narrator says his wife is never so pretty as when she's doing something she knows he disapproves of, his tone is …………………….

1. amused

2. ironic

3. angry

4. irritated

7. The ghost says "It's all your fault.'It' here refers to ………………………

1. the narrator's wife's anger

2. the ghost's anger

3. the narrator's wife leaving him

4. the ghost materialising in sections.

8. Gladolia wishes to leave the narrator's house as ………………….

1. she does not like the Ouija boards

2. she is afraid of the ghost

3. she is afraid of magic and hoodoo

4. she likes Ouija boards and hoodoo

Answer 1

1. (d) working as an accountant in a lumber company

2. (b) he was always able to write a ghost story whenever he had to write one

3. (a) fear

4. (d) stop people from using the Ouija board

5. (d) anxiety

6. (b) ironic

7. (d) the ghost materialising in sections.

8. (c) she is afraid of magic and hoodoo