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

(a) stop his wife from using the Ouija board

(b) stop using the Ouija board himself

(c) stop his guests from using the Ouija board

(d) stop people from using the Ouija board

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(d) stop people from using the Ouija board

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

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

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

whenever magazines wanted a ghost story, they got in touch with him
he was always able to write a ghost story whenever he had to write one
the readers appreciated his ghost stories
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 ………

fear
excitement
joy
anticipation

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

stop his wife from using the Ouija board
stop using the Ouija board himself
stop his guests from using the Ouija board
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 ………………………

fear
amusement
desperation
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 …………………….

amused
ironic
angry
irritated

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

the narrator's wife's anger
the ghost's anger
the narrator's wife leaving him
the ghost materialising in sections.

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

she does not like the Ouija boards
she is afraid of the ghost
she is afraid of magic and hoodoo
she likes Ouija boards and hoodoo

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

(a) she does not like the Ouija boards

(b) she is afraid of the ghost

(d) she likes Ouija boards and hoodoo

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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The ghost wanted John to ………………………………………….. (a) stop his wife from using the Ouija board (b) stop using the Ouija board himself (c) stop his guests from using the Ouija board (d) stop people from using the Ouija board

(d) stop people from using the Ouija board

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

(a) stop his wife from using the Ouija board

(b) stop using the Ouija board himself

(c) stop his guests from using the Ouija board

(d) stop people from using the Ouija board