shady plot
I. EXTRACTS BASED QUESTIONS
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
1. “I am going back to my grandmother. My lawyer will communicate with you later ?”
(a) Who speaks the above lines ?
(b) Why is she going back to her grandmother ?
(c) What effect does the above extract have on the listener ?
2. “Well, I was not in a position to contradict Jenkins.”
(a) Why was the narrator not in a position to contradict Jenkins ?
(b) Who was Jenkins ?
(c) What had Jenkins asked the narrator to do ?
3. “I sat staring at it and presently noticed something just taking shape. It was exactly like watching one of these moving picture cartoons being put together.” (a) What was the narrator staring it?
(b) How was the figure taking shape?
(c) Who was gradually taking a definite shape part by part?
4. “………. I just came to tell you stop bothering us for assistance; You ain’t going to get it. We are going on strike!”
(a) Who is the speaker of these lines?
(b) Who does ‘you’ refer to ?
(c) What does the speaker threaten to do ?
5. “I had hardly seated myself at the desk when there came a tap at the door and a white slip of paper slid under it. I unfolded it and read : ..............” (a) Who is ‘I’ ?
(b) Who had written the slip of paper ?
(c) What was written on it ?
II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in about 50-60 words :
1. Bring out the irony in the statement: ‘I did not specialize in ghost stories, but more or less, they seemed to specialize in me’.
2. Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene ?
3. What made Lavinia buy a Ouija board? How did the narrator react to her doing?
4. What is your impression of Mrs. Lavinia?
5. How did the narrator react to the appearance of the ghost?
6. Why was Helen, the ghost going on strike? What condition did she lay for providing help? Or
Why was the ghosts angry with the Ouija board fanatics?
7. What did the ghost
Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow :
1. “I am going back to my grandmother. My lawyer will communicate with you later ?”
(a) Who speaks the above lines ?
(b) Why is she going back to her grandmother ?
(c) What effect does the above extract have on the listener ?
2. “Well, I was not in a position to contradict Jenkins.”
(a) Why was the narrator not in a position to contradict Jenkins ?
(b) Who was Jenkins ?
(c) What had Jenkins asked the narrator to do ?
3. “I sat staring at it and presently noticed something just taking shape. It was exactly like watching one of these moving picture cartoons being put together.” (a) What was the narrator staring it?
(b) How was the figure taking shape?
(c) Who was gradually taking a definite shape part by part?
4. “………. I just came to tell you stop bothering us for assistance; You ain’t going to get it. We are going on strike!”
(a) Who is the speaker of these lines?
(b) Who does ‘you’ refer to ?
(c) What does the speaker threaten to do ?
5. “I had hardly seated myself at the desk when there came a tap at the door and a white slip of paper slid under it. I unfolded it and read : ..............” (a) Who is ‘I’ ?
(b) Who had written the slip of paper ?
(c) What was written on it ?
II. SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
Answer the following questions in about 50-60 words :
1. Bring out the irony in the statement: ‘I did not specialize in ghost stories, but more or less, they seemed to specialize in me’.
2. Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene ?
3. What made Lavinia buy a Ouija board? How did the narrator react to her doing?
4. What is your impression of Mrs. Lavinia?
5. How did the narrator react to the appearance of the ghost?
6. Why was Helen, the ghost going on strike? What condition did she lay for providing help? Or
Why was the ghosts angry with the Ouija board fanatics?
7. What did the ghost