10th English Prose lesson 2 Question & Answers
The Night the Ghost Got In
A) Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
The imagination of the ghost getting into his house lead to a commotion. It caused his mother to throw a shoe through a window of the neighbouring house. It ended with his grandfather shooting a policeman. So the narrator was sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps.
B) Why did Herman and the author slam the doors?
Herman and the author slammed the doors because they thought that someone was coming up the stairs. They were scared as they heard the steps of someone.
c) What woke up the mother?
The slamming of the doors had awakened their mother.
D) What do you understand by the mother’s act of throwing the shoe?
His mother enormously fancied the thrill of throwing a shoe through a glass window of her neighbour. She is a highly excitable women.
E. Why do you think Mrs. Bodwell wanted to sell the house?
Why do you think Mrs. Bodwell wanted to sell the house?
F. How did the cops manage to enter the locked house?
The cops managed to enter the locked house by breaking the glass of the front door.
G. Why were the policeman prevented from entering grandfather’s room?
The policeman were prevented from entering into grandfather’s room because the narrator realized that it would be bad if they do so. His grandfather was going through a phase, in which he believed that General Meade’s men were beginning to retreat. They were under the control of Stonewall Jackson.
H. Who used the zither and how?
Zither was used by the guinea pig to sleep on it. It would never sleep anywhere except on the zither.
I. Zither was used by the guinea pig to sleep on it. It would never sleep anywhere except on the zither.
Zither was used by the guinea pig to sleep on it. It would never sleep anywhere except on the zither.
Paragraph Questions (Slow Learners)
1. Describe the funny incident that caused the confusion in the house.
TITLE : The Night the Ghost Got In
AUTHOR : James Thurber
Theme : not everything scary is real, and sometimes our fears are just misunderstandings turned into big drama.
- James, the author comes out of the bathroom, drying himself. At that moment, he hears the footsteps of someone walking downstairs near the dining table.
- He wakes up his brother Herman. They both listen to the footsteps and gets scared. Their mother wakes up.
- When she comes to know she alerts her neighbour to call the police. The police arrive with some reporters.
- They searched all over, upstairs and downstairs. When they find nothing, They rushed to the attic.
- The narrator’s grandfather believed that he is still in the war. He thinks that the policemen are deserters.
- So he started shooting at them. The policemen left. their house immediately, creating a lot of confusion everywhere.
Moral : Think before reacting—fear can turn small things into big problems.
2. Narrate the extensive search operation made by the policemen in the house?
TITLE : The Night the Ghost Got In
AUTHOR : James Thurber
Theme : not everything scary is real, and sometimes our fears are just misunderstandings turned into big drama.
- The police were on hand in a commendably short time. They began banging at the narrator’s front door. When nobody responded, They broke into the house.
- They searched downstairs and upstairs messing up everything. They opened all the doors and windows.
- They pulled the drawers and furniture. They began to ransack the floor, pulled beds away from the walls, tore clothes off the hooks in the closets.
- They also pulled suitcases and boxes off the shelves. later they heard some creaking in the attic.
- They stepped into the attic. As his grandfather thought that they were the deserters from Meade’s army, so he started shooting at them.
- Then he went back to bed. The cops were unwilling to leave without getting their hand on somebody.
- They felt it was a defeat for them. They began to poke into things again and finally left the place.
Moral : Think before reacting—fear can turn small things into big problems.
