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- When confronted by Lavinia about his flirtation over the Ouija Board, John insists that 'the affair The pun is on the word "above-board", which has two meanings: (1) honest, open, with nothing hidden; and (2) literally "above the board", th... 1
- Why does John wish he were dead? John wishes he were dead because Lavinia his wife is going to leave him forever on a false suspicion of John having an affair with a ghost n... 1
- Why is John's wife angry? What does she decide to do? John's wife is angry because she doubts her having husband having relationship with Helen the ghost. She decides to leave John and to go to... 1
- Do you agree with the narrator calling the assembly of women "manipulators?" Give reasons. Yes, I agree. The narrator calls the assembly of women "manipulators" as they are manipulating the situation by suspecting John having an af... 1
- What message does the ghost convey to the group that had assembled in the narrator's house? The ghost coveys that John is a traitor and she wants to talk to John. The women reacted very curiously to this. They started making a fuss... 1
- Why does the narrator hesitate to be a partner to Laura Hinkle during the Ouija Board Party? The narrator hesitate to be a partner during the Ouija Board Party because the ghost has ask him to use his influence on his friend and acqu... 1
- Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appear on the scene? John want the ghost to disappear from the scene because he thinks that his wife is a sensitive woman and will not be able to bear the sight... 1
- How does the ghost undermine the narrator's faith in his ability to write ghost stories? The ghost undermines the narrator's faith in his ability to write ghost stories by disclosing the truth that it is not the narrator himself... 1
- Why had Helen, the ghost been helping the narrator write ghost stories? Why was she going on a strike? Helen the ghost had been helping the narrator write ghost stories because the narrator never had any idea of a story whenever he is asked to... 1
- What makes Helen, the ghost, and her other co-ghosts organize The Writer's Inspiration Bureau? When Helen was alive she also used to write but could not continue writing due to economic problem. So, when she died she thought of doing s... 1
- Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with evidence from the story. No, I don't think the narrator like writing ghost stories. It was not out of interest that he wrote ghost stories. Jenkins asks him to write... 1
- What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Jenkins wants the narrator to write ghost stories because his stories were popular among people and his ghosts were live propositions. 1
- "Torture by doubt and remorse, he sat down in the glow of the charcoal sigri to wait." Who is tortured by doubt Postmaster is tortured by doubt and remorse. He is doubtful of whether he saw Ali in reality or it was just his imagination. He is remorsefu... 1
- "Ali came out very slowly, turning after every few steps to graze at the post office. Ali's eyes were filled with tears of helplessness because he had not received a single letter from his daughter for five years, whom he love... 1
- The postmaster says to Ali, "What a pest you are, brother!" Do you agree with the statement? Give reason for your answer No, I do not agree with the statement that Ali is a pest because his only objective to visit post office daily was to receive his daughter's... 1
- What impression do you form of the postmaster after reading the story 'The Letter'? In the beginning of the story, we find postmaster short tempered and a self- centered man. He speaks impolitely to Ali and rebukes him tight... 1
- Why did Ali give up hunting? After his daughter's marriage, Ali understood the meaning of love and separation. He could not find pleasure in hunting anymore. Therefore,... 1
- How do you know Ali was a familiar figure at the post office? Ali was a familiar figure at the post office as he had been visiting the post office regularly for five years which had made him acquainted... 1
- "Ali display qualities of love and patience". Give evidence from the story to support the statement. Ali displays qualities of love and patience. He loves his daughter to that extent for which he adopted a cheerless life. He quits his favori... 1
- Who was Ali? Where did he go daily? Ali was an old man who was a clever hunter in his youth. He went to the post office daily to receive his daughter's letter. 1
- Do you think the shooting arranged by the villagers was a serious affair? Give reasons for your answer. No, the tiger shooting was not a serious affair; it was a comic, stage-managed show arranged for money. Mrs. Packletide wanted to kill a tig... 1
- “The incidental expenses are so heavy,” she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker? Mrs. Packletide is the speaker. She is referring to the money she had to pay to Miss Mebbin on being blackmailed by her. 1
- How did Miss Mebbin manage to get her week-end cottage? Why did she plant so many tiger lilies in her garden? Miss Mebbin managed to get her week-end cottage by blackmailing Mrs. Packletide by disclosing the secret of the tiger’s death, to Loona Bimb... 1
- Do you think Mrs. Packletide was able to achieve her heart’s desire? Give reasons for your answer. Though Mrs. Packletide did not shoot the tiger and the tiger died of heart attack. Even after that she was a possessor of a dead tiger. She... 1