1.
What genre of stories does Jenkins
want the narrator to write? Why?
2.
Does the narrator like writing ghost stories?
Support your answer with evidence from the story.
3.
How does the writer rate himself as
ghost story writer?
4.
What makes Helen, the ghost, and her
other co-ghosts organize The Writer's Inspiration Bureau?
5.
When did Helen, the ghost appear
before the narrator?
OrWhat happened when Hallock sat down his desk and waited for getting ideas for his ghost story?
6.
How did the narrator react to the
appearance of the ghost?
7.
How was this ghost different form the
ghosts the narrator used to write about in his stories?
8.
What did the ghost tell about herself
which didn’t sound that she was a ghost?
9.
What was the narrator’s fault as per
the ghost? What for did the narrator blame the ghost?
10. Why had Helen, the ghost been helping
the narrator write ghost stories? Why was she going on strike? What condition
did she place for providing continued help?
11.
How does the ghost undermine the
narrator's faith in his ability to write ghost stories?
12. Why does John want the ghost to
disappear before his wife appears on the scene? What impression of his wife's
character do you form from his words?
13.
What made Lavinia buy Ouija board? How
did the narrator react to her doing so?
14.
“My wife is never so pretty as when
she is doing something she knows I disapprove of “What did she do which he
unapproved of?
15.
Why does the narrator hesitate to be a
partner to Laura Hinkle during the Ouija Board Party?
16.
What happened when Laura Hinkle worked
the Ouija board?
17.
How did the Ouija board make things
easier to understand after Miss Hinkle asked it to explain itself more fully?
18.
What message does the ghost convey to
the group that had assembled in the narrator's house? What is their reaction to
the message?
19.
Do you agree with the narrator calling
the assembly of women "manipulators?" Give reasons.
20.
Why is John's wife angry? What does
she decide to do?
21.
Why does John wish he were dead?
22.
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.
23.
Describe how Lavinia faced Helen, the
ghost?
24.
John's apprehensions about his wife's
reaction to her encounter with the ghost are unfounded. Justify.
25.
Describe the character of John
Hallock.
27.
There are no scenes of horror or
thrill but still the story is interesting. What are the elements that make the
story interesting?
28.
A Shady Plot is a humourous ghost
story Do you agree with this Justify you view.
29.
Describe the first meeting between the
narrator ad the ghost of Helen. How does she materialize and how does the
narrator react to it?
30.
Describe the meeting of the members of
the Lavinia‘s Book Club at her house with Ouija boards.
31.
Describe the second meeting of the
ghost of Helen with the narrator when Lavinia happens to be there.
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