In this post you can go through the book back question and answers for 10th std samacheer kalvi unit 2 prose – The Night the Ghost got in.

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The Night the Ghost got in

Synonyms

hullabaloo   – loud noise / uproar patrolman – a patrolling police officer. attic – loft slammed – shut a door gruffly – roughly, rudely. Intuitively – instinctively. whammed – stuck bevelled – reduced rending – tearing yanked – pulled zither – a musical instrument. guinea pig – a rodent. Hysterical – uncontrolled. Creaking – squeaking. Indignant – showing anger. Holster – holder. Rafter – beam. Deserter – a person who leaves the army. chaos – disorder, confusion. advent – arrival. rapidly – quickly. faint – indistinct, unclear, dizzy. burglar – thief. despondent – depressed, despairing. trod – walked. tiptoed – walked silently. Instantly – immediately. suspected – doubted. hopeless – depressed, despaired. incomparable – matchless. Ceased – stopped. Gripped – held tightly. Enormous – huge. Prevented – obstructed. Ransack – search thoroughly. Emerged – appeared. Flash lights – torch light. Nervously – anxiously. Demanded – required. Hysterical – overwrought. Intervene – intercede. Snapped – spoke suddenly. Retreat – fall back. Grabbed – snatched suddenly. Lily levered cattle – coward. Reluctant – unwilling. Suspicion – doubt. Gazed – stared. Blaspheming – cursing. Obviously – evidently, clearly. Palely – faintly. Commendably – admirably.   Strumming – playing fingers across the strings. Imaginative – creative. Rhythmic – regular. Cadence – tempo in song. Ventured out – left. Flung up – opened. Tinkled – rang. Frothing – foaming. Heaving – throwing. Bounded up – surrounded. Distinctly – clearly, definitely. Wispy – thin.

Antonyms

Imaginative X real. Hullabaloo X silence. Asleep X awakes. Rapidly X slowly. Shine X gloominess. Regular X irregular. Intuitively X sensibly. Incomparable X comparable. Whammed X pulled. Gaze X blink. Palely X brightly. Narrow X wide. Mild X harsh. Low X high. Hysterical X self-possessed / calm. Advent X departure. Conclusion X disbelief. Indignant X calm. Cowardly X bravely. Cursed X blessed. Distinctly X ambiguously. Forgotten X remembered. Shut X open. Separated X joined. Creaked X silence. Tight X loose. Expected X unexpected. Suspicion X trust. Despondent X hopeful. Downstairs X upstairs. Gripped X released. Gruffly X happily / gently. Conclusion X beginning / disbelief. Reluctant X keen.

2 Marks:

a) Where was the author when he heard the noise?

       Ans: The author was in the bathroom when he heard the noise.

b)  What did the narrator think the unusual sound was?

       Ans: At first, the narrator thought the unusual sound was a burglar. Later he felt it was a ghost.

c) What were the various sounds the brothers heard when they went downstairs?

       Ans: When they went downstairs the brothers heard the footsteps circling the dining – room table like a man running and it started up the stairs towards them.

d) Who were the narrator’s neighbours?

       Ans: Mr. Bodwell and his wife were the narrator’s neighbours.

e) How did the Bodwells react, when a shoe was thrown into their house?

       Ans: When a shoe was thrown into their house, Mr. Bodwell was shouting angrily. Mrs. Bodwell said that they would sell the house and move to Peoria.

f) What did the Bodwells think when they heard the mother shout?

       Ans: The Bodwell’s thought that there was a burglar in their house.

g) What was the grandfather wearing?

       Ans: The grandfather was wearing a long flannel nightgown over long woolen pants, a nightcap and a leather jacket around his chest.

h) What conclusions did grandfather Jump to when he saw the cops?

       Ans: Grandfather thought that the cops were the deserters from General Meade’s army.

i) Were the policemen willing to leave the house?

       Ans: No, the policeman were set willing to leave the house.

j) What made the reporter gaze at the author?

       Ans: The author’s reply ” We had ghosts ” made the reporter gaze at him.

 Answer the following questions in a sentence or two:

1. Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?

       Ans: The scale was sorry because this imagination of considering his grandfather as a ghost created a lot of misunderstandings.

2. Why did Herman and the author slam the doors? (PTA – 2)

       Ans: Harman and the author slammed the doors because of their fear of the ghost.

3. What woke up the mother?

       Ans: Slamming of the doors by the narrator and his brother woke up their mother.

4. What do you understand by the mother’s act of throwing the shoe?

       Ans: Author’s mother did not want to take risk by getting down. At the same time, she wanted the police to come there. So, she threw the shoe at neighbour’s home to seek help.

5. Why do you think Mrs. Bodwell wanted to sell the house? Mrs. Bodwell wanted to sell the house because she was disturbed often.

6. How did the cops manage to enter the locked house?

       Ans: The cops broke the front door. Thus, they managed to enter the locked house.

7. Why were the policemen prevented from entering grandfather’s room?

       Ans: Grandfather mistook the police as General Meade’s men who were retreating. With that thinking, he harmed them . So, the police were prevented to enter grandfather’s room.

8. Who used the zither and bow? (PTA – 1)

       Ans: The narrator’s pet Guinea pig used the zither. It used to sleep on it.

9. Mention the things that the grandfather imagined.

       Ans: Grandfather imagined that the cops were General Meade’s men. He thought that they were beginning to retreat and desert.

Paragraph:

Introduction:

James Grover Thurber was an American best known for his cartoons and short stories. This lessen clearly tells that too much of imagination will mislead the situation.

A strange sound:

It was about a quarter past one e ‘ clock in the morning. The narrator was in the bathroom. Narrator heard a strange sound. He was scared. He thought it was a burglar or a ghost So, he went to his brother Herman’s room. They heard the footsteps circling the dining room table.

Call for the police:

Their mother thought that there was a burglar in the house. So, she threw her shoe at their neighbour Mr. Bodwell’s window to seek help. Mr Bodwell called the police.

Search of the police:

The police broke open the main door. During the search, the police ruined the whole house. They spilled all the objects from the drawers. The windows were shot up and pulled down. All the furniture fell with dull thumps. The floor was ransacked and clothes were torn. While pulling a suitcase, they found a zither.

Chaos in the attic:

Five or six policemen sprang for the attic door where the narrator’s grandfather was sleeping. Chaos came when Grandfather mistook the police as General Mende’s men who were retreating. He managed to grab a gun from the policeman and shot at them. It led to crack the rafters. Smoke filled the attic.

Mystery behind the chaos:

The next morning grandfather said that he had walked in the kitchen to have some water the previous night. Conclusion It finally becomes clear that the narrator mistook his grandfather walking in the dark for a burglar and then a ghost. Their imagination rewarded them a sleepless night of chaotic activities.

Moral: Misunderstanding always leads to chaos.

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