2. Answer the following questions.
a. Where does the Colonel encounter the ghost? Is he prepared for this meeting?
The Colonel encountered the ghost in the old castle which he had bought recently. He was not prepared for the meeting.
b. What was the ghost's first reaction on seeing Colonel Fazackerley?
The ghost shot out of the chimney and shouted 'beware' furiously on seeing Colonel Fazackerley.
c. Who did the Colonel mistake him to be? Why do you think so?
The Colonel mistook the ghost as a person who was going to a Fancy Dress Ball. I think so because the ghost came out of the chimney.
d. What did the ghost do to scare the Colonel?
The ghost floated about between ceiling and floor. He walked through the wall and returned through a pane. He went up the chimney and came back. He did all these things to scare the Colonel.
e. Why was the Colonel feeling weak?
The Colonel laughed merrily at the actions of the ghost to scare him. So he felt weak.
f. Why did the ghost disappear?
The ghost disappeared as all his efforts to scare the Colonel were in vain.
g. What did the Colonel feel? Why he could not call back the ghost?
The colonel felt pity as the ghost had disappeared. He could not call back the ghost as he didn't know his name.
h. What part of the poem did you find the funniest?
Instead of being afraid, the Colonel wanted to invite the ghost to his house-warming party. Then the ghost lost his wits and rattled his chains and clattered his bones filling the whole caste with terrible sounds. The Colonel asked the ghost to it once again. I find this part of the poem the funniest.
