THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET: The Canterville Ghost and

Other Stories
OSCAR WILDE
Answer these questions about the last part of the story.
(a) Why did Lord Murchison go to Norway?
(b) What did he read about while he was there?
(c) Why did he go to the house in Cumnor Street?
(d) Who did Lady Alroy meet at the house?
(e) What was Lady Alroy’s secret?
General Understanding Questions
1) What does the man in the café think about Lord Murchison? Does he like him or not?
2) What is his opinion of the woman in the picture?
3) How did Lord Murchison meet Lady Alroy? Why does he want to meet her again?
4) How does Lady Alroy behave when they next see each other? Why is this attractive to Lord
Murchison?
5) How must Lord Murchison write to Lady Alroy in the future?
6) Why does Lord Murchison have doubts about marrying Lady Alroy?
7) Why is the handkerchief important in this story?
8) Why does Lord Murchison want to visit the house in Cumnor Street? What does he think
happens there?
9) What does the woman who owns the house in Cumnor Street tell Lord Murchison?
10) What is Lady Alroy’s secret? What does the narrator of the story think? What does Lord
Murchison think?

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THE MAZE: Room 13 and Ghost Stories
Montague Rhodes James

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SMEE: Ghost Stories
A. M. Burrage

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 1. Who didn’t want to play hide and seek after dinner?
2. What is written on the pieces of paper in the game of ‘Smee’?

The Stranger in the Mist: Ghost Stories

A.N.L. Munby
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1) Where was Giles Hampton spending a short holiday?
2) Describe Fablan Fawr.
3) What did Giles decide to make on October 18?
4) What happened during the journey back to Fablan Fawr?
5) Who came out of the mist?
6) Describe the old man.
7) What did the old man give to Giles?
8) Was there a cliff on the route that the old man had shown him?
9) Who rescued Giles?
10) Did Giles tell Beverley about the stranger in the mist?
11) What happened about four years ago at the bottom of the same cliff?
12) Who was Madog ap Rhys?
13) Do you think Madog ap Rhys wanted to help Giles?