(a) Why was the narrator looking like a peculiar insect? (b) Why was the narrator’* wife behaving in such a way?

Question

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow:

My wife was looking at me as though I were some peculiar insect. The squeak of Ouija boards and the murmur of conversation rose louder and louder, and then I felt my face twitch in the spasm of that idiotic grin.

(a) Why was the narrator looking like a peculiar insect?

(b) Why was the narrator’* wife behaving in such a way?

(c) Find the synonym of ‘foolish’ in the passage.

Answer 1

(a) The narrator was highly embarrassed when all the five Ouija boards started calling him by name. The changing complexion of his ears made him look like a peculiar insect.

(b) The gossips of associated her husband’ name with Helen, the ghost. She grew * at the prospect of John flirting Helen on the Ouija board.

(c) idiotic