Question

Then you know practically nothing about my aunt?” asked the confident young girl. "Only her
rame and address," admitted the new neighbour, Mr Frampton. "Her great tragedy happened just
joned hihat opened on to a lawn. "Out through that window, three years ago, her husband, her two young
hree years ago," said the child. "Her tragedy?” asked Frampton. "You may wonder why we keep
hinks that they will come back some day. Sometimes on still evenings like this, I get a creepy
Slieeling they will walk in through that window.." She broke off with a shudder. It was a relief to
hat window wide open on an October afternoon," said the girl, indicating a large French window
rampton when the aunt bustled in.
Were walking towards the window. Frampton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat and ran out of
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I hope you don't mind the open window," said Mrs Sappleton briskly, “my husband and brothers
vill be home directly from shooting. Frampton shivered. He saw Mrs Sappleton's niece was
estaring out through the open window in dazed horror. In the twilight, three figures and a dog
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most extraordinary man,” said Mrs Sappleton, “dashed off without a word of goodbye or
pology. One would think he had seen a ghost” “I expect it was the spaniel" said the niece
almly, "he told me he had a horror of dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery by a pack of
tray dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave. Enough to make anyone lose their
su
lerve."
Adapted from Saki's The Open Window)
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(2 x 5 = 10 marks)
What do you learn about Mr Frampton from the opening paragraph?
Why was Mr Frampton relieved to see the girl's aunt?
Why was Frampton horrified when Mrs Sappleton told him about her husband and her
brothers?
What is the significance of the line, One would think he had seen a ghost?
Find a word from the passage which means the same as caught hold of something tightly.
Make a sentence with the word.​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Explanation: