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  • What did the Otis family decide to do for Sir Simon the Ghost once he was dead?
    a funeral
  • What is the prophecy of the Garden of Sleep?
    "a young girl with blond hair will help a bad man to pray"
  • Who is Mrs Umney?
    the housekeeper
  • Why did Mr Otis not allow Cecil to go searching for Virginia with him and Washington?
    because he was too young
  • Where was the skeleton of Sir Simon put?
    in a coffin
  • How does the Ghost try to scare Mrs Otis and what does she do?
    He laughs a terrible laugh and she gives him medicine for stomach aches.
  • Did Virginia like the Ghost? How did she feel towards him?
    She felt sorry for him and accepted to help him.
  • Who cleaned the stain and with what?
    Washinton the eldest brother with Pinkerton's Champion Cleaner
  • What do the twins do to the Ghost?
    they hit him with pillows, they shoot at him with peashooters, they make a fake ghost.
  • Where does the stain appear and what is it really?
    on the floor near the fireplace in the library but it is paint.
  • Describe when the Otis family arrived at Canterville Chase.
    they drove in a carriage and the weather changed.
  • Where did the Otis family find the skeleton of Sir Simon?
    through the opening in a wall and down a secret hall there was a dark room that looked like a prison cell.
  • What does Virginia accept to do in order to help Sir Simon?
    go with him to the Garden of Sleep and ask the Angel of Sleep to forgive Sir Simon.
  • Describe the youngest member of the Otis Family (with adjectives).
    the naughty twins are called Stars and Stripes like the American flag
  • Who meets Sir Simon the Ghost first?
    Mr Otis
  • What fell on the Ghost when he tried to enter the twin's bedroom?
    a bitg heavy jug of water
  • How did Virginia appear after having been with the Ghost?
    at midnight there was thunder and Virginia appeared through a wall.
  • Describe the Ghost. Who was he before becoming a Ghost.
    A terryfying old man with chains. He was Sir Simon de Canterville, he killed his wife and his brothers in law punished him.
  • Who did Mr Otis want to give the jewels to?
    Lord Canterville
  • Who is Cecil?
    the young Duke of Cheshire who is in love and married Virginia in the end.
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