Guide for Responding
Check your Comprehension
1. Suddenly Doss swerved the car because an old man stepped in front of it apparently to kill himself.
2. When the protagonist told the ghost that he was dead he remembered that some robbers had beaten and stabbed him causing his death.
3. When the ghost remembered his wife who was his safeplace, his soul finally rested in peace and he never bothered the people that were living nearby again.
Critical Thinking
1. Because he couldn’t see any old man.
2. At first he was quite worried about seeing Doss in that way, but when the ghost started to talk to him, he was able to control and handle the situation very well.
3. Because many of the things the ghost said were not in accordance with the present time, for example when he mentioned the existence of a king. 4. (a) By his reason, (b) because despite the tension and how unreal the situation seemed, he knew what to do without losing control and also he found a solution.
5. To let us know that for a long time the old man was trying to communicate with people, but since they couldn't see him he was scaring them.
Reading Strategy
1. The ghost of an old man and entering another person's body. 2. (a) At the beginning when Doss saw the old man, (b) because he was the only one who could see him.
Build Vocabulary
1. Sobriety: (c) moderation
2. Awry: (b) crooked
3. Literally: (a) actually
4. Longevity: (b) endurance
5. Imperative: (a) essential
6. Venture: (b) risk
Build Grammar Skills
Compound predicates:
1. The old man came out of the temple. He looked in all directions. He began to walk,
2. I was sitting in the back seat of the car. I was listening to the hum of the motor. I dozed off.
3. I saw an old man run in front of the car. But I didn’t see where he went.
