I need the answers to the following, from the text “the night the ghost got in”

3. How does the conversation between the boys and their mother in paragraphs 4-5 develop the plot?
A - The boys tell the mother that there is a burglar in the home which creates a series of events that lead to the grandfather shooting into the ceiling.
B - The boys tell the mother that they think a ghost is in the home which leads her to become hysterical.
C - The boys do not tell the mother they think that there is a ghost which leads her to assume that there are burglars in the house.
D- The boys tell the police that their grandfather thinks they are soldiers from a war so they do not arrest him.

4. How does the resolution contribute to the theme of the passage?
A- The grandfather did not have a strong sense of reality which led to him shooting at the ceiling which led to his arrest.
B - The boys caused a lot of unnecessary rukkus by lying to their mother and the police which led to their grandfather's arrest.
C - The family faced their fears together and were able to laugh about it in the morning.
D - The boys did not tell anyone that they thought there was a ghost in the home which led to a ridiculous series of events.

5. Which of the following statements illustrates the irony in passage?
A - An example of irony is when the narrator and his brother did not tell o their mother the ghost because they thought she would become frightened.
B - An example of irony is when the grandfathers roared, "Back, ye cowardly dogs!"
C - An example of irony is when the audience knows that the narrator saw a burglar but the neighbors do not.
D - There are no clear examples of irony in this story.

6. Reread the following passage: "He gazed at me a long time as if I were a broken arcade machine into which he had dropped a quarter, but had ended up losing his money!”
(Paragraph 12).
What does the author's use of simile reveal about the interactions between the narrator and the reporter?

7. PART A: Which of the following best describes the central idea of the text?
A - Scientist have determined that sleep habits may explain why some people see, hear or feel a spooky presence.
B - Surveys show that a majority of American believe that ghosts or spirit is a dead person who interacts with the living world.
C - Scientific equipment can detect the presence of ghosts.
D - Hallucinations directly causes people to believe that they have experienced a ghost encounter.

8. PART B: Which of the following quotations best supports your , answer to Part A?
A - In 2018, 58 percent of those polled agreed with the statement. "Places can be haunted by spirits."
B - In the mythology of the United States and many other Western o cultures, a ghost or spirit is a dead person who interacts with the
living world.
C - These misperceptions also count as hallucinations caused by sleep deprivation or tiredness, says David Smailes.
D - What scientists have discovered, though, are lots of reasons why people might feel they have had ghostly encounters.

9. How does paragraph 3 contribute to the development of ideas in the text?
A - Paragraph 3 explains that ghost experiences such as noise, images, or signals can be captured on scientific equipment.
B - Paragraph 3 explains that many ghost experiences captured on film o or in pictures are hoaxes which helps support that there must be a different scientific explanation.
C - Paragraph 3 explains that poor sleep habits can contribute to hallucinations that are attributed to ghost experiences.
D - Paragraph 3 proves that sleep has nothing to do with a person feeling that they have experienced a ghost.

10. What is the literal interpretation of paragraph 7?
A - Sleep paralysis is the direct explanation of ghost encounters.
B - Vivid dreams that occur during the REM sleep stage can affect what we see as reality once we are awake.
C - Sleep paralysis causes the body to remain still but the eyes move o rapidly while the brain is creating vivid dreams during the REM sleep stage.
D - The REM sleep stage causes people to be more tired when they wake which affects what we perceive as reality.

11. Consider the plot events from "The Night the Ghost Got in".
Utilizing information from the nonfiction article "The Science of Ghosts and Sleep Habits", what could explain the ghost experience from the short story?
Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.