CHAPTER XI. 

THE EVENING'S ENTERTAINMENT. 

Surely if noise was any proof that the audience was satisfied with the performance given by Mopsey's company, then all must have been highly delighted, for such confusion was probably never heard in that house before as when the curtain fell on the first act of this new edition of Shakespeare's plays. The actors were in a perfect whirl of delight, and all save Dickey showed it by dancing and shaking hands, until there was almost as much confusion behind the curtain as in front. 

Mopsey was so delighted at the success that his gigantic brain conceived a startling idea for the entrance of the ghost, which was neither more nor less than for Ben to crouch under the stage, in the very hole where Johnny had come to grief, and at the proper time to rise up in a ghostly fashion, which must surely be very effective. Ben was disposed to object to this hiding under the flooring, more especially since he would be enveloped in the sheet, and would doubtless be uncomfortably warm; but all his objections were overruled by the author and company, and he gave a very unwilling assent to the proposition. 

In order that the audience might not be kept waiting until their patience was exhausted, or their good-humor began to evaporate, the curtain was raised as soon as the ghost could be tucked away in his hiding-place, and Paul made his first appearance on any stage. Mopsey had explained to him the part which he was to assume, and in a well-thumbed copy of Shakespeare's works belonging to Mrs. Green he had found the lines which Hamlet is supposed to speak after he sees the ghost. These he had committed to memory, although he had little idea of the meaning of them; and when he came upon the stage he addressed the audience as if in them he saw the ghost of his murdered father.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Did Mopsey feel delighted?
2. Was Mopsey in a good mood?
3. Did Mopsey feel happy?
Q2:
1. What was the source of Mopsey's good mood?
2. Why did Mopsey feel happy?
3. What was the reason for Mopsey's delight?
Q3:
1. What did Mopsey have an idea for?
2. What was Mopsey's idea?
3. What did Mopsey think of an idea for?
Q4:
1. What did Mopsey want Ben to do?
2. What was Mopsey's idea for Ben?
3. What would Ben do, under Mopsey's plan?
Q5:
1. Did Ben like Mopsey's idea?
2. Was Ben favorable towards Mopsey's idea?
3. Did Ben want to hide under the stage?
Q6:
1. Did Ben not want to hide under the stage because he would be cold?
2. Was Ben afraid it would be too cold under the stage?
3. Did Ben reject hiding under the stage due to how cold it would be?
Q7:
1. What would be wrapped around Ben as he hid under the stage?
2. What would Ben wrap around himself while hiding under the stage?
3. What would Ben be cloaked with underneath the stage?
Q8:
1. What came of Ben's objection?
2. What did the others do when Ben objected to hiding under the stage?
3. What came of Ben's distaste for hiding under the stage?
Q9:
1. Who was Ben overruled by?
2. Who overruled Ben's objection?
3. Who rejected Ben's objection?
Q10:
1. Who was presumed to be the source of the noise?
2. Who was the logical source of the noise in response to Mopsey's play?
3. Who was presumed to be making sounds in response to the performance?
Q11:
1. What play was Mopsey's company putting on?
2. What was the performance being put on by Mopsey's company?
3. Which play was being performed by Mopsey's company?
Q12:
1. Did Dickey feel happy or sad?
2. Was Dickey in a happy or sad mood?
3. Was Dickey in high spirits or low ones?
Q13:
1. What did Dickey do to show he was happy?
2. How did Dickey express his delight?
3. What was Dickey's way of showing off his happiness?
