
A. Answer these questions
1. Why did Deepa and Bengi go to the cafe even though it had been closed?
Answer: Deepa was too curious to wonder what it was, so she went to the cafe that had been abandoned.
2. Why was the cafe closed?
Answer: The cafe was closed because it had been abandoned for years.
3. Why was Bengi scared of entering the cafe?
Answer: Because, he might have remembered that dogs weren’t allowed in cafes or perhaps something else bothering him.
4. Why had the inhabitants of the cafe become unhappy ghosts?
Answer: The inhabitants became unhappy ghost likely due to their unresolved attachment to the cafe and their previous lives as kitchen entities (like burnt burgers and site salads).
B. Complete the following sentences.
1. The ghosts suddenly became excited because………..
Ans: Deepa entered the cafe, and she was the first customer they had seen in years.

2. The deep fryer slipped from the hands of the smudge because………….
Ans: the smudge was reminiscing about the fires, it used to have all the time, and it lost control of the deep fryer.
3. The cafe caught fire because……….
Ans: the contents of the deep fryer fell into the red-hot element of the cooker, causing a ball of frame to hit the ceiling.
4. Not many people questioned how and why the cafe burnt down because………….
Ans: the cafe was already due to be demolished, so not many questions were asked about the cause of the fire.