Dilemma of a Ghost

From which act is the extract taken

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English Language - Literature

The Cockcrow
The Dilemma of a Ghost
Read the following extract and answer the questions on it:

"They will ask me where I was when such things were happening.
O Mighty God!
Even when the unmentionable came and carried off the children of the house in shoals like fish,
Nana Mom kept his feet steadfast on the ground And refused to let any of his nephews
Take a wife from a doubtful stock."

1.From which Act is the extract above taken?
2. Who is the speaker?
3. The extract illustrates a dramatic technique called ......
4. The word 'They' refers to who?
5. Which era of Ghanaian history is captured in the extract?
6. What is referred to as the unmentionable?
7. The expression ' in shoals like fish' is an example of .......
8. What does the speaker mean by ' doubtful stock

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1. End of act 1

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