The PHantom of the Opera

The author of The Phantom of the Opera was: Erik Madam Delia Gaston Leroux The setting of the story is: France in the 1880s Italy in the 1920s London in the 1960s At the beginning of the story we learn that the boy's parents love him dearly. are harsh and mean to him. are dead. The boy was very ugly and looked like a skeleton ventriloquist rubber man The boy had one special natural gift or talent. He could speak several languages tell fotunes with a crystal ball sing with a voice like an angel The boy left home and wandered throughout the country where he joined a church an opera house freak shows at fairs. The boy finally got his name, Erik, from a fortune teller his mother Madam Delia At times, Erik would go off alone and sing to himself because he was lonely and no one loved him. he could make more money from the freak show. he wanted to learn to be a ventriloquist. The friends he made at the freak shows became jealous of Erik because he stole their money when they weren't looking. learned their tricks and performed them better. wore a mask so they couldn't recognize him. When Erik became an adult, he moved to Paris where he began helping to build a new opera house fairgrounds subway system Erik was not interested in the beautiful parts of the building. He worked on building the theater and box seats. magnificent center staircase. foundation and cellars. A man called the Persian came and told Erik he was going to watch him to make sure Erik did not do anything dangerous. Erik did not want someone to spy on him, so he started to build secret passages, trapdoors and false walls. stables for horses and an underground lake. a huge theater with many curtains. What other hidden thing did Erik build by the lake in a cellar of the Opera House? a school for ballerinas box seats a cozy little house Under the floor of his house, Erik stored a large supply of a black powder that could make explosions. He had enough to blow a big hole in the city of Paris. What was this powder? talcum powder gunpowder torture powder Erik added a special room with one tree, many mirrors and bright lights that could make it a "forest of death." What kind of chamber was this? a bedroom a dressing room a torture chamber Fill in the blanks. At first, Erik liked living under the Opera House. He spent weeks at a time sitting at his organ, writing music. But as the years passed, the longing to live like others grew. He bought a new maskwith a false nose, and suit of fineclothes. He bought a ticket so he could attend the opera. He loved hearing the music. One night he heard people talking about him. A woman thought he was a ghost. A man said, "He must be the Phantom of the Opera!" People were afraid of him. He asked the managers of the Opera to let him have Box Five to sit in every night. He also asked them for money. He heard all the finest opera singers, including the biggest star of all, who was named Carlotta. MATCHING (Vocabulary) scurried moved quickly lurking hiding, or moving about in a secret and sly manner torture hurting someone to punish them or get secrets from them phantom a ghost or something you don't believe is real horror causing an intense feeling of fear, shock or disgust skull the bones of the head and face mask something that covers and hides your face freak very different from normal, often in a physical way