1) The ghosts occasionally like to mess with people, but it's mostly misplacing things or pranking people. 2) New York City is a major city in the American state o New York. 2-a) Sometimes the hotel takes us places, and we get stuck there for a bit. 3) Yup, just like the rest of us. 4) There's a hotel kitchen. If you don't cook, other people tend to leave stuff in the fridges.