Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Once upon a time, there was a boy named Freddy. And Freddy loved his mom very much, and his mom loved him very much too. One day, Freddy went outside to ride his bike. On the way out, his mother told him, "Remember to wear your helmet," and Freddy grabbed his helmet and met his friends outside. When he was putting on his helmet, his friends told him, "Helmets are for girls! You're not cool if you wear a helmet!" Freddy thought about what his mom told him, but he wanted to be cool like his friends, and he took off his helmet.

Freddy and his friends went on a long adventure, and they rode all the way to the top of the largest hill in their neighborhood. Looking down, Freddy was scared. He had never ridden down this hill before. His friends said, "What are you, scared?" Freddy did not want to come off as scared. He hopped on his bicycle, and down he went. Freddy started speeding up, going very, very fast. He pressed his brakes, but oh no, his brakes weren't working. Freddy, speeding down the hill, did not know what to do. He got to the end of the hill and slammed right into a tree. He awoke the next day in the hospital.

At the hospital, his mother was there. Freddy opened his eyes and told his mom the whole story. He told her how we would never do that again, and how he would always wear his helmet. His mom gave him a big kiss on the forehead, and Freddy knew his mother was right in the beginning. She didn't have to say it. In the end, Freddy learned that it's important to not care what other people think, and those that think you're not cool because you wear a helmet are the ones that aren't cool in the first place.

1. What was the boy in the story's name?
2. who loved him very much?
3. What did he go out to do?
4. What did his mom tell him when he was walking out?
5. And what did he do when his buddies made fun of him for wearing one?
6. why?
7. Where did the kids ride to?
8. What did Freddy run into?
9. where did he wake up?
10. when?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Freddy
2. his mom
3. ride his bike
4. Remember to wear your helmet
5. he took it off
6. to be cool
7. the top of the largest hill
8. a tree
9. the hospital.
10. the next day

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Old English (nglisc, Anglisc, Englisc) or Anglo-Saxon is the earliest historical form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers probably in the mid 5th century, and the first Old English literary works date from the mid 7th century. After the Norman Conquest of 1066, English was replaced for a time as the language of the upper classes by Anglo-Norman, a relative of French, and Old English developed into the next historical form of English, known as Middle English.

The four main dialectal forms of Old English were Mercian, Northumbrian, Kentish, and West Saxon. Mercian and Northumbrian are together referred to as Anglian. In terms of geography the Northumbrian region lay north of the Humber River; the Mercian lay north of the Thames and South of the Humber River; West Saxon lay south and southwest of the Thames; and the smallest, Kentish region lay southeast of the Thames, a small corner of England. The Kentish region, settled by the Jutes from Jutland, has the scantiest literary remains.

1. What were the four main dialectal forms?
2. Which region had the scantiest literary remains>
3. What is the oldest form of English?
4. Where was it spoken?
5. Who brought it to Great Britain?
6. Was it always known as old english?
7. Was it ever replaced?
8. What did it develop into after that?
9. When was it first brought to Great Britain?
10. Why was it changed?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Mercian, Northumbrian, Kentish, and West Saxon.
2. The Kentish region.
3. Old English.
4. England and southern and eastern Scotland.
5. Anglo-Saxon settlers.
6. Also known as Anglo-Saxon.
7. English was replaced as the language of the upper class.
8. Middle English.
9. In the mid 5th century.
10. Because of Anglo-Saxon settlers.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER V

CASTELL'S SECRET

In John Castell's house it was the habit, as in most others in those days, for his dependents, clerks, and shopmen to eat their morning and mid-day meals with him in the hall, seated at two lower tables, all of them save Betty, his daughter's cousin and companion, who sat with them at the upper board. This morning Betty's place was empty, and presently Castell, lifting his eyes, for he was lost in thought, noted it, and asked where she might be--a question that neither Margaret nor Peter could answer.

One of the servants at the lower table, however--it was that man who had been sent to follow d'Aguilar on the previous night--said that as he came down Holborn a while before he had seen her walking with the Spanish don, a saying at which his master looked grave.

Just as they were finishing their meal, a very silent one, for none of them seemed to have anything to say, and after the servants had left the hall, Betty arrived, flushed as though with running.

"Where have you been that you are so late?" asked Castell.

"To seek the linen for the new sheets, but it was not ready," she answered glibly. "The mercer kept you waiting long," remarked Castell quietly. "Did you meet any one?"

"Only the folk in the street."

"I will ask you no more questions, lest I should cause you to lie and bring you into sin," said Castell sternly. "Girl, how far did you walk with the Senor d'Aguilar, and what was your business with him?"

1. Where did John eat?
2. For what meals?
3. Who joined him?
4. Who sat at the upper table?
5. How many lower ones were there?
6. Who was missing this morning?
7. Who noticed?
8. Did Margeret know her whereabouts?
9. Did Peter?
10. Who saw her last?
11. Who did he see her with?
12. Was it a lively and conversational meal?
13. Did Betty arrive?
14. Did she lie about her whereabouts?
15. To whom?
16. What was her excuse for being late?
17. Was she flushed?
18. As if she had been what?
19. Did Castell know she was lying?
20. What was the name of the Spanish don?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. in the hall
2. morning and mid-day
3. his dependents, clerks, and shopmen
4. Betty
5. two
6. Betty
7. Castell
8. no
9. no
10. One of the servants at the lower table
11. the Spanish don
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. Castell
16. To seek the linen for the new sheets
17. yes
18. running
19. yes
20. Senor d'Aguilar