question: CHAPTER XIX

THE DESERTED TEPEES

Starting at daybreak, they reached a hillside overlooking the Stony village on the third afternoon. Surrounded by willows and ragged spruces, the conical tepees rose in the plain beneath, but Blake stopped abruptly as he caught sight of them. They were white to the apex, where the escaping heat of the fire within generally melted the snow, and no curl of smoke floated across the clearing. The village was ominously silent and had a deserted look.

"I'm very much afraid Clarke's friends are not at home," Blake said with forced calm. "We'll know more about it in half an hour; that is, if you think it worth while to go down."

Harding and Benson were silent a moment, struggling with their disappointment. They had made a toilsome journey to reach the village, their food was nearly exhausted, and it would cost them two days to return to the valley, which was their best road to the south.

"Now that we're here, we may as well spend another hour over the job," Harding decided. "It's possible they haven't packed all their food along."

His companions suspected that they were wasting time, but they followed him down the hill, until Benson, who was a short distance to one side of them, called out. When they joined him he indicated a row of footsteps leading up the slope.

"That fellow hasn't been gone very long; there was snow yesterday," he said. "By the line he took, he must have passed near us. I wonder why he stayed on after the others."
1. How long did it take them to get to the village?
2. Were there many people there?
3. How long would it take them to reach the village?
4. According to whom?
5. Whose friends were they looking for?
6. Were they disappointed?
7. How long would it take them to go another way?
8. Which direction was that?
9. Had it been an easy trip?
10. What were they running low on?
11. Who suggested checking the village, anyway?
12. Did everyone else agree?
13. What did they see on the hillside?
14. Were they fresh?
15. How did they know?
16. Where did the trail go?
17. Did the men see smoke?
18. Which type of trees caught Blake's eyes?
19. What was the name of the village?
20. What time of day did they arrive?
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answer: 1. three days
2. no
3. half an hour
4. Blake
5. Clarke's
6. Yes
7. two days
8. south
9. no
10. food
11. Harding
12. no
13. footsteps
14. yes
15. there was snow yesterday
16. near them
17. no
18. conical tepee
19. Stony village
20. daybreak

A rabbit was hopping around, following all the smells he could smell. He had a great nose, smelling carrots, bushes, flowers, and other animals. He smelled melons and he smelled a dish of ice cream. Rabbits don't like ice cream, so he moved to the flowers faster. And he didn't really like to snack on melons either. He saw friends, the duckling and the mother duck, but he was moving too fast to get to the flowers. He could smell the flowers from a long way away. He kept hopping to reach them, faster and faster. One hop, two hops, three hops. On his third hop he always bounced a little higher. He finally smelled the flowers close, so he hopped a little bit faster. The flowers were in sight. He went up to them and smelled longer and harder than ever before. A wonderful smell at last. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What didn't he like?
2. What else did he decide not to eat?
3. Why was he moving so quickly?
4. Why didn't he stop and see his friends?
5. Who were they?
6. What kind of things did he smell?
7. Which jump was the highest?
8. Did he have to be close to the flowers to smell them?
9. What smell was wonderful?
10. How was his nose?
Answer: 1. ice cream
2. melons
3. he smelled melons and ice cream
4. he was moving too fast to get to the flowers
5. the duckling and the mother duck
6. carrots, bushes, flowers, and other animals
7. his third
8. no
9. the flowers
10. great

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. It was another day to jump rope in gym class. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and _ . Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right time. Everyone counted. He made it all the way to 30 jumps. One after another, the kids watched the rope, ran in, and jumped. Then it was Millie's turn. She watched the rope go around and around, but she didn't move. She felt like everyone was looking at her. Millie's friends cheered. "Go, Millie, go!" Millie's face turned red. At last, she gave it a try, but she failed. The truth was that Millie had been jumping rope at home every day. With a short rope, she could jump 100 times without missing. She just didn't know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope. Since she was the only kid on her street, there was no one to help turn the long rope. Just then, Ms Miles, the gym teacher, brought out a bunch of short jump ropes. "Let's see how long each one of you can jump without missing," she said as she gave each student a short rope, "Ready, set. Go!" Millie smiled for the first time ever in gym class. As she jumped, she sang rhymes quietly to herself. After a while, Millie realized that everyone was cheering, "Go, Millie, go!" She was the only one still jumping rope! The surprise almost made her miss a step, but she kept going. When at last she was too tired to go on, she stopped. The whole class cheered. Everyone was looking at her and smiling. Millie smiled back! 1. Did Millie jump rope first?
2. Who did?
3. Were they in science class?
4. What class were they in?
5. Did joe and Ed turn the jumprope?
6. Who did?
7. How many jumps did Nick complete?
8. Who counted?
9. Did Millie do 100 jumps?
10. Why not?
11. Did the gym teacher bring in some games?
12. What did she bring?
13. Was Millie sad?
14. Who is Ms. Miles?
15. Did Lynn jump the shorter rope the longest?
16. Who did?
17. Did the other kids say anything?
18. What?
19. Did Millie feel good about that?
20. Why did she stop jumping ?
21. Who did she smile at?
numbered_answers:
1. No.
2. Nick did.
3. No.
4. Gym class.
5. No.
6. Lynn and Mike did.
7. 30 jumps.
8. Everyone counted.
9. Not today on the long rope.
10. She didn't know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope.
11. No.
12. A bunch of short jump ropes.
13. No, not after the short ropes came out.
14. The gym teacher.
15. No.
16. Millie did.
17. Yes.
18. "Go, Millie, go!"
19. Yes.
20. She was too tired to go on.
21. Everyone