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New England is a geographical region comprising six states of the northeastern United States: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and south, and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north, respectively. The Atlantic Ocean is to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the south. Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, is New England's largest city. The largest metropolitan area is Greater Boston, which also includes Worcester, Massachusetts (the second-largest city in New England), Manchester (the largest city in New Hampshire), and Providence (the capital and largest city of Rhode Island), with nearly a third of the entire region's population.

In 1620, Puritan Separatist Pilgrims from England first settled in the region, forming the Plymouth Colony, the second successful English settlement in the Americas, following the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia founded in 1607. Ten years later, more Puritans settled north of Plymouth Colony in Boston, thus forming Massachusetts Bay Colony. Over the next 126 years, people in the region fought in four French and Indian Wars, until the British and their Iroquois allies defeated the French and their Algonquin allies in North America. In 1692, the town of Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experienced the Salem witch trials, one of the most infamous cases of mass hysteria in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
1. What is New England?
2. Containing what?
3. What are 3 of the states?
4. The other 3?
5. What state borders it to the west and south?
6. What country borders it to the north?
7. What ocean does it border/
8. What is the largest city in New England?
9. What happened in 1620?
10. Forming what?
11. Was that the first settlement?
12. What was?
13. When was that founded?
14. What happened in 1692?

Numbered answers:
1. geographical region
2. six states of the northeastern United States
3. Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire
4. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut
5. New York
6. New Brunswick and Quebec
7. Atlantic Ocean
8. Boston
9. Pilgrims from England first settled in the region
10. Plymouth Colony
11. no
12. Jamestown Settlement
13. 1607
14. Salem, Massachusetts and surrounding areas experiencd the Salem witch trails

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CHAPTER VI.

THE BEGINNING OF PERSECUTION.

When Mary Masters got up on the morning after her arrival she knew that she would have to endure much on that day. Everybody had smiled on her the preceding evening, but the smiles were of a nature which declared themselves to be preparatory to some coming event. The people around her were gracious on the presumption that she was going to do as they wished, and would be quite prepared to withdraw their smiles should she prove to be contumacious. Mary, as she crept down in the morning, understood all this perfectly. She found her stepmother alone in the parlour and was at once attacked with the all important question. "My dear, I hope you have made up your mind about Mr. Twentyman."

"There were to be two months, mamma."

"That's nonsense, Mary. Of course you must know what you mean to tell him." Mary thought that she did know, but was not at the present moment disposed to make known her knowledge and therefore remained silent. "You should remember how much this is to your papa and me and should speak out at once. Of course you need not tell Mr. Twentyman till the end of the time unless you like it."

"I thought I was to be left alone for two months."

"Mary, that is wicked. When your papa has so many things to think of and so much to provide for, you should be more thoughtful of him. Of course he will want to be prepared to give you what things will be necessary." Mrs. Masters had not as yet heard of Mr. Morton's cheque, and perhaps would not hear of it till her husband's bank book fell into her hands. The attorney had lately found it necessary to keep such matters to himself when it was possible, as otherwise he was asked for explanations which it was not always easy for him to give. "You know," continued Mrs. Masters, "how hard your father finds it to get money as it is wanted."
1. Who had just arrived?
2. Was she going to have an easy day?
3. When had she arrived?
4. Were people kind to her then?
5. Unoconditionally?
6. Did she walk boldly down the stairs in the morning?
7. Who was she asked about?
8. How long did she have to decide about him?
9. Who asked her?
10. Who had written a check?
11. Did she know about that?
12. Was Mary's decision important to more than one person?
13. Who else besides her stepmother?
14. Did he provide for a lot of things?
15. Should Mary tell them what she was thinking for his sake?
16. Who kept things to himself?
17. What would people want if he told them?
18. Was money a struggle?
19. Did Mary already know what she thought about Mr. Twentyman?
20. Where did she talk to her stepmother?

Numbered answers:
1. Mary Masters
2. no
3. the preceding evening
4. yes
5. no
6. no
7. Mr. Twentyman
8. two months
9. her stepmother
10. Mr. Morton
11. no
12. yes
13. her papa
14. yes
15. yes
16. The attorney
17. explanations
18. yes
19. yes
20. in the parlour

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Hello Sandy, We have just returned form our holiday. We went with our friends,Edward Smith and his wife Tina, to the Yorkshire Moors. It is a beautiful natural park. There are lots of places to walk on the tops of the hills,miles of grassland with no people,just sheep and birds. Edward had just come out of hospital and he could not walk as far as before. However, this meant that we walked in the mornings, and then stopped at a restaurant for lunch each day before returning to the place we lived in. Edward and I slept in front of the fire all afternoon, while the ladies went for another walk. Very pleasant! I took lots of photos from the place we lived in, across the valley below us, of the morning sunrise, and the mist in the valley. Also, in England, the old steam-powered trains are very popular. I took many photos of the train. Yesterday we had the first snow of this winter. It is very early. We usually have snow in January. It rained all day, then snowed in the evening .Today we have bright sunshine! Both Jenny and I are well. I don't know if I told you, in the last e-mail , that Jenny is now working in a hotel. Although she has to work hard, people there are nice, and she is enjoying the work. Please write to us to tell us your news. Yours, Victor
1. Who is this letter addressed to?
2. And who is it from?
3. Where did Victor vacation to?
4. Did he go alone?
5. Who was he with?
6. What is the Yorkshire Moors?
7. What can you do there?
8. Is it crowded?
9. What kinds of animals are there?
10. Did Edward do a lot of walking?
11. Why not?
12. What did they do in the morning?
13. And in the afternoon?
14. Where?
15. Aside from walking, what other hobby did Victor partake in?
16. What did he photograph?
17. Anything else?
18. What kind of train was it?
19. What kind of weather did they have yesterday?
20. What about today?
Numbered answers:
1. Sandy.
2. Victor.
3. The Yorkshire Moors.
4. No.
5. Edward Smith and his wife Tina.
6. A beautiful natural park.
7. There are lots of places to walk.
8. No.
9. Sheep and birds
10. He could not walk as far as before.
11. Edward had just come out of hospital.
12. They walked.
13. They slept.
14. In front of the fire.
15. Took photos
16. The sunrise.
17. The train.
18. Old steam-powered.
19. It snowed.
20. Sunshine!