CHAPTER IX. THE LOSS OF UMSLOPOGAAS

Now, after the smelling out of the witch-doctors, Chaka caused a watch to be kept upon his mother Unandi, and his wife Baleka, my sister, and report was brought to him by those who watched, that the two women came to my huts by stealth, and there kissed and nursed a boy--one of my children. Then Chaka remembered the prophecy of Nobela, the dead Isanusi, and his heart grew dark with doubt. But to me he said nothing of the matter, for then, as always, his eyes looked over my head. He did not fear me or believe that I plotted against him, I who was his dog. Still, he did this, though whether by chance or design I do not know: he bade me go on a journey to a distant tribe that lived near the borders of the Amaswazi, there to take count of certain of the king's cattle which were in the charge of that tribe, and to bring him account of the tale of their increase. So I bowed before the king, and said that I would run like a dog to do his bidding, and he gave me men to go with me.

Then I returned to my huts to bid farewell to my wives and children, and there I found that my wife, Anadi, the mother of Moosa, my son, had fallen sick with a wandering sickness, for strange things came into her mind, and what came into her mind that she said, being, as I did not doubt, bewitched by some enemy of my house. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what prophecy did Chaka remember?
2. was Nobela dead or alive?
3. who was Chaka's mother?
4. was there a plot against Chaka?
5. what is the name of Chaka's wife?
6. how many women went to a hut by stealth?
7. did someone bow before the king?
8. how far away was the tribe that the king wanted the messenger to go to?
9. what was it near the border of?
10. what was that tribe in charge of?
11. what did the messenger run like?
12. where did he return to before going?
13. what was his son's name?
14. what sickness did they have?
Answer: 1. the prophecy of Nobela
2. dead
3. Unandi
4. Yes
5. Baleka
6. Two
7. Yes
8. distant
9. the Amaswazi
10. the king's cattle
11. a dog
12. his huts
13. Moosa
14. wandering sickness

Problem: CHAPTER TWENTY.

HAROLD APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER, AND TWO OLD CHARACTERS REAPPEAR TO HAROLD.

The mind of Yambo was a strange compound--a curious mixture of gravity and rollicking joviality; at one time displaying a phase of intense solemnity; at another exhibiting quiet pleasantry and humour, but earnestness was the prevailing trait of his character. Whether indulging his passionate fondness for the jumping-jack, or engaged in guiding the deliberations of his counsellors, the earnest chief was equally devoted to the work in hand. Being a savage--and, consequently, led entirely by feeling, which is perhaps the chief characteristic of savage, as distinguished from civilised, man,--he hated his enemies with exceeding bitterness, and loved his friends with all his heart.

Yambo was very tender to Harold during his illness, and the latter felt corresponding gratitude, so that there sprang up between the two a closer friendship than one could have supposed to be possible, considering that they were so different from each other, mentally, physically, and socially, and that their only mode of exchanging ideas was through the medium of a very incompetent interpreter.

Among other things Harold discovered that his friend the chief was extremely fond of anecdotes and stories. He, therefore, while in a convalescent state and unable for much physical exercise, amused himself, and spent much of his time, in narrating to him the adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Yambo's appetite for mental food increased, and when Crusoe's tale was finished he eagerly demanded more. Some of his warriors also came to hear, and at last the hut was unable to contain the audiences that wished to enter. Harold, therefore, removed to an open space under a banyan-tree, and there daily, for several hours, related all the tales and narratives with which he was acquainted, to the hundreds of open-eyed and open-mouthed negroes who squatted around him.
1. Who was helpful when Harold was sick?
2. What did he feel?
3. Did something spring up?
4. What?
5. Were they alike?
6. How did they differ?
7. How else?
8. And?
9. How did they communicate?
10. Was he competent?
11. What did Yambo do?
12. How was his mind?
13. Who did he love?
14. Which people did he love?
15. How much?
16. Who did he hate?
17. How badly?
18. Who had an adventure?
19. Where did Harold move to?
20. How many heard the stories?
Answer: 1. Yambo
2. gratitude
3. yes
4. a friendship
5. no
6. mentally
7. physically
8. socially
9. an interpreter.
10. no
11. he was a chief
12. it was a strange compound
13. anecdotes and stories
14. his friends
15. with all his heart
16. his enemies
17. with exceeding bitterness
18. Robinson Crusoe
19. an open space under a banyan-tree
20. hundreds

question: (CNN) -- The explosive found hidden in a package on a plane in the United Arab Emirates on Friday may have traveled on passenger planes to get there, airline officials said Sunday.

The explosive, along with a similar device found in the United Kingdom, appear to have been designed to detonate on their own, without someone having to set them off, the top White House counterterrorism official told CNN.

"It is my understanding that these devices did not need somebody to detonate them," said John Brennan, President Barack Obama's assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism.

U.S. investigators believe al Qaeda bomb maker Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, 28, is linked to that package and another one found on a second airplane in Britain's East Midlands Airport on Friday, a federal official, who was briefed by authorities, told CNN Sunday. Both packages were addressed to synagogues in Chicago, Illinois.

Al-Asiri, who is thought to be in Yemen, is a Saudi who was high on Saudi Arabia's list of most wanted published in February 2009. He is also believed to be the bomber who designed last year's failed Christmas Day underwear bomb.

Separately, an engineering student arrested in Yemen was released Sunday, along with her mother, according to her father, Mohammed Al-Samawi. She was earlier identified as Hanan Al-Samawi, a fifth-year student at Sanaa University in the Yemeni capital, said Abdul-Rahman Barman, a human rights attorney and activist who said he was asked to represent her.

A high-level source in the United Arab Emirates said Hanan Al-Samawi's name was found on the cargo manifest of the device found in Dubai.
1. who is linked to the package?
2. where was the plane that the device was on?
3. was there another similar device found?
4. where?
5. whose name was found on the cargo manifest?
6. did the device travel on passenger planes?
7. how old is Hassan?
8. where is he thought to be?
9. did the device need anyone to detonate it?
10. who in Obama's administration said this?
11. who is he?
12. where is Hassan a national of?
13. what day was Hanan released?
14. which airport in Britain was the package at?
15. who were the packages addressed to?
16. who was asked to represnt Hanan?
17. which other bomb had Hassan designed?
18. was Hanan in school?
19. studying what?
20. which city in UAE found the packages?
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answer:
1. Hassan al-Asiri
2. the United Arab Emirates
3. Yes
4. the United Kingdom
5. Hanan Al-Samawi
6. It may have.
7. 28
8. Yemen.
9. No
10. John Brennan
11. Assistant for homeland security and counterterrorism.
12. Saudi Arabia
13. Sunday
14. East Midlands Airport
15. to synagogues
16. Abdul-Rahman Barman
17. last year's Christmas Day underwear bomb.
18. Yes
19. Engineering
20. Dubai.