Norway ( ; Norwegian: (Bokmal) or (Nynorsk); ), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a sovereign state and unitary monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard. The Antarctic Peter I Island and the sub-Antarctic Bouvet Island are dependent territories and thus not considered part of the Kingdom. Norway also lays claim to a section of Antarctica known as Queen Maud Land. Until 1814, the kingdom included the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. It also included Bohuslan until 1658, Jamtland and Harjedalen until 1645, Shetland and Orkney until 1468, and the Hebrides and Isle of Man until 1266.

Norway has a total area of and a population of 5,258,317 (as of January 2017). The country shares a long eastern border with Sweden (1,619 km or 1,006mi long). Norway is bordered by Finland and Russia to the north-east, and the Skagerrak strait to the south, with Denmark on the other side. Norway has an extensive coastline, facing the North Atlantic Ocean and the Barents Sea.

King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glucksburg is the current King of Norway. Erna Solberg became Prime Minister in 2013, replacing Jens Stoltenberg. A constitutional monarchy, Norway divides state power between the Parliament, the Cabinet and the Supreme Court, as determined by the 1814 Constitution. The kingdom was established as a merger of a large number of petty kingdoms. By the traditional count from the year 872, the kingdom has existed continuously for 1,145 years, and the list of Norwegian monarchs includes over sixty kings and earls. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What type of government is Norway?
2. What is their primary language?
3. How many citizens are in Norway?
4. How many countries share a land border with Norway?
5. What group of islands does the country own?
6. How long has it been around?
7. Who is the monarch?
8. What area did they control in 13th century that they don't control now?
9. Anything else?
10. How large is the country?
11. What ocean do they border?
12. When did they adopt their current government?
13. What was it before it was a unified country?
14. Who are Norway's allies?
Answer: 1. Unitary monarchy
2. Norwegian
3. 5,258,317
4. Three
5. Svalbard
6. 1,145 years
7. King Harald V
8. Isle of Man
9. The Hebrides
10. unknown
11. Atlantic Ocean
12. 1814
13. A large number of petty kingdoms.
14. unknown

CHAPTER IV

A MIDNIGHT SEARCH

That night was destined to be an eventful one on the Rover farm. Arriving home, Sam and Tom told of the fun they had had and Dick laughed heartily. Then all three of the boys went to bed.

About midnight came a loud shouting from the barn, followed by the report of a shotgun. This was followed by a shriek from Sarah, the cook, who was afraid that burglars had come to murder her.

"What's that?" questioned Dick, as he hopped out of bed.

"That's Jack Ness' gun," answered Tom. "Something must be wrong at the barn."

"Chicken thieves again--I'll bet a new hat," said Sam. By this time Randolph Rover and his wife were up and were lighting a lamp. Without waiting for them, the boys slipped on some clothing and their shoes and ran downstairs. Dick took with him a pistol and each of the others a baseball bat.

"Boys! boys! be careful!" shouted their uncle after them.

"All right," returned Dick, readily.

He was the first outside, but Sam and Tom were close upon his heels. He heard Jack Ness running to the edge of a cornfield, shouting lustily. Then came another report of the shotgun.

"What is it, Jack?" shouted Dick. "Who are you shooting at?"

"I'm after two men," was the hired man's reply. "They jest run into the cornfield."

"Chicken thieves?" queried Tom.

"I guess so--anyway they was prowlin' around the hen house an' the barn. I called an' asked 'em what they wanted and they ran for dear life--so I knew they was up to no good." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. where did the men run to?
2. how many were they?
3. did anyone shoot?
4. who?
5. did anyone scream?
6. who was she?
7. what did she think was happening?
8. what time did all this happen?
9. did anyone tell the boys to take care?
10. what did the boys think the two men were?
11. who recognized where the shot was from?
12. what is the name of the farm?
13. where the boys happy before bed?
14. what did they talk about?
15. who lit a lamp?
16. did dick have a weapon?
17. what?
18. did the other two have guns as well?
19. then what?
20. what did Jack say the men were doing?
Answer:
1. cornfield
2. two
3. Yes
4. Jack Ness
5. Sarah
6. the cook
7. afraid that burglars had come to murder her
8. About midnight
9. their uncle
10. Chicken thieves
11. Tom
12. Rover farm
13. Yes
14. of the fun
15. Randolph Rover and his wife
16. Yes
17. a pistol
18. No
19. a baseball bat
20. they was prowlin' around the hen house an' the barn