Q: Larry the dinosaur was going to go to a dinosaur birthday party that night, and he was very excited, because the party was for him! He was turning 7 years old, which in dinosaur years, that means he was going to be an adult! There were so many different things he was going to do! He knew that there was going to be a moon bounce, and that he was going to get a lot of presents from all of his dinosaur friends, but the thing that he was most excited about, was the cake! Larry's favorite food was cake, and he hoped that they got the right flavor. Larry's favorite flavor was banana. Larry went to school that day and everyone told him happy birthday! When he came home from school, all the lights were out. "Hello?" Larry said, as he came into the house. All of the sudden, the lights went on, and there was everyone! "Happy birthday Larry!" all of his friends shouted. Confetti went everywhere. "Where is the cake?" he asked. "Here it is!" said his mom, and brought out the cake. "It's a chocolate cake, like you wanted!" Larry froze. "I said that I wanted a banana cake." said Larry. He was very sad. "Now the party is going to be no fun." "Oh Larry." said his mom. "Your friends are here, and we worked very hard to set up this party for you! Please at least go spend some time with your friends." Larry was sad, but he tried to have fun. And the more he tried to have fun, the more he liked the party. The moon bounce was fun, and the gifts were very nice. He found out that you can still have fun even when things don't go as planned.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the party for?
2. What kind of party was it?
3. What kind of animal is Larry?
4. What was significant about this party?
5. How old was he turning?
6. What was he most excited about?
7. Why?
8. Were there going to be other things at the party?
9. How many things besides the cake?
10. What are they?
11. What was his favorite type of cake?
12. What happened when he arrived home from the schoolhouse?
13. Why?
14. WHat did they yell?
15. WHat kind of cake did he receive?
16. Who gave it to him?
17. Did he enjoy it?
18. How do you know?
19. Did he enjoy other things?
20. Like what?
A: 1. Larry
2. a dinosaur birthday party
3. a dinosaur
4. he was going to be an adult
5. seven years old
6. the cake
7. his favorite food was cake
8. Yes
9. two
10. a moon bounce and a lot of presents
11. banana
12. all the lights were out
13. because his friends surprised him
14. "Happy birthday Larry!"
15. chocolate
16. his mom
17. No
18. because he wanted a banana cake and was very sad
19. Yes
20. the moon bounce and gifts
Q: CHAPTER VI

NEWS OF IMPORTANCE

"Link Merwell!"

"Nat, you must be fooling!" put in Ben.

"Why, we couldn't find a single trace of him after that awful landslide!" went on Dave. "We made a thorough search, too."

"I don't know anything about that," returned the money-lender's son. "But I know Link Merwell is alive. I got a letter from him yesterday."

"Are you sure that it was not an old letter delayed in delivery?" queried Ben.

"No, it was not an old letter. It was dated only a few days ago. It was sent to me from Boston."

"Boston!" cried Laura. "Then he must not only be alive, but he must have followed us East."

"Did he say anything about Job Haskers?" queried our hero.

"He said he didn't know what had become of Haskers. He said they had separated a short while before the big landslide struck them. He was pretty well bruised up, and had to rest in a little mining camp up in the mountains for two weeks."

"This is certainly the strangest news yet," was Dave's comment. "I thought sure that he and Haskers had been swallowed up in that landslide, along with that miner who was with them. Nat, what caused him to write to you? I thought you told me that you had destroyed his last letter without answering it."

"So I did destroy it, Dave, without answering it," returned the money-lender's son. "I was as surprised to hear from him as you would have been. I thought he would know enough to let me alone."

Answer the following questions:
1. who must be fooling ?
2. who said that ?
3. who got a letter ?
4. where did it come from ?
5. was it a new letter ?
6. what was it ?
7. who thought it was late in tranist ?
8. who do they know is still living ?
9. how do they know that ?
10. what person is the hero worried about ?
11. what disaster was happning ?
12. who was in that landslide ?
13. antone else ?
14. who cried boston ?
15. did he follow them west ?
16. who is still alive ?
17. what kind of land slide was it ?
18. did they search ?
19. what did dave think of the news ?
20. was dave surprisded ?
A: 1. Nat
2. Ben
3. Dave's
4. Boston
5. no
6. old
7. Ben
8. Link Merwell
9. a letter
10. Job Haskers
11. landslide
12. Haskers
13. miner
14. Laura
15. East
16. "Link Merwell!"
17. awful
18. made a thorough searc
19. strangest
20. yes
Q: Jim and Linda are our neighbors. Jim and Linda have an old dog named Reggie. We love our neighbors. They are like the perfect grandparents. We watch Reggie for them when they go out of town to see their children and grandchildren. Reggie is so fun to have around. He is 14 years old. We have 3 other dogs and Reggie is older than all of them. They all listen to what Reggie tells them to do. It is fun to see them respect him.

We are watching Reggie now. He is staying with us for 3 weeks. He likes to go for rides in the car. He likes to go for walks.

This time, when Jim and Linda dropped Reggie off, Jim picked up mom's guitar and played us a song. He was really good! Then Jim and Linda sang a song for us.

I can see why Reggie misses them when they are gone. They are so nice! We give Reggie lots of love so that he is happy at our house when they are on vacation.

He likes our dogs and cats. We have a big black dog named Able. We have a little dog named Mudpuppy and we have a puppy named Goldberry. We have two cats. One of our cats is named Glitch. She has lots of colors. We also have a white kitten named Vex.

One of the best things about watching Reggie is that we know when Jim and Linda come home, Linda bakes us a cherry pie for taking care of Reggie. She makes delicious pie. We are very lucky to have such nice neighbors!

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Linda?
2. Who is Jim?
3. How is Jim related to Linda?
4. Who is Reggie?
5. How old is he?
6. How many dogs do we have?
7. What are we doing now?
8. For how long?
9. What does he like to do?
10. What did Jim do after dropping off Reggie?
11. And then what?
12. Does Reggie like other animals?
13. What other animals do we have?
A:
1. neighbor
2. neighbor
3. son
4. dog
5. 14
6. Three
7. watching Reggie
8. 3 weeks
9. go for rides
10. played a song
11. Jim and Linda sang a song
12. yes
13. dogs and cats