Q: CHAPTER V

For a number of days Michael saw only Steward and Kwaque. This was because he was confined to the steward's stateroom. Nobody else knew that he was on board, and Dag Daughtry, thoroughly aware that he had stolen a white man's dog, hoped to keep his presence secret and smuggle him ashore when the _Makambo_ docked in Sydney.

Quickly the steward learned Michael's pre-eminent teachableness. In the course of his careful feeding of him, he gave him an occasional chicken bone. Two lessons, which would scarcely be called lessons, since both of them occurred within five minutes and each was not over half a minute in duration, sufficed to teach Michael that only on the floor of the room in the corner nearest the door could he chew chicken bones. Thereafter, without prompting, as a matter of course when handed a bone, he carried it to the corner.

And why not? He had the wit to grasp what Steward desired of him; he had the heart that made it a happiness for him to serve. Steward was a god who was kind, who loved him with voice and lip, who loved him with touch of hand, rub of nose, or enfolding arm. As all service flourishes in the soil of love, so with Michael. Had Steward commanded him to forego the chicken bone after it was in the corner, he would have served him by foregoing. Which is the way of the dog, the only animal that will cheerfully and gladly, with leaping body of joy, leave its food uneaten in order to accompany or to serve its human master.

1. Steward and Kwaque
2. Michael
3. he was confined?
4. unknown
5. steward's stateroom.
6. a dog
7. n a white man's
8. smuggled him?
9. Sydney
10. the _Makambo
11. chicken bone.
12. only on the floor of the room
13. in the corner nearest the door
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. Two
18. five minutes
19. half a minute
20. the dog

Numbered questions:
1. Who was seen?
2. by who?
3. why?
4. why?
5. where was he confined?
6. what was stolen?
7. whose dog?
8. what did he do with it?
9. where?
10. where was he hid?
11. what was he fed?
12. where could he chew on them?
13. where?
14. was he kind?
15. did he serve someone?
16. did the dog love touch?
17. how many lessons are there?
18. how long were they?
19. what was the duration?
20. who carried the bone?

Q: CHAPTER XXIII

"On the eve of one's wedding day too."

He could not see Elsa till she was quite close to him, and even then he could only vaguely distinguish the quaint contour of her wide-sleeved shift and of her voluminous petticoats.

But his cigar had gone out, and when Elsa stood quite close to him, and softly murmured his name, he struck a match very deliberately, and held it to the cigar so that it lighted up his face for a few seconds. He wanted her to see how indifferent was the expression in his eye, and that there was not the slightest trace of a welcoming smile lurking round his lips.

Therefore he held the lighted match close to his face much longer than was necessary; he only dropped it when it began to scorch his fingers. Then he blew a big cloud of smoke out of his cigar straight into her face, and only after that did he say, speaking very roughly:

"What do you want?"

"Mother sent me, Bela," she said timidly, as she placed a trembling little hand on his coat-sleeve. "I wouldn't have come, only she ordered me, and I couldn't disobey her, so I ..."

"Couldn't disobey your mother, eh?" he sneered; "you couldn't defy her as you did me, what?"

"I didn't mean to defy you, Bela," she said, striving with all her might to keep back the rebellious words which surged out of her overburdened heart to her quivering lips. "I couldn't be unkind to Jeno and Karoly, and all my old friends, just this last evening, when I am still a girl amongst them."

1. shift
2. voluminous petticoats
3. True
4. indifference
5. cigar
6. a match
7. False
8. when it began to scorch his fingers
9. Her mother
10. an order
11. defy him
12. No
13. smoke
14. No
15. Bela
16. Jeno and Karoly
17. Elsa
18. Yes
19. overburdened
20. a girl

Numbered questions:
1. What was Elsa wearing that had big sleeves?
2. What else did she wear?
3. True or False: Bela wants to look unwelcoming to her.
4. What feeling did his eye show?
5. What is he smoking?
6. With what did he light it?
7. True or False: He did this as quickly as possible.
8. When did he discard the match?
9. Who sent Elsa?
10. Was it a request or an order?
11. What does Bela say Elsa has done to him?
12. Did she do the same to her mother?
13. What did he blow into Elsa's face?
14. Did he speak softly?
15. What is the name of one person Elsa did not want to be cruel to?
16. Who else?
17. Who was trembling?
18. True or False: She had to work hard not to say anything rebellious.
19. How did her heart feel?
20. What does Elsa say she is in comparison to her friends?

Q: (CNN) -- In the sight of Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer, the man who would be king awaits his destiny.

Diminutive and unassuming, Lionel Messi's faith in his ability has never been in question -- but a God-like shadow has always haunted him.

If Diego Maradona is a deity to Argentines, then Messi is a prophet.

"He was our water in the desert," national coach Alejandro Sabella said of Messi after his side's World Cup quarterfinal victory over Belgium.

Messi may not be Moses -- the ability to turn a rock into a pool of water is a stretch too far even for the Barcelona star -- but his football powers frequently attract supernatural praise.

After his two goals against Nigeria, opposition coach Stephen Keshi declared that Messi was of a different planet -- specifically Jupiter, although he didn't explain why.

Messi's achievements are well documented -- 381 goals in 466 matches for Barcelona, three European Champions League titles and six Spanish La Liga triumphs only tell half the story.

Four times he has been named world player of the year, while his face is posted on billboards across the world, with sponsors clamoring for his signature.

And yet, back where it all began, he does not receive the same affection as he does in the streets of Catalunya.

"The name of Maradona will always be a heavy burden on Messi's shoulders," says Cristina Perez, one of Argentina's leading sports journalists.

Maradona only ever won a Spanish Cup with Barcelona, before guiding Napoli to two Italian league titles, but it was on the international stage where he truly left his mark -- most notably leading Argentina to World Cup glory in 1986.

1. 381.
2. 466.
3. Barcelona.
4. Yes.
5. Yes.
6. Four times.
7. Yes.
8. It's posted on billboards across the world.
9. He was our water in the desert.
10. Messi was of a different planet.
11. Jupiter.
12. No.
13. Opposition coach.
14. Messii made two goals against Nigeria.
15. One.
16. Yes.
17. Two Italian league titles.
18. World Cup win.
19. 1986.
20. Yes.

Numbered questions:
1. How many goals has Messi made?
2. In how many games?
3. For who?
4. Has he been the player of the year before?
5. More than once?
6. How many times?
7. Are sponsors actively wanting him?
8. Is he picture advertised locally or more widespread?
9. What did Coach Sabella say about Messi?
10. What did coach Keshi say about him?
11. Which one?
12. Was he Messi's coach?
13. What was he?
14. What prompted him to say that?
15. How many Spanish Cups did Maradona win?
16. Did he help Napoli win anything?
17. What?
18. What major win did he have in Argentina?
19. When?
20. Does he overshadow Messi?