question: CHAPTER XIV

RAISING THE TENT

Toby went into the house, feeling rather uneasy because he had not been called; but when Aunt Olive told him that Abner had aroused from his slumber but twice, and then only for a moment, he had no idea of being worried about his friend, although he did think it a little singular he should sleep so long.

That evening Dr. Abbot called again, although he had been there once before that day; and when Toby saw how troubled Uncle Daniel and Aunt Olive looked after he had gone, he asked;

"You don't think Abner is goin' to be sick, do you?"

Uncle Daniel made no reply, and Aunt Olive did not speak for some moments; then she said:

"I am afraid he stayed out too long this morning; but the doctor hopes he will be better to-morrow."

If Toby had not been so busily engaged planning for Abner to see the work next day, he would have noticed that the sick boy was not left alone for more than a few moments at a time, and that both Uncle Daniel and Aunt Olive seemed to have agreed not to say anything discouraging to him regarding his friend's illness.

When he went to bed that night, he fancied Uncle Daniel's voice trembled, as he said:

"May the good God guard and spare you to me, Toby, boy;" but he gave no particular thought to the matter, and the sandman threw dust in his eyes very soon after his head was on the pillow.
1. Which doctor came over?
2. Had he been there before?
3. Who was possibly sick?
4. How many times had he woken up?
5. Who felt uneasy?
6. Who was uneasy when he went to the house?
7. Why?
8. Was anyone's voice trembling?
9. Did Toby go to sleep pretty quickly?
10. When did the doctor think Abner might be better?
11. Had Abner been sleeping for a long time?
12. What part of the day was it when the doctor came over again?
13. What was Toby planning?
14. What did the uncle and aunt look like after Dr. Abbot left?
15. What did they say when Toby asked them if Abner was going to be sick?
16. What did they agree not to say to Toby about his friend's sickness?
17. When was it that Uncle Daniel's voice was trembling?
18. Did Toby have a puppy?
19. Who did Uncle ask to guard Toby?
20. Did Abner wake up for very long when he woke up?
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answer: 1. Dr. Abbot
2. yes
3. Abner
4. twice
5. Uncle Daniel and Aunt Olive
6. Toby
7. because he had not been called
8. Uncle Daniel's
9. yes
10. to-morrow
11. yes
12. evening
13. for Abner to see the work
14. troubled
15. Aunt Olive said she was afraid Abner stayed out too long that morning
16. anything discouraging
17. When Toby went to bed
18. unknown
19. God
20. no

question: CHAPTER V--"BLOODY AS THE HUNTER"

The lads lay quiet till the last footstep had melted on the wind. Then they arose, and with many an ache, for they were weary with constraint, clambered through the ruins, and recrossed the ditch upon the rafter. Matcham had picked up the windac and went first, Dick following stiffly, with his cross-bow on his arm.

"And now," said Matcham, "forth to Holywood."

"To Holywood!" cried Dick, "when good fellows stand shot? Not I! I would see you hanged first, Jack!"

"Ye would leave me, would ye?" Matcham asked.

"Ay, by my sooth!" returned Dick. "An I be not in time to warn these lads, I will go die with them. What! would ye have me leave my own men that I have lived among. I trow not! Give me my windac."

But there was nothing further from Matcham's mind.

"Dick," he said, "ye sware before the saints that ye would see me safe to Holywood. Would ye be forsworn? Would you desert me--a perjurer?"

"Nay, I sware for the best," returned Dick. "I meant it too; but now! But look ye, Jack, turn again with me. Let me but warn these men, and, if needs must, stand shot with them; then shall all be clear, and I will on again to Holywood and purge mine oath."

"Ye but deride me," answered Matcham. "These men ye go to succour are the I same that hunt me to my ruin."

Dick scratched his head.

"I cannot help it, Jack," he said. "Here is no remedy. What would ye? Ye run no great peril, man; and these are in the way of death. Death!" he added. "Think of it! What a murrain do ye keep me here for? Give me the windac. Saint George! shall they all die?"
1. Who scratched his head?
2. What is the chapter's name?
3. Who was he talking to?
4. Who spoke first?
5. What did he say?
6. Was the invite accepted?
7. Why not?
8. Did he make a request?
9. What for?
10. What did he carry?
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answer: 1. Dick
2. BLOODY AS THE HUNTER
3. Matcham
4. Matcham
5. He said "and now, forth to Holywood."
6. No
7. He would rather see Jack hanged first
8. Yes
9. He asked for the windac
10. A cross-bow

question: Counterfeit goods, or false versions of products, may cost the government of Kenya as much as $1 billion each year. The fake goods also hurt business owners who find it hard to keep customers. But information technology is being used to try to stop the problem. Jemima Mwafigu is a 34-year-old businesswoman who sells products like perfume. But in the first year of running her business, she found it hard to keep customers because of counterfeit goods.

Ms. Mwafigu says her business has improved since she began using a smart phone application called Barcode Scanner. The app is used to authenticate products. It checks to make sure the products are not counterfeit.

"With this application I'm able to scan the bar codes of each perfume and instantly I get the production date, the _ and I'm able to know the safety," she says. "That way, I have confidence in selling to my customers."

In 2010, Kenya created the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, or ACA, to fight against illegal trade. The ACA has successfully asked government officials for stronger punishments for counterfeiters.

Agnes Karingu is the agency's acting director for research and awareness. She says the ACA is trying to stay one step ahead of those making fake goods.

"We are also looking into IT solutions where we can be able to use SMS programs, bar codes and information sharing," she says. "The end users of the products will actually be able to get the authentication information, and this information comes back to ACA and intellectual property rights holders."

The agency is testing another program called Allvirtuous. The application is another way to find out if a product is real or not by scanning its barcode. The barcode information is sent to a database. Then a result is sent back to the app.

The International Chamber of Commerce is a global business organization. It says the value of counterfeit goods produced around the world is expected to be more than $1.7 trillion this year.
1. What are counterfeit goods?
2. Do they hurt business owners?
3. What action has Kenya taken to prevent it?
4. What has the ACA done?
5. Has the Kenyan government lost much money due to counterfeiting?
6. How much per year?
7. Are there any tools business owners can use to prevent it?
8. What?
9. What does that show?
10. Who is the ACAS director?
11. What else is the ACA trying tp accomplish?
12. What is the International Chamber of Commerce?
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answer:
1. false versions of products
2. yes
3. created the Anti-Counterfeit Agency, or ACA
4. successfully asked government officials for stronger punishments for counterfeiters
5. yes
6. 1 billion dollars
7. yes
8. a Barcode Scanner application
9. the production date
10. Agnes Karingu
11. use of SMS programs, bar codes and information sharing
12. a global business organization