question: The Continental Army was created on 14 June 1775 by the Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander. The army was initially led by men who had served in the British Army or colonial militias and who brought much of British military heritage with them. As the Revolutionary War progressed, French aid, resources, and military thinking influenced the new army. A number of European soldiers came on their own to help, such as Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who taught the army Prussian tactics and organizational skills.

The Vietnam War is often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army due to the use of drafted personnel, the unpopularity of the war with the American public, and frustrating restrictions placed on the military by American political leaders. While American forces had been stationed in the Republic of Vietnam since 1959, in intelligence & advising/training roles, they did not deploy in large numbers until 1965, after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. American forces effectively established and maintained control of the "traditional" battlefield, however they struggled to counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics of the communist Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. On a tactical level, American soldiers (and the U.S. military as a whole) did not lose a sizable battle.
1. Was the Vietnam war popular with American citizens?
2. Who placed restrictions on the military during this time?
3. In what year did forces began deploying in masse?
4. After what event?
5. How many meaningful battles did the Americans lose?
6. In what area of battle did the Americans struggle?
7. Used by whom?
8. What was regarded as an American military low point?
9. What controversial way did the U.S. recruit soldiers?
10. Why had a small number of U.S. forces been stationed in Vietnam as early as 1959?
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answer: 1. no
2. American political leaders
3. 1965
4. after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
5. none
6. counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics
7. Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army
8. The Vietnam War
9. draft
10. in intelligence & advising/training roles

question: CHAPTER XIV

LOUIS EXPLAINS

Louis returned of his own accord before long.

"Monsieur has been well served?" he asked genially.

"Excellently, Louis," I answered, "so far as the mere question of food goes. You have not, however, managed to satisfy my curiosity."

"Monsieur?" he asked interrogatively.

"Concerning the Deloras," I answered.

Louis shrugged his shoulders.

"But what should I know?" he asked. "Mr. Delora, he has come here last year and the year before. He has stayed for a month or so. He understands what he eats. That is all. Mademoiselle comes for the first time. I know her not at all."

"What do you think of his disappearance, Louis?" I asked.

"What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."

"Mr. Delora, I am told," I continued, "is a coffee planter in South America."

"I, too," Louis admitted, "have heard so much."

"How came he to have the _entree_ to the Cafe des Deux Epingles?" I asked.

Louis smiled.

"I myself," he remarked, "am but a rare visitor there. How should I tell?"

"Louis," said I, "why not be honest with me? I am certainly not a person to be afraid of. I am very largely in your hands over the Tapilow affair, and, as you know, I have seen too much of the world to consider trifles. I do not believe that Mr. Delora came to London to sell his crop of coffee. I do not believe that you are ignorant of his affairs. I do not believe that his disappearance is so much a mystery to you as it is to the rest of us--say to me and to mademoiselle his niece."
1. Who arrives?
2. Was he forced?
3. What did he ask when he got back?
4. Did he say this nicely?
5. Had they been?
6. What was he actually wanting to hear about?
7. Did he know much?
8. When was he there?
9. How long does he stay?
10. How is he with food?
11. Who else arrives?
12. Does he know her?
13. What is he asked about?
14. What did the other man say?
15. Where is he from?
16. What does he do there?
17. What does he have that is peculiar?
18. To what?
19. Does the man explain why?
20. Does the other man think he knows?
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answer: 1. Louis
2. no
3. Monsieur has been well served
4. yes
5. as far as food
6. the Deloras
7. no
8. last year
9. a month or so
10. He understands it
11. Mademoiselle
12. no
13. his disappearance
14. "What should I think of it, monsieur? I know nothing."
15. South America
16. he's a coffee planter
17. the entree
18. the Cafe des Deux Epingles
19. no
20. yes

question: "Which meal do we all need most, breakfast, lunch or dinner?" Miss Baker asks. Boys and girls wave their hands in the air. They know the answer. "What do you think, Jim?" Miss Baker asks. "Dinner," Jim answers. "Dinner is the big meal of the day," says Miss Baker. "But I don't think we need it most." Tom puts up his hands. " Do we need lunch most?" "No," says Miss Baker. "We need breakfast most." "Why is this so?" "From night to morning is a long time to go without food," says Ann. "That's right," says Miss Baker. "We need food every morning. What may happen to us if we have no breakfast?" The students have many answers to give. "We may feel hungry." "We may not feel like working." "We may feel sick." "Yes, you are right," says Miss Baker. "Now let's talk about what makes a good breakfast. Give me your answers. I will write them on the blackboard."
1. What was Jim's answer?
2. Is it a small meal according to the teacher?
3. What size is it?
4. Is the teacher married?
5. Does she think dinner is the most important meal?
6. Does Tom give his input?
7. How did he get the teachers attention?
8. Does the teacher agree with Ann?
9. Does Ann believe it is a long time to wait between breakfast and dinner?
10. What is it a long time to do?
11. Where will the teacher write the answers?
12. How many answers do the children give?
13. What is one?
14. And another?
15. Do they think they will not feel well?
16. What do we need every morning?
17. Do boys or girls wave their hands?
18. Why do they wave their hands?
19. Who does she call on first?
20. How many options does Miss Baker give for her query?
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answer:
1. dinner
2. no
3. big
4. no
5. no
6. yes
7. put up his hands
8. yes
9. no
10. go without food
11. blackboard
12. many
13. "We may feel hungry."
14. "We may not feel like working."
15. yes
16. food
17. both
18. because they know the answer
19. Jim
20. three