Problem: CHAPTER III

Philip was not very fond of taking walks with his father, since he found that in nine cases out of ten they afforded opportunities for inculcation of facts of the driest description with reference to estate management, or to the narration by his parent of little histories of which his conduct upon some recent occasion would adorn the moral. On this particular occasion the prospect was particularly unpleasant, for his father would, he was well aware, overflow with awful politeness, indeed, after the scene of the morning, it could not be otherwise. Oh, how much rather would he have spent that lovely afternoon with Maria Lee! Dear Maria, he would go and see her again the very next day.

When he arrived, some ten minutes after time in the antler-hung hall of the Abbey House, he found his father standing, watch in hand, exactly under the big clock, as though he was determined to make a note by double entry of every passing second.

"When I asked you to walk with me this afternoon, Philip, I, if my memory does not deceive me, was careful to say that I had no wish to interfere with any prior engagement. I was aware how little interest, compared to your cousin George, you take in the estate, and I had no wish to impose an uncongenial task. But, as you kindly volunteered to accompany me, I regret that you did not find it convenient to be punctual to the time you fixed. I have now waited for you for seventeen minutes, and let me tell you that at my time of life I cannot afford to lose seventeen minutes. May I ask what has delayed you?"
1. Who disliked walks?
2. With whom?
3. Who would he have preferred to be spending time with?
4. Did he plan to visit with her?
5. When?
6. Why did he dislike the trips with dad?
7. Regarding what financial topic?
8. Did his dad also tell stories?
9. Related to whose behavior?
10. Did he especially dread this particular stroll with dad?
11. Did he expect dad to be rude?
12. Where did their encounter begin?
13. In which room?
14. What was it decorated with?
15. Where did his dad stand?
16. What was he holding?
17. What did his dad claim he was careful not to do?
18. Who did he compare Philip to?
19. What was their relationship?
20. Did he admit Philip had to be there?
Answer: 1. Philip
2. his father
3. Maria Lee
4. Yes.
5. the very next day.
6. they afforded opportunities for inculcation of facts of the driest description
7. estate management
8. Yes.
9. Philip's.
10. Yes.
11. No.
12. the Abbey House
13. the hall
14. antlers
15. under the big clock
16. his watch
17. interfere with any prior engagement
18. George
19. cousins
20. No.

Problem: For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in _ -----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple's 14-year-old son was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound," Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul's husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. "Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that's what caused me to choke," she recalled. "I couldn't breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life."

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon.
1. Where was Toby thrown?
2. and winnie?
3. how old was she?
4. how did she feed?
5. by?
6. what award did they win?
7. Who choked?
8. what does she do for a job?
9. what did she do differntly?
10. why?
11. how did the dog help?
12. does he normally do that?
13. what was poisoning the Keeslings
14. what was the gas?
15. who was unconcious?
16. who did the cat wake?
17. how?
18. was she silent?
19. where do the Keeslings live?
20. how close to death were the family?
Answer: 1. He was thrown into a garbage bin
2. She was hiding under a barn
3. She was a week-old
4. She was fed with an eyedropper
5. By Cathy's husband, Eric
6. They won Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
7. Amy Paul
8. makes jewelry
9. She ate the skin
10. She read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients
11. he jumped on her
12. No
13. a gas-driven pump
14. carbon monoxide
15. the couple's 14-year-old son
16. Cathy Keesling
17. jumped on the bed and clawed her
18. No
19. Indiana
20. They were only minutes from death

Problem: CHAPTER X.

He looked expectantly on the cabin table for a letter upon his return to the ship, but was disappointed, and the only letter yielded by the post next morning came from Captain Barber. It was couched in terms of great resignation, and after bemoaning the unfortunate skipper's untimely demise in language of great strength, wound up with a little Scripture and asked the mate to act as master and sail the schooner home.

"You'll act as mate, Ben, to take her back," said the new skipper, thrusting the letter in his pocket.

"Aye, aye, sir," said Ben, with a side glance at Joe, "but I'll keep for'ard, if you don't mind."

"As you please," said Fraser, staring.

"And you're master, I s'pose?" said Joe, turning to Fraser.

Fraser, whose manner had already effected the little change rendered necessary by his promotion from mate to master, nodded curtly, and the crew, after another exchange of looks, resumed their work without a word. Their behaviour all day was docile, not to say lamb-like, and it was not until evening that the new skipper found it necessary to enforce his authority.

The exciting cause of the unpleasantness was Mr. William Green, a slim, furtive-eyed young man, whom Fraser took on in the afternoon to fill the vacancy caused by Ben's promotion. He had not been on board half an hour before trouble arose from his attempt to introduce the manners of the drawing-room into the forecastle.

"Mr. Will-yum Green," repeated Joe, when the new arrival had introduced himself; "well, you'll be Bill 'ere."
1. Why was the man upset after returning?
2. Who wrote to him the following day?
3. Who died?
4. What was asked of him in the note?
5. And do what with the vessel?
6. What did the he say to Ben?
7. Who asks Fraser to confirm his promotion?
8. And what is his response to Joe?
9. What is the crew's reaction?
10. Who replaced Ben?
11. When was he hired?
12. How long was he there before the altercation?
Answer:
1. about the letter
2. from Captain Barber
3. the skipper
4. to act as master
5. sail home
6. to act as mate
7. Joe
8. he nodded
9. went back to work
10. Mr. William Green
11. in the afternoon
12. half an hour