Question: CHAPTER THIRTEEN.

TYRANTS AND PLOTTERS.

Leaving Christian and Adams to carry out their philanthropic intentions, we return to Matthew Quintal, whom we left sprawling on the ground in his garden.

This garden was situated in one of the little valleys not far from Bounty Bay. Higher up in the same valley stood the hut of McCoy. Towards this hut Quintal, after gathering himself up, wended his way in a state of unenviable sulkiness.

His friend McCoy was engaged at the time in smoking his evening pipe, but that pipe did not now seem to render him much comfort, for he growled and puffed in a way that showed he was not soothed by it, the reason being that there was no tobacco in the pipe. That weed,--which many people deem so needful and so precious that one sometimes wonders how the world managed to exist before Sir Walter Raleigh put it to its unnatural use--had at last been exhausted on Pitcairn Island, and the mutineers had to learn to do without it. Some of them said they didn't care, and submitted with a good grace to the inevitable. Others growled and swore and fretted, saying that they knew they couldn't live without it. To their astonishment, and no doubt to their disgust, they did manage to live quite as healthily as before, and with obvious advantage to health and teeth. Two there were, however, namely, Quintal and McCoy, who would not give in, but vowed with their usual violence of language that they would smoke seaweed rather than want their pipes. Like most men of powerful tongue and weak will, they did not fulfil their vows. Seaweed was left to the gulls, but they tried almost every leaf and flower on the island without success. Then they scraped and dried various kinds of bark, and smoked that. Then they tried the fibrous husk of the cocoa-nut, and then the dried and pounded kernel, but all in vain. Smoke, indeed, they produced in huge volumes, but of satisfaction they had none. It was a sad case. 1. Who sprawled on the ground?
2. Where?
3. Who was left to carry out their philanthropic intention?
4. And who else?
5. Where was the garden located?
6. What stood in the valley?
7. Why was McCoy not relaxed by the pipe?
8. Did they smoke bark?
9. Was it sad?
10. What was left to the seagulls? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. Matthew Quintal
2. in his garden
3. Christian
4. Adams
5. in one of the valleys not far from Bounty Bay
6. hut of McCoy
7. there was no tobacco in the pipe
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. seaweed

Question: Three kids have been learning chemistry for only a few months. But they have already begun to challenge a world famous scientist! Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan are from Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School in Guangdong. They have just found a red cabbage that could be a new kind of acid-base indicator . They want it to take the place of litmus paper. "We've learnt to think of and ask questions about life by ourselves," said Li, "We work well with each other." British scientist Robert Boyle discovered the use of litmus paper over 300 years ago. Now it is used widely in experiments all over the world. But when the kids did some experiments in class last winter, they saw that the litmus paper didn't turn very blue with base matter. It's hard to get a clear result. Will there be a better indicator than litmus paper? The three kids decided to try and find out! How? They went to collect over 40 plants in parks, gardens and markets. Then they ground leaves, flowers and stems to get the pigments from them. The kids mixed pigments with acid and base. They spent months watching carefully to see which paper showed the best colour change. They decided it was the litmus paper! "It's our first scientific journey, Huang said, "But it makes me want to try harder." 1. What subject do the kids study?
2. How many kids are there?
3. What are their names?
4. Are they in school?
5. Which one do they attend?
6. Where is that at?
7. What chemist are they challenging?
8. What did he discover?
9. How long ago was that?
10. What might replace the litmus paper? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. chemistry
2. Three
3. Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan
4. Yes
5. Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School
6. Guangdong
7. Robert Boyle
8. the use of litmus paper
9. over 300 years ago
10. mixed pigments with acid and base

Question: The world's oldest person, Ms. Baines, died. She celebrated her 115th birthday with congratulations from Barack Obama, President of the United States. Over her life she lived through the terms of 21 US presidents. Gertrude Baines passed away peacefully in her sleep at the Western Convalescent Hospital in Los Angeles, where she had lived for her last ten years. Emma Camanag , the hospital's leader ,said she was a respectable lady. "It is really an honor for the hospital to take care of her over the last 10 years and we will greatly miss her. It is just like we have lost a relative ," said Emma. Ms. Baines, who was born in Shellman, Georgia, in 1894, had no living relatives. She grew up in the southern US during difficult times. During that time, African American people were required to use separate, often poor, public services. She married young and later divorced . Her only child, a daughter, was born in 1909 and died of a terrible disease at the age of 18. Ms. Baines worked as a maid in Ohio before moving to Los Angeles where she lived on her own until she was well over 100. She once told an interviewer , "As for the secrets of long life, I do not have any disappointments in my own life." She gained some fame when she voted for Mr. Obama in the US presidential election , saying she supported him "because he's for the colored people". It was only the second time in her life she had voted, the first time being for John F. Kennedy. Ms. Baines became the world's oldest person in January. Japanese woman, Kama Chien, 114, has now taken over the title. 1. What was the age of the world's oldest person?
2. Who celebrated with her?
3. How many presidential elections did she survive?
4. Was she at peace?
5. What was her name?
6. Where did she live?
7. What city?
8. Was she liked?
9. Did she have children?
10. Is she alive?
11. What was Baines' occupation?
12. Where?
13. Where is her birthplace?
14. How long did she live on her own?
15. Why did she vote for the previous predient?
16. Did she always vote?
17. When did she earn her status?
18. Who now holds that status?
19. What is her nationality?
20. How old is she? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. 115
2. Barack Obama
3. 21
4. Yes
5. Gertrude Baines
6. Western Convalescent Hospital
7. Los Angeles
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. No
11. Maid
12. Ohio
13. Shellman, Georgia
14. Until she was well over 100
15. Because he's for the colored people
16. No
17. January
18. Kama Chien
19. Japanese
20. 114