question: CHAPTER XV.

Still the silence lasted. Henry had tried at first to persuade himself that it was only by chance that he never heard his own name from lips that used to call it more often than any other. Indeed, he was so much used to favour, that it needed all the awe-struck pity of the rest to prove to him its withdrawal; and he was so much in the habit of thrusting himself before Samuel, that even the sight and sound of the First Book of Euclid, all day long, failed to convince him that his brother could be preferred; above all, as Nurse Freeman had been collecting his clean shirts as well as Sam's, and all the portmanteaus and trunks in the house had been hunted out of the roof. Once, either the spirit of imitation, or his usual desire of showing himself off, made him break in when Sam was knitting his brows frightfully over a sum in proportion. Hal could do it in no time!

So he did; but he put the third term first, and multiplied the hours into the minutes, instead of reducing them to the same denomination; so that he made out that twenty-five men would take longer to cut a field of grass than three, and then could not see that he was wrong; but Miss Fosbrook and Sam both looked so much grieved for him, that a start of fright went through him.

Some minds really do not understand a fault till they see it severely visited; and "at least" and "couldn't help" had so blinded Henry's eyes that he had thought himself more unlucky than to blame, till his father's manner forced it on him that he had done something dreadful. Vaguely afraid, he hung about, looking so wretched that he was a piteous sight; and it cut his father to the heart to spend such a last day together. Mayhap the Captain could hardly have held out all that second day, if he had not passed his word to his brother.
1. Who would thrust themself before Samuel?
2. Who was gathering shirts?
3. Who did they belong to?
4. And?
5. ?
6. What happened to the trunks?
7. Did Henry think he was lucky?
8. Who made him realize that he did something bad?
9. What was his last day with his dad like?
10. And how did Henry look?
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answer: 1. Henry
2. Nurse Freeman
3. henrys
4. Sam's
5. Sam's
6. hunted out of the roof
7. Not
8. Miss Fosbrook and Sam both looked so much grieved for him
9. it cut his father to the heart
10. Wretched

question: U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia. Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of thespectators' stand andapplauded for every point Hsing scored. "I'm wishing her the best of luck, but the opposite player is really great," Gates said. Hsing was in her third match at London 2012. She had already beaten Mexico's Yadira Silva and Luxembourg's Ni Xia Lian. Hsing is known in the U.S. as a close friend with billionaires Warren Buffett and Gates. She is close enough to call them "Uncle Warren" and "Uncle Bill". Buffett met Hsing when she was only 9. Two years later, he invited her to play against his friends. She has returned several times after that. Earlier this year after winning a position on the U.S. team, she took a few points off Buffett and Gates. When asked whether he has won a point off Hsing, Gates said, "She beat me when she was nine. She has been nice to me."
1. Did Bill Gates have a lot of money?
2. Where did bill games watch the match?
3. Who did he go to see compete?
4. What was he wearing?
5. What else?
6. Where did he sit for the match?
7. Did he cheer for his compadre?
8. Did he know the competitor well?
9. How old was the competitor when they were first introduced?
10. How long after was he allowed to compete with Bills companions?
11. Did she go back to compete after that?
12. Was she ever victorious against him?
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answer: 1. yes
2. at the ExCel Centre
3. Ariel Hsing and Li Xiaoxia
4. an orange jacket
5. a dark blue baseball cap
6. in the front
7. He applauded
8. yes
9. nine
10. Two years later
11. several times
12. yes

question: CHAPTER II

THE ENCOUNTER ON THE RIVER

For the instant after the collision occurred none of the Rover boys uttered a word. Tom and Sam stared in amazement at Mumps, while Dick gazed helplessly at the damage done.

"Pull her away, quick, Bill!" cried Mumps in a low voice to the old sailor, who at once sprang forward and shoved the two yachts apart with a long boathook. Then the rudder of the _Falcon_ was put hard a port, and she swung, away for a distance of half a dozen yards.

"We are sinking!" gasped Tom, who was the first of the three brothers to find his voice.

"Mumps, you rascal, what do you mean by this work?" demanded Dick. And then, without waiting for an answer, he turned to Sam. "Steer for the shore and beach her--if you can."

"I don't believe we can make it, Dick. But we can try."

"We'll have you locked up for this, Mumps," shouted Tom.

"I couldn't help it--it was an accident," returned the former sneak of Putnam Hall glibly. "You should have kept out of the way."

"We'll see about that later on."

"Maybe you want us to help you."

"We shan't ask you for the favor," burst out Sam. "I'd rather drown first." But Sam did not exactly mean this. He and his brothers could all swim, and he felt certain that they were in no immediate danger of their lives.

"You had better not ask any favors. I wouldn't pick you up for a barrel of money."
1. Can Sam swim?
2. What about his brothers?
3. What happened to the boats?
4. Did the brothers say a lot after the crash?
5. What is the brothers' family name?
6. How many were there?
7. What were their names?
8. Who else was on the boat?
9. Besides Tom, Dick, Sam and Mumps, who else was on the boat?
10. What was the name of one of the boats?
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answer:
1. no
2. yes
3. they collided
4. no
5. Rover
6. three
7. tom dick sam mumps
8. mumps
9. no one
10. the falcon