Q: CHAPTER XXXV: A PRIZE FOR HONOUR

'T is brave for Beauty when the best blade wins her.

THE COUNT PALATINE

When Quentin Durward reached Peronne, a council was sitting, in the issue of which he was interested more deeply than he could have apprehended, and which, though held by persons of a rank with whom one of his could scarce be supposed to have community of interest, had nevertheless the most extraordinary influence on his fortunes.

King Louis, who, after the interlude of De la Marck's envoy, had omitted no opportunity to cultivate the returning interest which that circumstance had given him in the Duke's opinion, had been engaged in consulting him, or, it might be almost said, receiving his opinion, upon the number and quality of the troops, by whom, as auxiliary to the Duke of Burgundy, he was to be attended in their joint expedition against Liege. He plainly saw the wish of Charles was to call into his camp such Frenchmen as, from their small number and high quality, might be considered rather as hostages than as auxiliaries; but, observant of Crevecoeur's advice, he assented as readily to whatever the Duke proposed, as if it had arisen from the free impulse of his own mind.

The King failed not, however, to indemnify himself for his complaisance by the indulgence of his vindictive temper against Balue, whose counsels had led him to repose such exuberant trust in the Duke of Burgundy. Tristan, who bore the summons for moving up his auxiliary forces, had the farther commission to carry the Cardinal to the Castle of Loches, and there shut him up in one of those iron cages which he himself is said to have invented.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did Quentin Durward go?
2. Was a meeting going on when he got there?
3. Who was holding it?
4. Did he care about the meetings topic?
5. Whose thoughts is King Louis interested in?
6. What did he ask him about?
7. What does he want to know about them?
8. Who are they attacking?
9. Who is giving him troops?
10. A lot of them?
11. Are they good?
12. What country are they from?
13. What does he think they can be called?
14. Who had given him advice?
15. Did he agree with the Duke?
16. Who is the King upset with?
17. Who had he trusted?
18. Who convinced him he was trustworthy?
19. Where is the Cardinal going?
20. Who is taking him?
A: 1. Peronne
2. yes
3. a council
4. yes
5. Duke's
6. troops
7. the number and quality
8. Liege
9. Charles
10. no
11. yes
12. France
13. hostages
14. Crevecoeur
15. yes
16. Balue
17. the Duke of Burgundy
18. Balue
19. the Castle of Loches
20. Tristan
Q: Bobby got a big surprise when he came home from school one day. He found an angel in his room. His grandma had always told him angels were real. Bobby had not believed her when she told him stories. She had also told him stories about mermaids, Bigfoot, leprechauns, and other things. Now, he knew at least one thing she had told him was true. He thought angel wings had to be white. This angel's feathers were many colors. They were red, blue, and green. No white ones that he could see. They looked at each other without speaking. Then, the angel began to talk. He told Bobby he had to listen to his grandma, and believe her stories. Bobby said he would. Bobby asked the angel what it was like to fly. The angel told Bobby it could show him. Bobby would have to beat it at a game. Bobby hoped it would be checkers or chess. His dad had taught him those. He was also good at card games. Instead, the angel wanted to play rock-paper-scissors. Bobby beat the angel two out of three times, so he won. Bobby and the angel then went for a long ride. After they flew, the angel dropped Bobby back at home. It told Bobby he had to promise not to tell anyone. Bobby asked if that included his grandma, mother, brother, and father. The angel said it did. Bobby said he would. The angel left. They met a few more times and became good friends.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Bobby find?
2. was he scared?
3. How did he feel?
4. Did the Angel have wings?
5. Were they silver?
6. What color were they?
7. Had his dad told him stories about angels?
8. who did?
9. what else did she tell him about?
10. Was the angel a girl?
11. Did they play checkers?
A: 1. An Angel
2. No
3. Surprised
4. Yes
5. No
6. red, blue, and green.
7. No
8. His Grandma
9. mermaids, Bigfoot andleprechauns,
10. unknown
11. No
Q: CHAPTER I

THE BOYS OF OAK HALL

"Hello, Dave; where are you bound?"

"For the river, Phil. I am going out for a row. Want to come along?"

"That suits me," answered Phil Lawrence, throwing down the astronomy he had been studying. "But I can't stay out late," he added, reaching for his cap. "Got two examples in algebra to do. Have you finished up?"

"Yes," answered Dave Porter. "They are not so hard."

"And your Latin?"

"That's done, too."

Phil Lawrence eyed the boy before him admiringly. "Dave, I don't see how you manage it. You're always on deck for fun, and yet you scarcely miss a lesson. Let me into the secret, won't you?"

"That's right, Dave; pull the cover off clean and clear," came from a youth who had just entered the school dormitory. "If I can get lessons without studying----"

"Oh, Roger, you know better than that," burst out Dave Porter, with a smile. "Of course I have to study--just the same as anybody. But when I study, I study, and when I play, I play. I've found out that it doesn't pay to mix the two up--it is best to buckle your mind down to the thing on hand and to nothing else."

"That's the talk," came from a boy resting on one of the beds. "It puts me in mind of a story I once heard about a fellow who fell from the roof of a house to the ground----"

"There goes Shadow again!" cried Roger Morr. "Shadow, will you ever get done telling chestnuts?"

Answer the following questions:
1. what was Phil studying?
2. who was he talking to?
3. what was Dave's last name?
4. who was resting on one of the beds?
5. where was Dave going?
6. did he ask Phil to join him?
7. who was done with their work?
8. how many examples did Phil have left to do?
9. in what subject?
10. what other subject is mentioned?
11. who just entered the dorm?
12. what did it not pay to mix according to Dave?
13. what was Roger's last name?
A:
1. astronomy
2. Dave
3. Porter
4. Shadow
5. out for a row
6. Yes
7. Dave
8. Two
9. algebra
10. Latin
11. Roger
12. study and play
13. MOrr