Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
When Frank began his story, we all listened. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home." He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was _ from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled the ocean."

Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad, he would drive me to school. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me good-bye!"

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, 'No, Dad.' It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, ' Dad, I'm too old for a good-bye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.' My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked our the windshield. ' You're right,' he said. ' You are a big boy... a man. I won't kiss you anymore..'"

For the moment, Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back."

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. " Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek... to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good-bye kiss."
1. When would Frank's dad take him to school?
2. What did his dad do that he found humiliating?
3. True or False: Frank grew up in San Francisco.
4. Where did he grow up?
5. Whose boat did Frank's dad use?
6. What number of people did he have to feed?
7. What did Frank's dad smell of?
8. Did his dad get angry when Frank said he was too old for a kiss?
9. How did he feel instead?
10. What did Frank's dad do that shows he was sad?
11. Had Frank ever seen him do that before?
12. How old was Frank when he decided he was too old for a kiss?
13. Does Frank regret telling his dad he was too old for that?
14. True or False: Frank believes that telling his dad not to kiss him anymore was not a manly thing to do.
15. Where is Frank's dad now?
16. Where would Frank's dad kiss him?
17. What would he tell Frank to do?
18. Who did Frank's dad need to feed besides his family?
19. Besides Frank, what did Frank's dad love?
20. Was being a fisherman easy work?

Numbered answers:
1. When the weather was bad.
2. Kiss him on the cheek when he took him.
3. No
4. San Pedro.
5. He had his own.
6. unknown
7. He smelled of the ocean.
8. No
9. Sad
10. Cry
11. No
12. 12
13. Yes
14. True
15. He went to sea and never came back."
16. The cheek
17. To be a good boy.
18. His mom and dad and the other kids still at home
19. The sea
20. No

Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER VII.

WANDERING EYES.

"I ASSURE you he said he had never seen a place with more pretty young ladies in it."

"Who?" said Jessie, coming suddenly into the light closet of the work-room, where Florence Cray was taking off her hat, and Amy Lee seemed to be helping her.

"Why, Mr. Wingfield, Mr. Holdaway's head groom, who has come over with another man and a boy, and three of the loveliest horses you ever did see."

"Oh, yes, I heard," said Jessie; "and how he stared about at Church! He ought to be ashamed of himself."

"Oh! that's what Grace says, of course," said Florence; "and she's a regular old maid. She needn't fear that he'll stare at her."

Wherewith both Florence and Amy giggled, and before Jessie's hot answer was out of her mouth, one of the aunts called out--

"Girls, girls, what are you doing? No gossiping there."

Florence came out looking cross, and observing in a marked manner that Miss Fuller, at Ellerby, always spoke of her young ladies.

"I like using right names," said Aunt Rose in her decided voice.

Florence was silenced for the time, but at the dinner hour she contrived to get Amy alone. Jessie was in haste to get home to see if there were an answer from Miss Needwood, and also to try to get enough sewing done to pacify Grace, and purchase a little leisure for her mother. And Florence, instead of going home, stood with Amy, who had sauntered into the garden to refresh herself and gather some parsley.
1. What chapter is this?
2. who was taking off their hat?
3. who was helping her
4. who is the head groom?
5. who was he the head groom for?
6. how many horses did they bring?
7. who did he stare at?
8. who giggled?
9. Did Florence look happy?
10. what did she look like
11. who did she observe talking to her young ladies?
12. where?
13. Did Florence often get silenced?
14. who did she try to get along
15. who was jessie eager to get a reply from?
Numbered answers:
1. VII.
2. lFlorence Cray
3. Amy Lee
4. Mr. Wingfield
5. Mr. Holdaway's
6. Three
7. Mr. Wingfield,
8. Florence and Amy
9. no
10. cross
11. Miss Fuller
12. Ellerby,
13. for the time,
14. Amy
15. Miss Needwood,