CHAPTER XIII

THE EMERALD RING

Grahame went in to dinner feeling anxious. Sarmiento had not returned, but he would probably come in before the meal was over, and Gomez was sitting by Cliffe near the head of the table. Blanca sat opposite Walthew, and Grahame found a place next to Evelyn, who had not joined Cliffe because she disliked Gomez. Though his manners were polished, there was something sinister about him, a hint of craft and cruelty, and she did not approve of his association with her father.

"Have you met the gentleman yonder?" she asked Grahame.

"Senor Gomez? I know who he is, but have not spoken to him."

"That's curious, because he has been looking at you as if he were interested."

This confirmed Grahame's suspicion, and he felt uneasy. He did not want Gomez to study him, and he would not have come in to dinner only that he must warn Sarmiento. If he and his friends were to succeed in their undertaking, their connection with Don Martin must remain unknown; for it would not be difficult to catch them landing arms should their object be suspected. He wondered where Macallister was, for the engineer could be trusted in an emergency, and presently he saw him coming in. There was no vacant place near Grahame, and Macallister sat down some distance off.

"You may have been mistaken, Miss Cliffe," Grahame suggested. "Somehow, I imagine that Gomez is not a favorite of yours."

"That's true, though I hardly know him," she answered with a smile. "One is now and then seized by a quick prejudice, and I think the reason I mentioned the man was because I wanted your opinion." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Was Sarmiento at the dinner when Grahame arrived?
2. How many people are named as sitting at the table?
3. What are their names?
4. What did Evelyn think about Gomez?
5. Why?
6. Who did she ask about him?
7. Had he talked with Gomez?
8. Who joined the table later?
9. Did he sit near Grahame?
10. What was Macallister's job?
11. Why did Evelyn ask Grahame about Gomez?
12. Did Evelyn find anything odd about Grahame's answer?
13. Why?
14. Did this please Grahame?
15. Why not?
16. who does Grahame have a secret connection with?
17. Did Gomez know Don Martin?
18. Was Grahame the only one with this connection?
19. Was Gomez rude?
20. Who was Gomez sitting next to?
Answer: 1. no
2. six
3. Gomez, Cliffe, Blanca, Walthew, Grahame and Evelyn
4. She disliked him
5. there was something sinister about him
6. Grahame
7. No
8. Macallister
9. No
10. engineer
11. she wanted his opinion
12. Yes
13. Gomez had been looking at Grahame as if he was interested
14. No
15. he did not want Gomez to study him
16. Don Martin
17. unknown
18. No
19. No
20. Cliffe

Problem: Once upon a time a driver was taking some meat to the store. But he hit a turtle. Then he hit another turtle. The driver was sad. So he put the turtles in the trash. Then he felt better. The driver told his mommy that he needed to look in the mirror, so she said he could. The driver wanted to go back to work. On the way to work he saw a man with a firework. He watched the man light the firework. It was fun, but the driver needed to get back to work. This time he took a chair to the store. It was a fun job. The driver was very busy all day long. He wanted to go home and have fun, but he was busy working. The driver was a good worker and worked all day so he didn't go home and have fun.
1. How was a turtle hurt?
2. only one?
3. Where was he going?
4. Why?
5. What did he do with th turtles?
6. Was he glad?
7. What did he take to the store next?
8. Was the job easy?
9. Did he get a lot of breaks?
10. why not?
11. Did he ever go home?
12. Why not?
13. Did he want to go home?
14. Why?
15. What did he say to his mom?
Answer: 1. A driver hit it.
2. no, 2
3. to the store
4. he was taking some meat to the store.
5. he put the turtles in the trash.
6. no, but he felt better.
7. a chair
8. It was fun
9. no
10. he was very busy all day long.
11. no
12. he worked all day
13. yes
14. to have fun
15. that he needed to look in the mirror,

question: The French and Indian War (17541763) was the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War. The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military units from their parent countries of Great Britain and France, as well as Native American allies. At the start of the war, the French North American colonies had a population of roughly 60,000 European settlers, compared with 2 million in the British North American colonies. The outnumbered French particularly depended on the Indians. Long in conflict, the metropole nations declared war on each other in 1756, escalating the war from a regional affair into an intercontinental conflict.

The war was fought primarily along the frontiers between New France and the British colonies, from Virginia in the South to Nova Scotia in the North. It began with a dispute over control of the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, called the Forks of the Ohio, and the site of the French Fort Duquesne and present-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The dispute erupted into violence in the Battle of Jumonville Glen in May 1754, during which Virginia militiamen under the command of 22-year-old George Washington ambushed a French patrol.
1. Which war began in 1754?
2. Who fought in this war?
3. Who was initially outnumbered?
4. With approximately how many settlers?
5. In stark comparison to which other colony?
6. With a population of how many?
7. Because they were outnumbered, who did the French depend on?
8. Which parent companies also supported the colonies?
9. How did those countries lend their support?
10. Was the war initially a regional conflict?
11. What upgraded it to an intercontinental affair?
12. In what year?
13. Which state was at the southernmost range of the war's location?
14. And the northernmost?
15. Which rivers were at the heart of the conflict?
16. Also known as what?
17. What was the argument over?
18. Which occurred when?
19. Which group ambushed the French patrol?
20. Under whose leadership?
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answer:
1. The French and Indian War
2. the colonies of British America and New France
3. The French
4. 60,000
5. the British North American
6. 2 million
7. the Indians
8. Great Britain and France
9. with military units
10. Yes
11. the metropole nations declared war on each other
12. 1756
13. Virginia
14. Nova Scotia
15. the Allegheny and Monongahela
16. the Forks of the Ohio
17. an ambushed a French patrol
18. May 1754
19. the Virginia militiamen
20. George Washington