Question: CHAPTER X

A BREEZE OF WIND

The hay was almost in when Frank and Harry stood one evening close under the apex of the roof in the log barn. The crop was heavy and because the barn was small it had been their business during the afternoon to spread and trample down the grass Jake flung up to them. They had been working at high pressure at one task or another since soon after daylight that morning, and now the confined space was very hot, though the sun was low. Its slanting rays smote the cedar shingles above their bent heads, and the dust that rose from the grass floated about them in a cloud and clung to their dripping faces. Frank felt that the veins on his forehead were swollen when they paused a moment for breath, leaning on their forks.

"I suppose we could get a couple more loads in, and there can't be more than that," said Harry dubiously. "I wouldn't mind a great deal if the next jumperful upset."

Frank devoutly wished it would, for he felt that he must get out into the open air, but a few moments later they heard the plodding oxen's feet and the groaning of the clumsy sled. The sounds ceased abruptly and Jake's voice reached them.

"Tramp it down good!" he called. "You've got to squeeze in this lot and another."

Frank choked down the answer which rose to his lips. But the hay must be got in, and the boys fell with their forks upon the first of the crackling grass Jake flung up to them. There seemed to be more dust in it than usual, and before the jumper was half unloaded they were panting heavily. When at last the oxen hauled the sled away they stood doubled up knee-deep in the hay with their backs close against the roof. 1. Who had been working on the hay?
2. Would would they have time for?
3. Who thought this?
4. Who needed air?
5. Who flung the grass?
6. What was there more of than normal?
7. What pulled the sled?
8. How was the weather?
9. What type of shingles are there?
10. How tall was the hay when they were done? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Frank and Harry
2. to get a couple more loads in
3. Harry
4. Frank
5. oxen
6. dust
7. the oxen
8. very hot
9. cedar
10. unknown

Question: CHAPTER XXIII

I

WHEN America entered the Great European War, Vida sent Raymie off to an officers' training-camp--less than a year after her wedding. Raymie was diligent and rather strong. He came out a first lieutenant of infantry, and was one of the earliest sent abroad.

Carol grew definitely afraid of Vida as Vida transferred the passion which had been released in marriage to the cause of the war; as she lost all tolerance. When Carol was touched by the desire for heroism in Raymie and tried tactfully to express it, Vida made her feel like an impertinent child.

By enlistment and draft, the sons of Lyman Cass, Nat Hicks, Sam Clark joined the army. But most of the soldiers were the sons of German and Swedish farmers unknown to Carol. Dr. Terry Gould and Dr. McGanum became captains in the medical corps, and were stationed at camps in Iowa and Georgia. They were the only officers, besides Raymie, from the Gopher Prairie district. Kennicott wanted to go with them, but the several doctors of the town forgot medical rivalry and, meeting in council, decided that he would do better to wait and keep the town well till he should be needed. Kennicott was forty-two now; the only youngish doctor left in a radius of eighteen miles. Old Dr. Westlake, who loved comfort like a cat, protestingly rolled out at night for country calls, and hunted through his collar-box for his G. A. R. button.

Carol did not quite know what she thought about Kennicott's going. Certainly she was no Spartan wife. She knew that he wanted to go; she knew that this longing was always in him, behind his unchanged trudging and remarks about the weather. She felt for him an admiring affection--and she was sorry that she had nothing more than affection. 1. When did Raymie go to training camp?
2. Who was he married to?
3. What was his military rank?
4. Who was scared of Vida?
5. Why?
6. How did Lyman Cass' kids get into the military?
7. Where were the majority of soldiers from?
8. Where were the two medeical professionals stationed?
9. Who was the lone young medical professional?
10. How did Carol feel about him? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. during the Great European War
2. Vida
3. a first lieutenant of infantry,
4. Carol
5. Carol was touched by Raymies heroism
6. By enlistment and draft,
7. Germany and Sweden
8. at camps in Iowa and Georgia.
9. Kennicott
10. Carol did not quite know what she thought about Kennicott

Question: A dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and two Buddhist sellers erupted in clashes that left 10 people dead, 20 injured and four mosques burned to the ground in central Myanmar, local officials said Thursday.

The clashes began Wednesday morning in Meiktila Township after a quarrel between the shop owner and the sellers, police said.

The sellers were beaten up by four other Muslim shop owners, police said.

In retaliation, Muslims and Buddhists took to the street, torching houses and schools, said Police Lt. Col. Aung Min.

To defuse tensions, police imposed a curfew Wednesday night.

Tension, police presence

The death toll from the violence has risen to 10, said Win Htein, a member of parliament for the area. He described the situation as still tense despite the increased police presence.

Win Htein, a member of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League of Democracy, linked the unrest to feelings stirred up by clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in western Myanmar last year.

When police took two Muslim shop owners to court Thursday, a group of several hundred Buddhists tried to attack them and threw rocks, he said.

Myanmar is emerging from decades of military repression to democracy, but has been plagued by bouts of ethnic violence.

In the western state of Rakhine, tensions between the majority Buddhist community and the Rohingya -- a stateless ethnic Muslim group -- boiled over into clashes that killed scores of people and left tens of thousands of others living in makeshift camps last year. 1. how many people beat up the sellers?
2. what kind of shop was owned?
3. what are the Rohingya?
4. Who is Win Htein?
5. how many people died?
6. did the shop owners go to court?
7. how many mosques were burned?
8. Was there a curfew imposed?
9. how many people were injured?
10. Were schools damaged?
11. What groups were involved in the clash?
12. Who is Aug Min?
13. Who is there tension between?
14. where did the incident happen?
15. Who imposed the curfew?
16. when did the incident occur? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. four
2. gold
3. a stateless ethnic Muslim group
4. a member of parliament
5. 10
6. no
7. four
8. yes
9. 20
10. yes
11. shop owner and the sellers
12. Police Lt. Col.
13. Buddhists and Muslims
14. Meiktila Township
15. police
16. Wednesday