Q: CHAPTER XV--THE END OF THE MEETING

Stephen went on in her calm, cold voice:

'Did he tell you that I had asked him to marry me?' Despite herself, as she spoke the words a red tide dyed her face. It was not a flush; it was not a blush; it was a sort of flood which swept through her, leaving her in a few seconds whiter than before. Harold saw and understood. He could not speak; he lowered his head silently. Her eyes glittered more coldly. The madness that every human being may have once was upon her. Such a madness is destructive, and here was something more vulnerable than herself.

'Did he tell you how I pressed him?' There was no red tide this time, nor ever again whilst the interview lasted. To bow in affirmation was insufficient; with an effort he answered:

'I understood so.' She answered with an icy sarcasm:

'You understood so! Oh, I don't doubt he embellished the record with some of his own pleasantries. But you understood it; and that is sufficient.' After a pause she went on:

'Did he tell you that he had refused me?'

'Yes!' Harold knew now that he was under the torture, and that there was no refusing. She went on, with a light laugh, which wrung his heart even more than her pain had done . . . Stephen to laugh like that!

'And I have no doubt that he embellished that too, with some of his fine masculine witticisms. I understood myself that he was offended at my asking him. I understood it quite well; he told me so!' Then with feminine intuition she went on:

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has an unusual name for her gender?
2. Had she asked something of someone?
3. What was it?
4. Had he told someone about it?
5. Who?
6. Was she persistant in her proposal?
7. Was her proposal accepted?
8. What color was her face when she asked Harold if he knew?
9. Was she emberassed?
10. Did Harold answer quickly?
11. How was he responding to her?
12. Did she think the object of her affection had elaborated on the story?
13. How did she think he felt to be asked such a thing?
14. How did she realize this?
15. Did she continue to speak of it?
16. With what?
17. Did Harold feel that he was being abused in some way?
18. Could he escape it?
19. How did he describe his treatment?
20. Did she find it amusing?
A: 1. Stephen
2. yes
3. to marry her
4. yes
5. Harold
6. yes
7. no
8. red
9. no
10. no
11. silently
12. yes
13. offended
14. he told her so
15. yes
16. with feminine intuition
17. yes
18. no
19. as torture
20. yes
Q: CHAPTER VI

BETTY DEMANDS HELP

On the evening of Austin's return to Las Palmas he and Jefferson smoked and talked on the veranda steps. Mrs. Austin and Mrs. Jefferson were occupied with some sewing at a table near the lamp, but Olivia was not about. She had gone to a concert at the Metropole with a young English tourist whom Mrs. Austin approved. For all that, Mrs. Austin did not know how far Olivia approved and she was bothered about Kit. He had been longer than she had expected, and to some extent perhaps she was accountable for him. Mrs. Austin generally meant well and as a rule her plans to help people worked, but Kit was headstrong and had not left much to her.

She wondered what Austin thought about her sending off the _Cayman_. Harry did not say much and he had been occupied since his return. Jefferson had, no doubt, talked to Muriel, but Muriel was sometimes reserved. Now Jefferson and Harry were together, Mrs. Austin thought she might, if she were cautious, get a useful hint.

"I would rather like to get up an excursion to the mountains for Mrs. Gardner's party. She was Muriel's friend in England, and we have not done much to amuse her," she said. "However, I expect you could not join us?"

"You mustn't count on Jake and me," Austin replied. "We have let things go long enough."

"Yet the business kept going. In fact, I imagine it went pretty well."

"That is so," Austin agreed with a smile. "We know where you got your talents, and things do go well when Don Pancho resumes control. All the same, he's had enough and I am needed."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who requires assistance?
2. Stuff goes correctly when whom takes "control"?
3. What time of day did he get back?
4. And he cam back where?
5. Who was conversing with him outside?
6. What were their wives doing at that time?
7. Where at?
8. Who wasn't there?
9. Where was she?
10. Why was she there?
11. Who was she with?
12. Did her mom approve of her friend?
13. Where did they want to take take a brief trip to?
14. For what reason?
15. and whose friend is that?
16. From where?
17. Did the establishment keep going?
18. Who was responsible for Kit?
A: 1. BETTY
2. Don Pancho
3. evening
4. to Las Palmas
5. Jefferson
6. some sewing
7. a table near the lamp
8. Olivia
9. the Metropole
10. a concert
11. a young English tourist
12. yes
13. the mountains
14. Mrs. Gardner's party
15. Muriel's
16. England
17. yes
18. Mrs. Austin
Q: The Continental Army was created on 14 June 1775 by the Continental Congress as a unified army for the colonies to fight Great Britain, with George Washington appointed as its commander. The army was initially led by men who had served in the British Army or colonial militias and who brought much of British military heritage with them. As the Revolutionary War progressed, French aid, resources, and military thinking influenced the new army. A number of European soldiers came on their own to help, such as Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who taught the army Prussian tactics and organizational skills.

The Vietnam War is often regarded as a low point for the U.S. Army due to the use of drafted personnel, the unpopularity of the war with the American public, and frustrating restrictions placed on the military by American political leaders. While American forces had been stationed in the Republic of Vietnam since 1959, in intelligence & advising/training roles, they did not deploy in large numbers until 1965, after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. American forces effectively established and maintained control of the "traditional" battlefield, however they struggled to counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics of the communist Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. On a tactical level, American soldiers (and the U.S. military as a whole) did not lose a sizable battle.

Answer the following questions:
1. Was the Vietnam war popular with American citizens?
2. Who placed restrictions on the military during this time?
3. In what year did forces began deploying in masse?
4. After what event?
5. How many meaningful battles did the Americans lose?
6. In what area of battle did the Americans struggle?
7. Used by whom?
8. What was regarded as an American military low point?
9. What controversial way did the U.S. recruit soldiers?
10. Why had a small number of U.S. forces been stationed in Vietnam as early as 1959?
A:
1. no
2. American political leaders
3. 1965
4. after the Gulf of Tonkin Incident
5. none
6. counter the guerrilla hit and run tactics
7. Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army
8. The Vietnam War
9. draft
10. in intelligence & advising/training roles