question: CHAPTER XI

BROUGHT TO TRIAL

"By jinks! we'll have to be on our good behavior," observed Tom, after he had read his father's letter.

"That's so," responded Sam. "Father means to have us study, or else we must stay here during the spring term."

As anticipated, Alexander Pop reached Cedarville Tuesday afternoon. He came first to Putnam Hall, and was warmly received both by the Rover boys and by the others who knew him as an old hand around the Hall.

"Glad you have come, Aleck!" cried Tom. "I declare it looks as if you belonged here."

"Yes, sah, an' I dun feel like I belong heah, too, Massah Tom," answered the colored man.

"Remember the sport we used to have?" put in Sam.

"'Deed I does, Massah Sam--an' de tricks youse lads used to play on dis yeah coon," and Aleck smiled broadly.

Captain Putnam also came forward to greet Pop. There had been a time when the captain had suspected Pop of stealing, and the colored man had run away in preference to being sent to jail, but now it was known by all that the faithful negro was innocent, and the master, of the Hall was sorry that he had ever accused the man.

"Pop, I miss you a good deal," he said kindly.

"If ever you are out of work again, come to me and I will let you stay here as long as you please."

"T'ank you, Cap'n Putnam, I'll remember dat. But I dun lub de Robers, ain't no use ter talk, an' so long as da wants me to stay by 'em, why dat's whar you will find Aleck Pop, yes, sah!" And he bobbed his head to emphasize his words.
1. Who came to Cedarville?
2. What day was it?
3. Who thought that Pop was a thief in the past?
4. What did he do in response?
5. Was Pop a black man?
6. Did he end up being guilty?
7. Who said he missed Pop a lot?
8. Whose letter did Tom read?
9. What are the names of the Rover boys?
10. What did Tom say when he saw Pop?
11. And what did Sam say?
12. What did the Captain say to Pop about if he was out of work?
13. Did Pop take him up on it?
14. Who used to play tricks on Pop?
15. What did Pop think would happen if he didn't run away?
16. Who was considered faithful?
17. What did Tom say they would have to do about their behavior?
18. What did the dad want them to do or stay during the spring term?
19. Where did Alexander Pop go first in Cedarville?
20. And how was he received?
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answer: 1. Alexander Pop
2. Tuesday
3. Captain Putnam
4. Run away
5. Yes.
6. No.
7. Captain Putnam
8. His father's
9. Tom and Sam.
10. "Glad you have come, Aleck." "I declare it looks as if you belonged here."
11. "Remember the sport we used to have?"
12. "...come to me and I will let you stay here as long as you please."
13. No.
14. Sam and Tom.
15. He would go to jail.
16. Alexander Pop
17. Be on their good behavior.
18. Study or stay there during spring term.
19. Putnam Hall
20. Warmly

question: Two young artists named Sue and Joanna shared a studio apartment in the Greenwich Village area of New York, trying to realize their dreams. In November pneumonia killed many people. Unluckily, Joanna fell ill, too. One morning, a doctor examined Joanna and then spoke with Sue in another room. "She has decided that she has no chance. All we can do is give her a strong will to live."

Holding back her tears, Sue went to Joanna's room. Joanna lay with her face toward the window, eyes wide open. She was counting something backward. "Twelve," she said, and a little later "eleven" until "five," almost together. Sue looked out of the window. What was there to count? There was a wall covered with an old ivy vine growing half way up it. The cold breath of autumn has stricken the leaves from the vine until it was almost bare.

"Five what, dear?" asked Sue.

"Leaves. On the ivy vine. When the last one falls I must go, too."

"Oh, Don't be silly." Said Sue, "You will get better."

"There goes another one. I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark."

"Try to sleep." said Sue. "I must call Mr. Behrman up to be my model for my drawing of an old miner. Don't try to move until I come back."

Old Behrman was a poor painter who lived in the building. For years he had always been planning to paint a work of art, but had never yet begun it. He earned a little money by serving as a model to artists who could not pay for a professional model.

Sue found Behrman in his room. In one area was a blank canvas that had been waiting twenty-five years for the first line of paint. Sue told him about Joanna and how she feared that her friend would float away like a leaf.

"What!" Old Behrman was angered at such an idea. "How silly! Just take me to her room."

Joanna was sleeping when they went in. A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.

The next morning, Sue awoke after an hour's sleep. She found Joanna staring at the covered window. "Pull up the shade; I want to see." Sue obeyed.

"It's the last leaf," said Joanna. "It will fall today, and I will go with it."

When night came, the rain began to fall again with a strong wind.

The next morning, Joanna demanded that the window shade be raised. The ivy leaf was still there. Joanna lay for a long time, looking at it. And then she called Sue, "I have been a bad girl. I'm so wrong. Now I want to get well and paint again."

The doctor came to see Joanna in the afternoon. He told Sue "Joanna is improving. Now I must see Behrman. Pneumonia, too, very ill. Little hope for him."

Later that day, Sue came to Joanna, and put one arm around her.

"Mr. Behrman died of pneumonia in the hospital today. He was sick only two days. When someone went into his room, Behrman was lying there with his shoes on. His shoes and clothes were all wet. Nobody knew why."

"Oh, poor Behrman!" Cried Joanna.

"See the last leaf on the wall," said Sue, " It looks like a real leaf, doesn't it? "

"A real leaf ? "

"Ah, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece -- he painted it there the night when the last leaf fell."
1. What are the names of the 2 artistis?
2. What condition killed many people?
3. Did Joanna fall ill?
4. What was her prognosis?
5. How did she react?
6. Who spoke with her?
7. Who was the painter in the building?
8. How did he earn money?
9. How many years for the first line of paint?
10. Did Joanna improve?
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answer:
1. Sue and Joanna
2. pneumonia
3. yes
4. she has no chance.
5. She was counting something backward
6. a doctor
7. Old Behrman
8. by serving as a model to artists
9. twenty-five years
10. yes