Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIII: THE FRENCH CONVOY

A report having arrived at the camp of the Count of Cifuentes that the peasants around Saragossa had risen in insurrection, Jack thought that he should be doing more good by discovering the truth of the rumor, and by keeping the earl informed of the state of things in the enemy's rear, than by remaining with the count. He hesitated whether he should take his two orderlies with him, but as they were well mounted he decided that they should accompany him, as they would add to his authority, and would, in case of need, enable him the better to assume the position of an officer riding in advance of a considerable force.

After a hearty adieu from the Count of Cifuentes, he started soon after daybreak. After riding for some hours, just as he reached the top of a rise, up which he had walked his horse, one of the orderlies, who were riding a few paces behind him, rode up.

"I think, Captain Stilwell," he said, "I hear the sound of firing. Brown thinks he hears it too."

Jack reined in his horse.

"I hear nothing," he said, after a pause of a minute.

"I don't hear it now, sir," the man said. "I think it came down on a puff of wind.. If you wait a minute or two I think you will hear it."

Jack waited another two minutes, and then was about to resume his journey, when suddenly a faint sound came upon the wind.

1. Who had started a conflict?
2. Near what area?
3. Who set off in order to send back information?
4. Who was he supposed to keep informed?
5. Who did he consider bringing?
6. How many?
7. What was one reason he decided to take them?
8. Were they good horsemen?
9. With their help, who could he impersonate if need be?
10. What time did he take off?
11. Who bid him a hefty goodbye?
12. How long did he travel?
13. Via what mode of transportation?
14. Who heard something first?
15. Did the other orderly hear it, also?
16. What did they think they heard?
17. Did Jack hear it, too?
18. How long did they pause before hearing it again?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the peasants
2. Saragossa
3. Jack
4. the earl
5. orderlies
6. two
7. to add to his authority
8. yes
9. an officer
10. soon after daybreak
11. the Count of Cifuentes
12. for some hours
13. horse
14. the man
15. yes
16. the sound of firing
17. no
18. two minutes

Question: CHAPTER THIRTY ONE.

DESCRIBES A HAPPY HOME AND A HAPPIER MEETING.

In a small wayside cottage in the outskirts of one of those picturesque villages which surround London, an old woman sat at the head of a small deal table, with a black teapot, a brown sugar-basin, a yellow milk jug, and a cracked tea-cup before her.

At the foot of the same table sat a young man, with a large knife in one hand, a huge loaf of bread in the other, and a mass of yellow butter in a blue plate in front of him.

The young man was James Slagg; the old woman was his mother. Jim had no brothers or sisters, and his father chanced to be absent at market, so he had the "old lady" all to himself.

"Well, well, Jim," said Mrs Slagg, with a loving look at her son's flushed face, "you've told me a heap o' wonderful tales about telegrumphs, an' tigers, an' electricity an' what not. If you was as great a liar as you was used to be, Jim, I tell 'ee plain, lad, I wouldn't believe one word on it. But you're a better boy than you was, Jim, an' I do believe you--indeed I do, though I must confess that some on it is hard to swallow."

"Thank 'ee, mother," said Jim, with a pleasant nod, as he cut an enormous slice from the loaf, trowelled upon it a mass of the yellow butter, and pushed in his cup for more tea. 1. Who sat at the foot of the table?
2. What did she have before her?
3. What was her name?
4. Who sat at the foot of the table?
5. What was he holding in one hand?
6. And in the other?
7. What did he have before him?
8. What was his name?
9. What was the woman's relationship to him?
10. Where were his brothers and sisters?
11. And his dad?
12. Was his face pale?
13. What had he been telling his mom?
14. Did she believe them?
15. But were they easy to believe?
16. Did he thank his mom?
17. What did he use his knife for?
18. What did he put on it?
19. Did he ask for more to drink? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. an old woman
2. a black teapot, a brown sugar-basin, a yellow milk jug, and a cracked tea-cup
3. Mrs Slagg
4. a young man
5. a large knife
6. a huge loaf of bread
7. a mass of yellow butter in a blue plate
8. Jim
9. his mother
10. Jim had no brothers or sisters
11. at market,
12. no
13. a heap o' wonderful tales
14. yes
15. no
16. yes
17. he cut an enormous slice from the loaf
18. a mass of the yellow butter
19. yes

Q: Honolulu is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is an unincorporated part of and the county seat of the City and County of Honolulu on the island of Oahu. The city is the main gateway to Hawaii and a major portal into the United States. The city is also a major hub for international business, military defense, as well as famously being host to a diverse variety of east-west and Pacific culture, cuisine, and traditions.

Honolulu is the most remote city of its size in the world and is the westernmost major U.S. city. For statistical purposes, the U.S. Census Bureau recognizes the approximate area commonly referred to as "City of Honolulu" (not to be confused with the "City and County") as a census county division (CCD). Honolulu is a major financial center of the islands and of the Pacific Ocean. The population of the city of Honolulu was 337,256 as of the 2010 census, while the Honolulu CCD was 390,738 and the population of the consolidated city and county was 953,207.

"Honolulu" means "sheltered harbor" or "calm port". The old name is said to be Kou, a district roughly encompassing the area from Nuuanu Avenue to Alakea Street and from Hotel Street to Queen Street which is the heart of the present downtown district. The city has been the capital of the Hawaiian Islands since 1845 and gained historical recognition following the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan near the city on December 7, 1941.

1. "sheltered harbor
2. "calm port".
3. no
4. Kou
5. true
6. 1845
7. 0
8. Oahu
9. yes
10. hub for international business
11. hub for military defense
12. Pacific
13. a census county division
14. 390,738
15. 337,256
16. 2010
17. the attack on Pearl Harbor
18. Japan
19. 1941
20. December

Numbered questions:
1. What does Honolulu mean?
2. Or what else?
3. Was it always called this?
4. What was its old name?
5. True or False: Honolulu is Hawaii's capital.
6. Since when?
7. How many Hawaiian cities are bigger than Honolulu?
8. What island is it on?
9. Is it important to travel into the U.S.?
10. How else is it important?
11. And how else?
12. What kind of culture is it known for?
13. What is a CCD?
14. How many people live in Honolulu's CCD?
15. How many in just the city?
16. As of when?
17. What notable conflict occurred near the city?
18. By what nation?
19. In what year?
20. And the month?