Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIII.

FLAXEN'S GREAT NEED.

Flaxen wrote occasionally, during the next year, letters all too short and too far between for the lonely man toiling away on his brown farm. These letters were very much alike, telling mainly of how happy she was, and of what she was going to do by and by, on Christmas or Thanksgiving. Once she sent a photograph of herself and husband, and Anson, after studying it for a long time, took a pair of shears and cut the husband off, and threw him into the fire.

"That fellow gives me the ague," he muttered.

Bert did not write, and there was hardly a night that Ans lay down on his bed that he did not wonder where his chum was, especially as the winter came on unusually severe, reminding him of that first winter in the Territory. Day after day he spent alone in his house, going out only to feed the cattle or to get the mail. The sad wind was always in his ears. But with the passage of time the pain in his heart lost its intensity.

One day he got a letter from Flaxen that startled and puzzled him. It was like a cry for help, somehow.

"Dear old pap, I wish you was here," and then in another place came the piteous cry, "Oh, I wish I had some folks!"

All night long that cry rang in the man's head with a wailing, falling cadence like the note of a lost little prairie-chicken.

1. Is Flaxen a man or woman?
2. Was she married?
3. What was her husband's name?
4. What did Anson do to the photo he received?
5. With what?
6. Why?
7. did he keep that portion of the photo?
8. how did he destroy it?
9. What was Anson's work?
10. did Anson have lots of friends?
11. Did the hurt Anson felt get worse?
12. What did Flaxen write about in her letters?
13. Were they long letters?
14. Did Anson feel he received them often enough?
15. What did Flaxen write that surprised Anson?
16. Did he get letters from Bert?
17. when did Anson think about him?
18. was there a particular season that made him think of Bert more?
19. which season?
20. was it a mild winter?
21. why did Anson go out during the day?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a woman
2. Yes
3. unknown
4. He cut it
5. shears
6. to get rid of the husband from the photo
7. no
8. he threw it into the fire
9. he worked on a farm
10. no
11. No
12. How happy she was and what she was going to do
13. no
14. no
15. Flaxen that startled and puzzled him. It was like a cry for help, somehow. "Dear old pap, I wish you was here," and then in another place came the piteous cry, "Oh, I wish I had some folks!"
16. no
17. at night when he lay down on his bed
18. yes
19. winter
20. no
21. to feed the cattle or to get the mail

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER VIII

CAPTIVE

When Goork and his people saw that I had no token they commenced to taunt me.

"You do not come from Kolk, but from the Sly One!" they cried. "He has sent you from the island to spy upon us. Go away, or we will set upon you and kill you."

I explained that all my belongings had been stolen from me, and that the robber must have taken the token too; but they didn't believe me. As proof that I was one of Hooja's people, they pointed to my weapons, which they said were ornamented like those of the is-land clan. Further, they said that no good man went in company with a jalok--and that by this line of reason-ing I certainly was a bad man.

I saw that they were not naturally a war-like tribe, for they preferred that I leave in peace rather than force them to attack me, whereas the Sarians would have killed a suspicious stranger first and inquired into his purposes later.

I think Raja sensed their antagonism, for he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously. They were a bit in awe of him, and kept at a safe distance. It was evident that they could not comprehend why it was that this savage brute did not turn upon me and rend me.

I wasted a long time there trying to persuade Goork to accept me at my own valuation, but he was too canny. The best he would do was to give us food, which he did, and direct me as to the safest portion of the is-land upon which to attempt a landing, though even as he told me I am sure that he thought my request for information but a blind to deceive him as to my true knowledge of the insular stronghold.

1. Did the narrator have a token?
2. Who taunted him about it?
3. Who do they think sent the narrator?
4. To do what?
5. Who must have taken the token?
6. Did Goork believe this?
7. What did Goork and his people take for proof?
8. They thought he was one of whose people?
9. Was the narrator in company of something...or somone?
10. Did that mean he was a good man?
11. What would the Sarians have done first with a stranger?
12. Who has a leash on?
13. Is Raja the jalok?
14. What was Raja doing that was ominous?
15. Did he spend a lot of time trying to convince Goork?
16. Did Goork end up believing him?
17. Why not?
18. Can you name one thing Goork did for them?
19. And another?
20. Were Goork and his people naturally war-like?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. no
2. Goork and his people
3. the Sly One
4. spying
5. robber
6. no
7. weapons
8. Hooja's people
9. jalok
10. no
11. killed
12. Raja
13. yes
14. he kept tugging at his leash and growling ominously
15. yes
16. no
17. he was too canny
18. food
19. direction
20. no

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Tim and Janey woke up earlier than normal. Their stomach were growling. They were ready for breakfast. They had gone to bed at their normal time, but they could not help being up now. So they woke up their father and went downstairs for breakfast. It was so early in the morning the sun was not even out yet. But their dad knew once the kids were up, there was no going back to sleep, so he got started. He gave them each a banana to start. He let them pick either a biscuit or toast. They chose toast. So he made wheat bread toast and put grape jelly on it. The quickly ate it and the orange juice they were given. They then each had a bowl of Rice Krispies before getting showered and dressed. They kissed their mom as she went to work and began enjoying the day off from school by playing in their rooms. Dad thought he'd done a good job feeding the kids. But in two hours, they both were asking for turkey sandwiches for lunch. With Tim and Janey so hungry so soon, their dad knew he was in for a long day. And a busy one in the kitchen.

1. Who's stomachs were growling?
2. Why?
3. What were they doing?
4. Did they wake up on time?
5. Did they go to sleep on time?
6. Where did they go to eat?
7. With who?
8. What did they eat first?
9. Did they eat a biscuit next?
10. What did they choose next?
11. What was on the toast?
12. What did they choose to eat next?
13. Who left for their job?
14. What did they do before they had lunch?
15. What did they eat before they kissed their mother?
16. Did they clean up?
17. What did their dad think about the day?
18. Why?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Tim and Janey
2. They were ready for breakfast
3. sleeping
4. No
5. Yes
6. downstairs
7. their father
8. a banana
9. No
10. toast
11. grape jelly
12. turkey sandwiches
13. their mom
14. played in their rooms
15. a bowl of Rice Krispies
16. Yes
17. he was in for a long day
18. because they were so hungry so soon