Q: 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.

Answer the following questions:
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?
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.

Each year about a quarter of a million Americans study abroad. For many of them, a summer or a semester in a foreign country now involves more than just sitting in classrooms and hanging out with other American students. Instead, they are encouraged and sometimes required to be involved in the local communities they are studying in.

"It's ly important that they know something about how people in other parts of the world live and think, and how they behave," says William Finlay, head of the sociology department at the University of Georgia. In 2008, he co-founded a study abroad program with South Africa's Stellenbosch University. It combines traditional academic in-class learning with community involvement.

"We've been working with a non-government organization in the township. Our students typically either work with little children in day care centers or work in the library and teach very basic computer skills to young children," says Finlay.

The three-week program proved to be an unforgettable experience for Hillary Kinsey. She says, "It was interesting to learn the history of the area and then talk to these people and see what the social dynamics were, and how certain groups felt about other groups."

When Hillary Kinsey returned home from South Africa, she and other students in the program established a non-profit group. Kinsey says the group wants to contribute to advancing education and development in South Africa. "One of the purposes of the group is that we hope to raise money and awareness about the situation where those people live and help to promote any sort of educational development that we can, " Kinsey added.

While many study abroad programs focus on helping Americans to learn foreign languages, others take a more intensive approach. "In all of our locations, we place students with local roommates," says Mark Lenhart, director of CEF Academic Programs, which sends more than a thousand students to China, Korea and other countries each year.

He says American students benefit from such one-on-one interactions, in spite of the challenges they face. Lenhart says, "They have to adjust to the local life. This will enable students to become more employable when they graduate."

1. What is important?
2. what are they taking part in?
3. What level are they participating in during that?
4. Which one sends people to Asian countries?
5. Who runs the South Africa one?
6. Where does he work?
7. When was it founded?
8. How many go away to learn?
9. What do they do there?
10. What uni do they use in South Africa?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. that students studying abroad know something about how people in other parts of the world live
2. a study abroad program
3. at the local community level
4. CEF Academic Programs
5. William Finlay
6. at the University of Georgia
7. In 2008
8. about a quarter of a million
9. Study and learn about the local communities
10. Stellenbosch University