Q: Dear Jenny, I am in Beijing, China now, but my parents are in the USA. I live with my brother Peter. Beijing is big and great. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here. I like Beijing very much. Peter and I are in the same grade, but we are in different classes. We live far from the school and it takes us a long time to go to school. We have to get up at 6:20 in the morning, and then at 6:30 we ride bikes to the bus stop. It takes us about 20 minutes. At about 7:00, we take the bus to school. We get to school at about 7:30. We have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. I think Chinese is too difficult, but Peter thinks it is easy. He can speak Chinese very well and he often helps me with it. How is everything going with you in the USA? Write to me soon. Love, Kate ,.

1. Kate
2. USA
3. USA
4. Peter
5. No
6. Yes
7. There are many beautiful places and much delicious food here
8. No
9. Yes
10. 20 minutes
11. Two
12. Six

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the letter to?
2. Where does Kate live?
3. And her parents?
4. Who does she live with?
5. Is Beijing a small city?
6. Does she like Beijing?
7. Why?
8. Are Kate and Peter in the same class?
9. Does it take a long time to get to school?
10. How long?
11. How many modes of transportation are used?
12. How many classes does she have?

Q: CHAPTER VI

PHIL SHOWS HIS STUBBORNNESS

Not one of the boys knew how to act or what to say. All wondered if Job Haskers had heard his name mentioned.

If the ill-natured instructor had heard, he made no mention of it. He looked sharply about the apartment and waved his hand to Luke.

"Watson, how many times have I told you that you make too much noise with your musical instruments?" he said, harshly. "You disturb the students who wish to study."

"I thought this was the recreation hour, Mr. Haskers," answered the lad, who loved to play the guitar and banjo.

"True, but I think we get altogether too much of your music," growled the instructor. He turned to Dave, Roger, and Phil. "So you are back at last. It is high time, if you wish to go on with your regular classes."

"We told Doctor Clay that we would make up what we have missed, Mr. Haskers," answered Dave, in a gentle tone, for he knew how easy it was to start a quarrel with the man before him. As Phil had once said, Job Haskers was always walking around "with a chip on his shoulder."

"And how soon will you make up the lessons in my class?" demanded the instructor.

"I think I can do it inside of ten days or two weeks."

"That won't suit me, Porter. You'll have to do better. I'll give each of you just a week--one week, understand? If you can't make the lessons up in that time I'll have to drop you to the next lower class."

1. Doctor Clay
2. The students
3. Too much noise
4. Musical instruments
5. They thought it was the recreation hour
6. Job Haskers
7. He's an instructor
8. No
9. To make up their lessons
10. One week
11. They would be dropped to the next lower class
12. Dave, Roger, and Phil
13. The guitar and banjo
14. The lad who loved to play the guitar and banjo
15. Watson

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the doctor in the story?
2. Who did Mr. Haskers think would be disturbed?
3. How would they be disturbed?
4. What made the noise?
5. Why were they playing their instruments?
6. Who was complaining about the noise?
7. What does he do?
8. Is he easy to get along with?
9. What did he ask of his students for his class?
10. How soon could they make them up?
11. If they didn't what would happen?
12. Who were the students?
13. What instruments did they play?
14. Who was Luke?
15. What was his last name?

Q: CHAPTER IX. MONSIEUR LE BARON

The sun beat down mercilessly on thatch and terrace, the yellow walls flung back the quivering heat, as Madame la Vicomtesse and I walked through the empty streets towards the Governor's house. We were followed by Andre and Madame's maid. The sleepy orderly started up from under the archway at our approach, bowed profoundly to Madame, looked askance at me, and declared, with a thousand regrets, that Monsieur le Baron was having his siesta.

"Then you will wake him," said Madame la Vicomtesse.

Wake Monsieur le Baron! Bueno Dios, did Madame understand what it meant to wake his Excellency? His Excellency would at first be angry, no doubt. Angry? As an Andalusian bull, Madame. Once, when his Excellency had first come to the province, he, the orderly, had presumed to awake him.

"Assez!" said Madame, so suddenly that the man straightened and looked at her again. "You will wake Monsieur le Baron, and tell him that Madame la Vicomtesse d'Ivry-le-Tour has something of importance to say to him."

Madame had the air, and a title carried with a Spanish soldier in New Orleans in those days. The orderly fairly swept the ground and led us through a court where the sun drew bewildering hot odors from the fruits and flowers, into a darkened room which was the Baron's cabinet. I remember it vaguely, for my head was hot and throbbing from my exertions in such a climate. It was a new room,--the hotel being newly built,--with white walls, a picture of his Catholic Majesty and the royal arms of Spain, a map of Louisiana, another of New Orleans fortified, some walnut chairs, a desk with ink and sand and a seal, and a window, the closed lattice shutters of which showed streaks of light green light. These doubtless opened on the Royal Road and looked across the levee esplanade on the waters of the Mississippi. Madame la Vicomtesse seated herself, and with a gesture which was an order bade me do likewise.

1. la Vicomtesse
2. no
3. yes
4. It was new.
5. Six
6. no
7. the Royal Road
8. yes
9. yellow
10. none
11. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What is the Madame called?
2. Was the Baron's room light and sunny?
3. Was it painted white?
4. How many years old was it?
5. How many items wereinside it?
6. Is Lafayette a street it overlooked?
7. What street was it?
8. Outside, was it sunny?
9. What color were structures outside?
10. How many people strolled along outside?
11. Were roads empty outside?