Question: CHAPTER XII

OSBORN INTERFERES

When Grace and Kit had gone a short distance they heard voices and a rattle of sticks in the wood, but the noise got fainter and she imagined the beaters were moving the other way. Ferrars, who shot at the woodcock, had probably not had time to tell Osborn about his carelessness, and it looked as if nobody else had been posted near the road. This was something of a relief, but Grace felt anxious. A gate not far off led to a drive in the wood, and she thought she had heard Osborn's voice.

She kept on the belt of grass, which got narrower, so that the path ran close to the hedge. On the opposite side, a clump of silver-firs threw a shadow across the road, and a patch of pale-yellow sky shone behind an opening in the trees. The stiff fir-branches cut sharply against the glow, but where she and Kit were the light was dim. For all that, she stopped abruptly when a man came out of the wood and turned, as if to look up the road. It was Osborn and she thought she knew for whom he was looking.

Grace's judgment failed her. She pushed Kit towards the beech hedge and they stepped into a small hollow among the withered leaves. Kit like Grace, had not had time for thought, but as Osborn, looking straight in front, went past, he felt he had done wrong. For one thing, it was rather shabby to hide and his doing so reflected on his companion. The feeling got stronger as Osborn went up the road, and Kit was sorry he had given way to a cowardly impulse. Yet since he had hidden, he must wait. 1. What time of day was it?
2. Who were together?
3. Where were they?
4. What did they hear?
5. Was it getting louder?
6. Who was making the noise?
7. Whose voice did Grace think she heard?
8. Who came out of the woods?
9. Where did Grace stay?
10. Did it change?
11. How?
12. What did it approach?
13. Did Kit care for Grace?
14. What did Kit do?
15. Did he feel bad about that?
16. Was there a road in the woods?
17. How could you get to it?
18. What kind of hedge was by the path?
19. Where did they hide?
20. Who shot at the woodcock? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Either early morning or dusk.
2. Grace and Kit
3. Outside, somewhere near some woods.
4. Voices and sticks rattling.
5. No
6. the beaters
7. Osborn's.
8. Osborn
9. On a belt of grass.
10. Yes.
11. It got narrower.
12. It ran close to the hedge.
13. Yes.
14. Hid
15. Yes
16. Yes.
17. There was a gate.
18. A beech hedge.
19. In a small hollow among the leaves.
20. Ferrars.

Q: Guyana (pronounced or ), officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a sovereign state on the northern mainland of South America. It is, however, included in the Caribbean region due to its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Guyana is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Brazil to the south and southwest, Suriname to the east and Venezuela to the west. With , Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana (an overseas region of France).

The region known as "the Guianas" consists of the large shield landmass north of the Amazon River and east of the Orinoco River known as the "land of many waters". Originally inhabited by many indigenous groups, Guyana was settled by the Dutch before coming under British control in the late 18th century. It was governed as British Guiana, with mostly a plantation style economy until the 1950s. It gained independence in 1966, and officially became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. The legacy of British rule is reflected in the country's political administration and diverse population, which includes Indian, African, Amerindian, and multiracial groups.

1. Anglo Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community
2. Guyana
3. yes
4. strong cultural ties
5. no
6. Suriname
7. south
8. Atlantic Ocean
9. the large shield landmass
10. the Dutch
11. no
12. the British
13. 1966
14. It became a Republic within the Commonwealth of Nation
15. yes
16. yes
17. the "and of many waters
18. the Orinoco River
19. late 18th century
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What does CARICOM stand for?
2. What is a sovereign state in the north of South America?
3. Is it considered a part of CARICOM?
4. NAme one reason why.
5. Is Venezuela to the east?
6. What is?
7. Where is Brazil in relation?
8. Which ocean is north?
9. What part is North of the Amazon River?
10. Who settled the area?
11. Did they retain control?
12. Who took over?
13. When did they become Independent?
14. What occured in 1970?
15. Is there still a British influence there?
16. Are there many differrent ethnicities in the area?
17. What else do people call the Guinas region?
18. What other river is in the area besides the Amazon?
19. When did the British take over?
20. Is guyana a republic?

input: A shire is a traditional term for a division of land, found in the United Kingdom and some other English speaking countries. It was first used in Wessex from the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement, and spread to most of the rest of England in the tenth century. In some rural parts of Australia, a shire is a local government area; however, in Australia it is not synonymous with a "county", which is a lands administrative division.

The word derives from the Old English "scir", itself a derivative of the Proto-Germanic "skizo" (cf. Old High German "scira"), meaning care or official charge. In the UK, "shire" is the original term for what is usually known now as a "county"; the word "county" having been introduced at the Norman Conquest of England. The two are nearly synonymous. Although in modern British usage counties are referred to as "shires" mainly in poetic contexts, terms such as Shire Hall remain common. Shire also remains a common part of many county names.

In regions with so-called rhotic pronunciation such as Scotland, the word "shire" is pronounced or . In non-rhotic areas the final R is silent unless the next word begins in a vowel. When "shire" is a suffix as part of a placename in England, the vowel is unstressed and thus usually shortened and/or monophthongised: pronunciations include , or sometimes , with the pronunciation of the final R again depending on rhoticity. In many words, the vowel is normally reduced all the way to a single schwa, as in for instance "Leicestershire" or "Berkshire" . Outside England, and especially in Scotland and the US, it is more common for "shire" as part of a placename to be pronounced identically to the full word, as a result of spelling pronunciation. 1. What is a shire?
2. For what?
3. Where is the word found?
4. When was it first used?
5. When?
6. Is it used outside of England?
7. Where?
8. Anyplace else?
9. What word does it come from?
10. Which is what language?
11. Meaning?
12. Does it mean the same as county? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. a term
2. a division of land
3. in the United Kingdom
4. in Wessex
5. the beginning of Anglo-Saxon settlement
6. Yes
7. in Australia
8. no
9. "scir"
10. Old English
11. care or official charge
12. yes