Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER VIII

THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE

On the following day, while Owen sat eating his morning meal with a thankful heart, a messenger arrived saying that the king would receive him whenever it pleased him to come. He answered that he would be with him before noon, for already he had learned that among natives one loses little by delay. A great man, they think, is rich in time, and hurries only to wait upon his superiors.

At the appointed hour a guard came to lead him to the royal house, and thither Owen went, followed by John bearing a Bible. Umsuka was seated beneath a reed roof supported by poles and open on all sides; behind him stood councillors and attendants, and by him were Nodwengo the prince, and Hokosa, his mouth and prophet. Although the day was hot, he wore a kaross or rug of wild catskins, and his face showed that the effects of the poisoned draught were still upon him. At the approach of Owen he rose with something of an effort, and, shaking him by the hand, thanked him for his life, calling him "doctor of doctors."

"Tell me, Messenger," he added, "how it was that you were able to cure me, and who were in the plot to kill me? There must have been more than one," and he rolled his eyes round with angry suspicion.

"King," answered Owen, "if I knew anything of this matter, the Power that wrote it on my mind has wiped it out again, or, at the least, has forbidden me to speak of its secret. I saved you, it is enough; for the rest, the past is the past, and I come to deal with the present and the future."

1. Who did Owen save?
2. What does he want Owen to tell him?
3. Does Owen tell him?
4. Why not?
5. What does he want to focus on?
6. What should be forgotten?
7. What was Owen doing when he got a message?
8. What time of day was it?
9. How did he get the message?
10. When does the king want to see him?
11. When did he decide to go?
12. Why would someone rush around?
13. What makes someone wealthy?
14. Where was the meeting held?
15. Did he find the way himself?
16. How then?
17. What kind of weather were they having?
18. What is the king's name?
19. What made him sick?
20. How does he refer to Owen?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the King
2. how he cured him
3. no
4. it was wiped out of his mind
5. the present and the future
6. the past
7. eating
8. morning
9. from a messenger
10. whenever it pleased him
11. before noon
12. to wait upon his superiors
13. time
14. the royal house
15. no
16. a guard lead him
17. hot
18. Umsuka
19. poison
20. as doctor of doctors

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Romansh (also spelled Romansch, Rumantsch, or Romanche; Romansh: , "rumantsch", or ) is a Romance language spoken predominantly in the southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubunden), where it has official status alongside German and Italian and is used as the medium of instruction in schools in Romansh-speaking areas. Romansh has also been recognized as a national language of Switzerland since 1938 and as an official language along with German, French and Italian since 1996. It is sometimes grouped with Ladin and Friulian as a Rhaeto-Romance language, though this is disputed.

Romansh is a descendant of the spoken Latin language of the Roman Empire, which by the 5th century AD replaced the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area, although Romansh retains a small number of words from these languages. Romansh has also been heavily influenced by German in vocabulary and morphosyntax. The language gradually retreated to its current area over the centuries, being replaced by Alemannic and Bavarian dialects. The earliest writing identified as Romansh dates from the 10th or 11th century, although major works do not appear until the 16th century when several regional written varieties began to develop. The 19th century saw a further shrinkage of the language area but also a literary revival and the start of a language movement dedicated to halting the decline of the language.

1. How many different ways can this be spelled?
2. What is the main spelling?
3. Where does it come from?
4. Is it widely known?
5. When was it first written?
6. What did it replace?
7. What language group is it part of?
8. Is it a national language?
9. Since when?
10. What others are also recognized?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. six
2. Romansh
3. southeastern Swiss canton of Grisons
4. no
5. 5th century AD
6. the Celtic and Raetic languages previously spoken in the area
7. Romance languages
8. yes
9. since 1938
10. German, French and Italian

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER IX

Sunday morning Saxon was beforehand in getting ready, and on her return to the kitchen from her second journey to peep through the front windows, Sarah began her customary attack.

"It's a shame an' a disgrace the way some people can afford silk stockings," she began. "Look at me, a-toilin' and a-stewin' day an' night, and I never get silk stockings--nor shoes, three pairs of them all at one time. But there's a just God in heaven, and there'll be some mighty big surprises for some when the end comes and folks get passed out what's comin' to them."

Tom, smoking his pipe and cuddling his youngest-born on his knees, dropped an eyelid surreptitiously on his cheek in token that Sarah was in a tantrum. Saxon devoted herself to tying a ribbon in the hair of one of the little girls. Sarah lumbered heavily about the kitchen, washing and putting away the breakfast dishes. She straightened her back from the sink with a groan and glared at Saxon with fresh hostility.

"You ain't sayin' anything, eh? An' why don't you? Because I guess you still got some natural shame in you a-runnin' with a prizefighter. Oh, I've heard about your goings-on with Bill Roberts. A nice specimen he is. But just you wait till Charley Long gets his hands on him, that's all."

"Oh, I don't know," Tom intervened. "Bill Roberts is a pretty good boy from what I hear."

Saxon smiled with superior knowledge, and Sarah, catching her, was infuriated.

1. What day is it?
2. What was Saxon complaining about
3. what else was she complaining about?
4. Who is smoking a pipe?
5. What is he hugging?
6. What is Saxon tying?
7. Who is in the kitchen?
8. What's she doing?
9. washing what?
10. Was she puttinng them away too?
11. Was she mad at Saxton?
12. What does Tom think of Bill Roberts?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Sunday morning
2. the way some people can afford silk stockings
3. a-toilin' and a-stewin' day an' night
4. Tom
5. his youngest-born
6. a ribbon
7. Sarah
8. washing
9. breakfast dishes
10. yes
11. yes
12. he's a pretty good boy