question: CHAPTER XVII.

AN ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION.

When Wulf met the armourer next morning in the cathedral close he was accompanied by Beorn, who said, laughing, to the latter, "You have beaten me fairly, friend Ulred, and it is well that I had no wager with you on the race. But it was not by much, for I rode in here as the bells were chiming eleven. I was glad to hear from Wulf when I roused him up that he had learnt all the news from you, for indeed I was sore weary, and was right pleased to wrap myself in my cloak and go straight to sleep instead of having to sit up for an hour expounding my story."

"We have resolved in the first place, Ulred, to say nought of this matter to the king," began Wulf. "He will have enough to occupy all his thoughts in the affairs of the kingdom, and in the second place his nature is so open that he will refuse to believe in such villainy unless upon strong proof, and of actual proof we have none. Beorn's appearance here will excite no surprise. He will say that having nought in particular to occupy him he had ridden north to be at the wedding, and finding that he was too late, would at any rate ride back with the king. With him and me and Osgod ever on the watch, methinks there will be little fear of a surprise; and it is by surprise only that they can succeed, for Harold himself is a match for any four or five ordinary men if he has but time to draw his sword. I will, however, on some excuse have half a score of Harold's housecarls placed under my orders, and sleeping or waking the king shall never be a moment unguarded.
1. Was he accompanied?
2. By who?
3. Who was?
4. Who did he meet?
5. when?
6. Where?
7. Was Beorn laughing?
8. Who beat him?
9. Did he beat him fairly?
10. Was the victory by a large margin
11. What were the bells chiming?
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answer: 1. yes
2. Beorn
3. Wulf
4. the armourer
5. the next morning
6. in the cathedral
7. yes
8. Ulred
9. yes
10. no
11. eleven

question: CHAPTER VIII

"A shade more to the right, please. There, just as you are now! Don't move! In five minutes I shall have finished for the day."

Isobel smiled.

"I think that your five minutes," she said, "last sometimes for a very long time. But I am not tired--no, not at all. I can stay like this if you wish until the light goes."

"You are splendid," Mabane murmured. "The best sitter--oh, hang it, who's that?"

"There is certainly some one at the door," Isobel remarked.

Mabane paused in his work to shout fiercely, "Come in!" I too looked up from my writing. A woman was ushered into the room--a woman dressed in fashionable mourning, of medium height, and with a wealth of fair, fluffy hair, which seemed to mock the restraining black bands. Mrs. Burdett, visibly impressed, lingered in the background.

The woman paused and looked around. She looked at me, and the pen slipped from my nerveless fingers. I rose to my feet.

"Eil--Lady Delahaye!" I exclaimed.

She inclined her head. Her demeanour was cold, almost belligerent.

"I am glad to find you here, Arnold Greatson," she said. "You are a friend, I believe, of the man who murdered my husband?"

"You have been misinformed, Lady Delahaye," I answered quietly. "I was not even an acquaintance of his. We met that day for the first time."

By the faintest possible curl of the lips she expressed her contemptuous disbelief.

"Ah!" she said. "I remember your story at the inquest. You will forgive me if, in company, I believe, with the majority who heard it, I find it a trifle improbable."
1. Who is being told to stay still?
2. Who was the painter?
3. What interrupted him?
4. Who walked in?
5. Who was the woman glad to see?
6. What was her husband's fate?
7. Who did she think was friendly with his killer?
8. Was she correct?
9. How long had they known each other?
10. Did the widow trust in his words?
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answer: 1. Isobel
2. Mabane
3. the door,
4. Lady Delahaye
5. Arnold Greatson
6. murdered
7. Arnold Greatson
8. You have been misinformed
9. Just that day
10. No

question: (CNN) -- The names on the formal, state-government-erected memorial signs by the sides of Ohio highways are not famous to the outside world.

But once you know the story behind them, you understand completely. You look at those signs and you offer a silent word of thanks.

Usually stretches of highways around the country are named for politicians, or for renowned figures from American history, or perhaps for singing stars or athletes or Hollywood actors who were born in the area.

For the last several years, though, whenever I've been in Ohio I have noticed the highway signs with the unfamiliar names.

Last week I got in touch with the Ohio Department of Transportation to ask about them.

The answer makes you want to pause humbly.

On August 31, 2009, Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Hall, of Elyria, Ohio, was killed in an explosion while serving in Garmsir, Afghanistan. He was 31; he worked at a Ford assembly plant back home before joining the Marines.

In most cases of fallen service members, there is a solemn funeral ceremony when their remains are returned home, and a respectful obituary in the local newspaper. It can feel all too fleeting.

But in Ohio, in recent years, there has been an effort to do more.

Which is why the Ohio General Assembly authorized that a stretch of State Route 2 in Lorain County -- David Hall's home county -- be named, now and forever, to honor him.

"After the General Assembly votes to name a portion of a highway, we manufacture the signs and put them up at the designated places," said Steve Faulkner, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation. He said that two signs are usually erected, each facing a different direction, so that people in cars on either side of the highway will see the honoree's name.
1. From what state is David R. Hall?
2. From what city?
3. What branch of the military was he in?
4. Was he killed?
5. How?
6. While stationed where?
7. How old was he when he died?
8. What kind of plant did he work at before?
9. A stretch of what was named to honor him?
10. In what county?
11. Who authorized this?
12. What position does Steve Faulkner hold?
13. For?
14. Why are two signs put up to face a different location?
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answer:
1. Ohio
2. Elyria
3. Marines
4. yes
5. in an explosion
6. in Garmsir, Afghanistan
7. 31
8. Ford assembly plant
9. State Route 2
10. US
11. Ohio General Assembly
12. a spokesman
13. Ohio Department of Transportation
14. so that people in cars on either side of the highway will see the honoree's name