Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Chapter 2: An Important Decision.

One day in June, 1567, Gaspard Vaillant and his wife went up to Fletcher's farm.

"I have come up to have a serious talk with you, John, about Philip. You see, in a few months he will be sixteen. He is already taller than I am. Rene and Gustave both tell me that they have taught him all they know with sword and dagger; and both have been stout men-at-arms in their time, and assure me that the lad could hold his own against any young French noble of his own age, and against not a few men. It is time that we came to some conclusion about his future."

[Illustration: Gaspard Vaillant makes a proposal.]

"I have thought of it much, Gaspard. Lying here so helpless, my thoughts do naturally turn to him. The boy has grown almost beyond my power of understanding. Sometimes, when I hear him laughing and jesting with the men, or with some of his school friends whom he brings up here, it seems to me that I see myself again in him; and that he is a merry young fellow, full of life and fun, and able to hold his own at singlestick, or to foot it round the maypole with any lad in Kent of his age. Then again, when he is talking with his mother, or giving directions in her name to the French labourers, I see a different lad, altogether: grave and quiet, with a gentle, courteous way, fit for a young noble ten years his senior. I don't know but that between us, Gaspard, we have made a mess of it; and that it might have been better for him to have grown up altogether as I was, with no thought or care save the management of his farm, with a liking for sport and fun, when such came in his way."

1. What is the Chapter name?
2. Who went to Fletcher's Farm?
3. When?
4. Why they go there?
5. About what?
6. Who's that?
7. How old is he?
8. Is he tall?
9. Is he happy?
10. Does the father have any regrets?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. An Important Decision
2. Gaspard Vaillant and his wife
3. One day in June, 1567
4. To have a serious talk
5. About Philip
6. unknown
7. Almost sixteen
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER I

THE PERSISTENCY OF BORROWDEAN

"And what does Mannering think of it all, I wonder!" Lord Redford remarked, lighting a fresh cigarette. "This may be his opportunity, who can tell!"

"Will he have the nerve to grasp it?" Borrowdean asked. "Mannering has never been proved in a crisis."

"He may have the nerve. I should be more inclined to question the desire," Lord Redford said. "For a man in his position he has always seemed to me singularly unambitious. I don't think that the prospect of being Prime Minister would dazzle him in the least. It is part of the genius of the politician too, to know exactly when and how to seize an opportunity. I can imagine him watching it come, examining it through his eyeglass, and standing on one side with a shrug of the shoulders."

"You do not believe, then," Berenice said, "that he is sufficiently in earnest to grasp it?"

"Exactly," Lord Redford said. "I have that feeling about Mannering, I must admit, especially during the last two years. He seems to have drawn away from all of us, to live altogether too absorbed and self-contained a life for a man who has great ambitions to realize, or who is in downright earnest about his work."

"What you all forget when you discuss Lawrence Mannering is this," Berenice said. "He holds his position almost as a sacred charge. He is absolutely conscientious. He wants certain things for the sake of the people, and he will work steadily on until he gets them. I believe it is the truth that he has no personal ambition, but if the cause he has at heart is to be furthered at all it must be by his taking office. Therefore I think that when the time comes he will take it."

1. Was someone smoking?
2. Who?
3. Who had a query for him?
4. Who were they discussing?
5. Who else was involved in the talk?
6. Did Borrowdean feel the subject of their talk, was proven?
7. Who questioned his hunger?
8. Did he find this person to be ambitious?
9. What political position were they discussing?
10. Who questioned his earnestness?
11. Who also doubted he had this quality?
12. In his opinion, had Mannering become too close to them?
13. Who felt he viewed his role as sacrosanct?
14. Did she think he was dishonest?
15. For whose interests did she feel he labored?
16. Did she feel he might give up on this easily?
17. Did Lord Redford feel, he desired the job they were discussing?
18. Did Berenice agree with this?
19. How did she feel he would advance his cause?
20. What did Lord Redford see as a component of political brilliance?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Yes.
2. Lord Redford
3. Borrowdean
4. Mannering
5. Berenice
6. No.
7. Lord Redford
8. No.
9. Prime Minister
10. Berenice
11. Lord Redford
12. No.
13. Berenice
14. No.
15. the people
16. No.
17. No.
18. No.
19. by his taking office
20. to know exactly when and how to seize an opportunity

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups that do not have a language in common: typically, a mixture of simplified languages or a simplified primary language with other languages' elements included. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language. A pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from multiple other languages and cultures. They allow people who have no common language to communicate with each other. Pidgins usually have low prestige with respect to other languages.

Not all simplified or "broken" forms of a language are pidgins. Each pidgin has its own norms of usage which must be learned for proficiency in the pidgin.

A pidgin differs from a creole, which is the first language of a speech community of native speakers, and thus has a fully developed vocabulary and grammar. Most linguists believe that a creole develops through a process of nativization of a pidgin when children of acquired pidgin-speakers learn it and use it as their native language.

1. Can a pidgin be the primary language of a community?
2. What can it be made up of, besides words?
3. Who does it allow to communicate?
4. What is pidgin, very simply put?
5. Does it contain pieces from real languages?
6. What business uses situation can use a pidgin?
7. Do pidgins get much respect?
8. Does each pidgin have it's own standards on usage?
9. Can you learn it and become fluent in it?
10. Is a pidgin the same as a creole?
11. What is a creole?
12. Does it have a well established vocabulary?
13. And it's own grammar?
14. How do experts believe a creole comes about?
15. Do children learn it as their primary language?
16. Can people who live in the same country, but speak different languages use a pidgin?
17. From this article, would you say waving could be part of a pidgin?
18. Pointing?
19. How about grunting?
20. And lastly, clapping?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. no
2. body language
3. people without a common language
4. a language
5. yes
6. trade
7. no
8. yes
9. yes
10. no
11. first language of a community
12. yes
13. yes
14. nativization of a pidgin
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. yes