Read the text and answer the questions.

CHAPTER XIV

The castle of Kussnacht lay on the opposite side of the lake, a mighty mass of stone reared on a mightier crag rising sheer out of the waves, which boiled and foamed about its foot. Steep rocks of fantastic shape hemmed it in, and many were the vessels which perished on these, driven thither by the frequent storms that swept over the lake.

Gessler and his men, Tell in their midst, bound and unarmed, embarked early in the afternoon at Fluelen, which was the name of the harbour where the Governor's ship had been moored. Fluelen was about two miles from Kussnacht.

When they had arrived at the vessel they went on board, and Tell was placed at the bottom of the hold. It was pitch dark, and rats scampered over his body as he lay. The ropes were cast off, the sails filled, and the ship made her way across the lake, aided by a favouring breeze.

A large number of the Swiss people had followed Tell and his captors to the harbour, and stood gazing sorrowfully after the ship as it diminished in the distance. There had been whispers of an attempted rescue, but nobody had dared to begin it, and the whispers had led to nothing. Few of the people carried weapons, and the soldiers were clad in armour, and each bore a long pike or a sharp sword. As Arnold of Sewa would have said if he had been present, what the people wanted was prudence. It was useless to attack men so thoroughly able to defend themselves.

1. How many Swiss people followed?
2. Who did they follow?
3. Where did they follow to?
4. Did they sit when they got there?
5. What did they do?
6. At what?
7. Was it moving towards them?
8. Which side of the lake was the castle on?
9. What was the castle called?
10. Was it made of wood?
11. What was it made of?
12. Who was in charge of the men?
13. Did the men have weapons?
14. When they leave Fluelen?
15. How far was this from Kussnacht?
16. Did they board the ship?
17. Where did they put Tell?
18. Was it well lit?
19. How was it described?
20. Was ran along his body?

Numbered answers:
1. A large number .
2. Tell and his captors.
3. The harbour,
4. No.
5. Stood gazing.
6. The ship.
7. No.
8. The opposite side of the lake
9. Kussnacht
10. No
11. Stone
12. Gessler
13. no
14. Early in the afternoon.
15. Two miles.
16. Yes
17. At the bottom of the hold.
18. No.
19. It was pitch dark.
20. Rats.