input: CHAPTER XI

ABOARD THE STEAM YACHT

Mr Rover, as well as Tom and Sam, had come in, and all were anxious to hear what Dick might have to report. They were filled with amazement at the story of the robbery.

"I thought I'd wait about telling the police until I had heard what you had to say," said Dick, to his father.

"I am afraid in a big city like New York it won't do much good to tell the police," answered Anderson Rover. "However, we can report it to morrow. But I think Cuffer and Shelley will keep in the shade until they see Sid Merrick and have a chance to get away," and in this surmise Mr. Rover was correct. The matter was reported to the police, and that was the end of it, so far as the authorities went, for they failed to apprehend the evildoers.

Mr. Rover was much worried when he learned that Merrick had fallen in with a captain of a tramp vessel who was ready to go on a hunt for the treasure. And he was still more worried when Dick told him of the letters which had been abstracted from his coat pocket by the thieves. Among them was one from Mrs. Stanhope mentioning the treasure hunt and how she would be on hand at Philadelphia to board the steam yacht with Dora and the Lanings.

"If Cuffer and Shelley turn that letter over to Merrick it will give him some idea of our proposed trip," said Mr. Rover, "and more than likely he will strain every nerve to get ahead of us." 1. Was a crime committed?
2. What was it?
3. Who was Anderson Rover?
4. Who is Dick's father?
5. Does he think it may be pointless to call the police?
6. Does the crime get reported?
7. Do the police arrest the criminals?
8. who are they?
9. What did they steal?
10. Who wants the letters?
11. Where were they stored?
12. Who authored one of them?
13. What did she talk about?
14. How will they travel?
15. Where will they get on?
16. Who else will go?
17. what will happen if he gets the letters?
18. Why did Dick not call the police immediatly?
19. How did the retelling of the crime make them feel?
20. What town did it happen in? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. yes
2. robbery.
3. unknown
4. Mr. Rover
5. yes
6. yes
7. no
8. Cuffer and Shelley
9. letters
10. Merrick
11. his coat pocket
12. Mrs. Stanhope
13. the treasure hun
14. by steam yacht
15. Philadelphia
16. Dora and the Lanings.
17. he will try to get ahead
18. he was waiting to hear what his father had to say
19. they were amazed
20. New York

question: CHAPTER XXV

MUMPS IS TAUGHT A LESSON

The cadets stared blankly at each other. Only two of them were undressed; the others had all of their clothing on.

It was time for the head assistant to go the rounds, to see that all was right for the night. Should he be allowed to enter the dormitory he would certainly "smell a mouse," and perhaps knock all of their plans for a feast in the head.

"Off with your clothing, all of you!" whispered Tom. "I'll manage this affair. Pretend to be asleep."

"But, Tom, it's my fault--" began Dick, when his younger brother cut him short.

"Into the bed--I'll be all right, Dick."

Satisfied that Tom had some plan in his head for smoothing matters over, the other boys disrobed with marvelous rapidity and crept into their beds. While this was going on the knocking an the door continued.

"Boys, open the door!" said George Strong. "Open the door, do you hear?"

"Answer him!" whispered Tom to Larry, whose bed was nearest him. "Pretend you have just awoke," and he flung himself on the floor, with one of a pair of big rubber boots in each hand.

"Oh--er--Mr. Strong, is that you?"

"Yes, open the door."

"Why--er--is it locked?

"Yes."

At once Larry tumbled from his bed, unlocked the door and stood there rubbing his eyes. "Excuse me, Sir, for not hearing you before."

"I want to know what the meaning is of the noise in here?" said George Strong severely, as he gazed around the dimly lit apartment, for the lamp was turned low. "You boys are--gracious me! What's this?"
1. How many boys were naked?
2. What were the brothers' names?
3. What were the boys planning?
4. Who thought it was his fault?
5. Who was making the nighttime rounds?
6. What's his name?
7. When he went in the dorm, where were the boys?
8. Doing what?
9. Whose bed was closest to Tom's?
10. Were they cadets?
11. What were they afraid Mr. Strong would smell?
12. Who answered the door?
13. Was the apartment brightly lit?
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answer: 1. two
2. Tom and Dick
3. a feast
4. Dick
5. the head assistant
6. George Strong
7. beds
8. Pretending to be asleep
9. Larry
10. Yes
11. a mouse
12. Larry
13. No

Question: "I can't see clearly, because I don't wear my glasses today." We always hear people saying something like this. Glasses are very important to many people. Do you know how they were invented and developed? Glasses took a long time to develop into what you can find in the glasses store today. The Chinese first used colored glasses as fashion. They thought that those glasses had magic, but they didn't think that glasses could help eyes to see clearly. In 1262, the inventor, Roger Bacon, discovered the amazing function of lenses , and he thought that glasses could be used to help people to see. Twenty years later, in Florence, Italy, the inventor, Alessandro di Spina, made the first pair of glasses that could help people to see. Although these glasses worked, scientists didn't understand how glasses helped eyes to see. They thought that eyes sent out light onto whatever a person was looking at, and then the light came back to the eyes. Johannes Kepler finally found out how glasses worked. Inventors continued to improve glasses. In 1784, Ben Franklin created glasses that had bifocal lenses. Many years later, in 1827, George Airy made circle-shaped glasses to correct _ , an eye problem that stops the eyes from seeing things clearly. 1. What do people need to see clear?
2. are they important?
3. Who created them?
4. When?
5. what was their purpose?
6. did they work?
7. how?
8. did they ever find out how?
9. who found this?
10. did they always stay the same?
11. what changed?
12. how?
13. who made those?
14. were there other changes?
15. by who?
16. what did he change?
17. what was their purpose?
18. Who used glasses first?
19. for what?
20. what did they think of them? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. glasses
2. yes
3. Alessandro di Spina
4. In 1282
5. help people to see
6. yes
7. scientists didn't understand how
8. yes
9. Johannes Kepler
10. no
11. they continued to improve
12. bifocal lenses
13. Ben Franklin
14. yes
15. George Airy
16. made circle-shaped glasses
17. to correct an eye problem
18. The Chinese
19. fashion
20. they had magic