Q: Sydney () is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour and sprawls about on its periphery towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north and Macarthur to the south. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, 40 local government areas and 15 contiguous regions. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". As at June 2016 Sydney's estimated population was 5,029,768.

The Sydney area has been inhabited by indigenous Australians for at least 30,000 years. Lieutenant James Cook first landed at Kurnell in 1770, when navigating his way up the east coast of Australia on his ship, "HMS Endeavour". It was not until 1788 when the "First Fleet", which contained convicts and was led by Captain Arthur Phillip, arrived in Botany Bay to found Sydney as a penal colony, the first European settlement in Australia. Phillip named the city "Sydney" in recognition of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Home Secretary in 1788. There are examples of rock art and engravings located in the protected Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, as well as the Royal National Park.

Since convict transportation ended in the mid-19th century, the city has transformed from a colonial outpost into a major global cultural and economic centre. The municipal council of Sydney was incorporated in 1842 and became Australia's first city. Gold was discovered in the colony in 1851 and with it came thousands of people seeking to make money. Sydney became one of the most multicultural cities in the world after the mass migration following the second World War. According to the , more than 250 different languages were spoken in Sydney and about 40 percent of residents spoke a language other than English at home. Furthermore, 36 percent of the population reported having been born overseas.

1. Sydney
2. Australia
3. no
4. New South Wales
5. 5,029,768
6. at least 30,000 years
7. 1842
8. unknown
9. the Blue Mountains
10. no
11. Gold
12. thousands of people came

Numbered questions:
1. What city is this article about?
2. What country is it in?
3. Is it the capital of Australia?
4. What is it the capital of?
5. How many people live there?
6. How long does its history go back?
7. When was the city founded?
8. Were there other colonies in Australia?
9. What mountains are to its west
10. Does everyone speak English at home there?
11. What was found there in 1851?
12. What happened after that discovery?

Q: CHAPTER IV

A MIDNIGHT SEARCH

That night was destined to be an eventful one on the Rover farm. Arriving home, Sam and Tom told of the fun they had had and Dick laughed heartily. Then all three of the boys went to bed.

About midnight came a loud shouting from the barn, followed by the report of a shotgun. This was followed by a shriek from Sarah, the cook, who was afraid that burglars had come to murder her.

"What's that?" questioned Dick, as he hopped out of bed.

"That's Jack Ness' gun," answered Tom. "Something must be wrong at the barn."

"Chicken thieves again--I'll bet a new hat," said Sam. By this time Randolph Rover and his wife were up and were lighting a lamp. Without waiting for them, the boys slipped on some clothing and their shoes and ran downstairs. Dick took with him a pistol and each of the others a baseball bat.

"Boys! boys! be careful!" shouted their uncle after them.

"All right," returned Dick, readily.

He was the first outside, but Sam and Tom were close upon his heels. He heard Jack Ness running to the edge of a cornfield, shouting lustily. Then came another report of the shotgun.

"What is it, Jack?" shouted Dick. "Who are you shooting at?"

"I'm after two men," was the hired man's reply. "They jest run into the cornfield."

"Chicken thieves?" queried Tom.

"I guess so--anyway they was prowlin' around the hen house an' the barn. I called an' asked 'em what they wanted and they ran for dear life--so I knew they was up to no good."

1. cornfield
2. two
3. Yes
4. Jack Ness
5. Sarah
6. the cook
7. afraid that burglars had come to murder her
8. About midnight
9. their uncle
10. Chicken thieves
11. Tom
12. Rover farm
13. Yes
14. of the fun
15. Randolph Rover and his wife
16. Yes
17. a pistol
18. No
19. a baseball bat
20. they was prowlin' around the hen house an' the barn

Numbered questions:
1. where did the men run to?
2. how many were they?
3. did anyone shoot?
4. who?
5. did anyone scream?
6. who was she?
7. what did she think was happening?
8. what time did all this happen?
9. did anyone tell the boys to take care?
10. what did the boys think the two men were?
11. who recognized where the shot was from?
12. what is the name of the farm?
13. where the boys happy before bed?
14. what did they talk about?
15. who lit a lamp?
16. did dick have a weapon?
17. what?
18. did the other two have guns as well?
19. then what?
20. what did Jack say the men were doing?

Q: CHAPTER XLIV

The Philistines at the Parsonage

It has been already told how things went on between the Tozers, Mr. Curling, and Mark Robarts during that month. Mr. Forrest had drifted out of the business altogether, as also had Mr. Sowerby, as far as any active participation in it went. Letters came frequently from Mr. Curling to the parsonage, and at last came a message by special mission to say that the evil day was at hand. As far as Mr. Curling's professional experience would enable him to anticipate or foretell the proceedings of such a man as Tom Tozer, he thought that the sheriff's officers would be at Framley parsonage on the following morning. Mr. Curling's experience did not mislead him in this respect. "And what will you do, Mark?" said Fanny, speaking through her tears, after she had read the letter which her husband handed to her.

"Nothing. What can I do? They must come."

"Lord Lufton came to-day. Will you not go to him?"

"No. If I were to do so it would be the same as asking him for the money."

"Why not borrow it of him, dearest? Surely it would not be so much for him to lend."

"I could not do it. Think of Lucy, and how she stands with him. Besides, I have already had words with Lufton about Sowerby and his money matters. He thinks that I am to blame, and he would tell me so; and then there would be sharp things said between us. He would advance me the money if I pressed for it, but he would do so in a way that would make it impossible that I should take it."

1. Framley parsonage
2. the following morning
3. Mark
4. Lord Lufton
5. yes
6. Lucy
7. unknown
8. Fanny
9. his wife
10. today
11. no
12. Sowerby's
13. Mark's
14. yes
15. the parsonage
16. frequently
17. Mr. Curling
18. by special mission
19. the evil day
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. Where are the police expected to show up/
2. When?
3. Who is having money trouble?
4. Who might he be able to get some money from?
5. Would it be a loan?
6. Who thinks he should take it?
7. Who's she?
8. Who wants him to borrow the money?
9. Who is that?
10. When did Lord Lufton show up?
11. Does Mark want to borrow from him?
12. Whose financial issues did he talk to Lufton about?
13. Who's fault does Lufton think it is?
14. Does he think they would argue?
15. Where were messages being received?
16. How often?
17. From who?
18. How did the last message get there?
19. What was it warning of?
20. Was Mr. Forrest still involved?