Q: CHAPTER SIXTEEN.

ARRIVAL IN POLOELAND.

Fortune, which had hitherto proved favourable to our brave explorers, did not desert them at the eleventh hour.

Soon after their arrival at Refuge Island a fair wind sprang up from the south, and when the _Charity_ had been carefully patched and repaired, the kites were sent up and the voyage was continued. That day and night they spent again upon the boundless sea, for the island was soon left out of sight behind them, though the wind was not very fresh.

Towards morning it fell calm altogether, obliging them to haul down the kites and take to the oars.

"It can't be far off now, Chingatok," said the Captain, who became rather impatient as the end drew near.

"Not far," was the brief reply.

"Land ho!" shouted Benjy, about half-an-hour after that.

But Benjy was forced to admit that anxiety had caused him to take an iceberg on the horizon for land.

"Well, anyhow you must admit," said Benjy, on approaching the berg, "that it's big enough for a fellow to mistake it for a mountain. I wonder what it's doing here without any brothers or sisters to keep it company."

"Under-currents brought it here, lad," said the Captain. "You see, such a monster as that must go very deep down, and the warm under-current has not yet melted away enough of his base to permit the surface-current to carry him south like the smaller members of his family. He is still travelling north, but that won't last long. He'll soon become small enough to put about and go the other way. I never saw a bigger fellow than that, Benjy. Hayes, the American, mentions one which he measured, about 315 feet high, and nearly a mile long. It had been grounded for two years. He calculated that there must have been seven times as much of it below water as there was above, so that it was stranded in nearly half-a-mile depth of water. This berg cannot be far short of that one in size."

1. an iceberg
2. anxiety
3. a mountain
4. Under-currents
5. yes
6. north
7. short
8. American
9. no
10. about 315 feet high, and nearly a mile long.
11. Fortune
12. Refuge
13. yes
14. a fair wind
15. south
16. it fell calm
17. the kites
18. oars
19. yes
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What did Benjy mistake for land?
2. What caused that?
3. What did Benjy say it was as big as to mistake it for?
4. What did the Captain say brought it there?
5. Did he call it a monster?
6. What direction was the iceberg traveling?
7. Would that be for a long or short time?
8. What nationality was Hayes?
9. Did the Captain say he ever seen an iceberg larger than the one they saw?
10. How large was the one Hayes saw?
11. What did not abandon them at the eleventh hour?
12. What island did they arrive at?
13. Did something spring up?
14. What?
15. From what direction?
16. What was it like in the morning?
17. What did they pull down?
18. And take to what?
19. Had the Charity undergone repairs?
20. Did the trip go on after that?

Q: Minot, North Dakota (CNN) -- A spontaneous burst of applause broke out at a Saturday press conference in Minot, North Dakota, when the city's mayor said the Souris River should crest overnight -- about 12 feet higher than flood stage, but several inches short of what had been feared.

"This is great news," said Mayor Curt Zimbelman.

This prediction from the National Weather Service proved a rare bright spot in what has been, and continues to be, a trying time for citizens in Minot and neighboring communities.

The Souris River, which locals call "The Mouse" after the French translation of its name, flows through the center of Minot, a city of about 36,000. About a third of the city's population is under evacuation orders, while at least 3,000 homes have been flooded.

One resident, Stuart Dull, told CNN about how he, his wife and two children feverishly packed up their belongings ahead of the approaching waters. What they could move out is stashed in a garage, while the family has found a temporary home in a relative's basement.

"Words kind of escape me," said Dull, describing his feeling after later sneaking back toward his home and seeing it under water. "It's a sense of despair ... and it's maybe a check on some of the things that you hold dear."

Stuart Collum said he spotted the silver chimney and black roof of his house, where he has lived since 1968, on Saturday -- with the rest of the dwelling under water.

1. a press conference
2. about a flood warning
3. Minot
4. 12 feet higher than flood stage
5. 12 feet
6. the Souris River
7. "The Mouse"
8. through Minot
9. a city of 36,000
10. a third of the city's population
11. at least 3,000 homes
12. Stuart Dull
13. Four
14. he feels despair
15. since 1968
16. a temporary home
17. his home under water
18. North Dakota
19. the city's mayor
20. Curt Zimbelman.

Numbered questions:
1. What is happening?
2. About what?
3. Where?
4. How high will it get?
5. what ?
6. What is cresting?
7. What is its nickname?
8. Where does it flow?
9. How big is the city?
10. How many evacuated?
11. How many houses are gone?
12. Who talked to the reporter?
13. How many in his family?
14. Is his ok?
15. How long has he lived there?
16. Where are they now?
17. What can he see?
18. Where is Minot?
19. Who made the statement?
20. What is his name?