Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Towards evening, Jennifer was walking on the beach with a gentle breeze blowing through her hair. Looking up at the golden red sun ball, she was surprised by its color, deep red in the middle, softly fading into yellow. She could hear nothing but the waves and the seagulls flying up above in the sky.

The atmosphere relaxed her. This was what she needed. "It's getting late," she thought, "I must go home. My parents will be wondering where I am." She wondered how her parents would react when she got home after the three days she was missing. She kept on walking, directing herself to bungalow 163, where she spent every summer holiday. The road was deserted. She walked slowly and silently. Just in a few hundred meters, she would have been safe in her house.

It was really getting dark now. She wished she had her favorite coat on. It might keep her really warm. She imagined having it with her. This thought dissipated when she finally saw her front door. It seemed different. Nobody had taken care of the outside garden for a few days. She was shocked: her father was usually so strict about keeping everything clean and tidy, and now...

She entered the house. First, she went into the kitchen and saw a note written by her father, "Dear Ellen, there's some coffee ready; I went looking." But where was Ellen? On the right side of the hallway was her parents' room. She went in and saw her. Her mother, lying on the bed, was sleeping. Her face looked so tired, as if she hadn't slept for days. She was really pale. Jennifer would have wanted to wake her up, but she looked too tired. So Jennifer just fell asleep beside her. When Jennifer woke up something was different. She wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't wearing the old clothes she ran away in. She was in her cozy bed in her pajamas .

It felt so good being back home. Suddenly she heard a voice. "Are you feeling better now, dear?

You know you got us very, very scared."

1. Who was walking on the beach near evening?
2. why was it she needed to be going home?
3. How long had she been gone from home?
4. What was the first thing she saw when she went entered the house and went in the kitchem?
5. When waking on the beach what was the only things she could hear?
6. What was the number of the bungalow she staying in for her summer holiday?
7. How did her mother look when she entered her room?
8. Did something seem different when Jennifer finally woke up?
9. Did she wake up in her mothers bed or her own?
10. After it got dark when she was waking home what did she wish she had to keep warm?
11. Had anyone taken care of the outside garden receintly?
12. What was said to her when she woke up?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Jennifer
2. Her parents would be wondering where she is.
3. three days
4. a note
5. waves and seagulls
6. 163
7. tired
8. yes
9. her own
10. a coat
11. no
12. "Are you feeling better now, dear? You know you got us very, very scared."

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER NINE

MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR

"I do think it was the most fortunate thing in the world that those children should have the measles just now," said Meg, one April day, as she stood packing the 'go abroady' trunk in her room, surrounded by her sisters.

"And so nice of Annie Moffat not to forget her promise. A whole fortnight of fun will be regularly splendid," replied Jo, looking like a windmill as she folded skirts with her long arms.

"And such lovely weather, I'm so glad of that," added Beth, tidily sorting neck and hair ribbons in her best box, lent for the great occasion.

"I wish I was going to have a fine time and wear all these nice things," said Amy with her mouth full of pins, as she artistically replenished her sister's cushion.

"I wish you were all going, but as you can't, I shall keep my adventures to tell you when I come back. I'm sure it's the least I can do when you have been so kind, lending me things and helping me get ready," said Meg, glancing round the room at the very simple outfit, which seemed nearly perfect in their eyes.

"What did Mother give you out of the treasure box?" asked Amy, who had not been present at the opening of a certain cedar chest in which Mrs. March kept a few relics of past splendor, as gifts for her girls when the proper time came.

"A pair of silk stockings, that pretty carved fan, and a lovely blue sash. I wanted the violet silk, but there isn't time to make it over, so I must be contented with my old tarlaton."

1. Who is going away?
2. When was she going?
3. Who is she with?
4. What are they doing?
5. Who promised to take her somewhere?
6. How long will she be gone for?
7. Did her parents lend her anything?
8. What did they lend her?
9. Where were the items stored before being given to Meg?
10. What did they call the chest?
11. How was the climate for the trip?
12. What was Amy repairing?
13. How was Joe being useful?
14. What did she want most?
15. Why couldn't she have it?
16. What did she take instead?
17. Who was organizing ribbons?
18. Were here things elegant?
19. who was Mrs. March?
20. What did one of the siblings lend her?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Meg
2. April
3. Her sisters
4. packing
5. Annie Moffat
6. A fortnight
7. Yes
8. Silk Stockings, a fan, and a sash
9. A cedar chest
10. the treasure box
11. lovely
12. a cushion
13. folding skirts
14. the violet silk
15. There wasn't time to make it over
16. her old tarleton
17. Beth
18. no
19. their mother
20. a box