Q: CHAPTER IV.

NEGOTIATIONS.

It is necessary in this chapter to return to Phonny and Wallace, in order to explain how Phonny succeeded in getting his squirrel.

He was quite in haste, as he went on after leaving the squirrel, in order to get down to the mill where Espy lived, before the squirrel should have gnawed out. The road, he was quite confident, led to the mill.

"I should like to buy the squirrel, if Espy will sell him," said Phonny.

"Do you think that your mother would be willing?" asked Wallace.

"Why yes," said Phonny, "certainly. What objection could she have?"

"None, only the trouble that it would occasion her," replied Wallace.

"Oh, it would not make her any trouble," said Phonny. "I should take care of it myself."

"It would not make her much trouble, I know," said Wallace, "if you were only considerate and careful. As it is I think it may make her a great deal."

"No," said Phonny, "I don't think that it will make her any trouble at all."

"Where shall you keep your squirrel?" asked Wallace.

"In a cage, in the back room," said Phonny, promptly.

"Have you got a cage?" asked Wallace.

"No," said Phonny, "but I can make one."

"I think that in making a cage," replied Wallace, "you would have to give other people a great deal of trouble. You would be inquiring all about the house, for tools, and boards, and wire,--that is unless you keep your tools and materials for such kind of work, in better order than boys usually do."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who wanted to buy the squirrel?
2. Who would have to sell the squirrel?
3. Where did Espy live?
4. Was Phonny in a hurry?
5. What did he think his mom think about the squirrel?
6. Where did Phonny plan to keep the squirrel?
7. Where would he put it?
8. Did he already have one?
9. How was he going to get one?
10. Who was Phonny talking to about all this?
11. Did Wallace think that it would be troublesome to build?
12. Why?
13. For what?
14. And what else?
15. Did Phonny ever get his squirrel?
16. What did he worry the squirrel might do?
17. What was Phonny pretty confident about?
18. What was he sure led to the mill?
19. What did Phonny's father say?
20. At first, did Wallace think his mother would object?
A: 1. Phonny
2. Espy
3. the mill
4. Yes
5. she would be willing
6. In a cage
7. in the back room
8. No
9. he can make one
10. Wallace
11. yes
12. You would be inquiring all about the house
13. tools
14. and boards
15. yes
16. gnaw out
17. it would not make his Mom any trouble
18. Yes
19. unknown
20. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Phone Soap: Charge and Clean Your Phone

You may charge your phone every day, but do you clean your phone as much? Whatever your hands touch, your phones touch. It has been discovered that some phones have 18 times more bacteria and viruses than any surface in a public restroom. So it probably won't surprise you that a 2011 University of London study found that one in six of our phones have bacteria and viruses on them--specifically, the bacteria called E. coli.

The research on bacteria and viruses led to the invention of Phone Soap. It is not actually liquid like dishwasher soap. It is a phone charger that uses the electromagnetic radiation used in hospitals to kill 99.9 percent of bacteria and viruses, cleaning your phone while it charges.

"There are really certain types of bacteria and viruses that we should not be in touch with, and they are really on our phones," says Wes Barnes, the Phone Soap co-founder. It all started while his cousin and co-founder, Dan LaPorte, was in his cancer research lab at college. "He realized he got the idea of getting rid of bacteria and viruses on the phones," said Barnes. "In the lab they used UV-C light for destroying them. He realized this would be the fastest, most powerful way to kill any bacteria and viruses living on electronic machines."

Phone Soap looks like a little metal suitcase. Your phone rests in to charge and get cleaned at the same time. Instead of plugging your phone into the wall, you'd plug it into the Phone Soap charger box. The process only takes a few minutes but, Barnes says, "The idea is that you can leave it in there overnight if you want to keep charging. Reflective paint keeps the light completely around the phone so it cleans the phone fully."

The co-founders spent 2013 finding the right companies and they started shipping the product in late November. By last week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Phone Soap was all grown-up. Both co-founders have left their previous jobs and are selling Phone Soap nonstop. "We're shipping almost more than we can handle each day," Barnes says. "It's been a great adventure."

1. What is the subject of the article?
2. What is it used for?
3. How effective is it?
4. Who conducted a study on phone cleanliness?
5. When?
6. What did they find?
7. What led to the invention of Phone Soap?
8. Who were the founders?
9. Are they related?
10. How?
11. How were bacteria and viruses destroyed in LaPorte's lab?
12. What was LaPorte's realization?
13. What does Phone Soap look like?
14. Does a phone have to be charging for it to work?
15. Is the phone plugged in the wall?
16. Where?
17. How long does the process take?
18. Can the phone be left charging overnight?
19. What is used to make sure the phone is completely cleaned?
20. Where did the inventors showcase Phone Soap?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Phone Soap
2. kills bacteria and viruses on phone
3. 99.9 percent
4. University of London
5. 2011
6. ne in six of our phones have bacteria and viruses on them
7. research on bacteria and viruses
8. Wes Barnes and Dan LaPorte
9. yes
10. cousins
11. UV-C light
12. UV-C light is fastest to kill bacteria & viruses
13. little metal suitcase
14. yes
15. no
16. Phone Soap charger box
17. a few minutes
18. yes
19. Reflective paint
20. International Consumer Electronics Show