Q: CHAPTER XII

FAIR AND FOUL FIGHTING

As Dick went down, Tom and Sam uttered cries of chagrin and horror. The eldest Rover had been struck on the chin, and the blood was flowing from a deep scratch.

"Get up! Get up, Dick!" cried Tom. "Don't say you are beaten!"

"Yes, yes; get up and go at him!" added Sam.

The urging was unnecessary, as Dick was already scrambling up. Dan Baxter made a dash at him, intending to strike him while he was down, but a fierce look from Tom stopped him.

"You'll fight fair, Baxter," were Tom's words.

"Yes, he'll fight fair," repeated Dick, throwing back his head as if to collect himself. "Fellow-students, Dan Baxter is not fit to be a pupil at this academy."

"Why not?" came in a chorus.

"He is not fighting me fairly."

"What do you mean?" blustered Mumps.

"Don't find fault because he knocked you down," added another of the bully's cronies.

"I say he is not fighting fair," repeated Dick stoutly. "He has something in each hand."

At this unexpected announcement Dan Baxter started back and changed color. Then of a sudden he placed both hands into his trouser pockets.

"He is putting the things out of sight!" cried Tom, who saw through the bully's intentions.

"Come, Baxter, show us what you had."

"I didn't have anything," growled the bully. "If you say I had I'll punch your head off. This is only a ruse to, let Dick gain time to get his wind."

1. Dick Rover and Dan Baxter
2. Dan Baxter
3. no
4. Dick
5. He thinks Dick has something in each hand
6. Yes
7. Tom
8. He saw Dan putting his hands out of sight
9. in his trouser pockets
10. no
11. he growled and said he didn't.
12. He said it was ruse to let Dick gain time to get his wind
13. yes
14. yes
15. Tom gave Dan a fierce look
16. no
17. a bully
18. no
19. yes
20. Tom, Sam and Dan's cronies.

Numbered questions:
1. Who was fighting?
2. Who was winning?
3. Was it said to be a fair fight?
4. Who said that?
5. Why?
6. Did anyone else see this?
7. Who?
8. What did Tom see Dan doing?
9. Where were his hands?
10. Did Baxter admit to having anything?
11. What was his response when it was suggested that he did?
12. Why did he say he was being accused?
13. Had he knocked Dick down?
14. Was Dick able to get back up?
15. Why was the fight stopped?
16. Was Dan known as a good guy?
17. What was he known as?
18. Did Dick think Dan should be allowed to continue at the academy?
19. Did anyone else witness the fight?
20. Who?

Q: At first Kate thought the Romanian girl could not speak and understand English. Nadia would not reply to anything Kate said. Kate was in charge of showing Nadia around on her first day at Buck Minister Grade School. Kate could not figure out why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying.

"Why did they do this?" Kate wondered aloud. "I mean, you can't learn if you can't understand the teacher."

Nadia's voice was a whisper (speaking in a very low voice). "I understand English. I will learn." Nadia's English was perfect.

Kate was _ . She couldn't understand why Nadia did not like to speak. Then she realized that moving to a new country probably wasn't the easiest thing to do. There were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn - all at the same time.

"There're a lot of new things to learn, huh?" said Kate.

Nadia nodded rapidly. In a quiet voice she replied, "Many things people say, I do not understand. I have been speaking English and Romanian all my life, but I do not know what some children are saying. For example, yesterday a boy asked if I could help him find the USB port on a thin black box he was carrying. Isn't a port a place for ships? It made no sense to me."

"Don't worry." said Kate. "You'll figure everything out in time. You see, that thin black box was a computer. A USB port is a place where you can connect other machines to a computer."

Nadia and Kate were quiet after that. They took notes while the teacher gave a maths lesson. To Kate's surprise, Nadia put up her hand and offered to answer the questions at the blackboard.

Nadia handled every question the teacher gave her. Some of the questions were really difficult, and no one understood what was going on except Nadia and the teacher. When the teacher said that Nadia answered everything correctly, the whole class clapped their hands.

Nadia was smiling when she sat back down next to Kate. "Some things," she said in a normal voice, "are the same all over the world."

1. She thought the Romanian girl could not speak or understand English
2. Nadia
3. why the school had put Nadia in a class where she could not understand what people were saying
4. That there were hundreds of unfamiliar and unusual things to learn - all at the same time
5. They took notes
6. She put up her hand and offered to answer the questions at the blackboard.
7. yes
8. yes, the whole class clapped their hands
9. ships
10. English and Romanian
11. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. What did Kate think about the Romanian girl at first?
2. What was the girls name?
3. What was it Kate couldn't figure out about the situation?
4. What was it Kate realized about moving to a new country?
5. What did Nadia and Kate do while the teacher gave a math lesson?
6. To Kates suprise what did Nadia do?
7. Did Nadia answer things correctly?
8. Did the class show their appreciation for this?
9. What did Nadia think a port was for?
10. What two languages had Nadia been speaking her entire life?
11. Did Nadia think somethings were the same all over the world?

Q: Once upon a time there lived two friends in a small village. Jay and Victor had been friends since they were little children. Now they were studying in a school which was far away from their village. They had to cross a river, climb hills and go through sandy areas on their way to school. One rainy day, the two friends went to school as usual. They were chatting while walking. Perhaps they were discussing something important, but the two had different opinions, which led to a big argument. Things got so bad that Jay suddenly hit Victor. Then Victor looked at his friend and wrote in the sand, " Today, my best friend hit me." They both continued walking without saying anything . Later, they reached a river. Victor was not a good swimmer. By accident, he fell into the river and was going to be carried away by the water. Jay saw this and jumped into the river at once. With difficulty he pulled victor out of the river when Victor became safe, he wrote on a stone, "Today, my friend saved my life." Jay, who was watching all this, asked,"So way did you write it in the sand when I hit you, and why did you write on a stone when I saved your life?" Victor replied, " we should soon forget the wrong done by our friends as words in sand get _ easily, but if they do something good for us, we should always remember their kindness, just as words in stones are kept forever." Then the two friends walked on as if nothing had happened.

1. Jay and Victor
2. a small village
3. the river
4. he hit him
5. Today, my best friend hit me
6. Today, my friend saved my life
7. stone
8. so they always remember
9. rainy
10. they had a big argument

Numbered questions:
1. Who had been friends since they were children?
2. Where di dthey grow up?
3. What did Victor pull Jay out of?
4. What did Jay do to Victor before this?
5. Victor wrote something in the sand afterwards what was it?
6. What was written after Victor was pulled out of the water?
7. What did he write it on?
8. Why is it that he wrote on stone?
9. What was the weather like on the day these events occured?
10. Why did Jay hit Victor in the first place?