Question: CHAPTER XII

Konigstein

Phineas Finn and Lady Laura Kennedy sat together discussing the affairs of the past till the servant told them that "My Lord" was in the next room, and ready to receive Mr. Finn. "You will find him much altered," said Lady Laura, "even more than I am."

"I do not find you altered at all."

"Yes, you do,--in appearance. I am a middle-aged woman, and conscious that I may use my privileges as such. But he has become quite an old man,--not in health so much as in manner. But he will be very glad to see you." So saying she led him into a room, in which he found the Earl seated near the fireplace, and wrapped in furs. He got up to receive his guest, and Phineas saw at once that during the two years of his exile from England Lord Brentford had passed from manhood to senility. He almost tottered as he came forward, and he wrapped his coat around him with that air of studious self-preservation which belongs only to the infirm.

"It is very good of you to come and see me, Mr. Finn," he said.

"Don't call him Mr. Finn, Papa. I call him Phineas."

"Well, yes; that's all right, I dare say. It's a terrible long journey from London, isn't it, Mr. Finn?"

"Too long to be pleasant, my lord."

"Pleasant! Oh, dear. There's no pleasantness about it. And so they've got an autumn session, have they? That's always a very stupid thing to do, unless they want money." 1. Who was having a discussion?
2. About what?
3. Who interrupted?
4. Who was waiting to speak to Mr. Finn?
5. What was his name?
6. Where was he waiting?
7. Where was he sitting, in that room?
8. How old is Laura?
9. Had her father gotten significantly older?
10. In how many years?
11. Were his movements steady?
12. What was he wearing?
13. Where was he exiled from? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Phineas Finn and Lady Laura Kennedy
2. affairs of the past
3. the servant
4. Laura's father
5. the Earl
6. in the next room
7. near the fireplace
8. middle-aged
9. Yes
10. two years
11. No
12. furs
13. England

Question: CHAPTER NINETEEN.

A NIGHT JOURNEY.

"And he must post, without delay, Along the bridge and through the dale. And by the church and o'er the down." _Wordsworth_.

John Hewlett had finished his day's work, and come home in the dusk of an October evening. He found the house hung all over with the family linen, taken in to shelter from a shower; but not before it had become damp enough to need to be put by the fire before it could be ironed or folded. His mother was moaning over it, and there was no place to sit down. He did not wonder that Jem had taken his hunch of bread and gone away with it, nor that his father was not at home; but he took off his boots at the back door, as his aunt never liked his coming into her room in them--though they were nothing to what he would have worn had he worked in the fields--and then climbed up the stairs.

Judith was sitting up in bed, with her teapot, tea-cup, and a piece of stale loaf, laid out on a tray before her; and little Judy beside her, drinking out of a cracked mug. Judith's eyes had a strange look of fright in them, but there was an air of relief when she saw Johnnie.

"Well, aunt, is that all you have got for tea?"

"Poor mother has been hindered; but never mind that," returned Judith, in a quick, agitated tone. "Judy, my dear, drink up your tea and run down to help mother, there's a dear." 1. How did John find the house?
2. what had to happen to the linens?
3. Why?
4. What time of day was it?
5. where was he coming from?
6. in what month?
7. who was moaning?
8. could she sit?
9. Where was Judith?
10. with what?
11. was the dad home?
12. Who may have stolen his bread?
13. Where did he take off his shoe?
14. Why?
15. What was his aunts name?
16. Who was injured and stalled?
17. Who should drink fast?
18. How did Judith's eyes look?
19. Was she ever relaxed?
20. When? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. hung all over
2. be put by the fire
3. it become damp
4. dusk
5. work
6. October
7. His mother
8. No
9. in bed
10. her teapot, tea-cup, and a piece of stale loaf
11. No
12. Jem
13. the back door,
14. his aunt never liked his coming into her room in them
15. Judith
16. mother
17. Judy
18. they had a look of fright
19. Yes
20. she saw Johnnie

Question: Three kids have been learning chemistry for only a few months. But they have already begun to challenge a world famous scientist! Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan are from Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School in Guangdong. They have just found a red cabbage that could be a new kind of acid-base indicator . They want it to take the place of litmus paper. "We've learnt to think of and ask questions about life by ourselves," said Li, "We work well with each other." British scientist Robert Boyle discovered the use of litmus paper over 300 years ago. Now it is used widely in experiments all over the world. But when the kids did some experiments in class last winter, they saw that the litmus paper didn't turn very blue with base matter. It's hard to get a clear result. Will there be a better indicator than litmus paper? The three kids decided to try and find out! How? They went to collect over 40 plants in parks, gardens and markets. Then they ground leaves, flowers and stems to get the pigments from them. The kids mixed pigments with acid and base. They spent months watching carefully to see which paper showed the best colour change. They decided it was the litmus paper! "It's our first scientific journey, Huang said, "But it makes me want to try harder." 1. What subject do the kids study?
2. How many kids are there?
3. What are their names?
4. Are they in school?
5. Which one do they attend?
6. Where is that at?
7. What chemist are they challenging?
8. What did he discover?
9. How long ago was that?
10. What might replace the litmus paper? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. chemistry
2. Three
3. Li Weichi, Huang Runling, and Xiao Yan
4. Yes
5. Zhongshan Huaqiao Middle School
6. Guangdong
7. Robert Boyle
8. the use of litmus paper
9. over 300 years ago
10. mixed pigments with acid and base