Problem: CHAPTER XXVI.

Disappearance of Slavin

"What's that?"

The exclamation came from Allen as he broke off short in his conversation with Watson.

The cry from Noel had reached his ears and the cry was quickly followed by the first of the pistol shots.

"He's in trouble, thet's wot!" cried the old hunter. "Hark, thar's another shot!"

He bounded back to the camp fire, but quick as was his movement, Allen was ahead of him. Both felt that Noel's peril must be extreme.

"Get a torch!" cried Watson, and caught up a burning brand.

"What of Slavin?" questioned Allen, but then, as the second shot rang out, he waited no longer, but with a torch in one hand and his gun in the other, he darted up the rocky steps as fast as he could. Watson was beside him, with pistol drawn, his gun resting on the side of the cave below.

It took but a few seconds to gain the vicinity of the little waterfall but before they came up they heard the third shot and another yell from Noel.

"My gracious!" burst from Allen's throat, as he beheld the awful scene.

Noel was lying partly on his back, with one foot pressed against the wolverine's stomach. The wild beast still held the young man by the arm.

Allen realized that whatever good was to be done must be done instantly, and without stopping to think twice he blazed away at the wolverine, twice in quick succession. Watson likewise fired, and the creature was struck each time. With a yelp that was almost human the wolverine turned, let go his hold on Noel, and leaped for Allen.
1. who disappeared?
2. who was crying?
3. what did he hear?
4. who in trouble?
5. what was attacking noel?
6. what was he holding him by?
7. what wa pressed against his belly?
8. was the scene pleasing?
9. who shot at the beast?
10. was the beast hit?
11. did he release noel?
12. who did he then go after?
13. where was watson resting?
14. where they near a cave?
15. did they walk towards the screams?
16. where the steps smooth?
17. what were they?
18. was noel on his belly?
19. what was he on?
20. how many shots were fired at the beast?
Answer: 1. Slavin
2. Noel
3. pistol shots
4. Noel was
5. a wolverine
6. by the arm
7. one foot
8. no
9. Allen did
10. yes
11. yes
12. for Allen
13. around the camp fire
14. yes
15. yes, well they ran
16. no
17. rocky
18. no
19. partly on his back
20. I believe 3

Problem: CHAPTER IX

A silence ensued, fraught with poignant fear for Helen, as she gazed into Bo's whitening face. She read her sister's mind. Bo was remembering tales of lost people who never were found.

"Me an' Milt get lost every day," said Roy. "You don't suppose any man can know all this big country. It's nothin' for us to be lost."

"Oh!... I was lost when I was little," said Bo.

"Wal, I reckon it'd been better not to tell you so offhand like," replied Roy, contritely. "Don't feel bad, now. All I need is a peek at Old Baldy. Then I'll have my bearin'. Come on."

Helen's confidence returned as Roy led off at a fast trot. He rode toward the westering sun, keeping to the ridge they had ascended, until once more he came out upon a promontory. Old Baldy loomed there, blacker and higher and closer. The dark forest showed round, yellow, bare spots like parks.

"Not so far off the track," said Roy, as he wheeled his horse. "We'll make camp in Milt's senaca to-night."

He led down off the ridge into a valley and then up to higher altitude, where the character of the forest changed. The trees were no longer pines, but firs and spruce, growing thin and exceedingly tall, with few branches below the topmost foliage. So dense was this forest that twilight seemed to have come.

Travel was arduous. Everywhere were windfalls that had to be avoided, and not a rod was there without a fallen tree. The horses, laboring slowly, sometimes sank knee-deep into the brown duff. Gray moss festooned the tree-trunks and an amber-green moss grew thick on the rotting logs.
1. Who was Helen looking at?
2. Was it turning red?
3. What was Bo remembering?
4. About what?
5. Who was talking about getting lost?
6. Who did he say got lost with him?
7. What did Roy say he wanted a peek at?
8. What did Roy ride toward?
9. Did this make Helen feel confident?
10. What was Roy keeping to?
11. Were they ascending it?
12. Where were they going to set up camp?
13. Where exactly?
14. What did the horses do in the duff?
15. What was on the tree trunks?
16. What was on the logs?
17. Were the logs healthy-looking?
18. What kind of logs were they described as?
19. Was the moss growing thick or thin on those logs?
20. What time of day did the denseness of the forest make it seem like?
Answer: 1. Bo's face
2. No
3. Some tales
4. Lost people who never were found
5. Roy initially.
6. Milt
7. Old Baldy.
8. The westering sun,
9. Yes
10. The ridge
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Milt's senaca
14. They sometimes sank knee-deep
15. Gray moss
16. Amber-green moss
17. No
18. Rotting logs
19. Thick
20. Twilight

Problem: The Whigs were a political faction and then a political party in the parliaments of England, Scotland, Great Britain, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Between the 1680s and 1850s, they contested power with their rivals, the Tories. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute monarchy. The Whigs played a central role in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and were the standing enemies of the Stuart kings and pretenders, who were Roman Catholic. The Whigs took full control of the government in 1715, and remained totally dominant until King George III, coming to the throne in 1760, allowed Tories back in. The "Whig Supremacy" (17151760) was enabled by the Hanoverian succession of George I in 1714 and the failed Jacobite rising of 1715 by Tory rebels. The Whigs thoroughly purged the Tories from all major positions in government, the army, the Church of England, the legal profession, and local offices. The Party's hold on power was so strong and durable, historians call the period from roughly 1714 to 1783 the age of the "Whig Oligarchy". The first great leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government through the period 17211742; his protege was Henry Pelham, who led from 1743 to 1754.
1. What group is this article about?
2. When did they start?
3. Until when?
4. Who was their best leader?
5. When was he in power?
6. And who was his student?
7. And his years in power were?
8. They were part of what age?
9. Who created that label?
10. When did it start?
11. What else happened that year?
12. What house was he from?
13. What happened the year after?
14. By whom?
15. After that did Tories serve in public office?
16. Could they serve in high positions in the military?
17. Where else couldn't they work?
18. Who were the Whig's enemies?
Answer:
1. The Whigs
2. the 1680s
3. the 1850s
4. Robert Walpole
5. from 17211742
6. Henry Pelham,
7. from 1743 to 1754
8. the "Whig Oligarchy"
9. historians
10. 1714
11. the succession of George I
12. Hanoverian
13. the failed Jacobite rising
14. Tory rebels
15. no
16. no
17. the Church of England
18. the Tories