CHAPTER XXXII. The Pass List Is Out

With the end of June came the close of the term and the close of Miss Stacy's rule in Avonlea school. Anne and Diana walked home that evening feeling very sober indeed. Red eyes and damp handkerchiefs bore convincing testimony to the fact that Miss Stacy's farewell words must have been quite as touching as Mr. Phillips's had been under similar circumstances three years before. Diana looked back at the schoolhouse from the foot of the spruce hill and sighed deeply.

"It does seem as if it was the end of everything, doesn't it?" she said dismally.

"You oughtn't to feel half as badly as I do," said Anne, hunting vainly for a dry spot on her handkerchief. "You'll be back again next winter, but I suppose I've left the dear old school forever--if I have good luck, that is."

"It won't be a bit the same. Miss Stacy won't be there, nor you nor Jane nor Ruby probably. I shall have to sit all alone, for I couldn't bear to have another deskmate after you. Oh, we have had jolly times, haven't we, Anne? It's dreadful to think they're all over."

Two big tears rolled down by Diana's nose.

"If you would stop crying I could," said Anne imploringly. "Just as soon as I put away my hanky I see you brimming up and that starts me off again. As Mrs. Lynde says, 'If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can.' After all, I dare say I'll be back next year. This is one of the times I KNOW I'm not going to pass. They're getting alarmingly frequent."

1. Is everyone happy?
2. What are they doing?
3. About what?
4. Who is walking together?
5. What month is it?
6. Who had said goodbye?
7. Was that analogous to another time?
8. When?
9. What had happened then?
10. What does Anne wish Diana would cease doing?
11. Why?
12. What are they using to cry?
13. How wet is it?
14. What are you supposed to do if you can't be cheery?
15. According to whom?
16. Who thinks they'll flunk?
17. Who else will most likely be gone too?
18. Anyone else?
19. Who?
20. Who will have to be seating by herself?
21. Why?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. no
2. crying
3. the end of school
4. Anne and Diana
5. June
6. Miss Stacy
7. yes
8. three years before
9. Mr. Phillips's had been under similar circumstances
10. crying
11. so she could stop herself
12. a handkerchief
13. very
14. be as cheerful as you can
15. Mrs. Lynde
16. Anne
17. Jane
18. yes
19. Ruby
20. Diana
21. because she couldn't bear to have another deskmate after Anne