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CHAPTER III--WIN AND SLOW

'The rude will shuffle through with ease enough: Great schools best suit the sturdy and the rough.'

COWPER.

At school Griffith was very happy, and brilliantly successful, alike in study and sport, though sports were not made prominent in those days, and triumphs in them were regarded by the elders with doubtful pride, lest they should denote a lack of attention to matters of greater importance. All his achievements were, however, poured forth by himself and Clarence to Emily and me, and we felt as proud of them as if they had been our own.

Clarence was industrious, and did not fail in his school work, but when he came home for the holidays there was a cowed look about him, and private revelations were made over my sofa that made my flesh creep. The scars were still visible, caused by having been compelled to grasp the bars of the grate bare-handed; and, what was worse, he had been suspended outside a third story window by the wrists, held by a schoolfellow of thirteen!

'But what was Griff about?' I demanded, with hot tears of indignation.

'Oh, Win!--that's what they call him, and me Slow--he said it would do me good. But I don't think it did, Eddy. It only makes my heart beat fit to choke me whenever I go near the passage window.'

I could only utter a vain wish that I had been there and able to fight for him, and I attacked Griff on the subject on the first opportunity.
1. Did Griffith like school?
2. What about sports?
3. Was he good at school?
4. Did he work hard?
5. Did Clarence get good grades?
6. Why was he home?
7. Who did he tell something to?
8. Was it something he was upset about?
9. Had he been bullied?
10. Was he injured?
11. What was he holding onto?
12. did he have gloves on?
13. Who was holding his wrists?
14. How old was he?
15. Where was he hanging from?
16. What did the nickname him?
17. What do they call Griffith?
18. What's his nickname at school?
19. Did he help Clarence?
20. Did Griff get talked to about this later?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. he was good at them
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. the holidays
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. they were
11. the bars of the grate
12. no
13. a schoolfellow
14. thirteen
15. a third story window
16. Win
17. Griff
18. Win
19. no
20. yes

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Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule essential in various biological roles in coding, decoding, regulation, and expression of genes. RNA and DNA are nucleic acids, and, along with lipids, proteins and carbohydrates, constitute the four major macromolecules essential for all known forms of life. Like DNA, RNA is assembled as a chain of nucleotides, but unlike DNA it is more often found in nature as a single-strand folded onto itself, rather than a paired double-strand. Cellular organisms use messenger RNA (mRNA) to convey genetic information (using the letters G, U, A, and C to denote the nitrogenous bases guanine, uracil, adenine, and cytosine) that directs synthesis of specific proteins. Many viruses encode their genetic information using an RNA genome.

Some RNA molecules play an active role within cells by catalyzing biological reactions, controlling gene expression, or sensing and communicating responses to cellular signals. One of these active processes is protein synthesis, a universal function where RNA molecules direct the assembly of proteins on ribosomes. This process uses transfer RNA (tRNA) molecules to deliver amino acids to the ribosome, where ribosomal RNA (rRNA) then links amino acids together to form proteins.

Like DNA, most biologically active RNAs, including mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, snRNAs, and other non-coding RNAs, contain self-complementary sequences that allow parts of the RNA to fold and pair with itself to form double helices. Analysis of these RNAs has revealed that they are highly structured. Unlike DNA, their structures do not consist of long double helices, but rather collections of short helices packed together into structures akin to proteins. In this fashion, RNAs can achieve chemical catalysis (like enzymes). For instance, determination of the structure of the ribosomean enzyme that catalyzes peptide bond formationrevealed that its active site is composed entirely of RNA.
1. What is the article about?
2. What is it similar to?
3. What is it similar to?
4. What does it do?
5. What do they actively do?
6. How is it different from DNA?
7. What shape are they?
8. Are they like enzymes?
9. How?
10. What kind of acids are they?

Numbered answers:
1. RNA
2. DNA
3. unknown
4. codes, decodes, regulates, and expresses genes
5. catalyze biological reactions, control gene expression, sense and communicate responses to cellular signals
6. single-strand rather than double-strand
7. collections of short helices packed together into structures akin to proteins
8. yes
9. they can achieve chemical catalysis
10. nucleic acids

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CHAPTER XIV

WHAT A ROMAN CANDLE DID

It was a time for quick action, and it was a lucky thing that Dick Rover had been in perilous positions before and knew enough not to lose his presence of mind. As the others in the automobile arose to leap out he called to them:

"Sit down! Don't jump! I'll look out for things!"

Then, even as he spoke, Dick turned the steering wheel and sent the big machine crashing into the bushes to one side of the roadway. He chose a spot that was comparatively level, and in five seconds they came to a halt just in front of half a dozen trees.

"We must take care of Tom's machine!" cried Sam, and leaped over the back of the automobile. The machine had cut down the bushes, so the path was clear and he ran with might and main to the roadway. At the top of the hill was the second car, coming along at a good speed.

"Stop! stop!" he yelled, frantically, and waved his arms in the air.

Tom saw the movement and knew at once something was wrong. He threw off the power and applied the emergency brake and the automobile just passed Sam and no more.

"What's the matter?" came from everyone in the second car.

"That's what's the matter," answered Sam, pointing to the foot of the rocky hill. "That wagon--Well, I declare!"

The youngest Rover stared and well he might, for the farmer's turnout with the load of lime had disappeared from view. The farmer had turned into a field at the bottom of the hill just as Dick turned his car into the bushes.
1. What chapter is this?
2. What''s the title?
3. Who was driving?
4. Before what did they stop?
5. What must they safeguard?
6. Where had the farmer turned when he vanished from sight?
7. And what had Dick done simultaneously?
8. What did Tom do when he figured out something wasn't right?
9. What did the other vehicle do?
10. What did Sam point at?
11. What was there?
Numbered answers:
1. CHAPTER XIV
2. WHAT A ROMAN CANDLE DID
3. ick
4. just in front of half a dozen trees.
5. Tom's machine/car
6. into a field at the bottom of the hil
7. turned his car into the bushes
8. He threw off the power and applied the emergency brake and the automobile
9. disappeared from view
10. the foot of the rocky hill
11. A wagon