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."

Answer the following 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?
A: 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.

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER 41

A stranger's roof to hold thy head, A stranger's foot thy grave to tread; Desert and rock, and Alp and sea, Spreading between thy home and thee. --SEWELL

Mary Ross was eager for the first report from Hollywell the next morning, and had some difficulty in keeping her attention fixed on her class at school. Laura and Charlotte came in together in due time, and satisfied her so far as to tell her that Amy was very well.

'Is Captain Morville come?' thought Mary. 'No, I cannot guess by Laura's impressive face. Never mind, Charles will tell me all between services.'

The first thing she saw on coming out of school was the pony carriage, with Charles and Captain Morville himself. Charlotte, who was all excitement, had time to say, while her sister was out of hearing,--

'It is all made up now, Mary, and I really am very sorry for Philip.'

It was fortunate that Mary understood the amiable meaning this speech was intended to convey, and she began to enter into its grounds in the short conference after church, when she saw the alteration in the whole expression of countenance.

'Yes,' said Charles, who as usual remained at the vicarage during the two services, and who perceived what passed in her mind, 'if it is any satisfaction to you to have a good opinion of your fellow-sponsor, I assure you that I am converted to Amy's opinion. I do believe the black dog is off his back for good and all.'

1. what did she tell Mary?
2. did Mary know the meaning of that?
3. was Mary at work?
4. where then?
5. where was she expecting to hear from?
6. when?
7. was this interfering with her studies?
8. who then joined her?
9. did they arrive separate?
10. what did she see when she left school?
11. who was on it?
12. who did they inform her was well?
13. did Charlotte want her sister to know what she was saying?
14. who is her sister?
15. who did Charles support?
16. what did he say about Amy?
17. what did he say about an animal?
18. do you believe he was talking about a dog in the literal sense?
19. who said the words "A stranger's roof to hold thy head.......
20. what is the chapter number?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. It is all made up now, Mary, and I really am very sorry for Philip
2. Yes
3. No
4. at school
5. Hollywell
6. the next morning
7. Yes
8. Laura and Charlotte
9. No
10. the pony carriage
11. Charles and Captain Morville
12. Amy
13. No
14. Laura
15. unknown
16. I am converted to Amy's opinion
17. I do believe the black dog is off his back for good and all.
18. No
19. SEWELL
20. 41

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida (CNN) -- Weather and time have inflicted more damage to Fort Jefferson than hostile cannon fire ever did.

The crumbling citadel rises 40 feet from the turquoise water of the Gulf of Mexico, an outpost of a bygone era. Built on an island in Florida's Dry Tortugas, 70 miles past Key West, the fort is being restored by a squad of craftsmen who spend three-week shifts there between hurricane seasons.

A cocoon of mesh and scaffolding shrouds one section of its 8-foot-thick walls as they work. It's a grueling job, but it's one Dennis Wood, a mason from Massachusetts, says he's glad to have.

"Things are slow today, you know," Wood said. "Got a job offer to come down here for the winter, so we took it."

Efforts to restore Fort Jefferson have been under way for about 30 years. The current phase received a boost from the economic stimulus bill that passed Congress in 2009, which devoted $7 million to the project. But planners estimate another $13 million is needed, and that money has yet to be allocated.

The six-sided fort, roughly the size of Yankee Stadium, was designed to protect shipping lanes through the Gulf of Mexico. Construction began in 1846, but advancements in the science of artillery rendered it obsolete before it was finished. During the Civil War, the Confederacy never bothered to try to seize it from Union forces.

The Union kept a garrison of about 2,000 men there and used it mostly as a prison for Confederate captives and deserters. It wasn't until after the war that it received its most famous inmate -- Samuel Mudd, the Maryland doctor convicted of aiding Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, by setting his broken leg.

1. What is the name of the park?
2. In what State is it located?
3. How far from the Keys?
4. Where was this built?
5. Who's Wood?
6. What's he doing?
7. How many sides does the place gong under restoration have?
8. Why was it created that way?
9. When was it started?
10. Who had control of it during the War?
11. What baseball field is it comparable in area?
12. What did the Union use it for?
13. How many were garrisoned there?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Dry Tortugas National Park
2. Florida
3. 70 miles
4. an island in Florida's Dry Tortugas
5. a mason
6. restoring Fort Jefferson
7. six
8. it was designed to protect shipping lanes through the Gulf of Mexico
9. 1846
10. the Union
11. Yankee Stadium
12. as a prison for Confederate captives and deserters
13. 2,000