Q: CHAPTER XIII. JAMES III.

James II. left three sons; the eldest, James III., aged nine, was crowned at Kelso (August 10, 1460); his brothers, bearing the titles of Albany and Mar, were not to be his supports. His mother, Mary of Gueldres, had the charge of the boys, and, as she was won over by her uncle, Philip of Burgundy, to the cause of the House of York, while Kennedy and the Earl of Angus stood for the House of Lancaster, there was strife between them and the queen-mother and nobles. Kennedy relied on France (Louis XL), and his opponents on England.

The battle of Towton (March 30, 1461) drove Henry VI. and his queen across the Border, where Kennedy entertained the melancholy exile in the Castle of St Andrews. The grateful Henry restored Berwick to the Scots, who could not hold it long. In June 1461, while the Scots were failing to take Carlisle, Edward IV. was crowned, and sent his adherent, the exiled Earl of Douglas, to treat for an alliance with the Celts, under John, Lord of the Isles, and that Donald Balloch who was falsely believed to have long before been slain in Ireland.

It is curious to think of the Lord of the Isles dealing as an independent prince, through a renegade Douglas, with the English king. A treaty was made at John's Castle of Ardtornish--now a shell of crumbling stone on the sea-shore of the Morvern side of the Sound of Mull--with the English monarch at Westminster. The Highland chiefs promise allegiance to Edward, and, if successful, the Celts are to recover the ancient kingdom from Caithness to the Forth, while Douglas is to be all-powerful from the Forth to the Border!

Answer the following questions:
1. When was Edward IV crowned?
2. What happened in March of 1461?
3. Who left three sons?
4. How old was Jame III?
5. When was he crowned?
6. What was his mother's name?
7. Who was her uncle?
8. What was made at John's Castle of Ardtonrish?
9. Is the castle in good shape now?
10. Where is it?
11. Who was one of James III's brothers?
12. And the other?
13. Who stood for the House of Lancaster?
14. And who else?
15. Who was sent to make an alliance with the Celts?
16. Who was incorrectly thought to be slain in Ireland?
17. Who did the Highland chiefs say they gave their alliance to?
18. What were the Celts supposed to find?
19. Who was going to be all-powerful?
20. What cause was the mother, Mary, won over to?
A: 1. June 1461
2. The battle of Towton
3. James II
4. nine
5. August 10, 1460
6. Mary of Gueldres
7. Philip of Burgundy
8. a treaty
9. no
10. the sea-shore of the Morvern side of the Sound of Mull
11. Albany
12. Mar
13. the Earl of Angus
14. Kennedy
15. Earl of Douglas
16. Donald Balloch
17. Edward
18. the ancient kingdom from Caithness to the Forth
19. Douglas
20. the House of York
Q: A cowboy named Steve wanted to take a vacation from his farm that was named Raindrop. He could not make up his mind where to go, so he saddled his horse and rode east. The sun was setting in the west and it was orange. A cold wind was blowing from north to south. Steve rode through a forest of pear trees next to his farm.

The first place he came to was a small town full of quiet people and its name was Silence. No one would talk to Steve. He kept riding. The town was next to a forest of maple trees.

The second town he came to was very cold and its name was Ice. Steve was afraid his horse would freeze if he stayed there. Everyone in the town was wearing large coats and mittens. The second town was next to a forest of pine trees.

The third town he came to was warm and it was named Sunny. There were palm trees on the beach. Steve and his horse went to the beach and played in the ocean. Steve took off his boots. Steve's hat got wet in the water. He had to leave it on the beach to dry. Eventually Steve and his horse got hot. They rode east again.

Eventually Steve arrived back at his farm. This confused him because he thought he had been riding in a different direction. Steve learned that there really was no place like home. He put his horse in the barn and went back into his house.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was the cowpokes name?
2. What did he want to take?
3. What was his farms name?
4. So what did he do?
5. What color was the sunset?
6. What direction was the wind blowign?
7. Where did he come first?
8. What was it full of?
9. What was it's name?
10. Who talked to him there?
11. What was wrong with the next town?
12. What was it's name?
13. What was he afraid would happen if he didn't leave?
14. What were the people wearing?
A:
1. Steve
2. a vacation
3. Raindrop
4. saddled his horse and rode east
5. orange
6. north to south
7. a small town
8. quiet people
9. Silence
10. No one
11. it was very cold
12. Ice
13. his horse would freeze
14. large coats and mittens