Q: CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.

MISSED AND MOURNED.

"Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain." _Longfellow_.

"Be they Gobblealls not coming home?" asked Nanny Barton, as she stood at her gate, while some of her neighbours came slowly out of church, about two years later.

"My man, he did ask Shepherd Tomkins," said Betsy Seddon, "and all the answer he got was, 'You don't desarve it, not you.' As if my man had gone out with that there rabble rout!"

"And I'm sure mine only went up to see what they were after, and helped to put out the fire beside."

"Ay," said Cox, behind her, "but not till the soldiers were come."

"Time they did come!" said Seddon. "Rain comes through the roof, and that there Lawyer Brent won't have nothing done to it till the captain comes home."

"Yes," added Morris, "and when I spoke to him about my windows, as got blown in, he said 'cottages were no end of expense, and we hadn't treated them so as they would wish to come back nohow.'"

"Think of their bearing malice!" cried Nanny Barton.

"I don't believe as how they does," responded the other Nanny. "They have sent the coals and the blankets all the same."

"Bear malice!" said Mrs Truman, who had just walked up. "No, no. Why, Parson Harford have said over and over again, when he gave a shilling or so or a meat order, to help a poor lady that was ill, that 'twas by madam's wish."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who would do nothing about the roof?
2. What was wrong with it?
3. What was he waiting on?
4. What did he say about cottages?
5. Who did he say this to?
6. When?
7. Was it in response to issues with Morris' home?
8. Who was Nanny Barton concerned with?
9. What was her concern?
10. Where was she standing?
11. What was happening?
12. After how long?
13. What did Betsy's husband help do?
14. Who helped the poor lady that was ill?
15. How did he help?
16. Who wanted hi to do this?
17. Who heard him say this?
A: 1. Lawyer Brent
2. Rain comes through
3. The captain to come home
4. They were no end of expense
5. Morris
6. unknown
7. Yes
8. The Gobblealls
9. If they were not coming home
10. At her gate
11. Some of her neighbours came slowly out of church
12. Two years later
13. He asked Shepherd Tomkins
14. Parson Harford
15. He gave a shilling or so or a meat order
16. Madam's
17. Mrs Truman
Q: (CNN) -- Barack Obama has talked of ripping out the White House bowling alley and replacing it with a basketball court. The former reserve player for Punahou High School's 1979 state championship team brings an enthusiasm for pickup basketball games to a place where golf, baseball and football have been the most-discussed sports.

Reggie Miller says he'd pick Barack Obama for his squad because he likes the president-elect's team approach.

And if he puts hoops in the White House, Reggie Miller, the retired basketball star and sports broadcaster, wants in.

"I would love to be the first to go there and play," said Miller, whose record-breaking 2,560 three-pointers with the Indiana Pacers electrified basketball fans. Today Miller, 43, is an NBA analyst for TNT, which is owned by Turner Broadcasting, parent company of CNN.

Miller and others have said Obama's playing style yields clues to the type of president he will be. Miller, who said he backed Obama in the election, spoke Monday to CNN.com. iReport.com: What would you like to ask Obama?

CNN: Do you know Barack Obama?

Reggie Miller: I have never met him personally, but from afar, obviously I admire the man and the courage and the strength, the wisdom. I respect how much of a family man he is.

CNN: Where does basketball fit in your view of Barack Obama?

Miller: It seems like he has a regular pickup game, which I like because as a ballplayer, you like to do the same routine. ... He plays with the same guys, he likes to get a good sweat in. ... When you get a good workout in, you feel good for the rest of the day. It helps clear the mind.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who would like to play basketball at the White House?
2. How old is he?
3. Where is he from?
4. What's his current occupation?
5. For what network?
6. Who did he vote for?
7. Has he met him?
8. How many three point shots has he made?
9. How many awards has he won?
10. Has Obama played basketball?
11. When?
12. For whom?
13. What does he want to add to the White house?
14. Where would he put it?
A: 1. Reggie Miller
2. 43
3. Indiana Pacers
4. an NBA analyst
5. TNT
6. Obama
7. no
8. 2,560
9. unknown
10. yes
11. 1979
12. Punahou High School
13. a basketball court
14. in place of the bowling alley
Q: New Spain () was a colonial territory of the Spanish Empire in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama. It was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and following additional conquests, it was made a viceroyalty (Spanish: "virreinato") in 1535. The first of four viceroyalties Spain created in the Americas, it comprised Mexico, Central America, much of the Southwestern and Central United States, and Spanish Florida as well as the Philippines, Guam, Mariana and Caroline Islands.

After 1535 the colony was governed by the Viceroy of New Spain, an appointed minister of the King of Spain, who ruled as monarch over the colony from its capital, Mexico City. New Spain lost parts of its territory to other European powers and independence, but the core area remained under Spanish control until 1821, when it achieved independence as the Mexican Empire when the latter dissolved, it became modern Mexico and Central America.

New Spain developed highly regional divisions, reflecting the impact of climate, topography, the presence or absence of dense indigenous populations, and the presence or absence of mineral resources. The areas of central and southern Mexico had dense indigenous populations with complex social, political, and economic organization. The northern area of Mexico, a region of nomadic and semi-nomadic indigenous populations, was not generally conducive to dense settlements, but the discovery of silver in Zacatecas in the 1540s drew settlement there to exploit the mines. Silver mining not only became the engine of the economy of New Spain, but vastly enriched Spain and transformed the global economy. New Spain was the New World terminus of the Philippine trade, making the viceroyalty a vital link between Spain's New World empire and its Asian empire.

Answer the following questions:
1. Did the northern area of Mexico have a small population?
2. Did the Southern and central area of Mexico have a complex social and economic
3. Did the central and southern areas of Mexico have a small population?
4. Did the Northern area of Mexico have many cities and settlements?
5. What mineral was found there?
6. When?
7. Where specifically?
8. Who controlled New Spain beginning in 1521?
9. How many centuries did they retain control for?
10. Was the land in New Spain similar throughout the whole area?
11. What person appointed the Viceroy of New Spain in 1535?
12. Where did the Viceroy of New Spain rule from?
13. Was this the capital?
14. The region that became the Mexican empire in 1821, became what when it was later dissolved?
A:
1. yes
2. yes
3. no
4. no
5. silver
6. in the 1540s
7. Zacatecas
8. the Spanish
9. three
10. no
11. the King of Spain
12. Mexico City
13. yes
14. Mexico and Central America