question: James shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the coins that lay on the bed. $24. 17 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90! How was he going to get the end of the money? He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was hard to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He thought about what he could do. It was no use asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to save. There was only one way to get money, and that was to earn it. He would have to find a job. But who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Clay for advice, who usually had opinions on most things. "Well, you can start right here," said Mr. Clay. "My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. " That was the beginning of James' part-time job. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the different kinds of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the number of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the money increased and he knew that he would soon have enough for the bicycle he was eager to have. The day finally came when James counted his money and found $94. 32. He wasted no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode proudly home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard working for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle far more since he had bought it with his own money.
1. who was his first customer?
2. did he have enough money to begin with?
3. how much did he have?
4. how much did he have by the end?
5. Did he ask his parents for money?
6. why not?
7. how many tasks did Mr. Clay have?
8. how much was the bicycle for?
9. does he remember how many cars he washed?
10. what would he take out for walks?
11. what did he do for Mr. Clay?
12. did he get a lot more jobs after that?
13. why did he know the value of the bicycle?
14. did all his friends have bicycles?
15. was he proud of his achievement?
16. why did he ask Mr. Clay for advice?
17. how long did he work for?
18. did he miss doing his school work?
19. when would he go out to do the work?
20. what other work did he do?
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answer: 1. Mr. Clay.
2. no
3. $24. 17
4. $94. 32
5. no
6. he knew they had no money to save.
7. Two
8. $90
9. no
10. dogs and babies
11. cleaned windows and washed his car
12. yes
13. he had bought it with his own money.
14. yes
15. yes
16. he had opinions on most things
17. three months
18. no
19. after finishing his homework.
20. cleared out cupboards, and mended books.

question: CHAPTER XV

AN AUTOMOBILING ADVENTURE

"What did you run over?" asked Sam.

"Look for yourself," returned his big brother. "This is an outrage! I wish I could catch the party responsible for it," he added bitterly.

Dick had stopped the touring car in the midst of a quantity of broken glass bottles. The glass covered the road from side to side, and had evidently been put there on purpose.

"Say, do you think that chauffeur had anything to do with this?" demanded Tom.

"Hardly," answered Dick. "If his story about the fire was not true he'd know he'd be found out."

"Maybe it was done by some country fellow who is running an auto repair shop," suggested Sam. "I've heard of such things being done--when business was dull."

"Well, we'll have to fix the tire, that is all there is to it," said the oldest Rover. "Might as well get out while we are doing it," he added to the girls.

"Lucky you stopped when you did," said Tom as he walked around the machine. "If you hadn't we might have had all four tires busted."

"What a contemptible trick to play," said Dora as she alighted,

"Can you mend the tire?" asked Nellie as she, too, got out, followed by her sister.

"Oh, yes, we can mend it--or rather put on another," said Dick. "But we'll examine all the tires first," he added, taking off a lamp for that purpose.

It was found that each tire had some glass in it, and the bits were picked out with care. While this was going on Dick suddenly swung the lamp around so that its rays struck through the trees and bushes lining the roadway.
1. Is Sam an only child?
2. Does he have a sister?
3. Does he have a brother?
4. What's his name?
5. Why did the car stop?
6. Why were they in the road?
7. Do they know who did it?
8. Who do they suspect?
9. Are all of the tires destroyed?
10. Any of them?
11. Was there glass in more than one tire?
12. How many?
13. What did they do about that?
14. How does Dick feel when he runs over the glass?
15. What does he yearn to do?
16. What did the chauffeur tell a story about?
17. When might an repair store owner do it?
18. Are there girls in the car?
19. What are their names?
20. What does Nellie want to know?
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answer:
1. No
2. unknown
3. Yes
4. Dick
5. They ran over broken glass bottles.
6. They were put there on purpose
7. No
8. An auto repair shop owner
9. No
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. All of them
13. they picked out the glass
14. Angry
15. catch the party responsible
16. the fire
17. when business was dull
18. Yes
19. Dora and Nellie
20. If the tire can be mended