CHAPTER V

For a number of days Michael saw only Steward and Kwaque. This was because he was confined to the steward's stateroom. Nobody else knew that he was on board, and Dag Daughtry, thoroughly aware that he had stolen a white man's dog, hoped to keep his presence secret and smuggle him ashore when the _Makambo_ docked in Sydney.

Quickly the steward learned Michael's pre-eminent teachableness. In the course of his careful feeding of him, he gave him an occasional chicken bone. Two lessons, which would scarcely be called lessons, since both of them occurred within five minutes and each was not over half a minute in duration, sufficed to teach Michael that only on the floor of the room in the corner nearest the door could he chew chicken bones. Thereafter, without prompting, as a matter of course when handed a bone, he carried it to the corner.

And why not? He had the wit to grasp what Steward desired of him; he had the heart that made it a happiness for him to serve. Steward was a god who was kind, who loved him with voice and lip, who loved him with touch of hand, rub of nose, or enfolding arm. As all service flourishes in the soil of love, so with Michael. Had Steward commanded him to forego the chicken bone after it was in the corner, he would have served him by foregoing. Which is the way of the dog, the only animal that will cheerfully and gladly, with leaping body of joy, leave its food uneaten in order to accompany or to serve its human master. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was seen?
2. by who?
3. why?
4. why?
5. where was he confined?
6. what was stolen?
7. whose dog?
8. what did he do with it?
9. where?
10. where was he hid?
11. what was he fed?
12. where could he chew on them?
13. where?
14. was he kind?
15. did he serve someone?
16. did the dog love touch?
17. how many lessons are there?
18. how long were they?
19. what was the duration?
20. who carried the bone?
Answer: 1. Steward and Kwaque
2. Michael
3. he was confined?
4. unknown
5. steward's stateroom.
6. a dog
7. n a white man's
8. smuggled him?
9. Sydney
10. the _Makambo
11. chicken bone.
12. only on the floor of the room
13. in the corner nearest the door
14. yes
15. yes
16. yes
17. Two
18. five minutes
19. half a minute
20. the dog

Kazakhstan (, ; , "Qazaqstan", ; , "Kazakhstan"), officially the Republic of Kazakhstan (, "Qazaqstan Respwblikas"; , "Respublika Kazakhstan"), is the world's largest landlocked country, and the ninth largest in the world, with an area of . Kazakhstan is the dominant nation of Central Asia economically, generating 60% of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil/gas industry. It also has vast mineral resources.

Kazakhstan is officially a democratic, secular, unitary, constitutional republic with a diverse cultural heritage. Kazakhstan shares borders with Russia, China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan, and also adjoins a large part of the Caspian Sea. The terrain of Kazakhstan includes flatlands, steppe, taiga, rock canyons, hills, deltas, snow-capped mountains, and deserts. Kazakhstan has an estimated 18 million people . Given its large land area, its population density is among the lowest, at less than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per sq. mi.). The capital is Astana, where it was moved in 1997 from Almaty, the country's largest city.

The territory of Kazakhstan has historically been inhabited by Turkic nomads who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states such as Turkic Khaganate and etc. In the 13th century, the territory joined the Mongolian Empire under Genghis Khan. By the 16th century, the Kazakh emerged as a distinct group, divided into three "juz" (ancestor branches occupying specific territories). The Russians began advancing into the Kazakh steppe in the 18th century, and by the mid-19th century, they nominally ruled all of Kazakhstan as part of the Russian Empire. Following the 1917 Russian Revolution, and subsequent civil war, the territory of Kazakhstan was reorganised several times. In 1936, it was made the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, part of the Soviet Union. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Does Kazakhstan border an ocean?
2. Is it the biggest country in the world?
3. How many are bigger?
4. How many landlocked countries are bigger?
5. Does the country border any water at all?
6. What body of water?
7. What kind of nomads used to live in Kazakhstan?
8. What states did they descend from?
9. Who ruled the Mongolian Empire?
10. Did Kazakhstan join it?
11. When?
12. True or False: The area was once part of the USSR.
13. When did this begin?
14. What was it called then?
15. Is the terrain of the country varied?
16. What is one type of terrain included?
17. And another?
18. Is rainforest included?
19. What about desert?
20. How many people live in the country?
Answer:
1. no
2. no
3. eight
4. none
5. yes
6. Caspian Sea.
7. Turkic
8. Turkic
9. Genghis Khan
10. yes
11. 13th century,
12. True
13. 1936
14. Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
15. yes
16. flatlands
17. steppe
18. no
19. yes
20. estimated 18 million