Question: CHAPTER VI

THE HALL OF THE ATLAS

From the moment when the tailor had bowed his farewell to the moment when Graham found himself in the lift, was altogether barely five minutes. As yet the haze of his vast interval of sleep hung about him, as yet the initial strangeness of his being alive at all in this remote age touched everything with wonder, with a sense of the irrational, with something of the quality of a realistic dream. He was still detached, an astonished spectator, still but half involved in life. What he had seen, and especially the last crowded tumult, framed in the setting of the balcony, had a spectacular turn, like a thing witnessed from the box of a theatre. "I don't understand," he said. "What was the trouble? My mind is in a whirl. Why were they shouting? What is the danger?"

"We have our troubles," said Howard. His eyes avoided Graham's enquiry. "This is a time of unrest. And, in fact, your appearance, your waking just now, has a sort of connexion--"

He spoke jerkily, like a man not quite sure of his breathing. He stopped abruptly.

"I don't understand," said Graham.

"It will be clearer later," said Howard.

He glanced uneasily upward, as though he found the progress of the lift slow.

"I shall understand better, no doubt, when I have seen my way about a little," said Graham puzzled. "It will be--it is bound to be perplexing. At present it is all so strange. Anything seems possible. Anything. In the details even. Your counting, I understand, is different." 1. was the lift fast?
2. who was in the lift?
3. Who bowed?
4. how long was he in the lift?
5. who did he avoid looking at?
6. who has troubles?
7. was this like a dream?
8. whose mind was in a whirl?
9. who caused unrest?
10. when will it be clearer?
11. according to who?
12. was everything impossible?
13. was his breath slow and calm?
14. was graham mentally alert?
15. was he confused?
16. was his appearance disconcerting?
17. who left graham?
18. did sleep alude graham?
19. dd he believe he was in danger?
20. who was shouting? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. no
2. Graham
3. the tailor
4. unknown
5. Graham
6. Howard and Graham
7. yes
8. Graham's
9. Graham
10. later
11. Howard
12. no
13. no
14. no
15. yes
16. yes
17. the tailor
18. it hung about him
19. yes
20. 'they' were

Question: Cairo (CNN) -- Outside Egypt's top court in Cairo, protest leader Hussein Abdel Rahman wears a sash around his collared shirt emblazoned with a zucchini. The judiciary, he says, has transformed into what the green vegetable means in colloquial language: corruption, nepotism, favoritism.

An editorial cartoon in a Cairo daily sums up Egypt's state of affairs: a scribbled mess of spirals.

And the presidential election this weekend, once hailed as Egypt's big step toward democracy, is now satirized in an online mock-up of a video game pitting a bare-chested Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, against the bearded Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.

The runoff vote is taking place after the Supreme Constitutional Court declared the parliament invalid and triggered renewed chaos over the country's leadership.

The ruling dealt a blow to the Muslim Brotherhood, which dominated parliament, and was victory for supporters of Shafik, the focus of protesters' derision for his ties to the deposed dictator.

Anger festered Friday among those who feared that a hard-won revolution was fast unraveling; that little had changed.

Rankled revolutionaries felt left out in the cold on a hot June day.

The dissolution of parliament gives the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, or SCAF, full legislative and executive power alongside, it appears, a friendly judiciary.

"SCAF has been suppressing our protests, suppressing the youth movements on the ground," said Wisam Mohamed. "They have been arresting thousands of us."

Ahmed Maher, a founder of the April 6 Youth Movement, which played a prominent role in last year's Tahrir Square uprising, called the ruling "provocative." 1. Who felt left out?
2. What does SCAF stand for?
3. Who is Ahmed Maher?
4. What did Maher call the ruling?
5. Who was the protest leader?
6. What was Rahman wearing?
7. With what vegetable on it?
8. What does the zucchini represent?
9. How did the cartoon sum up the current state?
10. When is the presidential election?
11. Who did the ruling deal a blow to?
12. Who was it a victory for?
13. Are people angry?
14. What do people fear?
15. Who said SCAF is stopping protests? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. revolutionaries
2. Supreme Council of the Armed Forces
3. founder of the April 6 Youth Movement
4. "provocative"
5. Hussein Abdel Rahman
6. a sash
7. zucchini
8. corruption, nepotism, favoritism
9. a scribbled mess of spirals
10. this weekend
11. Muslim Brotherhood
12. supporters of Shafik
13. Yes
14. revolution was fast unraveling
15. Wisam Mohamed

Question: CHAPTER XXXI

THIRLWELL'S REWARD

Winter was nearly over when, one evening, George and Scott arrived at the Farnam homestead where Agatha was a guest. The house was centrally heated, and when the party gathered in Mrs. Farnam's pretty, warm room, Agatha wondered what Thirlwell was doing in the frozen North. Farnam had invested some money in the mine, and Agatha knew George had come to talk about the company's business.

"Things are not going well with us," he said presently. "Our money's nearly spent and Thirlwell has not been able to get out much ore. I think I told you he suspected Stormont sent the men who staked the claims behind our block, and the fellow's now getting on our track. He's been to see Gardner, Leeson, and one or two others."

"It would be awkward if they turned us down," Farnam remarked.

Agatha waited. She knew Gardner and Leeson held a number of the shares, but she did not understand the matter yet.

"Very awkward," George agreed. "I went to Leeson, and although he didn't say much, I reckon Stormont wants to buy his stock. He allowed that he and Gardner were not satisfied about our prospects, and I couldn't give him much ground for holding on. Then I went to Hill, who said he'd got an offer for his stock and meant to sell, but wouldn't name the buyer. I suspected Stormont again, but we won't know until we get the transfer form."

"One could head him off by bidding higher for the shares," Farnam suggested. "Still I suppose it's impossible. Anyhow, I have no more money." 1. Where did George and Scott arrive?
2. Who was a guest there?
3. Which season was it?
4. Was Winter just beginning?
5. How far along?
6. Where did the party gather?
7. What was the temperature like in the room?
8. What had Farnam invested in ?
9. What did Farnam wish to discuss?
10. Were things going well for the company?
11. Why?
12. Who was suspected of staking claims behind their block?
13. Had he been to see anyone else?
14. Who?
15. Did they have any shares?
16. How many?
17. Did Agatha have a good understanding of the matter?
18. Whose stock does Stormont want to buy?
19. Does Hill mean to sell?
20. How much money does Farnam have left? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. at the Farnam homestead
2. Agatha
3. Winter
4. No
5. Nearly over
6. Mrs. Farnam's room
7. Warm
8. in the mine
9. unknown
10. No
11. The money was nearly spent they hadn't gotten much ore
12. Stormont
13. Yes
14. Gardner, Leeson, and one or two others
15. Yes
16. unknown
17. No
18. Leeson's and Hill's
19. Yes
20. None