Problem: CHAPTER XXI. BLACK STAR AND NIGHT

The time had come for Venters and Bess to leave their retreat. They were at great pains to choose the few things they would be able to carry with them on the journey out of Utah.

"Bern, whatever kind of a pack's this, anyhow?" questioned Bess, rising from her work with reddened face.

Venters, absorbed in his own task, did not look up at all, and in reply said he had brought so much from Cottonwoods that he did not recollect the half of it.

"A woman packed this!" Bess exclaimed.

He scarcely caught her meaning, but the peculiar tone of her voice caused him instantly to rise, and he saw Bess on her knees before an open pack which he recognized as the one given him by Jane.

"By George!" he ejaculated, guiltily, and then at sight of Bess's face he laughed outright.

"A woman packed this," she repeated, fixing woeful, tragic eyes on him.

"Well, is that a crime?'

"There--there is a woman, after all!"

"Now Bess--"

"You've lied to me!"

Then and there Venters found it imperative to postpone work for the present. All her life Bess had been isolated, but she had inherited certain elements of the eternal feminine.

"But there was a woman and you did lie to me," she kept repeating, after he had explained.

"What of that? Bess, I'll get angry at you in a moment. Remember you've been pent up all your life. I venture to say that if you'd been out in the world you d have had a dozen sweethearts and have told many a lie before this."
1. Where were Venters and Bess going to leave?
2. Where was it?
3. Could they take everything with them?
4. Did Venters pack light?
5. Did a man pack the bag?
6. Is that a problem for Bess?
7. Why?
8. Does Venters defend himself?
9. What does he ask Bess to recall?
10. How does he say things could be different if that wasn't true?
11. Who was the woman who packed Venters' bag?
12. What was her name?
Answer: 1. their retreat
2. Utah.
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes
7. He lied to her
8. Yes
9. She has been pent up her whole life
10. Yes
11. A sweetheart
12. Jane.

Problem: CHAPTER XXXVII

MIKE FINDS OCCUPATION

There was more than one moment during the first fortnight of term when Mike found himself regretting the attitude he had imposed upon himself with regard to Sedleighan cricket. He began to realise the eternal truth of the proverb about half a loaf and no bread. In the first flush of his resentment against his new surroundings he had refused to play cricket. And now he positively ached for a game. Any sort of a game. An innings for a Kindergarten _v._ the Second Eleven of a Home of Rest for Centenarians would have soothed him. There were times, when the sun shone, and he caught sight of white flannels on a green ground, and heard the "plonk" of bat striking ball, when he felt like rushing to Adair and shouting, "I _will_ be good. I was in the Wrykyn team three years, and had an average of over fifty the last two seasons. Lead me to the nearest net, and let me feel a bat in my hands again."

But every time he shrank from such a climb down. It couldn't be done.

What made it worse was that he saw, after watching behind the nets once or twice, that Sedleigh cricket was not the childish burlesque of the game which he had been rash enough to assume that it must be. Numbers do not make good cricket. They only make the presence of good cricketers more likely, by the law of averages.

Mike soon saw that cricket was by no means an unknown art at Sedleigh. Adair, to begin with, was a very good bowler indeed. He was not a Burgess, but Burgess was the only Wrykyn bowler whom, in his three years' experience of the school, Mike would have placed above him. He was a long way better than Neville-Smith, and Wyatt, and Milton, and the others who had taken wickets for Wrykyn.
1. Who is the main character?
2. What sport didn't he want to play at first?
3. Did he initially like the place he was at?
4. But did he later want to play?
5. Did he ever go play?
6. Was the game what he expected?
7. Who played the bowler position?
8. Where?
9. Who played that position at Sedleigh?
10. How many people was he better than?
Answer: 1. Mike
2. Cricket
3. No
4. Yes
5. No
6. No
7. Burgess
8. Wrykyn
9. Adair
10. Three

Problem: Northwestern was founded in 1851 by John Evans, for whom the City of Evanston is named, and eight other lawyers, businessmen and Methodist leaders. Its founding purpose was to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that today includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Instruction began in 1855; women were admitted in 1869. Today, the main campus is a 240-acre (97 ha) parcel in Evanston, along the shores of Lake Michigan just 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. The university's law, medical, and professional schools are located on a 25-acre (10 ha) campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. In 2008, the university opened a campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar with programs in journalism and communication.

The foundation of Northwestern University is traceable to a meeting on May 31, 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders and attorneys who had formed the idea of establishing a university to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory. On January 28, 1851, the Illinois General Assembly granted a charter to the Trustees of the North-Western University, making it the first chartered university in Illinois. The school's nine founders, all of whom were Methodists (three of them ministers), knelt in prayer and worship before launching their first organizational meeting. Although they affiliated the university with the Methodist Episcopal Church, they were committed to non-sectarian admissions, believing that Northwestern should serve all people in the newly developing territory.
1. Why was Northwestern University established?
2. What year was it founded?
3. By whom?
4. What is it's purpose?
5. What areas of the US does it serve?
6. When did they begin to teach there?
7. Were woman able to go there at first?
8. How big is the main campus?
9. Where is their law and medical schools located?
10. When was the Education City campus opened?
11. What programs are there?
12. Who can the foundation be traced back to?
13. What idea did the come up with?
14. What happened in January 1851?
15. Was this the first chartered university in Illois?
16. Is it affliated with anyone/anything?
17. What?
18. Are only Methodist's allowed to attend?
19. Who granted the Charter status?
20. What year did this take place?
Answer:
1. to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory.
2. 1851
3. John Evans
4. to serve the Northwest Territory
5. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota
6. 1855
7. No
8. 240-acre
9. Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood.
10. In 2008
11. journalism and communication.
12. a meeting on May 31, 1850 of nine prominent Chicago businessmen, Methodist leaders and attorneys
13. establishing a university to serve what had once been known as the Northwest Territory.
14. On January 28, 1851, the Illinois General Assembly granted a charter to the Trustees of the North-Western University,
15. Yes
16. Yes
17. Methodist Episcopal Church
18. No
19. Illinois General Assembly
20. 1851