Problem: Joseph really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely _ . As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him. Celina, who was standing near Joseph when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was pleased that Joseph thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Celina thought it was fun. But later, when Joseph told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Celina had a second idea. She knew that Joseph's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Celina also hated to tell Joseph the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her. What could she do now?
1. What was on the desk?
2. From whom?
3. Did his family have a lot of money?
4. Where was he invited to go?
5. Did they usually ask him to go places?
6. Was he well liked?
7. Was the invite real?
8. Did Celina think it was funny?
9. When did she think it was no longer fun?
10. Was Joseph lonely?
11. Who was standing near when he got to his desk?
12. Where did she go?
13. Why?
Answer: 1. An invitation.
2. Several of his classmates.
3. No.
4. On a camping trip.
5. No.
6. No.
7. No.
8. At first.
9. Joseph told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag.
10. Yes.
11. Celina.
12. Out.
13. To tell them that the trick had worked.

Q: CHAPTER VI.

THE PRIEST'S CHAMBER.

I was very glad that Polly had left school and come home for good. It was far more cheerful and pleasant than it had been at all since I left school. Polly made the place so cheerful with her bright happy smile, and was so full of life and fun, that I never found time to sit and muse, and wonder and fret over the future, as I had done before she came home. She never left me long alone for any time, but every day would make me go out for long walks with her, and indeed devoted herself entirely to cheering and amusing me. Papa too very much recovered his spirits under her genial influence; and altogether she made our home much brighter and more cheerful than before.

So our life went on for nearly three months, and then one Friday evening I was told that Sarah was below waiting to speak to me. I was rather surprised, for she had been to the house very seldom before, and then always on Sunday evenings.

However, the moment she came in, I saw that she had something very important to tell. Her bright face was quite pale with excitement, and her whole figure was in a nervous tremble.

"Oh, miss," she burst out directly the door was closed behind her, "Oh, miss, I have found the secret door!"

Although I had tried all along to hope that she would some day do so, that hope had been so long deferred that it had almost died away; and now at the sudden news, I felt all the blood rush to my heart, the room swam round with me, and I sat on a chair quite overwhelmed by the sudden shock.

Answer the following questions:
1. Had Polly left school?
2. Was she planning on going back?
3. Was she generally a happy person?
4. When did Sarah show up?
5. What day of the week was it?
6. What day of the week was it?
7. When did she usually come?
8. What was so important that she had to tell?
9. Was she nervous about it?
10. Was the narrator surprised?
11. What did Polly do every day?
12. What did she devote herself to?
13. How was Papa doing?
A: 1. Yes
2. No
3. Yes
4. Nearly three months later
5. Nearly three months later
6. Friday
7. Sunday
8. She found the secret door
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Make the narrator go out with her
12. To cheering and amusing her
13. Much better

Problem: CHAPTER XV. HEAVE HALF A BRICK AT HIM

"For strangers then did so increase, By reason of King Henry's queen, And privileged in many a place To dwell, as was in London seen. Poor tradesmen had small dealing then And who but strangers bore the bell, Which was a grief to Englishmen To see them here in London dwell."

Ill May Day, by CHURCHILL, a Contemporary Poet.

Time passed on, and Edmund Burgess, who had been sent from York to learn the perfection of his craft, completed his term and returned to his home, much regretted in the Dragon court, where his good humour and good sense had generally kept the peace, both within and without.

Giles Headley was now the eldest prentice. He was in every way greatly improved, thoroughly accepting his position, and showing himself quite ready both to learn and to work; but he had not the will or the power of avoiding disputes with outsiders, or turning them aside with a merry jest; and rivalries and quarrels with the armoury at the Eagle began to increase. The Dragon, no doubt, turned out finer workmanship, and this the Eagle alleged was wholly owing to nefarious traffic with the old Spanish or Moorish sorcerer in Warwick Inner Yard, a thing unworthy of honest Englishmen. This made Giles furious, and the cry never failed to end in a fight, in which Stephen supported the cause of the one house, and George Bates and his comrades of the other.

It was the same with even the archery at Mile End, where the butts were erected, and the youth contended with the long bow, which was still considered as the safeguard of England. King Henry often looked in on these matches, and did honour to the winners. One match there was in especial, on Mothering Sunday, when the champions of each guild shot against one another at such a range that it needed a keen eye to see the popinjay--a stuffed bird at which they shot.
1. Who would be returning home?
2. Who was not happy about this?
3. Who sent him to hone his craft?
4. Who sent Burgess to hone his craft?
Answer:
1. Edmund Burgess
2. Giles
3. Unknown
4. King Henry's queen