Q: Here begins the story of the life of Tim. Tim's father was Frank. Frank's father was Jim. Jim's father was Greg. And Greg's father was Mark. These 5 men had ruled Markton for the last 100 years. For the last 20 years, Tim had been the ruler. When Frank died, Tim became the ruler. In these last 20 years, Tim brought lots of good luck to his people. They had never eaten so well. Most of his people ate 3 meals a day. Recently, Tim had been having trouble with a band of troublemakers led by Horace. Tim chose to do whatever he could to get rid of Horace. So, he got Assassin to get rid of Horace. One night Assassin sneaked into Horace's bedroom and did away with him. With the bad man gone, all the people had a giant party and sang a song about the greatness of their ruler.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who had ruled something?
2. What were their names?
3. Were any of them related?
4. All of them or some?
5. What did they rule?
A: 1. 5 men
2. Tim, Frank, Jim, Greg, and Mark
3. yes
4. all of them
5. Markton

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXVII.

THE MEETING IN THE WOODS.

Ralph was so sore and stiff from his fall that he walked very slowly toward Westville. It seemed to him that he ached in every joint, and it was not long before he sought a soft grassy bank upon which to rest.

"If only somebody would come along with a wagon," he thought, as he gazed up and down the rather rough woodland road. "I would willingly pay a half-dollar for a lift, as much as I need my money."

The boy was much exercised over his mother. He knew that she would be greatly worried over his prolonged absence. Never before had he remained away from home over night.

No wagon or any other vehicle appeared, and Ralph was forced to resume his journey on foot, dragging his tired and bruised body along as best he could.

Presently he came to a tiny stream that flowed into Big Silver Lake. Here he stopped again, not only to rest, but also to bathe his temples and obtain a drink, for the water was both pure and cold.

He could not help but think of the strange manner in which he had been attacked. What had been the purpose of Martin and Toglet?

"If I did not know better, I would be almost forced to believe it was accidental," he thought. "But in that case they would have come to my assistance, instead of taking the sloop and hurrying off with her."

It was so comfortable a spot at the brook that Ralph rested there longer than he had originally intended. But at last he arose and moved on, thankful that he had accomplished at least one-third of the distance home.

1. When was Ralph feeling bad?
2. Where was he walking to?
3. What did he hope would pass by?
4. How much would he be willing to spend for that?
5. How does his mom feel about him not being at his house?
6. Has he ever stayed out all night?
7. What body of water did he find?
8. Where did the stream flow?
9. Why did he stop there?
10. What body part did he bathe?
11. Did he do anything else there?
12. Was the water warm?
13. How many people witnessed his attack?
14. Who didn't help him?
15. How far has Ralph walked?
16. Was the road smooth or rough?
17. How long did Ralph stay at the brook?
18. Where did he ache?
19. Does he have lots of extra money?
20. Was his attack odd?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. When he sought a soft grassy bank
2. Westville
3. a wagon
4. half-dollar
5. greatly worried
6. Never
7. Lake
8. into Big Silver Lake
9. rest, but also to bathe
10. his temples
11. drink
12. no
13. lot of them
14. the onlookers
15. one-third of the distance home
16. rough
17. longer than he had originally intended
18. in every joint
19. no
20. yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXIII

"On the eve of one's wedding day too."

He could not see Elsa till she was quite close to him, and even then he could only vaguely distinguish the quaint contour of her wide-sleeved shift and of her voluminous petticoats.

But his cigar had gone out, and when Elsa stood quite close to him, and softly murmured his name, he struck a match very deliberately, and held it to the cigar so that it lighted up his face for a few seconds. He wanted her to see how indifferent was the expression in his eye, and that there was not the slightest trace of a welcoming smile lurking round his lips.

Therefore he held the lighted match close to his face much longer than was necessary; he only dropped it when it began to scorch his fingers. Then he blew a big cloud of smoke out of his cigar straight into her face, and only after that did he say, speaking very roughly:

"What do you want?"

"Mother sent me, Bela," she said timidly, as she placed a trembling little hand on his coat-sleeve. "I wouldn't have come, only she ordered me, and I couldn't disobey her, so I ..."

"Couldn't disobey your mother, eh?" he sneered; "you couldn't defy her as you did me, what?"

"I didn't mean to defy you, Bela," she said, striving with all her might to keep back the rebellious words which surged out of her overburdened heart to her quivering lips. "I couldn't be unkind to Jeno and Karoly, and all my old friends, just this last evening, when I am still a girl amongst them."

1. What was Elsa wearing that had big sleeves?
2. What else did she wear?
3. True or False: Bela wants to look unwelcoming to her.
4. What feeling did his eye show?
5. What is he smoking?
6. With what did he light it?
7. True or False: He did this as quickly as possible.
8. When did he discard the match?
9. Who sent Elsa?
10. Was it a request or an order?
11. What does Bela say Elsa has done to him?
12. Did she do the same to her mother?
13. What did he blow into Elsa's face?
14. Did he speak softly?
15. What is the name of one person Elsa did not want to be cruel to?
16. Who else?
17. Who was trembling?
18. True or False: She had to work hard not to say anything rebellious.
19. How did her heart feel?
20. What does Elsa say she is in comparison to her friends?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. shift
2. voluminous petticoats
3. True
4. indifference
5. cigar
6. a match
7. False
8. when it began to scorch his fingers
9. Her mother
10. an order
11. defy him
12. No
13. smoke
14. No
15. Bela
16. Jeno and Karoly
17. Elsa
18. Yes
19. overburdened
20. a girl