question: CHAPTER VII

A STRANGE LETTER BOX

"It won't be long now before we'll have to get back to Putnam Hall," observed Sam, as they drove along. "Dear old school! How I love it!"

"It's too bad that we are getting too old to go there," said Tom. "But we can't be boys always."

"I shall be glad to see the other fellows again," came from Dick.

"Do you know what I think?" declared Tom. "I think the Putnam Hall cadets are the finest lot of boys in the world!"

"Throwing bouquets at yourself, Tom?" said Sam, with a laugh.

"Well, don't you agree with me?"

"I certainly do, Sam, and Captain Putnam is the best teacher in the world. My, but won't we have fun when we get back!"

"We'll have to have a feast in honor of our return," said Dick, and smiled that quiet smile of his which meant so much.

The distance to the cave was soon covered, and the boys tied their team to a tree in that vicinity. They went inside and found that everything, even to the empty boxes, had been taken away. The place had been explored by a number of curiosity seekers.

"It is queer that this cave wasn't discovered before," was Dick's comment, after they had spent half an hour in walking around.

"Perhaps the opening to the road wasn't so large formerly," suggested Tom. "Dangler may have enlarged it, so he could drive in."

"That is true. Well, it will be a regular picnic place after this. Its fame will spread for miles around." And Dick was right, and the cave is a well-known spot in that portion of New York state to this day.
1. What became a well known landmark?
2. What state?
3. What is it thought people will do there?
4. Why wasn't it noticed before?
5. How did it enlarge?
6. What did he do?
7. Why?
8. Was something missing?
9. What?
10. Can you give an example of something missing?
11. Where was the group going initially?
12. Which one?
13. Was it well thought of?
14. What employee of it was mentioned by name?
15. What was claimed about him?
16. What celebration was planned upon their arrival back there?
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answer: 1. the cave
2. NY
3. picnic
4. the opening to the road wasn't as large
5. Dangler
6. enlarged it
7. to drive in
8. yes
9. everything
10. the empty boxes
11. school
12. Putnam Hall
13. yes
14. Captain Putnam
15. best teacher in the world
16. a feast

CHAPTER XIII. A SWEETER WOMAN NE'ER DREW BREATH

Thenceforward Eric Marshall was a constant visitor at the Gordon homestead. He soon became a favourite with Thomas and Janet, especially the latter. He liked them both, discovering under all their outward peculiarities sterling worth and fitness of character. Thomas Gordon was surprisingly well read and could floor Eric any time in argument, once he became sufficiently warmed up to attain fluency of words. Eric hardly recognized him the first time he saw him thus animated. His bent form straightened, his sunken eyes flashed, his face flushed, his voice rang like a trumpet, and he poured out a flood of eloquence which swept Eric's smart, up-to-date arguments away like straws in the rush of a mountain torrent. Eric enjoyed his own defeat enormously, but Thomas Gordon was ashamed of being thus drawn out of himself, and for a week afterwards confined his remarks to "Yes" and "No," or, at the outside, to a brief statement that a change in the weather was brewing.

Janet never talked on matters of church and state; such she plainly considered to be far beyond a woman's province. But she listened with lurking interest in her eyes while Thomas and Eric pelted on each other with facts and statistics and opinions, and on the rare occasions when Eric scored a point she permitted herself a sly little smile at her brother's expense.

Of Neil, Eric saw but little. The Italian boy avoided him, or if they chanced to meet passed him by with sullen, downcast eyes. Eric did not trouble himself greatly about Neil; but Thomas Gordon, understanding the motive which had led Neil to betray his discovery of the orchard trysts, bluntly told Kilmeny that she must not make such an equal of Neil as she had done. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Which chapter is this?
2. What is it called?
3. Who is first mentioned?
4. Where?
5. Is he a frequent guest?
6. Who likes him?
7. Who else?
8. Which of them the most?
9. Who could read well?
10. Was the main character as well-read?
11. Did the other man like doing this?
12. How did he feel about it?
13. What did the woman not discuss?
14. Why
15. Did she enjoy hearing about it?
16. From who?
17. Who did she prefer to win?
18. Who wasn't seen much?
19. By who?
20. Why not?
Answer: 1. CHAPTER XIII
2. A SWEETER WOMAN NE'ER DREW BREATH
3. Eric Marshall
4. Gordon homestead
5. Yes
6. Thomas
7. Janet
8. Janet
9. Thomas Gordon
10. No
11. No
12. Ashamed
13. Matters of church and state
14. Considered it to be far beyond a woman's province
15. Yes
16. Thomas and Eric
17. Eric
18. Neil
19. Eric
20. The boy avoided him

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Children can spend hours a day looking at computer screens and other digital devices . Some eye doctors say this leads to an increase in "computer vision syndrome ." Nathan Bonilla-Warford is an optometrist in Tampa, Florida. He has seen an increase in problems in children. "A lot more children come into the office either because their parents have noticed that they have headaches or red or watery eyes or discomfort, or because their nearsightedness appears to be increasing and they're worried," he says. Dr. Bonilla-Warford says part of the problem is that children may be more likely to pay no attention to early warning signs than adults. "Even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, they're less likely to tell their parents, because they don't want to have the game or the computer or whatever taken away," he explains. He says another part of the problem is that people blink less often when they use digital devices. He says, "A person who uses an electronic device blinks about one third as much as we normally do in everyday life. And so that can result in the front part of the eye drying and not staying protected like normal." Eye doctors offer suggestions like following which is known as the 20/20/20 rule. That means every twenty minutes look away twenty feet or more for at least twenty seconds from whatever device you're using. Other suggestions include putting more distance between you and the device and using good lighting. Of course, another way is to spend less time looking at screens. Many experts say children should spend no more than two hours a day using digital devices--with no screen time for children under two. But not all eye doctors have noticed an increase in problems in children. Dr. David Hunter, from Children's Hospital Boston, has not seen an increase in his practice. "While it is possible to develop _ looking at screens for a long period of time, there's certainly no proof that it actually causes any damage to the eyes." he says. 1. Who is in Tampa?
2. Is he a dentist there?
numbered_answers:
1. Nathan Bonilla-Warford
2. yes