Q: CHAPTER XVI.

HAL ON THE WATCH.

"Let up there, you brute!"

Dick Ferris looked around with a startled air.

When he caught sight of Hal his face fell, and he released the girl.

"What, you!" he exclaimed.

"Exactly. What do you mean by treating this girl so rudely?"

"You are following me," went on Ferris, ignoring the question which had been put to him.

"What if I am?"

"You think you're smart, don't you?" sneered Ferris.

"He's a mean, ugly thing!" put in the girl, between her sobs. "I wish he was arrested."

"Shut up!" roared Ferris, turning to her. "You ran into me on purpose."

"I didn't. We've got a right to coast in this alley; mamma said so."

"You ought to be arrested for striking the little girl," said Hal. "I am awfully glad I arrived in the nick of time to save her from more punishment."

"Good fer you, mister!" cried a small youth standing near. "Give him one in der eye!"

"Yes, do him up, mister," cried several others.

Ferris turned upon them like a savage animal.

"Get out of here, every one of you," he howled, "unless you want to be hammered to death."

"Don't you move," said Hal. "You evidently have more right here than he has."

"Indeed!" said Ferris, turning to Hal. "I wish you would keep your nose out of my affairs."

"Don't let him sass you, mister," put in one of the urchins. "He didn't have no cause ter hit Katie."

Ferris pounced upon the boy at once, and cuffed him right and left. In the midst of the castication, however, Hal caught the bully by the arm, and a second later Dick Ferris measured his length in the gutter.

1. Katie
2. for coasting in th alley
3. that he was arrested
4. Ferris
5. no
6. Hal
7. yes
8. Ferris and the boy at first
9. Ferris and Hal
10. yes
11. Hal
12. in the gutter
13. That they had a right to coast in the alley.
14. no
15. a small youth
16. "Good fer you, mister!"
17. no
18. Hal's
19. yes
20. "Get out of here, every one of you, unless you want to be hammered to death."

Numbered questions:
1. Who was crying?
2. Why?
3. What did she hope would happen?
4. Who?
5. Is he attractive?
6. Who surprised him?
7. Was there a scuffle at the end?
8. Between who?
9. And then?
10. Do we know who won the fight?
11. Who?
12. Where did the fight end?
13. What did the girl's parent say?
14. Was her mom at the scene?
15. Who else was there?
16. What did he say?
17. Was he against the fight?
18. Who's side was he on?
19. Was a threat made?
20. What was it?

Q: CHAPTER VI.

The next morning was gloomy and rainy, as Elizabeth informed Anne at about seven o'clock; 'and I am not sorry for it,' said she, 'for I want to have you all to myself at home, so we will turn the incubi over to Kate and Helen, and be comfortable together.'

'Will they submit to such treatment?' said Anne.

'Oh yes, my dear,' said Elizabeth; 'they want us as little as we want them; they only want a little civility, and I will not be so sparing of that useful commodity as I was yesterday evening. And now, Anne, I am going to beg your pardon for being so excessively rude to Harriet, as I was last night. She did not mind it, but you did, and much more than if it had been to yourself.'

'I believe I did,' said Anne; 'other people do not know what you mean when you set up your bristles, and I do. Besides, I was sorry for Lucy, who looks as if she had sensitiveness enough for the whole family.'

'Poor Lucy!' said Elizabeth;

"A weary lot is thine, fair maid, A weary lot is thine."

Yes, Lucy has very deep feeling; you may see it in the painful flushing of her cheek, and the downcast look of her eye, when her mother and sister expose themselves. I really believe that that poor girl has more to endure than most people.'

'O Lizzie,' said Anne, 'how differently you spoke of her yesterday!'

'Yes,' said Elizabeth, 'but then I was furious with Mrs. Hazleby; and besides, I believe the truth was, that I was very tired and very cross, not exactly the way in which I intended to conclude the Consecration day; and now I am in my senses, I am very sorry I behaved as I did. But, Anne, though I hereby retract all I said in dispraise of Lucy, and confess that I was rude to Harriet, do not imagine that I disavow all I said about society last night, for I assure you that I expressed my deliberate opinion.'

1. Chapter VI
2. gloomy and rainy
3. Elizabeth and Anne
4. no
5. Kate and Helen
6. they only want a little civility
7. Harriet
8. no
9. Lucy
10. no
11. cheek flushing and downcast eye
12. Mrs. Hazleby

Numbered questions:
1. What section of the tale are we on?
2. How's the weather?
3. Who are talking to each other?
4. Is it nine o'clock yet?
5. Who did Elizabeth suggest to give the incubi to?
6. Why did she think they wouldn't be bothered about this arrangement?
7. Who did she treat badly the night before?
8. Was Harriet upset about the way she was treated?
9. Who was Anne worried about when this happened?
10. Did Elizabeth feel good about Lucy's reaction?
11. What physical changes give Lucy's emotions away?
12. Who was Elizabeth extremely upset at setting of the events?

Q: How much pocket money do you get from your parents every month? Maybe 200 yuan? But for Li Beibei, 30 yuan each month is enough. The only thing she buys is lunch--1.5 yuan each day. "Meat is too expensive for me," said Li. Li, 14, is a Junior 1 student at Beijing's Xingzhi Experimental School. Her parents are migrant workers . They came to Beijing from a village in Luohe, He'nan two years ago. Her father now works as a cleaner and gets 500 yuan every month. Her mother has no job. Li Beibei has 460 friends at Xingzhi. Every day, Li gets up at 5:30 am and rides her bike for 20 minutes to get to school. Like many teens, Li has a lot of homework--usually at least one hour every day. But that is not all her work. During the weekdays she helps her mum cook. On weekends, she helps wash clothes. "I could cook when I was eight. Dad said sometimes I cook better than Mum!" Li said she wanted to be a doctor. "I watch TV and find out there are many people with AIDS in He'nan. Some are kids. They need help," said Li. But she is afraid to leave school. "I hope I will always be in school," said Li. "Dad works hard to get money. I promise him I will study hard to be a good student and a good doctor in the future."

1. Yes
2. 30 yuan
3. each month
4. 14
5. Beijing
6. 1.5 yuan
7. No
8. It's too expensive
9. No
10. Two years
11. He's a cleaner
12. Her mother has no job
13. Yes
14. She rides her bike
15. Homework
16. she helps her mum cook.
17. she helps wash clothes.
18. She wants to be a doctor
19. To help kids in He'nan with AIDS
20. No

Numbered questions:
1. Does Li Beibei get an allowance?
2. How much does she get?
3. How often?
4. How old is she?
5. Where does she live?
6. How much does she pay for her midday meal?
7. Does she eat meat?
8. Why not?
9. Are her parents from Beijing?
10. How long have they lived there?
11. What is her father's job?
12. And her mother?
13. Does Li have a lot of friends?
14. How does she get to school?
15. What does she do after school?
16. Anything else?
17. What does she do on weekends?
18. What job does she want?
19. Why?
20. Does she want to leave school?