Donald had his own difficulties in sleeping that night. Not just because of the bright lights of the shelter or people's constant voices, it was the happening repeatedly nightmare that caused him to stay awake, to fear sleep. Donald was back in his small house. He did his best to ignore the howling winds outside his window. Yet he could not turn out the fearful whimpers of his little dog, or the uncomfortable sounds of his mother anxious in her room next door, unable to sleep through the storm despite her insistence they would be all right.

Donald did not want his mother to be upset, but on some level, he was glad to hear she was awake, It meant he was not alone in the dark. Though he was 12, until recently it was impossible for Donald to fall asleep unless his mother lay down by his side.

Suddenly there was a crash. Their living room window is shattered by 125 miles an hour winds. Troy rushed to Donald and sat anxiously on the edge of his bed. He did his best to calm his mother, and she had to comfort him. Soon water was seeping into the single floor house. Quickly it rose from ankle level to leg level. At Donald's insistence, they pushed their way through the water --- now chest high --- toward the front door. When they fought their way into the living room, water rose to their chins.

It was a struggle for the boy and mother to stay afloat. In a total panic, desperate to hold on to something, Troy caught a curtain rod. She was breathing hard, shouting that she couldn't swim.

Donald cried out, "Mom! Hold on!" Just then Donald also caught a floatable wood board. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. who is the story about?
2. how old is he?
3. is he having difficulty falling asleep?
4. how many reasons for that are listed?
5. what are they?
6. any other reason?
7. what?
8. what did Troy catch?
9. who cried?
10. what did he cry?
Answer: 1. Donald
2. 12
3. yes
4. two reasons
5. bright lights and people's voices
6. yes
7. repeatedly nightmare
8. a curtain rod.
9. Donald
10. she couldn't swim.

CHAPTER XII

OSBORN INTERFERES

When Grace and Kit had gone a short distance they heard voices and a rattle of sticks in the wood, but the noise got fainter and she imagined the beaters were moving the other way. Ferrars, who shot at the woodcock, had probably not had time to tell Osborn about his carelessness, and it looked as if nobody else had been posted near the road. This was something of a relief, but Grace felt anxious. A gate not far off led to a drive in the wood, and she thought she had heard Osborn's voice.

She kept on the belt of grass, which got narrower, so that the path ran close to the hedge. On the opposite side, a clump of silver-firs threw a shadow across the road, and a patch of pale-yellow sky shone behind an opening in the trees. The stiff fir-branches cut sharply against the glow, but where she and Kit were the light was dim. For all that, she stopped abruptly when a man came out of the wood and turned, as if to look up the road. It was Osborn and she thought she knew for whom he was looking.

Grace's judgment failed her. She pushed Kit towards the beech hedge and they stepped into a small hollow among the withered leaves. Kit like Grace, had not had time for thought, but as Osborn, looking straight in front, went past, he felt he had done wrong. For one thing, it was rather shabby to hide and his doing so reflected on his companion. The feeling got stronger as Osborn went up the road, and Kit was sorry he had given way to a cowardly impulse. Yet since he had hidden, he must wait. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What time of day was it?
2. Who were together?
3. Where were they?
4. What did they hear?
5. Was it getting louder?
6. Who was making the noise?
7. Whose voice did Grace think she heard?
8. Who came out of the woods?
9. Where did Grace stay?
10. Did it change?
11. How?
12. What did it approach?
13. Did Kit care for Grace?
14. What did Kit do?
15. Did he feel bad about that?
16. Was there a road in the woods?
17. How could you get to it?
18. What kind of hedge was by the path?
19. Where did they hide?
20. Who shot at the woodcock?
Answer: 1. Either early morning or dusk.
2. Grace and Kit
3. Outside, somewhere near some woods.
4. Voices and sticks rattling.
5. No
6. the beaters
7. Osborn's.
8. Osborn
9. On a belt of grass.
10. Yes.
11. It got narrower.
12. It ran close to the hedge.
13. Yes.
14. Hid
15. Yes
16. Yes.
17. There was a gate.
18. A beech hedge.
19. In a small hollow among the leaves.
20. Ferrars.

CHAPTER XVIII

The "Doll's House" was a success. Mrs. Schoville ecstasized over it in terms so immeasurable, so unqualifiable, that Jacob Welse, standing near, bent a glittering gaze upon her plump white throat and unconsciously clutched and closed his hand on an invisible windpipe. Dave Harney proclaimed its excellence effusively, though he questioned the soundness of Nora's philosophy and swore by his Puritan gods that Torvald was the longest-eared Jack in two hemispheres. Even Miss Mortimer, antagonistic as she was to the whole school, conceded that the players had redeemed it; while Matt McCarthy announced that he didn't blame Nora darlin' the least bit, though he told the Gold Commissioner privately that a song or so and a skirt dance wouldn't have hurt the performance.

"Iv course the Nora girl was right," he insisted to Harney, both of whom were walking on the heels of Frona and St. Vincent. "I'd be seein'--"

"Rubber--"

"Rubber yer gran'mother!" Matt wrathfully exclaimed.

"Ez I was sayin'," Harney continued, imperturbably, "rubber boots is goin' to go sky-high 'bout the time of wash-up. Three ounces the pair, an' you kin put your chips on that for a high card. You kin gather 'em in now for an ounce a pair and clear two on the deal. A cinch, Matt, a dead open an' shut."

"The devil take you an' yer cinches! It's Nora darlin' I have in me mind the while."

They bade good-by to Frona and St. Vincent and went off disputing under the stars in the direction of the Opera House. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was extremely happy?
2. What did Jacob pretend to choke?
3. What was Dave's religion?
4. Who was the longest-eared Jack?
5. Was the play a success?
6. What did Miss Mortimer think of the actors?
7. Who were Matt and Harney following?
8. Where did they go next?
9. What chapter is this?
10. Did Matt blame Nora?
Answer:
1. Mrs. Schoville
2. Her throat
3. Puritan
4. Torvald.
5. Yes
6. They had redeemed the play.
7. Frona and St. Vincent.
8. Opera House
9. 18
10. No