Q: CHAPTER XI

MIGUEL TAKES CONTROL

A black cloud rolled from _Mossamedes'_ funnel and blew across her bows. The beat of engines quickened and when the stern swung up their furious racing shook the ship. Kit pictured Macallister, sternly calm, at the throttle wheel. Much depended on his skill, for if he were slow when the spinning screw came down and the runaway machinery resumed its load, something must break. Kit, however, did not go to the engine-room. He stood at the door of the pilot-house, inside which Miguel Snz gripped the slanted gratings with his bare feet. His face was wet by sweat and his brown hand was clenched on the steam-steering wheel.

Although the muscular effort was not great, steering was hard. _Mossamedes_ rode high above water and the gale pressed upon her side; the combers lifted her, and screw and rudder could not get proper hold. Sometimes she came up to windward and rolled until the white seas swept her rail; sometimes she yawed to lee. Kit saw the bows circle and pictured the compass spinning in its bowl.

So far, Miguel steered by compass. Don Erminio had changed his course and headed obliquely for the shoals. It was not the course the gunboat's captain would expect him to steer. Revillon, no doubt, imagined the line along which _Mossamedes_ travelled inclined at a small angle out to sea, in order to clear the hammered sands, and he could steam down from his commanding position and cut her off. The line, however, really slanted the other way. Dark clouds obscured the sky, the light was bad, and the driving spray made accurate observation hard. Kit thought Don Erminio's plan was good, but longed for dark.

1. _Mossamedes'_ funnel
2. black
3. at the door
4. brown
5. slanted gratings
6. Miguel Snz
7. hand
8. Dark clouds
9. Don Erminio's
10. Yes
11. the gale
12. Don Erminio
13. Yes.
14. YEs.
15. Kit
16. the compass
17. Yes
18. unknown
19. Yes
20. Miguel

Numbered questions:
1. where did the cloud come from
2. what color was it
3. where was he standing
4. what color was Miguels hand
5. what did he hold onto with his feet
6. who was in the pilot house
7. what did he steer with
8. what hid the sky
9. whos plan did Kit like
10. was it hard to navigate the ship
11. what shook the ships
12. who was at the throttle wheel
13. had they changed direction
14. was the ability to see bad
15. who hpoed for it it be dark soon
16. what was spinnng in its bowl
17. was this a big storm
18. has anyone died thus far
19. did they survive the storm
20. who was sweating

Q: New York (CNN) -- A 35-year-old woman on a first date plummeted to her death early Thursday morning when she fell from the balcony of her 17th floor New York City apartment.

Jennifer Rosoff went outside on her balcony around 12:50 a.m. Thursday to talk and smoke a cigarette with her date when the balcony's railing broke, according to police.

It's unclear whether Rosoff leaned on the balcony, causing it to give way.

She landed on a second-story construction scaffolding of the building and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Rosoff's employer, online advertising startup TripleLift, released a statement expressing sorrow at the news of her death.

"We are all deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of our dear friend and co-worker," the statement said. "Her tremendous energy and humor brought so much joy to the office."

Richard Dansereau, managing director of Stonehenge Management LLC, the company that manages the building, also released a statement.

"This is a tragedy, and our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of Ms. Rosoff," he said. "We are cooperating fully with the investigation into the cause of this terrible accident."

A statement provided to CNN from the New York City Department of Buildings said the agency is investigating and issued a vacate order for all balconies in the building as a precaution.

According to her Linkedin profile, Rosoff worked as director of sales at TripleLift for the past five months and had previously held positions at The New Yorker, Conde Nast and Cosmopolitan magazine.

1. A woman
2. Jennifer Rosoff
3. 35
4. 17
5. hers

Numbered questions:
1. Who fell from a balcony?
2. What was her name?
3. How old was she?
4. How many stories did she fall?
5. Whose apartment was she at?

Q: Chapter IX.

Joe went to bed that night with a promise to himself to rise early next morning, for he had been invited to take part in a "raising," which term meant that a new cabin was to be erected, and such task was ever an event in the lives of the settlers.

The following morning Joe rose early, dressing himself in a complete buckskin suit, for which he had exchanged his good garments of cloth. Never before had he felt so comfortable. He wanted to hop, skip and jump. The soft, undressed buckskin was as warm and smooth as silk-plush; the weight so light, the moccasins so well-fitting and springy, that he had to put himself under considerable restraint to keep from capering about like a frolicsome colt.

The possession of this buckskin outfit, and the rifle and accouterments which went with the bargain, marked the last stage in Joe's surrender to the border fever. The silent, shaded glens, the mystery of the woods, the breath of this wild, free life claimed him from this moment entirely and forever.

He met the others, however, with a serene face, showing no trace of the emotion which welled up strongly from his heart. Nell glanced shyly at him; Kate playfully voiced her admiration; Jim met him with a brotherly ridicule which bespoke his affection as well as his amusement; but Colonel Zane, having once yielded to the same burning, riotous craving for freedom which now stirred in the boy's heart, understood, and felt warmly drawn toward the lad. He said nothing, though as he watched Joe his eyes were grave and kind. In his long frontier life, where many a day measured the life and fire of ordinary years, he had seen lad after lad go down before this forest fever. It was well, he thought, because the freedom of the soil depended on these wild, light-footed boys; yet it always made him sad. How many youths, his brother among them, lay under the fragrant pine-needle carpet of the forest, in their last earthly sleep!

1. a "raising,"
2. a new cabin was to be erected
3. near the border
4. Joe
5. complete buckskin suit
6. unknown
7. yes
8. One
9. Kate
10. No
11. shaded glens, the mystery of the woods
12. Colonel Zane

Numbered questions:
1. What was the event?
2. What does that mean?
3. Where does this story take place?
4. Who awoke?
5. What did he wear?
6. How did he get it?
7. Was the suit comfortable?
8. How many girls are in this story?
9. What was her name?
10. Were they on the prairie?
11. What was the terrain like?
12. who took an earthly slumber?