Problem: CHAPTER TEN.

PERPLEXITIES--OUR HUNTERS PLAN THEIR ESCAPE--UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTION-- THE TABLES TURNED--CRUSOE MOUNTS GUARD--THE ESCAPE.

Dick Varley sat before the fire ruminating. We do not mean to assert that Dick had been previously eating grass. By no means. For several days past he had been mentally subsisting on the remarkable things that he heard and saw in the Pawnee village, and wondering how he was to get away without being scalped; he was now chewing the cud of this intellectual fare. We therefore repeat emphatically--in case any reader should have presumed to contradict us--that Dick Varley sat before the fire _ruminating_!

Joe Blunt likewise sat by the fire along with him, ruminating too, and smoking besides. Henri also sat there smoking, and looking a little the worse of his late supper.

"I don't like the look o' things," said Joe, blowing a whiff of smoke slowly from his lips, and watching it as it ascended into the still air. "That blackguard Mahtawa is determined not to let us off till he gits all our goods, an' if he gits them, he may as well take our scalps too, for we would come poor speed in the prairies without guns, horses, or goods."

Dick looked at his friend with an expression of concern. "What's to be done?" said he.

"Ve must escape," answered Henri; but his tone was not a hopeful one, for he knew the danger of their position better than Dick.

"Ay, we must escape; at least we must try," said Joe; "but I'll make one more effort to smooth over San-it-sa-rish, an' git him to snub that villain Mahtawa."
1. Who was in front of the flames?
2. Where did Dick have an experience a few days before?
3. What was on his mind?
4. Who was there with him?
5. What was he hoping would not happen before he got away?
6. What was he hoping would not happen before he got away?
7. Was Joe optimistic?
8. What else besides sitting by the fire, was Blunt doing?
9. Who is the guard?
10. Who felt the best option is to get away?
11. Who is holding them captive?
12. Who agrees with Henri about getting away?
13. What will he try one last time before pursuing their plan?
Answer: 1. Dick Varley
2. the Pawnee village
3. The events of the past several days
4. Joe Blunt
5. being scalped
6. Getting scalped
7. No
8. smoking
9. unknown
10. Henri
11. That blackguard Mahtawa
12. Joe
13. An effort to smooth over San-it-sa-rish

Q: Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was traveling in France. Once he was going by train to Dijon. That afternoon he was very tired and wanted to sleep, so he asked the conductor to wake him up when they came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. "I'll probably protest loudly when you try to wake me up," he said to the conductor, "but do not take any notice, just put me off the train anyway." Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up, it was night-time and the train was in Paris already. He realized at once that the conductor had forgotten to wake him up at Dijon. He was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him."I have never been so angry in all my life," Mark Twain said. The conductor looked at him calmly. "You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off at Dijon," he said.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where was the stop he wanted off at?
2. what kind of vehicle was he in?
3. whom did he ask to awaken him?
4. who is this sleepy person?
5. was he traveling by night?
6. what time of day?
7. where is Twain from?
8. what country is he in now?
9. is he a light sleeper?
10. what kind is he?
11. does he wake up silently?
12. what does he think he'll do when he is awoken?
13. does he want the conductor to be concerned with that?
14. what does he want him to do?
15. does the conductor do this?
16. where does Twain awaken?
17. how does he feel about this?
18. who does he yell at?
19. who is angrier than Twain?
20. was the conductor calm about this?
A: 1. Dijon
2. by train
3. the conductor
4. Mark Twain
5. No
6. afternoon
7. America
8. France
9. No
10. a very heavy sleeper
11. No
12. protest loudly
13. No
14. put me off the train anyway
15. No
16. in Paris
17. angry
18. the conductor
19. the American whom I put off at Dijon
20. Yes

Problem: "Your first home," Laurence Yep wrote in his book, The Lost Garden, "will always be the one that you remember best. I have been away from it for over twenty years, but I still go back in my dreams." For Yep, whose father came from China, home was an apartment and the family grocery store in a neighborhood of San Francisco. It was there that he learned about patience, hard work, and getting along with neighbors.

Mr. Brown, Laurence Yep's high school English teacher, often set high goals for his students. He was the first person to encourage Yep to write. The experience of that class changed the direction of Yep's life. At the age of 18 Yep published his first short story, a sci-fi fantasy. He has since written many books and many kinds of books. He has retold Chinese folk stories and written for the theater. In nearly all these varied works, Yep, who is married to the children's book author Joanne Ryder, has returned to questions he has been asking himself since childhood: What does it mean to be Chinese and American? Can one who belongs to two cultures ever feel at home anywhere?

When asked, "How has being of a Chinese by origin been important to you?" Laurence Yep replied, "As a child I wanted to be as American as possible. Then, in my early twenties, I became very interested in my Chinese roots. For years after that, I thought that my function as a Chinese American writer was to act as a bridge between two cultures. Now, though, I am not so sure that it is possible to join them together. Compared with Asian culture, American culture pays more attention to individuals and competition. The two cultures pull in opposite directions. So I see myself now as someone who will always be on the border between two cultures. That works to my benefit as a writer because not quite fitting in helps me be a better observer."
1. Where did Yep grow up?
2. Where did his father come from?
3. What book title is Yep discussing his home?
4. Who was his high school teacher?
5. Did he influence Yep?
6. What did he influence Yep to do?
7. When did Yep publish his first story?
8. Did his wife write also?
9. What is his wife's name?
10. What does she write about?
11. Did Mr. Brown have high goals for is students?
12. What does Yep compare American culture to?
13. Are they similar according to Yep?
14. Did Yep live in an apartment or house as a child?
15. What did he learn in san francisco as a child?
16. What does Yep see himself as now?
17. When did Yep become interested in his chinese roots?
18. Did Yep want to be more American when he was a child?
19. Does he feel the same way now?
20. Does he feel it is possible to join American and chinese culture?
Answer:
1. San Francisco
2. China
3. The Lost Garden
4. Mr. Brown
5. Yes
6. to write
7. age 18
8. Yes
9. Joanne Ryder,
10. children's books
11. Yes
12. Asian culture
13. No
14. an apartment
15. patience, hard work, and getting along with neighbors.
16. on the border between two cultures
17. early twenties,
18. Yes
19. No
20. No