Q: CHAPTER VIII.

THE STEALING OF THE HORSES.

"Go slow, men," came softly from Gilroy. "You know what kind of a man Leeson is."

"Reckon I do know," came in a growl from Fetter. "And I've got an account to settle with him, too."

"I'm pretty certain the boy is here," went on the leader. "But we must make sure if the others are here too, or if they have ridden off to the fort. If they have gone to the fort----"

"Hist!" came in warning from Potts. "You're talking too much. I've heard that this Leeson sleeps with his ears wide open."

"He does," grumbled Fetter; and then the three desperadoes relapsed into silence.

They were advancing upon the cabin from the rear, and each held a ready pistol in his hand, while his rifle was slung over his back. They had seen the boys and Benson head for the trapper's home while it was still light and they were on a high cliff; but darkness had closed in on the scene, and they had come up to the spot in ignorance of what had followed.

Tiptoeing their way they reached the lean-to where the horses had been stabled, and with caution Gilroy went inside. By feeling the animals he soon learned that three had been in use but a few hours before, while the fourth was cool and comfortable.

"Their horses are here," he announced. "And a fourth is here, too."

"That's Leeson's," answered Fetter. "But I thought he had two or three."

Answer the following questions:
1. What were they coming up on?
2. From what side?
3. What was in their hands?
4. What was on their backs?
5. Who were they looking for?
6. Did he have anyone with him?
7. Who?
8. Where were the horses?
9. Who went inside?
10. What did he do to the animals?
11. What did that tell him?
12. How many?
13. For how long?
14. Had any not been used?
15. How many?
16. Whose horse was it?
17. Were they concerned that other people were with the boy and Leeson?
18. If they weren't, where would they have gone?
19. How does Leeson sleep?
20. Who owns the cabin?
A: 1. the cabin
2. the rear
3. pistol
4. rifle
5. Leeson
6. Yes.
7. a boy.
8. the lean-to
9. Gilroy
10. Felt them.
11. They had been in use.
12. three
13. a few hours
14. Yes.
15. One.
16. Leeson's
17. Yes
18. the fort
19. his ears wide open
20. the trapper
Q: Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, which was, in turn, acquired in 2011 by Warner Bros. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. From 2007 to 2017, the website's editor-in-chief was Matt Atchity, who left in July 2017 to join "The Young Turks". The name "Rotten Tomatoes" derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance.

From early 2008 to September 2010, Current Television aired the weekly "The Rotten Tomatoes Show", featuring hosts and material from the website. A shorter segment was incorporated into the weekly show, "InfoMania", which ended in 2011. In September 2013, the website introduced "TV Zone", a section for reviewing scripted TV shows.

Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His goal in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from a variety of critics in the U.S." As a fan of Jackie Chan's, Duong was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's movies as they were being published in the United States. The first movie whose reviews were featured on Rotten Tomatoes was "Your Friends & Neighbors" (1998). The website was an immediate success, receiving mentions by Netscape, Yahoo!, and "USA Today" within the first week of its launch; it attracted "6001000 daily unique visitors" as a result.

Answer the following questions:
1. What year was Rotten Tomatoes launched?
2. What is someone's full time project?
3. When was it worked on, then?
4. Who created it?
5. Is he a fan of Jackie Chan movies?
6. Did he collect all the reviews of Chan's movies in South Africa?
7. Where, then?
8. What was the first movie review featured on the site?
9. What year did that come out?
10. Was the website successful soon after being launched?
11. Was there ever a TV show with material from it?
12. How often did it air?
13. How many years was it on?
14. Was it a monthly show?
15. When was the website sold to Fandango?
16. Who owns that?
17. Who was Matt Atchity?
18. Did he leave that position?
19. When?
20. Where'd he end up going?
A: 1. 1988
2. No.
3. Spare-time
4. Seth Duong
5. Yes
6. No.
7. United States
8. Your Friends & Neighbors
9. 1998
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. 2008 to September 2010
13. 3 years.
14. No.
15. 2016
16. Comcast
17. editor-in-chief
18. Yes
19. July 2017
20. The Young Turks
Q: Alexandra Scott was born to Liz and Jay Scott in Manchester, Connecticut on January 18, 1996, the second of four children. Shortly before her first birthday, Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of childhood cancer. On her first birthday, the doctors informed Alex's parents that if she beat her cancer it was doubtful that she would ever walk again. Just two weeks later, Alex slightly moved her leg at her parents' request to kick. This was the first indication that she would turn out to be a courageous and confident child with big dreams and big accomplishments. By her second birthday, Alex was able to stand up with leg braces . She worked hard to gain strength and to learn how to walk. She appeared to be overcoming the difficul-ties, until the shocking discovery within the next year that her tumors had started growing again. In the year 2000, the day after her fourth birthday, Alex received a stem cell transplant and informed her mother, "When I get out of the hospital I want to have a lemonade stand. " She said she wanted to give the money to doctors to allow them to help other kids, like they helped me. True to her word, she held her first lemonade stand later that year with the help of her older brother and raised an amazing $ 2,000 for her hospital. People from all over the world, moved by her story, held their own lemonade stands and donated the earnings to Alex and her cause. In August of 2004, Alex passed away at the age of 8, knowing that, with the help of others, she had raised more than $ 1 million to help find a cure for the disease that took her life. Alex's family--including brothers Patrick, Eddie, and Joey--and supporters around the world are committed to continuing her inspiring cause through Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation.

Answer the following questions:
1. What were Alex's mom and pop's names?
2. How old is Alex today?
3. Where was she born?
4. How much did her first lemonade stand earn?
5. Who helped her with it?
6. Who'd she give the earnings to?
7. What was her illness called?
8. Which is?
9. How old was she when she died?
10. How many siblings did she have?
11. What were their names?
12. Did Alex wear something on her legs to help her stand?
13. What?
14. In what year did she receive a stem cell transplant?
15. What did she inspire other to do?
A:
1. Liz and Jay Scott
2. she passed away in 2004
3. Manchester, Connecticut
4. $2,000
5. her older brother
6. her hospital
7. neuroblastoma
8. a type of childhood cancer
9. Eight
10. three
11. Patrick, Eddie, and Joey
12. yes
13. leg braces
14. 2000
15. hold their own lemonade stands and donate the earnings to charity