Q: CHAPTER II

PYRAMUS AND THISBE

The two men turned up the street. They walked in silence. Arthur Mifflin was going over in his mind such outstanding events of the evening as he remembered--the nervousness, the relief of finding that he was gripping his audience, the growing conviction that he had made good; while Jimmy seemed to be thinking his own private thoughts. They had gone some distance before either spoke.

"Who is she, Jimmy?" asked Mifflin.

Jimmy came out of his thoughts with a start.

"What's that?"

"Who is she?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"Yes, you do! The sea air. Who is she?"

"I don't know," said Jimmy, simply.

"You don't know? Well, what's her name?"

"I don't know."

"Doesn't the Lusitania still print a passenger-list?"

"She does."

"And you couldn't find out her name in five days?"

"No."

"And that's the man who thinks he can burgle a house!" said Mifflin, despairingly.

They had arrived now at the building on the second floor of which was Jimmy's flat.

"Coming in?" said Jimmy.

"Well, I was rather thinking of pushing on as far as the Park. I tell you, I feel all on wires."

"Come in, and smoke a cigar. You've got all night before you if you want to do Marathons. I haven't seen you for a couple of months. I want you to tell me all the news."

"There isn't any. Nothing happens in New York. The papers say things do, but they don't. However, I'll come in. It seems to me that you're the man with the news."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was having a conversation?
2. How long had it been since they'd seen each other?
3. Where had Arthur come from?
4. How did he travel to get to Jimmy?
5. How did he get from New York?
6. What floor does Jimmy live on?
7. What does Jimmy want to Arthur to go inside with him and do?
8. And what else?
9. Did Jimmy have any news to tell him about?
10. Does he think anything happens in New York?
A: 1. Jimmy and Arthur Mifflin
2. a couple of months
3. New York.
4. walked
5. unknown
6. 2nd
7. Tell him all the news
8. smoke a cigar.
9. Arthur thinks he does
10. No
Q: CHAPTER III

_Danny Meadow Mouse Plays Hide and Seek_

Life is always a game of hide and seek to Danny Meadow Mouse. You see, he is such a fat little fellow that there are a great many other furry-coated people, and almost as many who wear feathers, who would gobble Danny up for breakfast or for dinner if they could. Some of them pretend to be his friends, but Danny always keeps his eyes open when they are around and always begins to play hide and seek. Peter Rabbit and Jimmy Skunk and Striped Chipmunk and Happy Jack Squirrel are all friends whom he can trust, but he always has a bright twinkling eye open for Reddy Fox and Billy Mink and Shadow the Weasel and old Whitetail the Marsh Hawk, and several more, especially Hooty the Owl at night.

Now Danny Meadow Mouse is a stout-hearted little fellow, and when rough Brother North Wind came shouting across the Green Meadows, tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes until they covered the Green Meadows deep, deep, deep, Danny just snuggled down in his warm coat in his snug little house of grass and waited. Danny liked the snow. Yes, sir, Danny Meadow Mouse liked the snow. He just loved to dig in it and make tunnels. Through those tunnels in every direction he could go where he pleased and when he pleased without being seen by anybody. It was great fun!

Every little way he made a little round doorway up beside a stiff stalk of grass. Out of this he could peep at the white world, and he could get the fresh cold air. Sometimes, when he was quite sure that no one was around, he would scamper across on top of the snow from one doorway to another, and when he did this, he made the prettiest little footprints.

Answer the following questions:
1. What kind of animal is Danny?
2. Is he small or large?
3. What is life for him?
4. How many friends of his are listed?
5. Who can't he trust at night?
6. Who else does he have to be careful around?
7. Is Whitetail young or old?
8. How is the breeze personified?
9. Where did Brother North Wind go?
10. How does Brother North Wind make it snow?
11. Is there just a light dusting of snow?
12. What did Danny like to do in the snow?
13. What was the advantage of snow tunnels?
14. What shape door did he create?
15. What was next to that?
16. What kind of air was there?
17. What did he do when he went from one door to the other?
18. What was the weasel's name?
19. Was the squirrel sad?
20. What kind of animal was Jimmy?
A: 1. a Meadow Mouse
2. small, but fat
3. a game of hide and seek
4. four that he can trust
5. Hooty the Owl
6. Reddy Fox and others
7. old
8. Brother North Wind
9. Green Meadows
10. tearing to pieces the snow clouds and shaking out the snowflakes
11. no
12. dig in it and make tunnels
13. he could go where he pleased without being seen
14. round
15. a stalk of grass
16. fresh and cold
17. made the prettiest little footprints
18. Shadow
19. no
20. Skunk
Q: McDonald's is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain. It was founded in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand, using production line principles. The first McDonald's franchise using the arches logo opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955 and subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's confirmed plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by early 2018.

Today, McDonald's is one of the world's largest restaurant chains, serving approximately 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and after facing criticism for the unhealthy nature of their food, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. According to a BBC report published in 2012, McDonald's is the world's second largest private employer (behind Walmart with 1.9 million employees), 1.5 million of whom work for franchises.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is McDonald's?
2. what do they serve?
3. Is it the smallest chain?
4. How many customers do they serve every day?
5. Are they only in the United States?
6. How many countries?
7. How many stores?
8. What year was it founded?
9. By whom?
10. Where?
11. What did they do in 1948?
12. Using what principles?
13. What is their logo?
14. What was the first location to use that?
15. What year?
16. Who bought the business from them?
17. Where are they moving their home base to in 2018?
18. Name three items from their main menu?
19. What items are on their expanded healthier menu?
A:
1. restaurant chain
2. fast food
3. No
4. 69 million
5. No
6. over 100 countries
7. approximately 36,900
8. 1940
9. Richard and Maurice McDonald
10. San Bernardino
11. reorganized their business
12. production line
13. the arches
14. Phoenix
15. 1953
16. Ray Kroc
17. Chicago
18. hamburgers, cheeseburgers and chicken products
19. salads