Q: CHAPTER XVIII

WILDCAT AND WATER

Dave was both startled and alarmed when the wildcat came down almost on top of his bare head, and even more frightened when the beast made a leap for his naked shoulder. He had had several experiences with wildcats and knew them to be both powerful and bloodthirsty.

By instinct more than reason he dived and went down as far as possible. As soon as the water closed over the wildcat's head it let go its hold and began to swim for the shore.

Henry was directly in the path of the beast and in a second more, ere the young soldier had time to think of diving, the wildcat was on his back, sinking its cruel nails deeply into his flesh.

"Get off!" screamed Henry. "Get off! Help! help!"

And then he went down, not because he thought of doing so, but because he could not bear the weight. The stream closed over him and he went directly to the bottom.

This time the wildcat did not let go its hold. It clung desperately and when Henry tried to shake it off it only sunk its nails deeper into his flesh. Mechanically he started to scream, when the water rushed into his mouth, almost strangling him on the spot.

By this time Dave had reached the surface, and the rings and bubbles showed him plainly where Henry and the wildcat had gone down. With swift strokes he swam to the river bank, just as several rangers came running to the scene.

1. Henry
2. the wildcat
3. No
4. because he could not bear the weight.
5. No
6. The stream
7. No
8. Henry tried to shake it off
9. No
10. Dave
11. No
12. Yes
13. No
14. to be both powerful and bloodthirsty
15. he dived and went down
16. soldier
17. Get off
18. the water rushed into his mouth
19. bubbles
20. several rangers

Numbered questions:
1. Who was underwater?
2. What put him there?
3. Did he fall on purpose?
4. Why then?
5. Was it in a lake?
6. What then?
7. Did the cat release him or keep a grip underwater?
8. What caused it to grip tighter?
9. Were they floating?
10. Was anyone else there?
11. Was he calm when the attack happened?
12. Had he seen cats before?
13. Only once?
14. What did he know about them?
15. What was his automatic response?
16. What was Henry's occupation?
17. What did he tell the cat to do?
18. What caused him to choke?
19. How could Dave tell where they were underwater?
20. Who finally got there?

Q: Beginning in 1689, the colonies became involved in a series of wars between Great Britain and France for control of North America, the most important of which were Queen Anne's War, in which the British conquered French colony Acadia, and the final French and Indian War (175463) when Britain was victorious over all the French colonies in North America. This final war was to give thousands of colonists, including Virginia colonel George Washington, military experience which they put to use during the American Revolutionary War.

By far the largest military action in which the United States engaged during this era was the War of 1812. With Britain locked in a major war with Napoleon's France, its policy was to block American shipments to France. The United States sought to remain neutral while pursuing overseas trade. Britain cut the trade and impressed seamen on American ships into the Royal Navy, despite intense protests. Britain supported an Indian insurrection in the American Midwest, with the goal of creating an Indian state there that would block American expansion. The United States finally declared war on the United Kingdom in 1812, the first time the U.S. had officially declared war. Not hopeful of defeating the Royal Navy, the U.S. attacked the British Empire by invading British Canada, hoping to use captured territory as a bargaining chip. The invasion of Canada was a debacle, though concurrent wars with Native Americans on the western front (Tecumseh's War and the Creek War) were more successful. After defeating Napoleon in 1814, Britain sent large veteran armies to invade New York, raid Washington and capture the key control of the Mississippi River at New Orleans. The New York invasion was a fiasco after the much larger British army retreated to Canada. The raiders succeeded in the burning of Washington on 25 August 1814, but were repulsed in their Chesapeake Bay Campaign at the Battle of Baltimore and the British commander killed. The major invasion in Louisiana was stopped by a one-sided military battle that killed the top three British generals and thousands of soldiers. The winners were the commanding general of the Battle of New Orleans, Major General Andrew Jackson, who became president and the Americans who basked in a victory over a much more powerful nation. The peace treaty proved successful, and the U.S. and Britain never again went to war. The losers were the Indians, who never gained the independent territory in the Midwest promised by Britain.

1. the War of 1812
2. in 1689
3. Queen Anne's War
4. the French colony Acadia
5. about 9 years
6. military experience
7. at first neutral
8. unknown
9. to block American shipments to France
10. it was a debacle
11. 1814

Numbered questions:
1. what was the largest military action for the US?
2. when did the series of war begin?
3. which was the most important?
4. who did they defeat?
5. how long was the french and indian war?
6. what did this give the colonists?
7. whos side was the US on at first in the war of 1812?
8. how did Briti
9. what did britian try to do to stop American growth?
10. how did the invasion of canada go?
11. when did Britian defeat Napoleon?

Q: Quechua , also known as runa simi ("people's language"), is an indigenous language family, with variations spoken by the Quechua peoples, primarily living in the Andes and highlands of South America. Derived from a common ancestral language, it is the most widely spoken language family of indigenous peoples of the Americas, with a total of probably some 810 million speakers. Approximately 13% of Peruvians speak Quechua. It is perhaps most widely known for being the main language of the Inca Empire, and was disseminated by the colonizers throughout their reign.

Quechua had already expanded across wide ranges of the central Andes long before the expansion of the Inca Empire. The Inca were one among many peoples in present-day Peru who already spoke forms of Quechua. In the Cusco region, Quechua was influenced by local languages such as Aymara. The Cuzco variety of Quechua developed as quite distinct. In similar ways, diverse dialects developed in different areas, related to existing local languages, when the Inca Empire ruled and imposed Quechua as the official language.

After the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire in the 16th century, Quechua continued to be used widely by the indigenous peoples as the "common language." It was officially recognized by the Spanish administration and many Spanish learned it in order to communicate with the local peoples. Clergy of the Catholic Church adopted Quechua to use as the language of evangelization. Given its use by the Catholic missionaries, the range of Quechua continued to expand in some areas.

1. Quechua
2. runa simi
3. people's language
4. Quechua peoples
5. in the Andes
6. yes
7. 810 million
8. 13%
9. eing the main language of the Inca Empire
10. 16th
11. yes
12. the Catholic Church
13. yes
14. Aymara, Cuzco
15. Peru

Numbered questions:
1. What language is the article referring to?
2. What else is it known as?
3. which means?
4. Who speaks the language
5. Where do they live
6. is it a widely spoken language
7. How many people speak it
8. How many Peruvians
9. What is it widely known for
10. What century did the Spanish come into the empire
11. Did they learn the language as well
12. What church also used the language
13. Did this help expand it even more?
14. What languages helped influence it?
15. What country is Inca from