Problem: Theangelshavefinallybeenconnectedtogether andthebowshaveallbeencarefully fixed across the branches.After three months of hard work, 16-year-old Suzy Jordan's tree is finally appearing at the yearly Festival of Trees in honor of her best friend, Emily Austin.

"All that's needed now is a real angel,"says Suzy,"to help 13-year-old Emily recover from a recent bone marrow transplant and finally remove the leukemia "

"Emily is the strongest person I know.There's always such brightness about her,"says Suzy,a student ar Orem High School.

Last year,when Emily's cancer was _ ,she helped Suzy and other students decorate a red-and-white Christmas tree for Primary Children's Medical Center at the Festival of Trees.

"It was so much fun for her,"says Emily's mother, Laurie,"she's seen the inside of the hospital more than a school since she was 5".

But the good conditions didn't last long.In August, Suzy learned that her friend's leukemia returned, becoming worse.And she knew exactly what to do show her support.

"Emily was so excited about helping out with the festival tree last year that I decided to surprise her by giving away a tree of my own,"she says.

Because of being in hospital, Emily won't be able to see the tree."But I'm taking pictures to surprise her,"says Suzy."I want her to know that she'll always be an angel to me."

Suzy's tree has given Emily's family hope for a miracle ."It has given Emily hope that she has a chance to be a normal girl and do all the things other girls do,"says Laurie Austin.

Suzy's greatest hope is that she'll be able to give away more trees to the festival, with one big difference."The best wish of all,"she says,"is that Emily will be there with me, putting on the decoration."
1. Who is Suzy's friend?
2. Does she have a problem?
3. Is it a health problem?
4. What is it?
5. What is the treatment?
6. How old is she?
7. How old is Suzy?
8. What kind of tree is she working on?
9. Where will it be shown?
10. Who is she trying to honor?
11. Did she get better?
12. When did the cancer return?
13. Where does Suzy go to school?
14. What did the tree do for Emily's family?
15. Will she be able to visit the tree in person?
16. Why not
17. How will she see it?
18. Who is taking them?
19. What color was the previous year's tree?
20. Did Emily help with it?
Answer: 1. Emily Austin.
2. yes
3. yes
4. leukemia
5. bone marrow transplant
6. 13
7. 16
8. Christmas tree
9. Primary Children's Medical Center
10. Emily
11. no
12. August
13. Orem High School
14. given them hope
15. no
16. she is in the hospital
17. pictures
18. Suzy
19. red and white
20. yes

Problem: CHAPTER XXXIII

RALPH FINDS THE DREAM MOUNTAIN

Now I must go back to that evening when we learned the great tidings from the lips of the lad Gaasha, whose life Ralph had saved after the attack by the Kaffirs upon the laager. There sat Gaasha on the ground staring, and there, not far away, Ralph was lying in his swoon, while Jan and I looked at each other like people who have suddenly beheld a sign from heaven.

"What evil magic is there in my words," said Gaasha presently, "that they should strike the Baas yonder dead like a spear?"

"He is not dead," I answered, "but for long he has sought that mountain Umpondwana of which you speak. Tell us now, did you hear of any white woman dwelling with the chieftainess Sihamba?"

"No, lady, I heard of none."

This answer of Gaasha's saddened me, for I made sure that if so strange a thing had happened as that a white woman had come to live among his tribe, the man who told him of the return of Sihamba would have told him of this also. Therefore, so I argued, either Suzanne was dead or she was in the power of Piet Van Vooren, or Sihamba had deserted her, though this last I did not believe. As it turned out afterwards, had not Gaasha been the stupidest of Kaffirs, we should have been saved those long days of doubt and trouble, for though he had not heard that Sihamba was accompanied by a white woman, he had heard that she brought with her a white _bird_ to the mountain Umpondwana. Of course if he had told us this we should have guessed that the white bird could be none other than Suzanne, whose native name was Swallow.
1. Who was on the ground?
2. Who was the most stupid of Kaffirs?
3. What was Suzanne's native name?
4. Whose life did Ralph save?
5. Who was lying in a swoon?
6. What mountain was being sought?
7. Did someone inquire about the presence of a white woman?
8. Was it possible that Suzanne was deceased?
9. Who possibly deserted her?
10. What color was the bird mentioned?
Answer: 1. Gaasha
2. she was
3. Swallow
4. Gaasha
5. Ralph
6. Umpondwana
7. yes
8. yes
9. Sihamba
10. white

Problem: Jimmy loved watching television. He would wake up and watch Cartoons on Cartoon Network. His favorite cartoon was Scooby Doo. After his mom picked him up at the bus stop, he would go home and watch the Flintstones. One day, his mom told him he was not allowed to watch cartoons after school. He was very sad. She told him he had to go outside to play. He walked into the backyard. Fido was running around. He started to chase him. He picked up a ball and threw it. Fido ran after it and brought it back. Jimmy laughed. He chased after Fido and scratched his back. Maybe being outside wasn't so bad after all! He played with Fido for another hour until his mom called him inside. It was dinner time. Dinner was fried chicken and mashed potatoes-his favorite. He was happy his mom made him go outside. He would go outside every day after school now!
1. Who loved watching television?
2. What would he watch?
3. On which channel?
4. What was his favorite?
5. Who picked him up at the bus stop?
6. What would he do after that?
7. What did his mom tell him one day?
8. Was he sad?
9. What did she tell him to do instead?
10. Where did he go?
11. Who was running around?
12. Who chased him?
13. What did he pick up?
14. Did he throw it?
15. Who ran after it?
Answer:
1. Jimmy.
2. Cartoons.
3. Cartoon Network.
4. Scooby Doo.
5. His mom.
6. Go home and watch the Flintstones.
7. He was not allowed to watch cartoons after school.
8. Yes.
9. Go outside to play.
10. The backyard.
11. Fido.
12. Jimmy.
13. A ball.
14. Yes.
15. Fido.