Q: CHAPTER XVII.

THREE PRISONERS.

It did not take Joe and Darry long to retrace their steps at the water-course. They continued to call to the young captain, and once Joe shot off his rifle as a signal, but, as we know, no answer came back.

"I can't understand this at all," said Joe, when they halted near the shelter. "I didn't hear him do any firing, did you?"

"Not a shot," answered Darry. "He must have gone away from the brook instead of along the bank."

The two boys hung around the shelter for some time, and then decided to follow up the trail left by the young officer.

This was easy for part of the distance, but soon the footprints became so indistinct that they came to another halt.

"Stumped!" muttered Joe. "We might as well go back to the shelter and wait till he returns. One thing is certain, he hasn't found any game, or we would have heard the firing."

Tired by their long tramp the boys sat down in the shelter, thinking that Captain Moore would return at any moment.

Thus an hour was passed. It was now noon, and Joe and Darry set to work to prepare dinner for themselves.

The repast was just finished when Joe let out a cry of alarm.

"Matt Gilroy!"

He was right. The captain of the desperadoes had appeared, followed by several others.

The boys were taken completely off their guard. Darry made a clutch for his rifle, but on the instant Gilroy had him covered.

1. THREE PRISONERS
2. Joe and Darry
3. as a signal
4. once
5. no
6. near the shelter
7. No
8. away from the brook
9. along the bank
10. hung around the shelter
11. decided to follow up the trail left
12. the footprints became indistinct
13. game
14. they would have heard the firing
15. Captain Moore
16. their long tramp

Numbered questions:
1. what is the title of the chapter?
2. what are the names of the two boys?
3. why did Joe shoot his rifle?
4. how many times did he do it?
5. did they get an answer?
6. where did they halt?
7. and could Joe understand what was going on?
8. where did Darry think he had gone?
9. instead of?
10. what did they do for a while?
11. and after that?
12. why did they decided to go back to the shelter?
13. what were they sure he hadn't found?
14. and how did they determine this?
15. who are they looking for?
16. what made them get tired?

Q: CHAPTER XIX. THE TENTH OF MAY

Would the sons of the first families surrender, "Never!" cried a young lady who sat behind the blinds in Mrs. Catherwood's parlor. It seemed to her when she stopped to listen for the first guns of the coming battle that the tumult in her heart would drown their roar.

"But, Jinny," ventured that Miss Puss Russell who never feared to speak her mind, "it would be folly for them to fight. The Dutch and Yankees outnumber them ten to one, and they haven't any powder and bullets."

"And Camp Jackson is down in a hollow," said Maude Catherwood, dejectedly. And yet hopefully, too, for at the thought of bloodshed she was near to fainting.

"Oh," exclaimed Virginia, passionately, "I believe you want them to surrender. I should rather see Clarence dead than giving his sword to a Yankee."

At that the other two were silent again, and sat on through an endless afternoon of uncertainty and hope and dread in the darkened room. Now and anon Mr. Catherwood's heavy step was heard as he paced the hall. From time to time they glanced at Virginia, as if to fathom her thought. She and Puss Russell had come that day to dine with Maude. Mr. Catherwood's Ben, reeking of the stable, had brought the rumor of the marching on the camp into the dining-room, and close upon the heels of this the rumble of the drums and the passing of Sigel's regiment. It was Virginia who had the presence of mind to slam the blinds in the faces of the troops, and the crowd had cheered her. It was Virginia who flew to the piano to play Dixie ere they could get by, to the awe and admiration of the girls and the delight of Mr. Catherwood who applauded her spirit despite the trouble which weighed upon him. Once more the crowd had cheered,--and hesitated. But the Dutch regiment slouched on, impassive, and the people followed.

1. Maude
2. sons of the first families
3. guns
4. A battle
5. Ben
6. rumor of the marching
7. Virginia
8. Played Dixie on the Piano
9. Slammed the blinds on the troops.
10. No.
11. Puss Russell
12. Virginia
13. Mrs. Catherwood's parlor
14. in a hollow
15. No.
16. ten to one
17. powder and bullets
18. Mr. Catherwood
19. the hall
20. Puss Russell

Numbered questions:
1. What is the name of the young lady in this passage?
2. Who would never surrender?
3. What was the young lady listening for?
4. What did the sound of guns mean?
5. Who reeked of the stable?
6. What did he bring?
7. Who was cheered for?
8. What did she do?
9. Anything else?
10. Did her actions cause the army to stop marching?
11. Who was dining with Maude that day?
12. Anyone else?
13. What is the setting of this passage?
14. Where is Camp Jackson located?
15. Are the sons of the first families likely to win?
16. How outnumbered are they?
17. What do they lack?
18. Who is pacing during this time?
19. Where at?
20. Who never feared to speak her mind?

Q: Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. , the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245.

Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region. The insular region consists of the islands of Bioko (formerly "Fernando Po") in the Gulf of Guinea and Annobon, a small volcanic island south of the equator. Bioko Island is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea and is the site of the country's capital, Malabo. The island nation of Sao Tome and Principe is located between Bioko and Annobon. The mainland region, Rio Muni, is bordered by Cameroon on the north and Gabon on the south and east. It is the location of Bata, Equatorial Guinea's largest city, and Oyala, the country's planned future capital. Rio Muni also includes several small offshore islands, such as Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico. The country is a member of the African Union, Francophonie, OPEC and the CPLP.

1. Spanish Guinea
2. Two
3. insular and a mainland region
4. yes
5. Bioko
6. Fernando Po
7. 1,222,245
8. Central Africa
9. the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
10. offshore
11. northernmost
12. Malabo
13. Spanish
14. no
15. just the one
16. mainland
17. Cameroon
18. the north
19. Gabon
20. Gabon

Numbered questions:
1. What was the area formely called?
2. how many parts does it have?
3. which are?
4. Can you find volcanos here?
5. where exactly?
6. is there another name?
7. what is the population?
8. where is it located?
9. what is its offical name?
10. Where would you find Corisco?
11. Where would you find Bioko?
12. What is the capital?
13. what is the offical language?
14. do many countries speak Spanish there?
15. how many others do?
16. Where is Rio Muni?
17. which is bordered by?
18. where is this?
19. and how about the south?
20. what about the East?