Q: There was once a small town by a river. There were many houses in this town and they were all different colors, shapes and sizes. which made the people happy. On one street there was a red house, a green house, a blue house and one purple house with yellow stripes. The people in the town were all very friendly and knew each other well.

When the people of the town went out they loved to wear hats but never wore shoes and the hats were also many different colors, shapes and sizes. On Sundays all the families in town would go to the park by the river and have picnics. The children would run, skip and play and the parents would talk, eat and laugh. The children loved the picnic foods they had. There were hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken and steak. They also had salads, coleslaw, fries and chips. The kids' favorite was hamburgers with fries.

On days when it rained the children and parents would stay inside and read or color pictures and drink hot chocolate and they loved to wear big warm sweaters. At night the family would all go to the kitchen and cook dinner together and after dinner was finished they would all clear the table and clean the dishes together before getting ready for bed. They would put their pajamas on but never wear socks and they would get under the covers and fall asleep.

Answer the following questions:
1. where was the town
2. how many different color houses are in the town
3. what are they
4. how are the neighbors who live in them
5. what are their sunday plans
6. where
7. what if its raining
8. and do what
9. what are they wearing
10. what goes on in the kitchen
11. and after dinner?
12. are they helping each other with that?
13. after the cleanup whats it time to do
14. and pjs?
15. and bare feet?
16. do they use blankets?
17. and then its time to stay awake?
A: 1. by a river.
2. Five
3. red, green, blue and purple
4. very friendly
5. have picnics
6. the park by the river
7. they stay inside
8. read or color and drink hot chocolate
9. hats
10. cook dinner
11. clear the table and clean the dishes
12. yes
13. get ready for bed.
14. yes
15. always
16. yes
17. no
Q: CHAPTER V

THE BATTLE ON THE SEA

On the morrow Thorvald, my father, sent messengers to the head men of Agger, telling them of all that he and his House had suffered at the hands of Steinar, whereof those of their folk who had been present at the feast could bear witness. He added that if they stood by Steinar in his wickedness and treachery, thenceforward he and the men of the North would be their foes and work them mischief by land and sea.

In due course these messengers returned with the tale that the head men of Agger had met together and deposed Steinar from his lordship over them, electing another man, a nephew of Steinar's father. Also they sent a present of gold rings in atonement for the wrong which had been done to the house of Thorvald by one of their blood, and prayed that Thorvald and the northern men would bear them no ill will for that in which they were blameless.

Cheered by this answer, which halved the number of their foes, my father, Thorvald of Aar, and those Over-men of whom he was the High-lord, began to make their preparations to attack Athalbrand on his Island of Lesso. Of all these things Athalbrand learned by his spies, and later, when the warships were being prepared and manned, two messengers came from him, old men of repute, and demanded to see my father. This was the substance of his message, which was delivered in my hearing.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the father?
2. Who had made them suffer?
3. Who did he send word with?
4. To whom?
5. Did the men he sent with word return?
6. What had Agger men done with Steinar?
7. Did someone take his place?
8. Who?
9. What did they offer as an apology?
10. What was it?
A: 1. Thorvald of Aar
2. Steinar,
3. messengers
4. head men of Agger
5. yes
6. deposed Steinar from his lordship
7. yes
8. a nephew of Steinar's father
9. a present
10. gold rings
Q: CHAPTER III.

Noah, who is the first seafaring man we read of, begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japhet. Authors, it is true, are not wanting who affirm that the patriarch had a number of other children. Thus Berosus makes him father of the gigantic Titans; Methodius gives him a son called Jonithus, or Jonicus (who was the first inventor of Johnny cakes); and others have mentioned a son, named Thuiscon, from whom descended the Teutons or Teutonic, or, in other words, the Dutch nation.

I regret exceedingly that the nature of my plan will not permit me to gratify the laudable curiosity of my readers, by investigating minutely the history of the great Noah. Indeed, such an undertaking would be attended with more trouble than many people would imagine; for the good old patriarch seems to have been a great traveler in his day, and to have passed under a different name in every country that he visited. The Chaldeans, for instance, give us his story, merely altering his name into Xisuthrus--a trivial alteration, which to an historian skilled in etymologies will appear wholly unimportant. It appears, likewise, that he had exchanged his tarpaulin and quadrant among the Chaldeans for the gorgeous insignia of royalty, and appears as a monarch in their annals. The Egyptians celebrate him under the name of Osiris; the Indians as Menu; the Greek and Roman writers confound him with Ogyges; and the Theban with Deucalion and Saturn. But the Chinese, who deservedly rank among the most extensive and authentic historians, inasmuch as they have known the world much longer than any one else, declare that Noah was no other than Fohi; and what gives this assertion some air of credibility is that it is a fact, admitted by the most enlightened _literati_, that Noah traveled into China, at the time of the building of the Tower of Babel (probably to improve himself in the study of languages), and the learned Dr. Shuckford gives us the additional information that the ark rested on a mountain on the frontiers of China.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was first read of?
2. What was he?
3. did he have siblings?
4. did he have children?
5. sons or daughters?
6. how many
7. what was their names?
8. who was the father of titans?
9. who gave him one son?
10. where did thusicon come from?
11. who invented johnny cakes?
12. was researching noah easy?
13. did noah travel?
14. what was his name altered to by chaldeans?
15. what was his egyptian name?
16. his greek name?
17. what was his chinese given name?
18. did he travel to china?
19. what was being built?
20. where was the ark?
A:
1. Noah,
2. a seafaring man
3. no
4. yes
5. sons,
6. three
7. Shem, Ham, and Japhet
8. Berosus
9. Methodius
10. the Teutons or Teutonic
11. Jonicus
12. no
13. yes
14. Xisuthrus
15. Osiris
16. Ogyges
17. Fohi
18. yes
19. the Tower of Babel
20. on a mountain on the frontiers of China.