question: CHAPTER XI. CONTAINING SOME REVELATIONS

Honora, as she descended, caught a glimpse of the parlour maid picking up the scattered cards on the drawing-room floor. There were voices on the porch, where Howard was saying good-by to Mrs. Chandos and Trixton Brent. She joined them.

"Oh, my dear!" cried Mrs. Chandos, interrupting Honora's apologies, "I'm sure I shan't sleep a wink--she gave me such a fright. You might have sent Trixy ahead to prepare us. When I first caught sight of her, I thought it was my own dear mother who had come all the way from Cleveland, and the cigarette burned my fingers. But I must say I think it was awfully clever of you to get hold of her and save Trixy's reputation. Good night, dear."

And she got into her carriage.

"Give my love to Mrs. Holt," said Brent, as he took Honora's hand, "and tell her I feel hurt that she neglected to say good night to me. I thought I had made an impression. Tell her I'll send her a cheque for her rescue work. She inspires me with confidence."

Howard laughed.

"I'll see you to-morrow, Brent," he called out as they drove away. Though always assertive, it seemed to Honora that her husband had an increased air of importance as he turned to her now with his hands in his pockets. He looked at her for a moment, and laughed again. He, too, had apparently seen the incident only in a humorous light. "Well, Honora," he remarked, "you have a sort of a P. T. Barnum way of doing things once in a while--haven't you? Is the old lady really tucked away for the night, or is she coming down to read us a sermon? And how the deuce did you happen to pick her up?"
1. What is the section's name?
2. Who saw the servant cleaning?
3. What was the servant doing?
4. Who was on the porch?
5. What did she do after hearing the voices?
6. What did Mrs. Chandos interrupt?
7. What was she sure would occur that night?
8. Who should've been sent to warn them?
9. What happened to her hand?
10. What did Mr. Brent ask of Honora?
11. What would he send her?
12. For what?
13. What was Howard's response to this?
14. What did he do again after they drove off?
15. Who did he compare Honora to?
16. Who's plans was he wondering about to Honora?
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answer: 1. CONTAINING SOME REVELATIONS
2. Honora
3. picking up the scattered cards
4. Howard, Mrs. Chandos and Trixton Brent
5. She joined them.
6. Honora's apologies
7. she won't sleep
8. Trixy
9. it was burned
10. "Give her love to Mrs. Holt
11. a cheque
12. her rescue work.
13. he laughed.
14. laughed
15. P. T. Barnum
16. the old lady

question: CHAPTER XIX. VICTOR FROM VANQUISHED ISSUES

Now that everything was settled Eric wished to give up teaching and go back to his own place. True, he had "signed papers" to teach the school for a year; but he knew that the trustees would let him off if he procured a suitable substitute. He resolved to teach until the fall vacation, which came in October, and then go. Kilmeny had promised that their marriage should take place in the following spring. Eric had pleaded for an earlier date, but Kilmeny was sweetly resolute, and Thomas and Janet agreed with her.

"There are so many things that I must learn yet before I shall be ready to be married," Kilmeny had said. "And I want to get accustomed to seeing people. I feel a little frightened yet whenever I see any one I don't know, although I don't think I show it. I am going to church with Uncle and Aunt after this, and to the Missionary Society meetings. And Uncle Thomas says that he will send me to a boarding school in town this winter if you think it advisable."

Eric vetoed this promptly. The idea of Kilmeny in a boarding school was something that could not be thought about without laughter.

"I can't see why she can't learn all she needs to learn after she is married to me, just as well as before," he grumbled to her uncle and aunt.

"But we want to keep her with us for another winter yet," explained Thomas Gordon patiently. "We are going to miss her terrible when she does go, Master. She has never been away from us for a day--she is all the brightness there is in our lives. It is very kind of you to say that she can come home whenever she likes, but there will be a great difference. She will belong to your world and not to ours. That is for the best--and we wouldn't have it otherwise. But let us keep her as our own for this one winter yet."
1. Who wants to be wed?
2. With whom?
3. Who is in more of a hurry?
4. Has anyone else weighed in on this?
5. Who?
6. Who do they side with?
7. Are they related to her?
8. How so?
9. Do they see her often?
10. How much longer do they wish things to stay the same?
11. What is the groom-to-be's job?
12. Is he greatly committed to it?
13. When does he want to stop?
14. Is he under contract?
15. What does he have to do to get out of it?
16. Is the bride-to-be a social butterfly?
17. How does she react to strangers?
18. Where is she going with her relatives?
19. Where are they thinking of sending her?
20. Does the groom-to-be take this seriously?
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answer: 1. Eric
2. Kilmeny
3. Eric
4. Yes
5. Thomas and Janet
6. With Kilmeny
7. Yes
8. Uncle and aunt
9. Yes
10. For this winter
11. He's a teacher
12. No
13. In October
14. Yes
15. Procure a substitute
16. No
17. She's a little frightened
18. To church
19. Boarding school
20. No

question: Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
1. What did a sheepherder notice when his sheep ate coffee beans?
2. what kind of effect?
3. did he try it himslef?
4. what happened?
5. whaty does the word Mocha derive from?
6. why was Omar thrown into the desert?
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answer:
1. EFFECT
2. sheep became excited
3. YES
4. HE WASoveractive
5. soup
6. to die