Problem: CHAPTER V

CASTELL'S SECRET

In John Castell's house it was the habit, as in most others in those days, for his dependents, clerks, and shopmen to eat their morning and mid-day meals with him in the hall, seated at two lower tables, all of them save Betty, his daughter's cousin and companion, who sat with them at the upper board. This morning Betty's place was empty, and presently Castell, lifting his eyes, for he was lost in thought, noted it, and asked where she might be--a question that neither Margaret nor Peter could answer.

One of the servants at the lower table, however--it was that man who had been sent to follow d'Aguilar on the previous night--said that as he came down Holborn a while before he had seen her walking with the Spanish don, a saying at which his master looked grave.

Just as they were finishing their meal, a very silent one, for none of them seemed to have anything to say, and after the servants had left the hall, Betty arrived, flushed as though with running.

"Where have you been that you are so late?" asked Castell.

"To seek the linen for the new sheets, but it was not ready," she answered glibly. "The mercer kept you waiting long," remarked Castell quietly. "Did you meet any one?"

"Only the folk in the street."

"I will ask you no more questions, lest I should cause you to lie and bring you into sin," said Castell sternly. "Girl, how far did you walk with the Senor d'Aguilar, and what was your business with him?"
1. Where did John eat?
2. For what meals?
3. Who joined him?
4. Who sat at the upper table?
5. How many lower ones were there?
6. Who was missing this morning?
7. Who noticed?
8. Did Margeret know her whereabouts?
9. Did Peter?
10. Who saw her last?
11. Who did he see her with?
12. Was it a lively and conversational meal?
13. Did Betty arrive?
14. Did she lie about her whereabouts?
15. To whom?
16. What was her excuse for being late?
17. Was she flushed?
18. As if she had been what?
19. Did Castell know she was lying?
20. What was the name of the Spanish don?
Answer: 1. in the hall
2. morning and mid-day
3. his dependents, clerks, and shopmen
4. Betty
5. two
6. Betty
7. Castell
8. no
9. no
10. One of the servants at the lower table
11. the Spanish don
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. Castell
16. To seek the linen for the new sheets
17. yes
18. running
19. yes
20. Senor d'Aguilar

Problem: Nana had a bunch of money. She had saved money her whole life. But Nana was afraid of people stealing her money. She planned to hide it. First she moved it around in her house and hid it behind a wall. Then she put her money in the attic. But she still didn't feel safe about her money. She was sure someone would find it. Finally she took it outside and started digging in the ground. She buried it in the ground so no one would find it. "It is going be safe here," said Nana. She was very pleased that she had hidden her money so well. The next day after breakfast, she went outside to make sure her money was still there. She stopped at the spot she thought she had buried it and began digging. After some time she hadn't found it. She climbed out of the hole and looked around. She had used a tree as a way to mark the spot. But she couldn't tell which tree. The wind was blowing and the trees all looked the same! She had used a brown spot on the ground to mark the spot. But she couldn't tell which brown spot it was! She knew she wasn't lost. Nana had hidden her money so well that no one could find it, and that included her!
1. What did granny have a bunch of?
2. How long had she been saving?
3. and what did she plan to do with it?
4. and where did she hide it?
5. and where next?
6. did she think it was hid well?
7. where did she hide it next?
8. when did she go make sure it was still there?
9. what kind of mark on the ground did she use to know where it was?
10. did she find it?
Answer: 1. money
2. her whole life
3. hide it
4. behind a wall
5. in the attic
6. no
7. in the ground
8. The next day
9. a brown spot
10. no

Problem: Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- A South African white supremacist group has retracted its statement vowing to avenge the killing of its leader, Eugene Terreblanche, a spokesman for the group said Monday.

"The statement was made by an emotional member of our organization," said Pieter Steyn, a spokesman for the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging, also called the Afrikaner Resistance Movement or AWB.

"The person has been reprimanded. We want a homeland where we can govern ourselves, and violence is not going to do our cause any good."

Terreblanche was killed Saturday following an apparent dispute over wages with workers on his farm, according to South African police.

Two of his farm workers ages 21 and 16 are scheduled to appear in court Tuesday after turning themselves in, police said.

Police said the 69-year-old was bludgeoned and stabbed to death with clubs and a machete in an attack at his farm near the town of Ventersdorp in South Africa's North West Province.

Steyn told CNN he is pleased with the work of the South African police, who said there would be a heavy police presence at Tuesday's court appearance.

The AWB has blamed the killing on the singing of a controversial apartheid-era song, "Shoot the Farmer."

The ruling African National Congress party's youth leader, Julius Malema, had sung the song in recent weeks until a court ruling barred him from doing so.

Steyn called on South African President Jacob Zuma to act to ease tensions. "He needs to address Julius Malema urgently," Steyn said. "We are finding it difficult to keep our members calm under the current circumstances. If farm murders continue, we cannot guarantee that our members will continue refraining from retaliating."
1. what does Julius Malema do?
2. of?
3. what did the court tell him to do?
4. what?
5. which was previously what?
6. who was killed?
7. what group did he run?
8. called?
9. when did he die?
10. how many people turned themselves in?
11. when will they be in court?
12. which town is the farm near?
Answer:
1. youth leader
2. African National Congress party
3. Stop singing.
4. "Shoot the Farmer."
5. A controversial apartheid-era song.
6. Eugene Terreblanche.
7. A South African white supremacist group.
8. Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging
9. Saturday.
10. Two.
11. Tuesday.
12. Ventersdorp.