Q: CHAPTER NINETEEN.

MOUNTAINEERING IN GENERAL.

A week passed away, during which Nita was confined to bed, and the Count waited on her with the most tender solicitude. As their meals were sent to their rooms, it was not necessary for the latter to appear in the _salle-a-manger_ or the _salon_. He kept himself carefully out of sight, and intelligence of the invalid's progress was carried to their friends by Susan Quick, who was allowed to remain as sick-nurse, and who rejoiced in filling that office to one so amiable and uncomplaining as Nita.

Of course, Lewis was almost irresistibly tempted to talk with Susan about her charge, but he felt the impropriety of such a proceeding, and refrained. Not so Gillie White. That sapient blue spider, sitting in his wonted chair, resplendent with brass buttons and brazen impudence, availed himself of every opportunity to perform an operation which he styled "pumping;" but Susan, although ready enough to converse freely on things in general, was judicious in regard to things particular. Whatever might have passed in the sick-room, the pumping only brought up such facts as that the Count was a splendid nurse as well as a loving father, and that he and his daughter were tenderly attached to each other.

"Well, Susan," observed Gillie, with an approving nod, "I'm glad to hear wot you say, for it's my b'lief that tender attachments is the right sort o' thing. I've got one or two myself."

"Indeed!" said Susan, "who for, I wonder?"

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is an invalid?
2. Where is she stuck?
3. How long has she been there?
4. Who is Susan Quick?
5. For who?
6. Where have they been eating?
7. Are there places the Count doesn't need to be?
8. Where?
9. Where did he stay?
10. Did they have friends?
11. How did they find out if Nita was getting better?
12. Who really wanted to ask about her?
13. Did he think that was proper?
14. So did he ask?
15. Is Nita easy to work with?
16. How does Susan feel about her job?
17. How is Gilie White described?
18. How often does he ask about Nita?
19. What did he call it?
20. Did Susan spill all the beans?
A: 1. Nita
2. bed
3. A week
4. sick-nurse
5. Nita
6. their rooms
7. Yes
8. _salle-a-manger_ or the _salon
9. He kept himself carefully out of sight,
10. Yes
11. by Susan Quick
12. Lewis
13. No
14. No
15. Yes
16. She rejoiced
17. sapient blue spider,
18. availed himself of every opportunity
19. pumping
20. No
Q: CHAPTER L

Three months had passed since that awful Christmas Day. Angela was heart-broken, and, after the first burst of her despair, turned herself to the only consolation which was left her. It was not of this world.

She did not question the truth of the dreadful news that Lady Bellamy had brought her, and, if ever a doubt did arise in her breast, a glance at the ring and the letter effectually quelled it. Nor did she get brain-fever or any other illness; her young and healthy frame was too strong a citadel to be taken out of hand by sorrow. And this to her was one of the most wonderful things in her affliction. It had come and crushed her, and life still went on much as before. The sun of her system had fallen, and yet the system was not appreciably deranged. It was dreadful to her to think that Arthur was dead, but an added sting lay in the fact that she was not dead too. Oh! how glad she would have been to die, since death had become the gate through which she needs must pass to reach her lover's side.

For it had been given to Angela, living so much alone, and thinking so long and deeply upon these great mysteries of our being, to soar to the heights of a noble faith. To the intense purity of her mind, a living heaven presented itself, a comfortable place, very different from the vague and formularised abstractions with which we are for the most part satisfied; where Arthur and her mother were waiting to greet her, and where the great light of the Godhead would shine around them all. She grew to hate her life, the dull barrier of the flesh that stood between her and her ends. Still she ate and drank enough to support it, still dressed with the same perfect neatness as before, still lived, in short, as though Arthur had not died, and the light and colour had not gone out of her world.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who brought bad news?
2. Who did she give the news to?
3. Who died?
4. Who was he?
5. Did she stop dressing nicely?
6. How long since the news?
7. How did the news affect her?
8. On what holiday did she receive the news?
9. What was her lover and mom waiting to do?
10. Did she binge eat?
A: 1. Lady Bellamy
2. Angela
3. Arthur
4. her lover
5. no
6. Three months
7. she was heart-broken
8. Christmas Day.
9. they were waiting to greet her
10. no
Q: (CNN)That sound you just heard was the crash of hearts breaking all over the world.

Zayn Malik is leaving One Direction.

"After five incredible years Zayn Malik has decided to leave One Direction," the band said on its Facebook page and tweeted out to its 22.9 million Twitter followers.

"Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis will continue as a four-piece and look forward to the forthcoming concerts of their world tour and recording their fifth album, due to be released later this year."

Rumors about such a move had started since Malik left the band's tour last week. At the time, a rep told Rolling Stone he had "been signed off with stress" after a scandal erupted following the publication of a photo showing Malik holding hands with someone other than his fiancee.

Fans on Twitter immediately responded with teary Vine videos and the #AlwaysInOurHeartsZaynMalik hashtag.

Even the Girl Scouts got in on the act with a sweet tribute to the singer.

The band's Wikipedia page was also quickly updated with a sentence, "Zayn Malik was formerly a member."

And Spotify said that global streams of One Direction songs were up 330% Wednesday in the hour after the news was announced -- a "spike of sadness," as the music service called it. In the U.S. alone, streams of the band's music were up 769%. To mark the occasion, Spotify created a special playlist of 1D songs.

Malik, 22, has been part of the very popular British boy band since it was formed (at the urging of Simon Cowell, according to some stories) in 2010 after members auditioned separately for the UK version of "The X Factor." Cowell became a mentor and signed them to his label.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is separating from a band?
2. What band is it?
3. What were the band supporters tweeting?
4. How old is he?
5. What website was updated after he left?
6. Where is the band from?
7. What celebrity coached the band to success?
8. How much did the streaming of their music increase after he left?
9. According to what service?
10. When did the band first begin?
11. What large organization paid their respects to Malik?
12. Did the band members know each other before the band was formed?
13. What magazine did his rep talk to last week?
14. Is the band disbanding following his departure?
15. Where did they announce this news?
16. When did people start speculating that he was leaving the band?
17. What picture of him had caused him hardship?
18. How many years had he been with the band?
19. How may followers does the band have on social media?
20. How many albums did he record with the band?
21. Who else is in the band?
A:
1. Zayn Malik
2. One Direction.
3. teary Vine videos and the #AlwaysInOurHeartsZaynMalik hashtag.
4. 22
5. Wikipedia
6. The UK
7. Simon Cowell
8. 330%
9. Spotify
10. 2010
11. The Girl Scouts
12. No
13. Rolling Stone
14. No
15. Facebook and Twitter
16. Last week
17. A photo showing Malik holding hands with someone other than his fiancee.
18. Five
19. 22.9 million
20. Four
21. Niall, Harry, Liam and Louis