Q: CHAPTER VII.

BUYING THE OUTFITS.

"You saw Tom Roland and Jasper Guardley?" burst from the lips of the Portney brothers simultaneously.

"Yes," replied Fred Dobson. "I couldn't believe my eyes at first, but when I felt sure I was right I ran up to speak to Roland."

"And what did he say?" queried Earl.

"He didn't give me a chance to speak to him. He and Guardley disappeared in the crowd like a flash. I rather think they saw me and avoided me."

Earl and Randy exchanged glances. Tom Roland and Jasper Guardley had followed them to San Francisco. What could it mean?

"I shouldn't wonder if they are bound for Alaska, too!" burst out Randy. "Oh, Earl, supposing they got that letter--"

"It's more than likely they did," said the elder youth, quickly. "I'll wager both of them are going to try their fortunes in the new gold fields. Well, they had a cheap trip West," he concluded bitterly.

"If we could prove they got the money, we could have them locked up."

"But we can't prove it, Randy; we haven't time, so we'll just have to let matters stand where they are. For my part I never want to see either of them again," said Earl, decidedly.

Fred Dobson had listened to the latter part of the conversation with interest, and now he wished to know what it all meant.

"They must be guilty," he said, after Randy had recited the facts. "Guardley is a bad egg. You know he was up before my father several times. But say, Randy," he went on, as Earl turned away with Foster Portney to secure extra accommodations at the hotel for the two following nights, "can't you fix it up with your uncle so that I can go to Alaska with him? I'll work like a slave for the chance to go."

Answer the following questions:
1. Which chapter is this?
2. What's being bought in this chapter?
3. Were the Portneys lovers?
4. Who saw Tom and Jasper?
5. Who'd he run up to speak to?
6. Who was interested in what Roland said?
7. What's his last name?
8. Does Fred think Tom was avoiding him?
9. What's Earl's brother name?
10. Where did Tom and Jasper follow the Portney brothers to?
11. Where does Randy think they're going to go next?
12. Was Fred surprised to see Tom and Jasper?
13. How could the Portney brothers get them locked up?
14. Was Fred interested in the conversation?
15. Does he think they're guilty?
16. What does Fred's father do for a living, most likely?
17. What did Earl go with Foster to secure?
18. For how many nights?
19. Who would love to work as a slave if it means getting to go to Alaska?
20. Whose uncle could fix it so he could go?
A: 1. Seven
2. Outfits
3. No
4. Fred Dobson
5. Roland.
6. Earl
7. Portney
8. Yes
9. Randy
10. San Francisco.
11. Alaska
12. Yes
13. If they could prove they had the money
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. Be a judge
17. extra accommodations at the hotel
18. two nights
19. Fred Dobson
20. Randy's

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Serbia and Montenegro ( (SCG) / ()), officially the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro ("Drzavna Zajednica Srbija i Crna Gora" (DZSCG) / ()), was a country in Southeast Europe, created from the two remaining republics of Yugoslavia after its breakup in 1992. The republics of Serbia and Montenegro together established a federation in 1992 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY or FR Yugoslavia; "Savezna Republika Jugoslavija (SFR" or "SR Jugoslavija)" / ( or )).

The FRY aspired to be a sole legal successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but those claims were opposed by other former republics. The United Nations also denied its request to automatically continue the membership of the former state. Eventually, after the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic from power as president of the federation in 2000, the country rescinded those aspirations and accepted the opinion of the Badinter Arbitration Committee about shared succession. It re-applied for UN membership on 27 October and was admitted on 1 November 2000.

The FRY was initially dominated by Slobodan Milosevic as President of Serbia (19891997) and then President of Yugoslavia (19972000). Milosevic installed and forced the removal of several federal presidents (such as Dobrica Cosic) and prime ministers (such as Milan Panic). However, the Montenegrin government, initially enthusiastic supporters of Milosevic, started gradually distancing themselves from his policies. That culminated in regime change in 1996, when his former ally Milo ukanovic reversed his policies, became leader of Montenegro's ruling party and subsequently dismissed former Montenegrin leader Momir Bulatovic, who remained loyal to the Milosevic government. As Bulatovic was given central positions in Belgrade from that time (as federal Prime Minister), ukanovic continued to govern Montenegro and further isolated it from Serbia, so that from 1996 to 2006, Montenegro and Serbia were only nominally one countrygovernance at every feasible level was conducted locally (Belgrade for Serbia and Podgorica for Montenegro).

1. When did Yugoslavia disband?
2. What did Serbia and Montenegro become?
3. Are they sometimes called FRY?
4. Who was the first to dominate the FRY?
5. What country did he serve in 1989?
6. As what?
7. Until when?
8. Where did he start serving then?
9. As what?
10. For how many years?
11. What was his last year?
12. Did the Montenegrin government remain supportive of him?
13. What did the FRY was to be to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugslavia?
14. Did the whole world agree?
15. Who didn't?
16. Did they ask the UN to continue the membership?
17. What did the UN do?
18. How did Milosevic leave his presidency in 2000?
19. When were they put back into the UN?
20. When did they put in their application?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. 1992
2. Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
3. Yes
4. Slobodan Milosevic
5. Serbia
6. President
7. 1997
8. Yugoslavia
9. President
10. Three
11. 2000
12. No
13. a sole legal successor
14. No
15. other former republics.
16. yes
17. The United Nations denied its request
18. He was overthrown from power
19. 1 November 2000.
20. 27 October