Q: CHAPTER XVI.

JONATHAN STUBBS.

But, though Nina differed somewhat from Ayala as to their ideas as to life in general, they were close friends, and everything was done both by the Marchesa and by her daughter to make Ayala happy. There was not very much of going into grand society, and that difficulty about the dresses solved itself, as do other difficulties. There came a few presents, with entreaties from Ayala that presents of that kind might not be made. But the presents were, of course, accepted, and our girl was as prettily arrayed, if not as richly, as the best around her. At first there was an evening at the opera, and then a theatre,--diversions which are easy. Ayala, after her six dull months in Kingsbury Crescent, found herself well pleased to be taken to easy amusements. The carriage in the park was delightful to her, and delightful a visit which was made to her by Lucy. For the Tringle carriage could be spared for a visit in Brook Street, even though there was still a remembrance in the bosom of Aunt Emmeline of the evil things which had been done by the Marchesa in Rome. Then there came a dance,--which was not so easy. The Marchesa and Nina were going to a dance at Lady Putney's, and arrangements were made that Ayala should be taken. Ayala begged that there might be no arrangements, declared that she would be quite happy to see Nina go forth in her finery. But the Marchesa was a woman who always had her way, and Ayala was taken to Lady Putney's dance without a suspicion on the part of any who saw her that her ball-room apparatus was not all that it ought to be.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where the girls alike in every way?
2. Was there a problem with something?
3. What?
4. Was it remedied?
5. By whom?
6. How?
7. Where was there to be an event?
8. What kind?
9. Was Nina attending?
10. Who else?
11. What of Ayala?
12. Did she want to go?
13. Who insisted?
14. How long was she at Kingsbury Crescent?
15. Were they fun?
16. Did they try to please Ayala?
17. Did she enjoy anything at the park?
18. Had anyone come to see her?
19. Whom?
20. Who could not forget something?
A: 1. no
2. Yes
3. The dresses.
4. Yes
5. It solved itself.
6. Presents.
7. Lady Putney's
8. A dance.
9. Yes
10. The Marchesa
11. Arrangements made to take her
12. No
13. the Marchesa
14. Six months.
15. Dull.
16. Yes.
17. The carriage.
18. Yes
19. Lucy.
20. Aunt Emmeline

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Time was running out, and Mark Dickinson wasn't sure whether he'd get to see his dying 2-year-old grandson one last time. A long line at Los Angeles International Airport's security checkpoint had kept him from getting to his gate on time.

His grandson Caden would be taken off life support in a matter of hours in Denver, Colorado, with or without his grandfather's presence, according to CNN affiliate KABC.

"I was kind of panicking because I was running late, and I really thought I wasn't going to make the flight," Dickinson told KABC.

That's when a pilot from Southwest Airlines stepped up and held the flight at the gate until Dickinson arrived. The pilot was standing by the air bridge waiting for him when Dickinson arrived in socks, so rushed that he just grabbed his shoes at security and ran through the terminal.

"I told him, 'Thank you so much. I can't tell you how much I appreciated that.' And he said, 'No problem. They can't leave without me anyway,'"Dickinson told KABC.

Authorities say Dickinson's grandson, Caden Rodgers, suffered a head injury after his mother's boyfriend threw him across the room. The boyfriend reportedly told police he was drunk and high on marijuana at the time. The child later died and the boyfriend has been charged with first-degree murder, according to the Aurora Sentinel.

Thanks to the pilot, Dickinson made it to Colorado in time to say goodbye to his grandson. Most airlines would punish any staff member who holds up a flight, according to consumer advocate Christopher Elliott, who broke the story of the sympathetic pilot on his blog. However, a Southwest spokeswoman said the pilot's actions were praiseworthy.

"You can't hold a plane for every late customer, but I think we would all agree that these were extenuating circumstances and the pilot absolutely made the right decision," Southwest spokeswoman Marilee McInnis said. "I don't think you could ask for a better example of great service for our customers."

1. Who is dying?
2. Who's grandson?
3. What is his grandson's name?
4. What are they removing from him?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. grandson
2. Mark Dickinson
3. Caden
4. life support

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- It was Anabella De Leon's frail 86-year-old mother who answered the door when the men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon,'" De Leon told CNN. The visit left her mother crying, anxious and shocked.

Congresswoman Anabella de Leon with her husband in London for a performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.

That was four months ago. No attempt on her life has been made, De Leon said, but she still looks over her shoulder, takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.

Anabella De Leon is not well known outside Guatemala. Within the Central American country though, she has made headlines as an outspoken critic of corruption. She's serving her fourth term in Congress as a member of the Patriotic Party, which last weekend elected her to one of its top posts of Third National Secretary.

The death threats are not new. Since 2002, she's been protected by at least one security guard on request from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Her 26-year-old son is also shadowed by a security guard; a precautionary move in response to earlier threats connected to De Leon's anti-corruption efforts.

"The fight against corruption doesn't give you friends," she said. "[It] gives you enemies, important and dangerous enemies," she told CNN during a recent trip to London for a performance of the play "Seven," which profiles De Leon and six other international female leaders. Read more about "Seven."

1. What political party does De Leon belong to?
2. What role has she just assumed in the party?
3. Why does she need protection?
4. Who requested the protection?
5. What is she doing in London?
6. Did anyone join her?
7. Why was her mother crying?
8. How old is she?
9. What precautions does De Leon take?
10. Anything else?
11. Does she have children?
12. How old?
13. Does the child receive protection?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Patriotic Party,
2. ourth term in Congress
3. earlier threats connected to De Leon's anti-corruption efforts.
4. nter-American Commission on Human Rights
5. performance of "Seven" by Vital Voices.
6. husband
7. men came knocking. "They told her, 'say to Anabella that we are going to kill her very soon
8. 86
9. protected by at least one security guard
10. takes alternative routes in her car, constantly checking that she's not being followed.
11. yes
12. 26
13. yes