Question: CHAPTER XX

THE MATE TRIES TO TAKE COMMAND

The fight had taken place around a bend of the shore, so that it was not observed by old Jerry and the girls. But when Dick got back to camp Dora at once noticed that something unusual had happened.

"What is wrong, Dick?" she asked.

"Oh, nothing much, Dora. I merely made Dan Baxter promise to keep his distance in the future."

"Did you have a fight?"

"It didn't amount to much. He had to give in pretty quickly."

"Oh, Dick!" She caught his arm.

"I won't have him annoying you, or the others, Dora."

"You are so good!" she whispered.

Supper was ready, and they sat down, leaving Jack Lesher still in the hammock. They had nearly finished when Dan Baxter came shuffling along.

"Do you want some supper?" asked Dick. "If you do, come on."

"I don't want anything more to-night," growled the bully, and sat down beside Jack Lesher.

It was rather an uncomfortable evening. The thoughts of each of the party were busy. At the first opportunity Dick called old Jerry to one side.

"Jerry, we must watch those two fellows closely," he said.

"Right ye are, Dick."

"I am afraid Lesher will be ugly when he wakes up."

"More'n likely, lad--he always was on board ship. The drink gives him an awful temper."

"I am, going to put the liquor where he can't get it."

"He'll make ye give it to him."

"Will he? Just you wait and see," replied Dick firmly. 1. Who will be ugly?
2. When?
3. What is his first name?
4. Who was sitting next to him?
5. Where did the conflict break out?
6. Who did not see it?
7. Was the man with the females young?
8. Who returned?
9. Who questioned him?
10. What did she say?
11. Who lounged in the hammock?
12. What meal were they eating? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Lesher
2. when he wakes up
3. Jack
4. the bully
5. around a bend of the shore
6. old Jerry and the girls
7. no
8. Dick
9. Dora
10. What is wrong, Dick?
11. Jack Lesher
12. Supper

Q: Sara wanted to play on a baseball team. She had never tried to swing a bat and hit a baseball before. Her Dad gave her a bat and together they went to the park to practice. Sara wondered if she could hit a ball. She wasn't sure if she would be any good. She really wanted to play on a team and wear a real uniform. She couldn't wait to get to the park and test out her bat. When Sara and her Dad reached the park, Sara grabbed the bat and stood a few steps away from her Dad. Sara waited as her Dad pitched the ball to her. Her heart was beating fast. She missed the first few pitches. She felt like quitting but kept trying. Soon she was hitting the ball very far. She was very happy and she couldn't wait to sign up for a real team. Her Dad was very proud of her for not giving up.

1. very proud of her
2. not giving up
3. quit
4. baseball
5. No
6. a bat
7. the park
8. to practice
9. no
10. a real uniform
11. her bat
12. a few steps away
13. the ball
14. no
15. no
16. yes
17. she started hitting the ball very far
18. very happy

Numbered questions:
1. how did sara's dad feel about her?
2. for what?
3. what did she want to do?
4. what sport did she want to play?
5. had she done it before?
6. what did her father give her?
7. where did they go?
8. to do what?
9. was she confident in her abilities?
10. what did she want to wear?
11. what was she going to try out at the park?
12. where did she stand in relation to her father?
13. what did her father throw to her?
14. was she calm?
15. was she good right away?
16. did she persevere?
17. what was the result?
18. how did she feel about that?

input: CHAPTER IX.

IN WHICH MR. HAMLIN PASSES.

With his lips sealed by the positive mandate of the lovely spectre, Mr. Hamlin resigned himself again to weakness and sleep. When he awoke, Olly was sitting by his bedside; the dusky figure of Pete, spectacled and reading a good book, was dimly outlined against the window--but that was all. The vision--if vision it was--had fled.

"Olly," said Mr. Hamlin, faintly.

"Yes!" said Olly, opening her eyes in expectant sympathy.

"How long have I been dr--I mean how long has this--spell lasted?"

"Three days," said Olly.

"The ---- you say!" (A humane and possibly weak consideration for Mr. Hamlin in his new weakness and suffering restricts me to a mere outline of his extravagance of speech.)

"But you're better now," supplemented Olly.

Mr. Hamlin began to wonder faintly if his painful experience of the last twenty-four hours were a part of his convalsecence. He was silent for a few moments and then suddenly turned his face toward Olly.

"Didn't you say something about--about--your sister, the other day?"

"Yes--she's got back," said Olly, curtly.

"Here?"

"Here."

"Well?" said Mr. Hamlin, a little impatiently.

"Well," returned Olly, with a slight toss of her curls, "she's got back and I reckon it's about time she did."

Strange to say, Olly's evident lack of appreciation of her sister seemed to please Mr. Hamlin--possibly because it agreed with his own idea of Grace's superiority and his inability to recognise or accept her as the sister of Gabriel.

"Where has she been all this while?" asked Jack, rolling his large hollow eyes over Olly. 1. Who had returned?
2. What was her name?
3. Who else was she related to?
4. How long had the man been passed out?
5. Was he alone when he woke up?
6. Who was nearest to him?
7. Where was she?
8. Was anyone else there?
9. Who?
10. Where there was he? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. oLLY'S SISTER
2. Grace
3. Gabriel.
4. 3 days
5. no
6. Olly
7. by his bedside
8. yes
9. Pete
10. nearer the window