Q: CHAPTER XXVI

A LIVELY GAME OF BASEBALL

If ever a boy was mad clear through that boy was the sneak of Putnam Hall. As the laugh ended, Mumps shook his fist at one and another of his tormentors.

"Think you are smart, don't you?" he spluttered in his rage. "I'll fix you all! I'll go and tell Captain Putnam all about this spread, and then maybe you won't catch it!"

"Mumps, keep quiet," said Dick, placing himself between the enraged one and the door. "Make too much noise, and I'll promise you the worst drubbing you ever received."

"If you peach on me, I'll give you a second whipping," added Tom.

"This is a gentlemanly affair," put in Larry.

"The boy who gives us away gets a thrashing from me."

"Ditto myself," said Frank; and several others said the same. All looked so determined that Mumps fell back in alarm.

"You let me go," he whined. "I don't want to stay here any longer."

"You can't go until you promise to keep quiet," said Dick.

"And you'll promise right now," cried Tom, seizing a pitcher of ice water that had been hidden under one of the stands. Leaping on a bed he held the pitcher over Mumps' head.

"Promise, quick, or I'll let her go!" he went on.

"Oh, don't!" yelled Mumps, as a few drops of the water landed on his head and ran down his neck.

"Do you promise to keep silent?" demanded Dick.

"Yes, yes!"

"All right. Now mind, if you break that promise you are in for at least ten good whippings."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who shook their fist?
2. At who?
3. Was there more than one?
4. Who was he going to tell?
5. What was he going to tell about?
6. What did Dick want him to do?
7. Where did he place himself?
8. Did he threaten Mumps?
9. With what?
10. What did Larry think of the situation?
11. Did Frank want to thrash someone too?
12. Anyone else?
13. How many?
14. Did Mumps want to stick around?
15. Did he whine about it?
16. Did Dick say he would let him leave?
17. What did Tom grab?
18. What was in it?
19. Warm water?
20. What kind?
A: 1. Mumps
2. his tormentors
3. yes4
4. Captain Putnam
5. about this spread
6. keep quiet
7. between the enraged one and the door.
8. yes
9. the worst drubbing
10. This is a gentlemanly affair,
11. yes
12. yes
13. several
14. no
15. yes
16. no
17. a pitcher
18. water
19. no
20. ice water
Q: Antwerp is a Flemish city in Belgium, the capital of Antwerp province in the community of Flanders. With a population of 510,610, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium. Its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, which is second behind Brussels.

Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary. It is about north from Brussels, and about from the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, it has been derelict since 1997.

Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) in the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed "Sinjoren", after the Spanish honorific "senor" or French "seigneur", "lord", referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. Today Antwerp is a major trade and cultural centre, and is the world's second most multi-cultural city (after Amsterdam) home to 170 nationalities. It is also known as the "diamond capital" of the world for its large diamond district. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Answer the following questions:
1. Which city is this article talking about?
2. What's its population?
3. Where exactly is it located?
4. North from where?
5. At what number is it ranked globally?
6. and in Europe?
7. What are its inhabitants called?
8. What did the city host?
9. Which border is near it?
10. Was it famous for having the oldest stock exchange building?
11. originally constructed when?
12. and rebuilt again in?
A: 1. Antwerp
2. 510,610
3. on the River Scheldt
4. Brussels
5. within the top 20
6. second
7. Sinjoren
8. the 1920 Summer Olympics
9. the Dutch border
10. Yes
11. 1531
12. 1872
Q: CHAPTER XIII

BAXTER DAWES

SOON after Paul had been to the theatre with Clara, he was drinking in the Punch Bowl with some friends of his when Dawes came in. Clara's husband was growing stout; his eyelids were getting slack over his brown eyes; he was losing his healthy firmness of flesh. He was very evidently on the downward track. Having quarrelled with his sister, he had gone into cheap lodgings. His mistress had left him for a man who would marry her. He had been in prison one night for fighting when he was drunk, and there was a shady betting episode in which he was concerned.

Paul and he were confirmed enemies, and yet there was between them that peculiar feeling of intimacy, as if they were secretly near to each other, which sometimes exists between two people, although they never speak to one another. Paul often thought of Baxter Dawes, often wanted to get at him and be friends with him. He knew that Dawes often thought about him, and that the man was drawn to him by some bond or other. And yet the two never looked at each other save in hostility.

Since he was a superior employee at Jordan's, it was the thing for Paul to offer Dawes a drink.

"What'll you have?" he asked of him.

"Nowt wi' a bleeder like you!" replied the man.

Paul turned away with a slight disdainful movement of the shoulders, very irritating.

"The aristocracy," he continued, "is really a military institution. Take Germany, now. She's got thousands of aristocrats whose only means of existence is the army. They're deadly poor, and life's deadly slow. So they hope for a war. They look for war as a chance of getting on. Till there's a war they are idle good-for-nothings. When there's a war, they are leaders and commanders. There you are, then--they WANT war!"

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was drinking in the Punch Bowl?
2. Where had he been before?
3. Was he with anyone at the theatre?
4. Did anyone meet him at the Punch Bowl?
5. And who is Dawes?
6. Did he have a wife?
7. Did Paul offer him a drink?
8. Were Paul and Dawes friends?
9. Did they think of each other often?
10. Where was Dawes staying?
11. Did he go to jail?
12. What for?
13. Was he sober during the fight?
14. Where did Paul work?
15. What did he compare to a military institution?
16. What country did he use as an example for his argument?
17. Does he think they wish for war?
18. Why?
19. Are they wealthy?
20. What do they do when there is no war?
A:
1. Paul
2. the theatre
3. Clara
4. Dawes
5. Clara's husband
6. no
7. yes
8. no
9. yes
10. cheap lodgings
11. yes
12. fighting
13. no
14. Jordan's
15. The aristocracy
16. Germany
17. yes
18. as a chance of getting on
19. no
20. they are idle good-for-nothings