question: I'd had the piggy bank for a long time. So long, in fact, that I don't really remember getting it. My aunt once told me a whole story about it, in which it was passed down through the family for many, many years, only to come to me. I was pretty little at the time, so I believed her with no question. It made me think that the bank was important. It became some sort of sign of family and togetherness. I would imagine my mom and my grandmother and even my great grandmother before that, putting coins in the little white pig and waiting for them to fill it up, to be spent on some sort of treasure. And then, when I was fifteen, I broke it.

I didn't mean to. I was cleaning my room in a hurry, so I could finish quickly and go to a friend's house. I swung the vacuum hose around too quickly, knocking the pig's shelf, and down it went. About a thousand pieces, and way fewer coins than I would have believed, flew everywhere. I started to cry.

My mother came in at the sound of the crash. "I'm so, so sorry!" I cried. "I broke the bank! I broke the family bank!" "What, Sarah?" my mother asked, kneeling next to me on the floor. "The what?" "The bank! Aunt Tracy said it was in the family for years!" "What, this? We got it for you at a garage sale when you were two. It was fifty cents."
1. How long did the author have the piggy bank?
2. What color was it?
3. Who told her the story about it?
4. What was her name?
5. What about the author?
6. What about her parent?
7. What did Sarah use to break the pig?
8. Why did she break it?
9. What did it symbolize to her?
10. Why did she believe Tracy's story?
11. How much did it cost?
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answer: 1. a long time
2. white
3. her aunt
4. Tracy
5. Sarah
6. unknown
7. the vacuum hose
8. she didn't mean to
9. a sign of family and togetherness
10. she was little at the time
11. fifty cents.

CHAPTER XXXVI

THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED

There seemed for the next few minutes to be a somewhat singular abstention from any desire to interfere with the two people who stood in the centre of the little group, hand-in-hand. Saton, after his first speech, and after Lois had given him her hands, had turned a little defiantly toward Rochester, who remained, however, unmoved, his elbow resting upon the broad mantelpiece, his face almost expressionless. Vandermere, too, stood on one side and held his peace, though the effort with which he did so was a visible one. Lady Mary looked anxiously towards them. Pauline had shrunk back, as though something in the situation terrified her.

Even Saton himself felt that it was the silence before the storm. The courage which he had summoned up to meet a storm of disapproval, began to ebb slowly away in the face of this unnatural silence. It was clear that the onus of further speech was to rest with him.

Still retaining Lois' hand, he turned toward Rochester.

"You have forbidden me to enter your house, or to hold any communication with your ward until she was of age, Mr. Rochester," he said. "One of your conditions I have obeyed. With regard to the other, I have done as I thought fit. However, to-day she is her own mistress. She has consented to be my wife. I do not need to ask for your consent or approval. If you are not willing that she should be married from your roof, I can take her at once to the Comtesse, who is prepared to receive her." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who thought there was a silence before the storm?
2. Who was forbidden to enter the house?
3. Whose house was it?
4. Who stood in the centre of the group?
5. Were they holding hands?
6. Whose elbow was on the mantlpiece?
7. Did he look mad?
8. What did his face look like?
9. Who looked anxiously at them?
10. And who else stood on the side, holding his peace?
11. Had Lois consented to be Saton's wife?
12. Did he still need Rochester's approval?
13. Where would they go if they couldn't be married there?
14. What chapter is this?
15. What's the name of it?
16. What seemed to ebb slowly away in the silence?
17. Did something terrify Mary?
18. Who seemed terrified?
19. Who did the onus of more speech rest with?
20. How many conditions did Saton obey?
Answer: 1. Saton
2. Saton
3. Mr. Rochester
4. Saton and Lois
5. yes
6. Rochester
7. no
8. expressionless
9. Mary
10. Vandermere
11. yes
12. no
13. the Comtesse
14. XXXVI
15. THE CHARLATAN UNMASKED
16. courage
17. No
18. Pauline
19. Saton
20. One

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER VIII

D'AGUILAR SPEAKS

"Losses?" said d'Aguilar. "Do I hear the wealthy John Castell, who holds half the trade with Spain in the hollow of his hand, talk of losses?"

"Yes, Senor, you do. Things have gone ill with this ship of mine that has barely lived through the spring gales. But be seated."

"Indeed, is that so?" said d'Aguilar as he sat down. "What a lying jade is rumour! For I was told that they had gone very well. Doubtless, however, what is loss to you would be priceless gain to one like me."

Castell made no answer, but waited, feeling that his visitor had not come to speak with him of his trading ventures.

"Senor Castell," said d'Aguilar, with a note of nervousness in his voice, "I am here to ask you for something."

"If it be a loan, Senor, I fear that the time is not opportune." And he nodded towards the sheet of figures.

"It is not a loan; it is a gift."

"Anything in my poor house is yours," answered Castell courteously, and in Oriental form.

"I rejoice to hear it, Senor, for I seek something from your house."

Castell looked a question at him with his quick black eyes.

"I seek your daughter, the Senora Margaret, in marriage."

Castell stared at him, then a single word broke from his lips.

"Impossible."

"Why impossible?" asked d'Aguilar slowly, yet as one who expected some such answer. "In age we are not unsuited, nor perhaps in fortune, while of rank I have enough, more than you guess perhaps. I vaunt not myself, yet women have thought me not uncomely. I should be a good friend to the house whence I took a wife, where perchance a day may come when friends will be needed; and lastly, I desire her not for what she may bring with her, though wealth is always welcome, but--I pray you to believe it--because I love her." 1. What was the rich man talking about?
2. What was his name?
3. Who did he engage in commerce with?
4. What vessel was he having trouble with?
5. Who was talking to him about all this?
6. Did he remain standing?
7. Did he admit knowing about the other man's troubles?
8. How had he heard business was going?
9. Did the rich man respond immediately?
10. Was the man questioning him, calm?
11. Did he want the rich man to lend him something?
12. What did he ask for?
13. Did Castell say yes?
14. How did he describe the odds of it occuring?
15. Were their ages incompatible?
16. Was the suitor's rank too low?
17. Did he admit wanting her for her money?
18. Why did he say he wanted marriage?
numbered_answers:
1. Losses
2. John Castell
3. Spain
4. His Ship.
5. d'Aguilar.
6. No.
7. No.
8. Very well.
9. No.
10. Nervous.
11. No.
12. To marry his daughter.
13. No.
14. "Impossible."
15. No.
16. No.
17. No.
18. Because he loved her.