question: CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN.

MISSED AND MOURNED.

"Nor deem the irrevocable Past As wholly wasted, wholly vain." _Longfellow_.

"Be they Gobblealls not coming home?" asked Nanny Barton, as she stood at her gate, while some of her neighbours came slowly out of church, about two years later.

"My man, he did ask Shepherd Tomkins," said Betsy Seddon, "and all the answer he got was, 'You don't desarve it, not you.' As if my man had gone out with that there rabble rout!"

"And I'm sure mine only went up to see what they were after, and helped to put out the fire beside."

"Ay," said Cox, behind her, "but not till the soldiers were come."

"Time they did come!" said Seddon. "Rain comes through the roof, and that there Lawyer Brent won't have nothing done to it till the captain comes home."

"Yes," added Morris, "and when I spoke to him about my windows, as got blown in, he said 'cottages were no end of expense, and we hadn't treated them so as they would wish to come back nohow.'"

"Think of their bearing malice!" cried Nanny Barton.

"I don't believe as how they does," responded the other Nanny. "They have sent the coals and the blankets all the same."

"Bear malice!" said Mrs Truman, who had just walked up. "No, no. Why, Parson Harford have said over and over again, when he gave a shilling or so or a meat order, to help a poor lady that was ill, that 'twas by madam's wish."
1. Who would do nothing about the roof?
2. What was wrong with it?
3. What was he waiting on?
4. What did he say about cottages?
5. Who did he say this to?
6. When?
7. Was it in response to issues with Morris' home?
8. Who was Nanny Barton concerned with?
9. What was her concern?
10. Where was she standing?
11. What was happening?
12. After how long?
13. What did Betsy's husband help do?
14. Who helped the poor lady that was ill?
15. How did he help?
16. Who wanted hi to do this?
17. Who heard him say this?
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answer: 1. Lawyer Brent
2. Rain comes through
3. The captain to come home
4. They were no end of expense
5. Morris
6. unknown
7. Yes
8. The Gobblealls
9. If they were not coming home
10. At her gate
11. Some of her neighbours came slowly out of church
12. Two years later
13. He asked Shepherd Tomkins
14. Parson Harford
15. He gave a shilling or so or a meat order
16. Madam's
17. Mrs Truman

question: He was a hero that saved two children from the jaws of a cougar . Standing barely 1.7 meters, the 22-year-old with black-frame glasses might pass more for a Chinese Harry Potter. Yet Shen Huigang is now getting recognition for his bravery in fighting off a cougar on Vancouver Island, Canada, during a family outing. Shen, also known as Ian, was then an exchange student. With him was a friend, Myles Hagar, and Hagar's two grandchildren. Silently and suddenly a cougar appeared out of nowhere. By the time they spotted the cat, it already had the head of 18-month-old Julien in its mouth. "At first, my brain was nothing but blank," Shen recalled. "But I believed I could get the child back." He gestured as if he were ready for a fight, and tried to scare the beast off with his bag. Hearing the noise Shen made, the animal dropped the baby and Hagar rushed to grab his grandson. But the animal didn't run, instead turned toward 3-year-old Iris standing beside Shen. "Had Ian not been there, shouting at the cougar, remaining calm and standing firm, it would certainly have attacked Iris." Hagar recalled. They chased the animal back into the woods. "We moved slowly to our vehicle as we waved our fists and bags, pretending to wrestle it," Shen said. "The vehicle wasn't far away but it felt like it took us a century to travel the short journey." As Hagar drove for help, Shen held the heavily-bleeding boy in the passenger seat and calmly kept him awake by hugging and kissing him in case he would go into a coma . The boy was flown to a hospital nearby. Doctors later said his little skull had been punctured through to his brain in two places. Luckily, Julien made a full recovery. "Any hesitation, even a second delay, would have resulted in certain death for Julien, but Ian was there..." Hagar said. Following the incident, the story appeared on Canadian TV networks in every city, and in many small town newspapers---plus many US Internet news sites. The Royal Canadian Humane Association planned to give Shen a Canada Bravery Award, but it couldn't reach him because he had returned to China.
1. What is the 22-year old compared to?
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answer: 1. a Chinese Harry Potter

question: Constantine the Great (; ; 27 February 272AD 22 May 337AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337AD. He was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman Army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became "Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west, in 293AD. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius raised himself to the rank of "Augustus", senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia (Britain). Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in 306AD, and he emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324AD.

As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured, and the civil and military authorities were separated. A new gold coin was introduced to combat inflation known as the solidus. It became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years.
1. who was emperor?
2. Who was his father?
3. When Did Constantine die?
4. What did Constantine become in 305?
5. When was Constantine declared Emperor?
6. What is the solidus?
7. Did he enact reforms as emperor?
8. When was Constantine emperor until?
9. How long was the solidus the standard currency?
10. Who was his mother?
11. What did his father become in 293 AD
12. Who acclaimed him as emperor?
13. Was he victorious against other Emperors?
14. Where was he sent?
15. What Emperors was he victorious against?
16. Did he enact military reforms?
17. Were the civil and military authorities combined?
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answer:
1. Constantine the Great
2. Flavius Valerius Constantius
3. 22 May 337
4. rank of "Augustus"
5. 306AD
6. gold coin
7. yes
8. 337AD
9. more than a thousand years
10. Helena
11. "Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west
12. the army at Eboracum
13. yes
14. recalled west
15. Emperors Maxentius and Licinius
16. yes
17. no