Q: CHAPTER VII

PHIL AND BEN MAKE A MOVE So far Dave and Nat Poole had not met face to face. Our hero had seen the money-lender's son a number of times, but Nat had always been with some of his cronies and had, apparently, not taken any notice.

But on the morning following the conversation just recorded, the pair came face to face in one of the narrow hallways.

"Good-morning, Nat," said Dave, pleasantly.

"Morning," grumbled the other student. He was about to pass Dave, but suddenly changed his mind. "So you got back, eh?"

"Yes, I've been back several days."

"I heard that Link Merwell got away from you?"

"That is true."

"Humph! If I had the chance to nab him that you had, I'd not let him get away."

"We held Jasniff."

"Maybe you let Merwell go on purpose," continued the money-lender's son, shrewdly.

"Not at all, Nat. He gave us the slip, clean and clear."

"Humph!" Nat paused for a moment. "I got word from my dad that you almost smashed him up on the road with your auto."

"Hardly as bad as that."

"He is going to make your uncle pay for the damage done."

"It wasn't much."

"It was enough. You want to be more careful with your car after this. You auto fellows seem to think you own the whole road."

"What about your motor-boat, Nat?" asked Dave. He remembered how the money-lender's son had played more than one mean trick while running the craft.

1. Yes
2. Phil and Ben
3. No
4. Merwell
5. His uncle
6. Link
7. A car.
8. In the hallway.
9. Nabbed him.
10. Jasniff.

Numbered questions:
1. Was someone allowed to leave?
2. What pair made a move?
3. Was Nat cheerful?
4. Who almost got hit on the road?
5. Who was going to pay for the damage?
6. What's Merwell's first name?
7. What does nat drive ?
8. Where were they talking?
9. What would the younger Poole have done with Link?
10. Who did Dave say they kept custody of?

Q: CHAPTER XIII: THE FRENCH CONVOY

A report having arrived at the camp of the Count of Cifuentes that the peasants around Saragossa had risen in insurrection, Jack thought that he should be doing more good by discovering the truth of the rumor, and by keeping the earl informed of the state of things in the enemy's rear, than by remaining with the count. He hesitated whether he should take his two orderlies with him, but as they were well mounted he decided that they should accompany him, as they would add to his authority, and would, in case of need, enable him the better to assume the position of an officer riding in advance of a considerable force.

After a hearty adieu from the Count of Cifuentes, he started soon after daybreak. After riding for some hours, just as he reached the top of a rise, up which he had walked his horse, one of the orderlies, who were riding a few paces behind him, rode up.

"I think, Captain Stilwell," he said, "I hear the sound of firing. Brown thinks he hears it too."

Jack reined in his horse.

"I hear nothing," he said, after a pause of a minute.

"I don't hear it now, sir," the man said. "I think it came down on a puff of wind.. If you wait a minute or two I think you will hear it."

Jack waited another two minutes, and then was about to resume his journey, when suddenly a faint sound came upon the wind.

1. the peasants
2. Saragossa
3. Jack
4. the earl
5. orderlies
6. two
7. to add to his authority
8. yes
9. an officer
10. soon after daybreak
11. the Count of Cifuentes
12. for some hours
13. horse
14. the man
15. yes
16. the sound of firing
17. no
18. two minutes

Numbered questions:
1. Who had started a conflict?
2. Near what area?
3. Who set off in order to send back information?
4. Who was he supposed to keep informed?
5. Who did he consider bringing?
6. How many?
7. What was one reason he decided to take them?
8. Were they good horsemen?
9. With their help, who could he impersonate if need be?
10. What time did he take off?
11. Who bid him a hefty goodbye?
12. How long did he travel?
13. Via what mode of transportation?
14. Who heard something first?
15. Did the other orderly hear it, also?
16. What did they think they heard?
17. Did Jack hear it, too?
18. How long did they pause before hearing it again?

Q: (CNN) -- Hilary Duff says her new album is "very positive" but admits that it started out "a lot heavier and a lot darker" because of the separation from her husband, Mike Comrie.

"I'm separated from my husband right now, which has been a very difficult thing to go through," she told Billboard's "Pop Shop" podcast. "In the beginning, the album was a lot heavier and a lot darker, because I had to get that out. Once I did get that out, a lot of fun came."

Duff married Comrie, a former pro hockey player, in 2010 after dating for three years. Their son, Luca, was born in 2012. Duff and Comrie announced their separation in January.

Duff, 26, admits that she's "nervous" after being away from music for seven years. Her just-released single, "Chasing the Sun," is from her still-untitled album, which will be her first studio release since 2007's "Dignity."

She says she first started thinking of new material when she was pregnant with her son. After having the child and taking another year, she was even more anxious.

"I felt like I was missing a big part of myself," she said.

Duff established a successful singing career on the heels of her popular Disney show, "Lizzie McGuire," which aired from 2001 to 2004. She spent most of her teenage years touring and says that turning 20 was a big factor in leaving the road.

"It was time for me to be a person, and the break just ended up being a long time," she said.

1. Hilary Duff
2. It's "very positive"
3. No
4. a lot heavier and a lot darker
5. Lizzie McGuire
6. from 2001 to 2004
7. Disney
8. no
9. A teenager
10. unknown
11. Yes
12. Mike Comrie
13. former pro hockey player
14. three years
15. Luca
16. No
17. 2012
18. No

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the main character of the article?
2. What does she think of her new album that was just released?
3. Was it always that way?
4. What was it like before it was changed?
5. Where did her musical adventure begin?
6. When was that on TV?
7. Who was responsible for airing that?
8. Was she in her thirties while producing it?
9. How old was she?
10. Did she once believe to find her soulmate and have a wedding?
11. Does she have any children?
12. With who?
13. What is his profession?
14. How long did they date before tying the knot?
15. What is their childs name?
16. Was he brought into this world in 2005?
17. When?
18. Was she happy to take such a long hiatus from her songs?