Question: CHAPTER XXIX

DAYS OF ANXIETY

"I wonder what Davenport will say when he finds those men are working here?" remarked Fred.

"I don't care what he says," answered Jack.

"Do you think he'll dare come over here and have it out with Uncle Dick?" questioned Andy.

"I don't think so," answered his brother. "I believe behind it all he is afraid we'll have him arrested for the theft of those documents."

"If he really took them, what do you think he did with them?" came from Fred.

"More than likely he destroyed them," answered Jack. "He wouldn't want evidence like that lying around loose, you know."

When Carson Davenport learned that six of his men had deserted and gone over to the Rovers he was more angry than ever.

"They're going to do their best to undermine us," he said to Tate. "I wish I knew just how to get square with them."

"We'll get square enough if we strike oil here," said Tate. "Those Rovers will feel sick enough if they learn we are making a barrel of money."

"It's easy enough to talk about making a barrel of money," came from Jackson, who was present. "But I don't see the money flowing in very fast." He had been talking to a number of his friends, and many of them had said they thought the chances of getting oil from the Spell claim were very slim.

"Oh, you just hold your horses, Jackson," said Carson Davenport smoothly. "Take my word for it, this well we are putting down is going to be one of the biggest in this territory." 1. What item do the men think will make them rich?
2. Does Andy have any relatives in the group he is talking to?
3. How is this person related to him?
4. Is Carson Davenport happy with recent events?
5. Do the people speaking think that the Rovers will be happy if the speakers have good fortune?
6. Is Carson Davenport hopeful about their chance of success?
7. Are the speakers hoping that the Rovers will be successful?
8. Do the other friends of Jackson believe that Jackson will be successful?
9. Was something stolen?
10. What do the speakers believe has happened to them? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. oil
2. yes
3. his Uncle
4. no
5. no
6. yes
7. no
8. no
9. documents."
10. he destroyed them,

Question: Voice of America (VOA) is a U.S. government-funded international news source that serves as the United States federal government's official institution for non-military, external broadcasting. As the largest U.S. international broadcaster, VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in over 45 languages which it distributes to affiliate stations around the globe. Primarily viewed by foreign audiences, VOA programming has an influence on public opinion abroad regarding the United States and its leaders.

Originally established in 1942, the VOA charter (Public Laws 94-350 and 103-415) was signed into law in 1976 by former President Gerald Ford. The charter contains its mission, "to broadcast accurate, balanced, and comprehensive news and information to an international audience", and defines the legally mandated standards in the VOA journalistic code.

VOA is headquartered in Washington, DC and overseen by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), an independent agency of the U.S. government. Funds are appropriated annually by Congress under the budget for embassies and consulates. In 2016, VOA broadcast an estimated 1,800 hours of radio and TV programming each week to approximately 236.6 million people worldwide with about 1,050 employees and a taxpayer-funded annual budget of .

Some scholars and commentators consider Voice of America to be a form of propaganda, although this label is disputed by others. 1. Who is the main audience for VOA?
2. Is it provided in different languages?
3. How many?
4. How many hours of radio and TV do they provide weekly?
5. To how many people, roughly?
6. Is it the biggest American international broadcaster?
7. Where is it based out of?
8. Who watches over it?
9. Is it run by a governmental or public agency?
10. Does the US military operate it?
11. How many people work there?
12. Do taxes pay for it to operate?
13. From which budget do their funds come out of?
14. Is it the federal government's official broadcasting service?
15. When was it created?
16. When was it signed into law?
17. By who?
18. Who is he?
19. Who says it's propaganda?
20. Is that argued against by other people? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. An international audience.
2. Yes.
3. Over 45 languages.
4. 1,800 hours
5. 236.6 million
6. Yes.
7. Washington, DC.
8. Foreign audiences.
9. government
10. No.
11. about 1,050.
12. Yes.
13. The budget for embassies and consulates.
14. Yes.
15. 1942
16. 1976
17. Gerald Ford
18. A former President.
19. Some scholars and commentators.
20. Yes.

Question: CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.

IN WHICH GLUMM TAKES TO HUNTING ON THE MOUNTAINS FOR CONSOLATION, AND FINDS IT UNEXPECTEDLY, WHILE ALRIC PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.

"I go to the fells to-day," said Glumm to Alric one morning, as the latter opened the door of Glummstede and entered the hall.

"I go also," said Alric, leaning a stout spear which he carried against the wall, and sitting down on a stool beside the fire to watch Glumm as he equipped himself for the chase.

"Art ready, then? for the day is late," said Glumm.

"All busked," replied the boy.--"I say, Glumm, is that a new spear thou hast got?"

"Aye; I took it from a Swedish viking the last fight I had off the coast. We had a tough job of it, and left one or two stout men behind to glut the birds of Odin, but we brought away much booty. This was part of it," he added, buckling on a long hunting-knife, which was stuck in a richly ornamented sheath, "and that silver tankard too, besides the red mantle that my mother wears, and a few other things--but my comrades got the most of it."

"I wish I had been there, Glumm," said Alric.

"If Hilda were here, lad, she would say it is wrong to wish to fight."

"Hilda has strange thoughts," observed the boy.

"So has Erling," remarked his companion.

"And so has Ada," said Alric, with a sly glance.

Glumm looked up quickly. "What knowest _thou_ about Ada?" said he. 1. Who was Glumm talking to?
2. Where did he tell him he was going?
3. and when was he going there?
4. Was Alric going to go also?
5. What was Alric carrying?
6. and where did he lean it?
7. Did Alric sit down?
8. Where did he sit?
9. and what was the stool next to?
10. Did Glumm have a new spear?
11. Who had he gotten it from?
12. during what?
13. Where was the fight?
14. What was the long knife in?
15. what else did he get from the fight? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Alric
2. fells
3. to-day
4. yes
5. spear
6. the wall
7. yes
8. on a stool
9. the fire
10. yes
11. viking
12. the last fight
13. off the coast
14. sheath
15. silver tankard