Q: Chapter III

WHO WAS IT?

Who had taken it? This question tormented Treherne all that sleepless night. He suspected three persons, for only these had approached the fire after the note was hidden. He had kept his eye on it, he thought, till the stir of breaking up. In that moment it must have been removed by the major, Frank Annon, or my lady; Sir Jasper was out of the question, for he never touched an ornament in the drawing room since he had awkwardly demolished a whole _etagere_ of costly trifles, to his mother's and sister's great grief. The major evidently suspected something, Annon was jealous, and my lady would be glad of a pretext to remove her daughter from his reach. Trusting to his skill in reading faces, he waited impatiently for morning, resolving to say nothing to anyone but Mrs. Snowdon, and from her merely to inquire what the note contained.

Treherne usually was invisible till lunch, often till dinner; therefore, fearing to excite suspicion by unwonted activity, he did not appear till noon. The mailbag had just been opened, and everyone was busy over their letters, but all looked up to exchange a word with the newcomer, and Octavia impulsively turned to meet him, then checked herself and hid her suddenly crimsoned face behind a newspaper. Treherne's eye took in everything, and saw at once in the unusually late arrival of the mail a pretext for discovering the pilferer of the note.

"All have letters but me, yet I expected one last night. Major, have you got it among yours?" And as he spoke, Treherne fixed his penetrating eyes full on the person he addressed.

Answer the following questions:
1. How many were suspected in the theft?
2. What was stolen?
3. Wher
4. Was any female a suspect?
5. Who?
6. Who's another?
7. And the last?
8. Who was away until lunch?
9. How late was she other times?
10. How long ago had the bag of mail been opened?
11. Were there others there?
12. Did they greet the person who arrived?
13. Who blushed after seeing him?
A: 1. three persons
2. an ornament
3. in the drawing room
4. yes
5. His lady
6. , Frank Annon
7. the major
8. Treherne
9. till dinner
10. Just now
11. Yes
12. yes
13. Octavia
Q: CHAPTER XXXIV Unc' Billy and Old Mrs. Possum

All the way home from school Peter Rabbit did his best to think who it could be who ate flesh, yet wasn't a member of the order of flesh eaters. Every few hops he would stop to think, but all his stopping and all his thinking were in vain, and when he started for school the next morning he was as puzzled as ever. On his way through the Green Forest he passed a certain tree. He was just past and no more when a familiar voice hailed him.

"Morning, Bre'r Rabbit," said the voice. "What's yo' hurry?" Peter stopped abruptly and looked up in that tree. There, peering down at him from a hole high up in the trunk, was a sharp, whitish-gray face, with a pair of twinkling black eyes.

"Hello, Unc' Billy," cried Peter. "How are you and Ol' Mrs. Possum?"

"Po'ly, Peter, Po'ly. We-uns haven't had breakfast yet, so we-uns are feeling po'ly," replied Unc' Billy with a grin.

A sudden thought popped into Peter's head. "Unc' Billy," cried Peter excitedly, "are you a Carnivora?"

Unc' poked his head a little farther out and put his hand behind his ear as if he were a little hard of hearing. "What's that, Bre'r Rabbit? Am I a what?" he demanded.

"Are you a Carnivora?" repeated Peter.

"Ah reckons Ah might be if Ah knew what it was, but as long as Ah don't, Ah reckons I ain't," retorted Unc' Billy. "Ah reckons Ah'm just plain Possum. When Ah wants to be real uppity, Ah puts on an 'o.' Then Ah am Mister Opossum."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who does Peter talk to?
2. What kind of animal is he?
3. Does he live alone?
4. Who lives with him?
5. Is Peter a possum too?
6. What is he?
7. What is Peter trying to figure out?
8. Did he figure it out?
9. Where was he headed?
10. Where did he have to go through?
11. Did he know Unc' Billy?
12. Did the possum have red eyes?
13. What color were they?
14. Was the possum low in the tree?
15. How was the possum feeling?
16. Why?
17. What did Peter ask the possum?
18. Did the possum know what he was talking about?
19. What does he call himself when he wants to seem important?
20. What does he go by the rest of the time?
A: 1. Unc' Billy
2. Possum
3. No
4. Mrs. Possum
5. No
6. Rabbit
7. who it could be who ate flesh, yet wasn't a member of the order of flesh eaters.
8. No
9. school
10. the Green Forest
11. Yes
12. No
13. black
14. No
15. Po'ly
16. haven't had breakfast
17. "are you a Carnivora?"
18. No
19. Mister Opossum.
20. Possum
Q: CHAPTER III

IN THE LOW COUNTRY

Master Lirriper had stood apart while the boys were conversing with Francis Vere.

"What do you think, Master Lirriper?" Geoffrey exclaimed as they joined him. "We have asked Mr. Vere to take us with him as pages to the war in the Low Country, and though he said we were not to be hopeful about his reply, I do think he will take us. We are to go round to Westminster at one o'clock to see him again. What do you think of that?"

"I don't know what to think, Master Geoffrey. It takes me all by surprise, and I don't know how I stand in the matter. You see, your father gave you into my charge, and what could I say to him if I went back empty handed?"

"But, you see, it is with Francis Vere," Geoffrey said. "If it had been with anyone else it would be different. But the Veres are his patrons, and he looks upon the earl, and Mr. Francis and his brothers, almost as he does on us; and, you know, he has already consented to our entering the army some day. Besides, he can't blame you; because, of course, Mr. Vere will write to him himself and say that he has taken us, and so you can't be blamed in the matter. My father would know well enough that you could not withstand the wishes of one of the Veres, who are lords of Hedingham and all the country round."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who were the boys talking to?
2. Before him, who were they talking to?
3. Name one of the boy?
4. Is the other boy's name known?
5. What did they ask Mr Vere?
6. Did Mr Vere ask them to be hopeful of his reply?
7. Where were they going to see him?
8. What time?
9. The father had given Geoffrey to whose charge?
10. Who are the lords of Hedingham?
A:
1. Master Lirriper
2. Francis Vere
3. Geoffrey
4. unknown
5. to take them with him as pages
6. no
7. yes
8. one o'clock
9. Master Lirriper
10. the Veres