Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Chapter XVI.

Short Allowance

Five men had deserted from the fort trusting to the promises made by General St. Leger, and one had returned, after having suffered more than death, rejoicing because he was able to be once again with those whom he had betrayed.

At the moment, however, we had no thought of the deserter, but saw before us only a former comrade who had come out from the very jaws of death to claim protection.

The poor fellow had been cruelly cut on the legs and arms by the savages while they were bringing him across the river, and had lost much blood. His face and hands were covered with huge blisters, and it was not necessary either Sergeant Corney or I should ask how he came by them, for we knew through bitterest experience what the squaws and children would do when a white man was at their mercy.

Not until a full hour had passed could Reuben Cox tell his story, and even then he was in such a sorry plight that it was possible for him to speak only a moment at a time; but before morning came--before we were able to do very much toward relieving his sufferings--we had a fairly good account of all that had occurred from the moment the five foolish men clambered over the stockade until our cannon had done its work of mercy.

It seems that the deserters, after getting outside the fort, decided to make their way as nearly to St. Leger's quarters as might be possible, and to that end made a long detour to the westward. The sun had risen before they came upon a sentinel, and he was, fortunately, as it seemed to them, one of the British regulars.

1. Who had been cut?
2. Was it a bad injury?
3. Where was he cut?
4. By whom?
5. Was he bleeding?
6. Where did the savages bring him?
7. How was his face maimed?
8. How did that happen?
9. What ethnicity was the man?
10. What was his name?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a former comrade
2. yes
3. on the legs and arms
4. the savages
5. yes
6. across the river,
7. with huge blisters
8. through bitterest experience
9. white
10. Reuben Cox

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XII

FIRE

The light had got dim, and Carrie put down her sewing and looked about. A belt of yellow sky glimmered above the distant snow, but the valley was dark and the pines rolled in blurred masses up the hill. Thin mist crept out of the deep hollow and Carrie shivered when a cold wind shook the trees. She was beginning to know the wilds, and now and then their austerity daunted her. By and by a red twinkle in the distance drew her glance and she turned to Jim.

"What is that?"

Jim looked and frowned. "Ah," he said, "I'd begun to think our luck was too good!"

"But what is the light?"

"A bush fire."

Jake indicated the drift of the smoke from their cooking fire. As a rule, the valleys of British Columbia that open to the west form channels for the Chinook wind from the Pacific, but now and then a dry, cold current flows down them to the coast.

"It won't bother us unless the wind changes," he remarked. "In this country, however, the wind generally does change when you'd sooner it did not, and it's not safe to trust your luck much. Looks as if Nature had put up her shingle on the mountains, warning the white man off."

"But white men do live in the mountains," Carrie objected.

"Men who are strong enough. They must fight for a footing and then use the best tools other men can make to hold the ground they've won. We're scouts, carrying axes, saws, and giant-powder, but the main body must cooperate to defend its settlements with civilization's heavy machines. It's sure a hard country, and sometimes it gets me scared!"

1. Who is with Carrie?
2. What hobby was she working on?
3. What caught her eye?
4. What did Jim think it was?
5. Did he think they were in danger?
6. Unless what happened?
7. Which direction was the wind blowing?
8. Who did he believe Nature was trying to warn away?
9. Did this make sense to Carrie?
10. What tools does he mention?
11. Despite those tools, what was required for survival?
12. Was Carrie experienced in the wilderness?
13. What temperature was the breeze?
14. What purpose did their fire serve?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Jim.
2. sewing
3. a red twinkle in the distance
4. "A bush fire."
5. no
6. the wind changes
7. down to the coast.
8. the white man
9. no
10. axes, saws, and giant-powder
11. main body must cooperate
12. no
13. cold
14. cooking

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

A State Department special envoy will travel to North Korea this week to try to free Kenneth Bae, the U.S. citizen detained there since November, the State Department and White House said Tuesday.

Ambassador Robert King, the president's special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, will head to Pyongyang at North Korea's invitation, the State Department said.

King, currently traveling in the region, will go to the capital Friday, the White House said.

North Korea's supreme court sentenced Bae in April to 15 years of hard labor. His sister, Terri Chung, told CNN two weeks ago that Bae was recently moved to a hospital because of a serious decline in his health.

The court found Bae guilty of carrying out "serious crimes" against North Korea, including setting up bases in China for the purpose of toppling the North Korean government, encouraging North Korean citizens to bring down the government, and conducting a smear campaign, according to the country's state media.

Kenneth Bae: Please help me

The media also say Bae planned an operation to bring down the government through religious activities.

Chung says her brother was the owner of a tour company who was in North Korea for work.

King will ask Pyongyang to pardon Bae and grant him special amnesty on humanitarian grounds "so that he can be reunited with his family and seek medical treatment," the State Department said.

Bae suffers from severe back and leg pain and has lost more than 50 pounds, Chung told CNN earlier this month.

1. Who will be freed?
2. Where is he?
3. Where is he originally from?
4. Is he detained there?
5. Since when?
6. Who is going there to free him?
7. Who is he?
8. What was Bae's supposed crime?
9. What was the length of his sentence?
10. Who gave the verdict?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Kenneth Bae
2. North Korea
3. the U.S.
4. Yes in North Korea
5. April
6. State department envoy
7. Ambassador Robert King
8. encouraging North Korean citizens to bring down the government
9. 15 years of hard labor
10. Pyongyang