Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XII.

The Boys Talk It over

Allen and Ike Watson were soon on the way back to the ranch. Fortunately Ike Watson knew every foot of the ground, and led by the most direct route.

As the reader knows, Paul and Chet heard them approaching and received their elder brother with open arms.

"You look like a ghost!" declared Chet, starting back on catching sight of Allen's pale face.

"And I feel like a shadow," responded Allen with a weary laugh. "But a good dinner and a nap will make me as bright as a dollar again."

"He has our horses!" cried Paul.

"Yes, but not my own," returned Allen.

He walked into the house and was here introduced to Noel Urner. The table was at once spread, and soon both Allen and Ike Watson were regaling themselves to their heart's content.

During the progress of the meal Allen related all of his wonderful story of the fall from the bridge, the journey on the underground river, and of his struggle to reach the open air once more. He said nothing about the wealth which lay exposed in the cavern or of the fact that it was Uncle Barnaby's mine, for he felt he had no right to mention those matters before Ike Watson and Noel Urner, friends though they might be. Uncle Barnaby had guarded his secret well and he would do the same.

All listened with deep interest to what he had to say.

"It was a wonder the fall into the water didn't kill you," said Paul. "Such a distance as it was!"

1. Where were they headed?
2. who knew the way?
3. Did he know the best path?
4. Who looked very pale?
5. But what did he say he was like?
6. what would make him feel better?
7. and?
8. whose steeds did they have?
9. Who did they then meet?
10. What was the first trial of allen's journey?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the ranch
2. Ike Watson
3. Yes
4. Allen
5. a ghost
6. a good dinner
7. a nap
8. unknown
9. their elder brother
10. the fall into the water

Question: (CNN) -- Presidential candidates Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are detailing their plans for solving the country's energy crisis and criticizing each other's proposals this week as they campaign in battleground states.

Here's a look at the candidates' energy proposals:

Overall strategy

McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, has proposed a national energy strategy that would rely on the technological prowess of American industry and science.

McCain has said he would work to reduce carbon emissions 60 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. He has said he would commit $2 billion annually for 15 years to advance clean coal technology.

He also has pledged to oppose a windfall profits tax on oil companies that, according to his campaign Web site, "will ultimately result in increasing our dependence on foreign oil and hinder investment in domestic exploration."

McCain also believes the U.S. needs to deploy SmartMeter technologies, which collect real-time data on the electricity use of individual homes and businesses.

Meanwhile, Obama laid out his comprehensive energy plan Monday in Lansing, Michigan.

"If I am president, I will immediately direct the full resources of the federal government and the full energy of the private sector to a single, overarching goal -- in 10 years, we will eliminate the need for oil from the entire Middle East and Venezuela," the presumptive Democratic nominee told a crowd.

Obama's plan also would invest $150 billion over the next 10 years and leverage billions more in private capital to build a new energy economy that he said would harness American energy and create 5 million new jobs. 1. Who are the two presidential hopefuls? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Barack Obama and John McCain

Q: CHAPTER XXIII.

LAID UP.

Harriet Holden was sitting in Elizabeth's boudoir. "And he had the effrontery," the latter was saying, "to tell me what I must do and must not do! The idea! A miserable little milk-wagon driver dictating to me!"

Miss Holden smiled.

"I should not call him very little," she remarked.

"I didn't mean physically," retorted Elizabeth. "It is absolutely insufferable. I am going to demand that father discharge the man."

"And suppose he asks you why?" asked Harriet. "You will tell him, of course, that you want this person discharged because he protected you from the insults and attacks of a ruffian while you were dining in Feinheimer's at night--is that it?"

"You are utterly impossible, Harriet!" cried Elizabeth, stamping her foot. "You are as bad as that efficiency person. But, then, I might have expected it! You have always, it seems to me, shown a great deal more interest in the fellow than necessary, and probably the fact that Harold doesn't like him is enough to make you partial toward him, for you have never tried to hide the fact that you don't like Harold."

"If you're going to be cross," said Harriet, "I think I shall go home."

At about the same time the Lizard entered Feinheimer's. In the far corner of the room Murray was seated at a table. The Lizard approached and sat down opposite him. "Here I am," he said. "What do you want, and how did you know I was in town?"

1. Harriet Holden
2. Elizabeth's boudoir
3. Elizabeth's
4. tell me what I must do and must not do
5. discharge the man
6. milk-wagon driver
7. no
8. no
9. home
10. the Lizard
11. Feinheimer's
12. Murray
13. In the far corner
14. yes
15. no
16. Harold
17. no
18. stamped it
19. no
20. the insults and attacks of a ruffian

Numbered questions:
1. Who was sitting?
2. In what?
3. Whose was it?
4. What was she going to demand her father do?
5. What does Elizabeth want her father to do to the person who told her what she must and must not do?
6. What is the profession of the man she's talking about?
7. Is he happy?
8. Does Harriet think him very small?
9. Where is Harriet going to go if Elizabeth continues to be out of sorts?
10. Who arrived after Harriet said that?
11. Where?
12. Who else was in the room?
13. Where was he?
14. Did Lizard join him?
15. Does it seem like they're friends?
16. Who doesn't Harriet like, according to Elizabeth?
17. And has she ever tried to hide her disdain?
18. What did Elizabeth do with her foot?
19. Does it sound like Elizabeth maybe has a thing for the wagon driver?
20. What did the milk driver protect Elizabeth from while she was dining in Feinheimer's?