 
 <prompt> text: ```CHAPTER XXIII 

FOR EAST SIDE 

If Royce begin cry, e fit be say something dey seriously wrong with am," Tom talk. "Dora, you think say e don dey drink? Sometimes when men dey drink, dem fit break down and cry, you sabi." 

"I no sabi anything about that, Tom; but I sabi say e behave somehow. I ask am if e dey work, e talk say no-- say e never fit get work of any kind. Then I ask am why e leave Hope, e talk say na because e no fit get along with some of the hired help and with Miss Harrow." 

"Abeg!" Sam shout. "E talk anything about that four-hundred-dollar diamond ring wey dey miss?" 

"Why, no, Sam. I no mention am, and e no talk anything about am too. Maybe e no know say e dey miss." 

"Oh, e suppose sabi about am," Tom chip in. "E dey gist all over the place." 

"Wetin happen next?" Dick ask. 

"I gist with am small, and I find out say e no get work and e no get money. I pity am, so I offer to borrow am ten dollars," Dora answer. "I hope say una no think say I do bad," she continue, dey anxious. 

"You mean well, Dora, I sure say that," na Dick quick reply, "but whether the money go help this Royce guy or not, na question. If e be person wey dey drink, e go drink am sharp sharp and that one go be the end of am." 

Answers to the questions:

1. Yes, someone dey miss something.
2. E be diamond ring.
3. Sam ask about am.
4. E ask Dora.
5. Tom think say...
6. Dora suppose...
7. Dora gist with am small.
8. Yes, dem compliment am.
9. Na Dick.
10. Royce dey unemployed.
11. Dem offer am ten dollars to borrow.
12. Because...
13. Na Dora offer am.
14. Dem think say e go help am.
15. Dem know say something no dey right with am because e dey cry.
16. No, the missing jewelry no be big secret.
17. Because...
18. Royce no talk anything about am.
19. Yes, someone suggest why e fit dey upset.
20. The reason wey dem suggest na say e fit dey drink.``` <response>: ```1. yes
2. four-hundred-dollar diamond ring
3. Sam
4. unknown
5. say e must sabi about am
6. Royce
7. Dora
8. yes
9. Dick
10. Royce
11. ten dollars
12. She sorry for am
13. Dora
14. no
15. E dey cry
16. no
17. Dem dey talk about am everywhere
18. no
19. yes
20. e don dey drink``` 