question: CHAPTER IV--PAUL BLACKTHORN 

'I say,' cried Harold, running up into his brother's room, as soon as he had put away the pony, 'do you know whether Paul is gone?' 

'It is always Paul, Paul!' exclaimed Ellen; 'I'm sure I hope he is.' 

'But why do you think he would be?' asked Alfred. 

'Oh, didn't you hear? He knows no more than a baby about anything, and so he turned the cows into Darnel meadow, and never put the hurdle to stop the gap--never thinking they could get down the bank; so the farmer found them in the barley, and if he did not run out against him downright shameful--though Paul up and told him the truth, that 'twas nobody else that did it.' 

'What, and turned him off?' 

'Well, that's what I want to know,' said Harold, going on with his tea. 'Paul said to me he didn't know how he could stand the like of that--and yet he didn't like to be off--he'd taken a fancy to the place, you see, and there's me, and there's old Caesar--and so he said he wouldn't go unless the farmer sent him off when he came to be paid this evening--and old Skinflint has got him so cheap, I don't think he will.' 

'For shame, Harold; don't call names!' 

'Well, there he is,' said Alfred, pointing into the farm-yard, towards the hay-loft door. This was over the cow-house in the gable end; and in the dark opening sat Paul, his feet on the top step of the ladder, and Caesar, the yard-dog, lying by his side, his white paws hanging down over the edge, his sharp white muzzle and grey prick ears turned towards his friend, and his eyes casting such appealing looks, that he was getting more of the hunch of bread than probably Paul could well spare. 
1. Where was Harold running?
2. What had he just put away?
3. What did he ask?
4. Who replied to him?
5. What was Harold drinking?
6. Who spotted Paul first?
7. What did he say when he saw him?
8. What did he do when he saw him?
9. Where was Paul?
10. What was Paul doing?
11. Was he alone?
12. Who was with him?
13. What was the dog doing?
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answer: 1. into his brother's room
2. the pony
3. whether Paul is gone
4. Ellen
5. tea
6. Alfred
7. 'Well, there he is'
8. pointed into the farm-yard
9. in the dark opening, in the cow-house
10. sitting on the step of the ladder
11. no
12. Caesar, the yard dog
13. lying by his side


question: She almost did not run. Christine Williams admits that now. She could barely put one foot after another following the wake for her sister, who had died in an automobile accident. But she did run. With the cheers of friends and strangers reaching her heart, Williams set a C.W. Post record in Boston. Now she will run again, in the national Division II cross-country championships in Evansville, Ind. She wanted to be sure she was doing the right thing by running. She was the middle of three sisters, between Kerry, who is 25, and Jennifer, who was 18. 

Just going through any motions was hard enough, but Christine Williams wanted to know if she should put on her uniform and her shoes and run through the woods on an autumn afternoon, in the awful gaping time between her sister's wake and her funeral. "I kind of got upset beforehand." Williams admitted. Not a chatterbox under normal conditions, she now holds herself the best way she can, the fewer words the better. She almost walked away from the start line. But her friend Angela Toscano, who had flown up to Boston with her, directly from the wake, was standing near the line and talked her through it. "She said my sister would have wanted me to run." Christine said. And that was enough to get her started. 

The accident happened just after midnight on Nov, 4. Four young women were driving in an unfamiliar area of Long Island in Eastport, N.Y., when one of them apparently ran a yield sign, and the car was hit by another vehicle. Heather Brownrigg and Jennifer Williams died, and their friends April Brown and Kaci Moran were treated at a hospital and released. 

The crash made the papers. April Brown was charged with drunken driving and driving without a license. 

The wake began on Nov. 6. The next day Christine was to run with the Post cross-country team at the regional meet. Rich Degnan, the Post coach,"and Post officials offered a car service and tickets on the last flight-to Boston for Christine and Toscano. When they arrived at the hotel, the entire team was waiting up for her. 

Everybody knew about it at the regional meet. Degnan had to arrange for the flexibility of an alternate, just in case Christine could not go. Several times during the race, Christine felt she could not continue. But then she heard her friends and all those other people, those strangers from other colleges, calling her name. She thought about Jennifer. And she ran. She finished fourth in 22 minutes 58 seconds, breaking the Post record for the 6-kilometer distance by 15 seconds. And although the Post team didn't qualify for the nationals, Christine did.
1. who almost didn't run?
2. who died in a car accident?
3. did she run in boston?
4. after boston, what race wil she run?
5. what city is that being hosted in?
6. what is the name of Christine's friend?
7. did she go to boston with Christine?
8. how many sisters does christine have?
9. which of her sisters died in a car crash?
10. how old was she?
11. what part of NY were they in when the accident happened?
12. besides jennifer, who else died in the crash?
13. who was driving the vehicle?
14. was she charged with anything?
15. did she have a license?
16. when was the wake for christine's sister?
17. was that the day christine went to the hotel?
18. when did she go?
19. did she think she could finish the race?
20. what place did she finish in the race?
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answer:
1. Christine Williams
2. her siste
3. yes
4. national Division II cross-country championships
5. Evansville
6. Angela Toscano,
7. yes
8. two
9. Jennifer
10. 18.
11. Long Island
12. Heather Brownrigg
13. April Brown
14. yes
15. no
16. Nov. 6.
17. no
18. The next day
19. no
20. fourth