question: CHAPTER X. NOBLESSE OBLIGE 



The other won't agree thereto, So here they fall to strife; With one another they did fight About the children's life. Babes in the Wood. 

"I say, Aunt Cherry," said Adrian, "the fossil forest is to be uncovered to-morrow, and Merrifield is going to stay for it, and I'm going down with him." 

"Fossil forest? What, in the Museum?" 

"No, indeed. In Anscombe Cove, they call it. There's a forest buried there, and bits come up sometimes. To-morrow there's to be a tremendous low tide that will leave a lot of it uncovered, and Merrifield and I mean to dig it out, and if there are some duplicate bits they may be had for the bazaar." 

"Yes, they have been begging Fergus's duplicates for a collection of fossils," said Anna. "But can it be safe? A low tide means a high tide, you know." 

"Bosh!" returned Adrian. 

"Miss Mohun is sure to know all about the tides, I suppose," said Clement; "if her nephew goes with her consent I suppose it is safe." 

"If-—" said Mrs. Grinstead. 

Adrian looked contemptuous, and muttered something, on which Anna undertook to see Miss Mohun betimes, and judge how the land, or rather the sea, lay, and whether Fergus was to be trusted. 

It would be a Saturday, a whole holiday, on which he generally went home for Sunday, and Adrian spent the day with him, but the boys' present scheme was, to take their luncheon with them and spend the whole day in Anscombe Cove. This was on the further side of the bay from the marble works, shut in by big cliffs, which ran out into long chains of rocks on either side, but retreated in the midst, where a little stream from the village of Anscombe, or rather from the moorland beyond, made its way to the sea. 
1. What is happening tomorrow?
2. Who said so?
3. Who was he talking to?
4. Where was this to take place?
5. Who is staying for it?
6. What is going to cause it to be visible??
7. How are they going to gather the fossils?
8. Would they get to do something with the duplicates?
9. What?
10. Who thought it wasn't safe?
11. What would make it unsafe?
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answer: 1. the fossil forest is to be uncovered
2. Adrian
3. Aunt Cherry
4. In Anscombe Cove
5. Merrifield
6. a tremendous low tide
7. dig it out
8. yes
9. for the bazaar
10. Anna
11. A low tide


question: CHAPTER XXX 

FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively." 

"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to." 

"That's dandy! Who can we get?" 

"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store." 

"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?" 

So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable. 

They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them. 
1. who came in the house in a hurry?
2. when?
3. was it late?
4. what month?
5. What was the excitement over?
6. why was that exciting?
7. was it because Fern wanted to have a spree before her arrest?
8. who attended the picnic?
9. was it immoral?
10. Who was the chaperone?
11. What was said about Erik?
12. where did the picnic take place?
13. what kind of grove?
14. was it a birch grove?
15. How was Mr. Dyer acting?
16. what did he do?
17. who's hat did he wear?
18. Who was the brat?
19. what did he do?
20. why?
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answer: 1. FERN Mullins
2. Saturday morning
3. no
4. September
5. picnic
6. unknown
7. School starts next Tuesday, maybe that's why
8. Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers
9. no
10. the Dyers
11. he's got lots more style than town boys
12. south shore of Lake Minniemashie
13. unknown
14. unknown
15. clownish
16. splashed water on them
17. Carol's
18. Cy Bogart
19. Cy climbed a tree
20. to throw acorns


question: CHAPTER XVIII 

THE MEETING ON THE ROAD 

There was an intense silence, following the announcement of Jason Sparr that he intended to send Dave and his chums to prison for attempting to blow up the hotel. In the meantime the hotel man and the constable got down from the seat of the covered wagon. 

"I've got the warrants fer the arrest, boys," said Constable Hickson, somewhat importantly. 

"Mr. Sparr, I'd like a word with you," said Dave, as calmly as he could speak under the circumstances. 

"I ain't got no more to say than I've said," returned Jason Sparr, stubbornly. "You done it, and I can prove it! The constable is going to do his duty and arrest you!" 

"Dave, I--I won't stand for it!" whispered Phil, hoarsely. "It's terrible! I--I can't stand it!" And he began to back away. 

"Hi, there! stop!" yelled the hotel man. "Stop him, Hickson! Don't let him get away!" 

"You sha'n't arrest me for nothing!" cried the shipowner's son, and like a flash he turned around and started off on a run. 

"Come back here, Phil!" called out Dave. "Come back! You are making a mistake by running away!" 

But Phil did not hear, nor did Ben and Buster, who had also taken to their heels. Roger ran a few steps, then halted, and came back to our hero's side. 

"You are right, Dave," he said. "It's best to face the music." 

Phil, Ben, and Buster had turned towards Oak Hall. Phil was in the lead, but the others soon caught up to him. 
1. Who had an issue with their voice when they tried to speak?
2. What was he accused of?
3. Did he confess?
4. Who wanted to jail him?
5. Who was seated in the wagon?
6. Who had proof?
7. Who ran first?
8. What was his fathers job?
9. Who went with him when he took off?
10. Were the accusers ok with them running?
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answer:
1. Phil
2. attempting to blow up the hotel.
3. no
4. Constable Hickson
5. the hotel man and the constable
6. Jason Sparre it
7. Phil
8. shipowner
9. Ben and Buster
10. no