Question:
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CHAPTER XXVII--A SENTENCE 



"What should we give for our beloved?" - E. B. BROWNING. 

No sooner had the visitors departed than the others now out of quarantine appeared at Vale Leston. Angela was anxious to spend a little time there, and likewise to have Lena overhauled by Tom May. The child had never really recovered, and was always weakly; and whereas on the journey, Lily, now in high health, was delighted with all she saw, though she could not compare Penbeacon to Adam's Peak, Lena lay back in Sister Angela's arms, almost a dead weight, hardly enduring the bustle of the train, though she tried not to whine, as long as she saw her pink Ben looking happy in his cage. 

Angela was an experienced nurse, and was alarmed at some of the symptoms that others made light of. Mrs. Grinstead had thought things might be made easier to her if the Miss Merrifields came to meet her and hear the doctor's opinion; and Elizabeth accepted her invitation, arriving to see the lovely peaceful world in the sweet blossoming of an early May, the hedges spangled with primroses, and the hawthorns showing sheets of snow; while the pear trees lifted their snowy pyramids, and Lily in her white frock darted about the lawn in joyous play with her father under the tree, and the grey cloister was gay with wisteria. 

Angela was sitting in the boat, safely moored, with a book in her hand, the pink cockatoo on the gunwale, nibbling at a stick, and the girl lying on a rug, partly on her lap. Phyllis and Anna, who had come out on the lawn, made Elizabeth pause. 
1. What is Angela's job?
2. Who is meeting her?
3. What month is it?
4. What color are the hawthorns?
5. Why is Miss Merrifields seeing Angela?
6. Whose idea was it?
7. Where did Angela want to spend time?
8. Who is sick?
9. Which one?
10. Who was Angela holding on the train?

Numbered answers:
1. care person
2. Miss Merrifields
3. May
4. white
5. to hear the doctor's opinion
6. Mrs. Grinstead
7. quarantine
8. The child
9. Lily
10. Lena


Question:
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Syria, officially known as the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest. The western two-thirds of Syria′s Golan Heights are since 1967 occupied by Israel and were in 1981 effectively annexed by Israel, whereas the eastern third is controlled by Syria, with the UNDOF maintaining a buffer zone in between, to implement the ceasefire of the Purple Line. Syria's capital and largest city is Damascus. 

A country of fertile plains, high mountains, and deserts, Syria is home to diverse ethnic and religious groups, including Syrian Arabs, Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds, Circassians, Mandeans and Turks. Religious groups include Sunnis, Christians, Alawites, Druze, Mandeans, Shiites, Salafis, Yazidis, and Jews. Sunni Arabs make up the largest religious group in Syria. 

In English, the name "Syria" was formerly synonymous with the Levant (known in Arabic as "al-Sham"), while the modern state encompasses the sites of several ancient kingdoms and empires, including the Eblan civilization of the 3rd millennium BC. Its capital Damascus and largest city Aleppo are among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. In the Islamic era, Damascus was the seat of the Umayyad Caliphate and a provincial capital of the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt.
1. What country are we discussing?
2. What's the official name?
3. What borders it?
4. What about to the north?
5. And on the east?
6. Is it near Israel?
7. Is it on the boarder too?
8. What border?
9. Does it have a mixture of ethnic groups?
10. Who you say there are more than 3?
11. Name one ethnic group?
12. Can you name another one?
13. Are there lots of religions there two?
14. Would you stay more than 6?
15. What's the largest religious group?
16. What is it synonymous for in English?
17. What's the capital?
18. And largest city?
19. Is it pretty old?
20. Do a lot of people still live there?

Numbered answers:
1. Syria
2. Syrian Arab Republic
3. Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west
4. Turkey
5. Iraq
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. southwest.
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Syrian Arabs
12. Greeks
13. there are more than two.
14. Yes I would
15. Sunni Arabs
16. Levant
17. Damascus
18. Aleppo
19. Yes it is
20. Yes


Question:
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CHAPTER VI. OF HOW ANDREA BECAME LOVE-SICK 

With what fictions I could call to mind I put off Andrea's questions touching the peculiar fashion of St. Auban's leave-taking. Tell him the truth and expose to him the situation whereof he was himself the unconscious centre I dared not, lest his high-spirited impetuosity should cause him to take into his own hands the reins of the affair, and thus drive himself into irreparable disaster. 

Andrea himself showed scant concern, however, and was luckily content with my hurriedly invented explanations; his thoughts had suddenly found occupation in another and a gentler theme than the ill-humour of men, and presently his tongue betrayed them when he drew the conversation to the ladies to whom he had resigned his apartments. 

"Pardieu! Gaston," he burst out, "she is a lovely maid--saw you ever a bonnier?" 

"Indeed she is very beautiful," I answered, laughing to myself at the thought of how little he dreamt that it was of Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples that he spoke, and not minded for the while to enlighten him. 

"If she be as kind and gentle as she is beautiful, Gaston, well--Uncle Giulio's plans are likely to suffer shipwreck. I shall not leave Choisy until I have spoken to her; in fact, I shall not leave until she leaves." 

"Nevertheless, we shall still be able to set out, as we had projected, after dining, for in an hour, or two at most, they will proceed on their journey." 

He was silent for some moments, then: 
1. Who is Andrea?
2. was it reciprocated?
3. was he focused on it?
4. was he entertaining other romantinc partners?
5. Who was he having over to his place?
6. Who was Gaston
7. who were they talking about?
8. who did they refer to as beautiful?
9. was she the maid?
10. What were they doing before setting out?
11. how long until they start their adventure?


Numbered answers:
1. a man who is in love
2. no
3. yes
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. the narrator
7. Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples
8. Yvonne St. Albaret de Canaples
9. yes
10. dining
11. an hour or two at most