Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER XXX 



On the way back from the sick mare, Dick paused once to listen to the restless stamp of Mountain Lad and his fellows in the stallion barn. In the quiet air, from somewhere up the hills, came the ringing of a single bell from some grazing animal. A cat's-paw of breeze fanned him with sudden balmy warmth. All the night was balmy with the faint and almost aromatic scent of ripening grain and drying grass. The stallion stamped again, and Dick, with a deep breath and realization that never had he more loved it all, looked up and circled the sky-line where the crests of the mountains blotted the field of stars. 

"No, Cato," he mused aloud. "One cannot agree with you. Man does not depart from life as from an inn. He departs as from a dwelling, the one dwelling he will ever know. He departs ... nowhere. It is good night. For him the Noiseless One ... and the dark." 

He made as if to start, but once again the stamp of the stallions held him, and the hillside bell rang out. He drew a deep inhalation through his nostrils of the air of balm, and loved it, and loved the fair land of his devising. 

"'I looked into time and saw none of me there,'" he quoted, then capped it, smiling, with a second quotation: "'She gat me nine great sons.... The other nine were daughters.'" 

Back at the house, he did not immediately go in, but stood a space gazing at the far flung lines of it. Nor, inside, did he immediately go to his own quarters. Instead, he wandered through the silent rooms, across the patios, and along the dim-lit halls. His frame of mind was as of one about to depart on a journey. He pressed on the lights in Paula's fairy patio, and, sitting in an austere Roman seat of marble, smoked a cigarette quite through while he made his plans. 
1. Who was travelling?
2. Where was Dick coming from?
3. Did he stop?
4. To do what?
5. Listen to what?
6. What was Mountain Lad?
7. Did Dick go into the house?
8. Did he sit down?
9. Where?
10. In what kind of chair?
11. Did he do anything while sitting?

Numbered answers:
1. unknown
2. from the sick mare
3. yes
4. listen
5. the restless stamp of Mountain Lad and his fellows in the stallion bar
6. stallion
7. yes
8. yes
9. Paula's fairy patio
10. Roman seat of marble
11. made his plans


Question:
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CHAPTER XII. 

VENDEAN MARRIAGES. 

The young General's good news had preceded him, and when he entered the room where his friends were assembled, they were one and all ready to embrace and congratulate their successful soldier; he received the blessing of his father, the praises of de Lescure, the thanks and admiration of Madame de Lescure, and what he valued more than all, Marie's acknowledgments of the promise she gave him, when last he left her side. 

During his absence, three unexpected visitors had reached Laval; the first was Father Jerome, who had followed the army, and now brought them news from the side of Nantes, that Charette was still at the head of a large body of royalists, and was ready to join himself with the main army, somewhere to the north of the Loire, if any plan could be struck out for their future proceedings, to which both he and Henri could agree; and the others were perfect strangers. Two gentlemen had called at the guard-house, and asked for M. de Larochejaquelin: on hearing that he was not in Laval, they had desired to see M. de Lescure, and had, when alone with him, declared that they came from England, with offers of assistance, both in men and money; one of these gentlemen had with him a stick, and after having carefully looked round the room to see that no one but de Lescure could observe him, he had broken the stick in two, and taken from the hollow space within it, a letter addressed to the Commander-in-Chief of the Vendean army. 
1. Did the soldier have good or bad news?
2. Who was there for the news?
3. How many visiting people were not expected?
4. Who was the first one?
5. Who did he bring news from?
6. What was the news?
7. Where at?
8. Who were the other visitors?
9. Where did they come from?
10. Why?
11. Assistance of what?

Numbered answers:
1. good
2. his friends
3. three
4. Father Jerome
5. the side of Nantes
6. that Charette was still at the head of a large body of royalists, and was ready to join himself with the main army
7. somewhere to the north of the Loire
8. Two gentlemen
9. England
10. with offers of assistance
11. men and money


Question:
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At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Carneau and Lynne are convinced that separating primary boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders 

David Chadwell, South Carolina's coordinator of single gender education says, " Boys and girls learn,hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know." 

Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way,he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. " Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space," he says. 

The male eye is also drawn to cooler color1s like silver and black. It's no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy color1ful family,as girls do in class. 

The female eye,on the other hand,is drawn to warmer color1s like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn't need to move as much as in boys' class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of color1s in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention. 

Boys and girls also hear differently. " When someone speaks in a loud tone,girls interpret it as yelling, " says Chadwell. " They think you're mad and can shut down. " Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls' teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys' teachers should sound more forceful, even excited. 

A boy's nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 6.Stress in boys,he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when they are seated in a warmer room around 75degF. Girls also respond to stress differently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts ,leaving them feeling nervous or anxious. 

These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. " Single gender programs are about maximizing the learning."
1. What are the names of the two teachers?
2. What grade do they teach?
3. What do they think is a good idea.
4. What color attracts boys eyes?
5. What are boys more likely to draw?
6. What about females?
7. Do boys and girls see the world the same?
8. What is one color female eyes are attracted to?
9. What is another color?
10. Does the instructor need more movement to keep girls attention than boys?
11. Do both sexes hear things the same?
12. How do girls interpret loud speech?
13. Who is David Chadwell?


Numbered answers:
1. Carneau and Lynne
2. second
3. separating primary boys and girls
4. silver and black
5. moving objects
6. happy color1ful family
7. no
8. red,
9. yellow
10. no
11. no
12. They  can shut down.
13. South Carolina's coordinator of single gender education