input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXII 

AN UNEXPECTED MEETING ON THE WATER 

It was plainly to be seen that the first mate of the _Dogstar_ was in no wise an agreeable person to meet, and the Rovers and Hans were sorry that he and the others had come aboard the steam yacht. The two sailors from the lumber schooner were also rough men and probably under the thumb of the mate. 

"We can give you what is on board of the _Mermaid_," said Dick, a little stiffly. "I have not looked for liquor, so I can't say if there is any on the vessel or not." 

"Captain, and don't know what's aboard!" exclaimed Sid Jeffers. 

While he was speaking Sack Todd and Dan Baxter had been looking around the deck in the semi-darkness. 

"Where are the rest of the people on this boat?" demanded the ex-counterfeiter. 

"I don't see anybody," declared Dan Baxter. "Say, do you know what I think?" he cried suddenly. "I think these fellows are all alone!" 

"Humph!" muttered Sack Todd. "If they are--" He did not finish, but smiled quietly to himself. 

"Where can we get something to eat?" demanded the first mate, after a rather awkward pause. 

"In the galley or the cabin, as you please," said Dick. "But you will have to prepare it yourselves. We have no cook on board." 

"Oh, that's it, eh? Well, Guirk can cook pretty good and he can do the trick for us, eh, Guirk?" 

"Aye, aye!" answered one of the sailors. "Just show me the victuals an' the stove, an' I'll be after doing the rest in jig time. I'm hungry enough to eat 'most anything."  1. Where did they meet?
2. Was this planned?
3. What is the name of the vessel?
4. Who is first mentioned?
5. Were they happy?
6. Why not?
7. Including who?
8. Was he friendly?
9. Who was probably under his influence?
10. From where?
11. Who makes an offer?
12. How did he say it?
13. What does he offer?
14. Does he know if there is alcohol?
15. Who is looking around?
16. What are their last names?
17. Did they see anyone else?
18. What does one of them utter?
19. What do they ask for?
20. Who asks?
21. Where were they sent?
numbered_answers: 1. On the water
2. no
3. Dogstar
4. the Rovers
5. No
6. the others had come aboard the steam yacht
7. the first mate
8. no
9. The two sailors
10. lumber schoone
11. Dick
12. stiffly
13. whats on board the mermaid
14. no
15. Sack and Dan
16. Todd and baxter
17. no
18. "Humph!.
19. something to eat
20. the first mate
21. "In the galley or the cabin,

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country located in Central Africa, with an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name evokes its location near both the Equator and the Gulf of Guinea. Equatorial Guinea is the only sovereign African state in which Spanish is an official language. , the country had an estimated population of 1,222,245. 

Equatorial Guinea consists of two parts, an insular and a mainland region. The insular region consists of the islands of Bioko (formerly "Fernando Pó") in the Gulf of Guinea and Annobón, a small volcanic island south of the equator. Bioko Island is the northernmost part of Equatorial Guinea and is the site of the country's capital, Malabo. The island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe is located between Bioko and Annobón. The mainland region, Río Muni, is bordered by Cameroon on the north and Gabon on the south and east. It is the location of Bata, Equatorial Guinea's largest city, and Oyala, the country's planned future capital. Rio Muni also includes several small offshore islands, such as Corisco, Elobey Grande, and Elobey Chico. The country is a member of the African Union, Francophonie, OPEC and the CPLP. 1. What was the area formely called?
2. how many parts does it have?
3. which are?
4. Can you find volcanos here?
5. where exactly?
6. is there another name?
7. what is the population?
8. where is it located?
9. what is its offical name?
10. Where would you find Corisco?
11. Where would you find Bioko?
12. What is the capital?
13. what is the offical language?
14. do many countries speak Spanish there?
15. how many others do?
16. Where is Rio Muni?
17. which is bordered by?
18. where is this?
19. and how about the south?
20. what about the East?
numbered_answers: 1. Spanish Guinea
2. Two
3. insular and a mainland region
4. yes
5. Bioko
6. Fernando Pó
7. 1,222,245
8. Central Africa
9. the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
10. offshore
11. northernmost
12. Malabo
13. Spanish
14. no
15. just the one
16. mainland
17. Cameroon
18. the north
19. Gabon
20. Gabon

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXIII 

NARRATIVE CONTINUED 

When Redgauntlet left the room, in haste and discomposure, the first person he met on the stair, and indeed so close by the door of the apartment that Darsie thought he must have been listening there, was his attendant Nixon. 

'What the devil do you here?' he said, abruptly and sternly. 

'I wait your orders,' said Nixon. 'I hope all's right!--excuse my zeal.' 

'All is wrong, sir. Where is the seafaring fellow--Ewart--what do you call him?' 

'Nanty Ewart, sir. I will carry your commands,' said Nixon. 

'I will deliver them myself to him,' said Redgauntlet; call him hither.' 

'But should your honour leave the presence?' said Nixon, still lingering. 

''Sdeath, sir, do you prate to me?' said Redgauntlet, bending his brows. 'I, sir, transact my own business; you, I am told, act by a ragged deputy.' 

Without further answer, Nixon departed, rather disconcerted, as it seemed to Darsie. 

'That dog turns insolent and lazy,' said Redgauntlet; but I must bear with him for a while.' 

A moment after, Nixon returned with Ewart. 

'Is this the smuggling fellow?' demanded Redgauntlet. Nixon nodded. 

'Is he sober now? he was brawling anon.' 

'Sober enough for business,' said Nixon. 

'Well then, hark ye, Ewart;--man your boat with your best hands, and have her by the pier--get your other fellows on board the brig--if you have any cargo left, throw it overboard; it shall be all paid, five times over--and be ready for a start to Wales or the Hebrides, or perhaps for Sweden or Norway.'  1. Who met Nixon on the staircase?
2. What is Nixon's relationship to him?
3. What did the employer think his servant had been doing?
4. Why?
5. Whose location is asked about?
6. Is there a sailor discussed?
7. What's his name?
8. Is he drunk?
9. Does Redgauntlet think he's a criminal?
10. What crime does he think he's done?
11. Is the servant compared to an animal?
numbered_answers:
1. Nixon
2. his attendant
3. thought he must have been listening there
4. Because he was so close by the door
5. Wales
6. Yes
7. 'Nanty Ewart
8. No
9. Yes
10. smuggling
11. yes