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

FOLLOWING ALLEN. 

Hal was astonished to learn from Katie McCabe that Dick Ferris was coming up the tenement stairs. 

"He can't be coming here!" exclaimed the youth. 

"What shall we do if he does?" asked McCabe. 

"I don't know. Perhaps I had better hide. He may----" 

At that instant came a knock on the door. 

"It's him!" whispered Katie. 

Andy McCabe, the father, pointed to a closet. Hal tiptoed his way to it, and motioned for Katie to follow. The door was closed, and then Andy McCabe answered the summons. 

Ferris stood at the door, his hair disheveled and his lips trembling. 

"May I ask who lives here?" he asked. 

"My name is McCabe." 

"Isn't there a man by the name of Macklin living here?" went on Ferris. 

"Macklin?" repeated McCabe, slowly. 

"Yes, Tommy Macklin." 

"Not as I know on. What does he do?" 

"I don't know. I have a letter to deliver to him. So you don't know where he lives?" 

"No, sir." 

"It's too bad. Will you please tell me what time it is?" 

Andy McCabe glanced at the alarm clock that stood on the mantel-shelf. 

"Quarter to six." 

"As late as that!" cried Ferris. "I must hurry and catch him before six. Only quarter of an hour. Good-day, sir." 

"Good-day." 

In a moment Ferris was gone. McCabe closed the door, and Hal came out of the closet followed by Katie. 

"What does he mean?" questioned the man. 

"I'll tell you what it means," said Hal. "He is trying to prove an alibi, in case a body was found in the vat. He thinks you can remember he was here looking for Macklin at quarter to six. If that was true, how could he have helped Macklin at five o'clock?" 
1. who was going to hide?
2. from who?
3. why were they surprised?
4. who is their dad?
5. where did he want them to hide?
6. did they run to it?
7. did their father answer the door?
8. who was Dick looking for?
9. why?
10. what was his appearance like?
11. what did he ask McCabe?
12. what time was it?
13. Did he say anything before leaving?
14. what?
15. when did the kids come out of the closet?
16. who came out first?
17. why does he think Dick Ferris wanted an alibi?
18. why?
19. at what time?
20. was Ferris rude?

Numbered answers:
1. Hal and Katie
2. Dick Ferris
3. He isn't allowed?
4. Andy McCabe
5. a closet.
6. no
7. yes
8. Macklin .
9. to deliver a letter
10. disheveled and trembling
11. the time
12. "Quarter to six."
13. yes
14. "I must hurry and catch him before six.
15. after their dad closd the door
16. Hal
17. in case a body was found in the vat
18. If he was looking for Macklin how could he have helped him
19. He thinks you can remember he was here looking for Macklin at quarter to six. If that was true, how could
20. no


Question:
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CHAPTER XXIV 

JESSY STRIKES 

It was the afternoon before Vane's departure for the North, and Evelyn, sitting alone for the time being in Mrs. Nairn's drawing-room, felt disturbed by the thought of it. She sympathized with his object, as it had been briefly related by her hostess, but she supposed there was a certain risk attached to the journey, and that troubled her. In addition to this, there was another point on which she was not altogether pleased. She had twice seen him acknowledge a bow from a very pretty girl whose general appearance suggested that she did not belong to Evelyn's own walk in life, and that very morning she had noticed him crossing a street in the young woman's company. Vane, as it happened, had met Kitty Blake by accident and had asked her to accompany him on a visit to Celia. Evelyn did not think she was of a jealous disposition, and jealousy appeared irrational in the case of a man whom she had dismissed as a suitor; but the thing undoubtedly rankled in her mind. While she was considering it, Jessy Horsfield entered the room. 

"I'm here by invitation, to join Mr. Vane's other old friends in giving him a good send-off," she explained. "Only, Mrs. Nairn told me to come over earlier." 

Evelyn noticed that Jessy laid some stress upon her acquaintance with Vane, and wondered whether she had any motive for doing so. 

"I suppose you have known him for some time?" 

"Oh, yes," was the careless answer. "My brother was one of the first to take him up when he came to Vancouver." 
1. Who was seating by themselves?
2. Where?
3. Was she interrupted?
4. By whom?
5. Did she feel the need to explain herself?
6. Why?
7. What direction were they going to be headed?
8. What time to day is it now?
9. Was the trip perfectly safe?
10. Who was her turned down love interest?
11. How many other females had she observed him with?
12. Was this a relief to her?
13. Why not?
14. Did she know any of the females' names?
15. How many?
16. What was it?
17. Why was her turned down love interest trying to get with this lady?
18. Then why was he with her?
19. Where did he go with her to?
20. Was the person who joined her comfortable with her and her turned down love interest?

Numbered answers:
1. Evelyn
2. in Mrs. Nairn's drawing-room
3. Yes
4. Jessy Horsfield
5. Yes
6. because she felt disturbed by the thought of it
7. North
8. afternoon
9. No
10. Vane
11. three
12. No
13. she was jealous
14. Yes
15. one
16. Kitty Blake
17. He wasn't
18. Because he had met her by accident
19. on a visit to Celia
20. No


Question:
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Buenos Aires ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the first one was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Ayre". The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 17 million. 

The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores; both are now neighborhoods of the city. The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). Its citizens first elected a chief of government (i.e. mayor) in 1996; previously, the mayor was directly appointed by the President of the Republic.
1. What is the capital city of Argentina?
2. What is its meaning?
3. Does it have too many people?
4. What is the population?
5. What kind of a district is it?
6. Was it removed from its district?
7. Where is it ranked in terms of the metropolitan area in the Americas?
8. What amendment gave it its formal name?
9. And what is its formal name?
10. Which translates into English as what?
11. Who did its citizens first elect?
12. what year?
13. Before the mayor was elected by who otherwise?


Numbered answers:
1. Buenos Aires
2. fair winds
3. yes
4. around 17 million.
5. autonomous
6. yes
7. the fourth-most populous
8. The 1994 constitutional amendment
9. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
10. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
11. a chief of government
12. 1996
13. the President of the Republic