question: CHAPTER III. 

FACE TO FACE. 

When Eustace Le Neve returned to lunch at Penmorgan that day he was silent to his host about Trevennack of Trevennack. To say the truth, he was so much attracted by Miss Cleer's appearance that he didn't feel inclined to mention having met her. But he wanted to meet her again for all that, and hoped he would do so. Perhaps Tyrrel might know the family, and ask them round to dine some night. At any rate, society is rare at the Lizard. Sooner or later, he felt sure, he'd knock up against the mysterious stranger somewhere. And that involved the probability of knocking up against the mysterious stranger's beautiful daughter. 

Next morning after breakfast, however, he made a vigorous effort to induce Walter Tyrrel to mount the cliff and look at the view from Penmorgan Point toward the Rill and Kynance. It was absurd, he said truly, for the proprietor of such an estate never to have seen the most beautiful spot in it. But Tyrrel was obdurate. On the point of actually mounting the cliff itself he wouldn't yield one jot or tittle. Only, after much persuasion, he consented at last to cross the headland by the fields at the back and come out at the tor above St. Michael's Crag, provided always Eustace would promise he'd neither go near the edge himself nor try to induce his friend to approach it. 

Satisfied with this lame compromise--for he really wished his host to enjoy that glorious view--Eustace Le Neve turned up the valley behind the house, with Walter Tyrrel by his side, and after traversing several fields, through gaps in the stone walls, led out his companion at last to the tor on the headland. 
1. who wanted Walter Tyrrel to mount the cliff?
2. what could be seen from there?
3. had the proprietor of the estate ever been there?
4. who was the proprietor of the estate?
5. who was Eustace attracted to?
6. did he want to meet her again?
7. what is rare at the Lizard?
8. did Tyrrel want to go up the cliff?
9. did he yield at all on that topic?
10. how so?
11. did he have any conditions?
12. what did Eustace think of the comprimise?
13. did he think it was lame?
14. what did they traverse together?
15. what did they go through?
****
answer: 1. Eustace Le Neve
2. the view from Penmorgan Point
3. No
4. Tyrrel
5. Miss Cleer
6. Yes
7. society
8. No
9. Yes
10. he consented to go tothe tor above St. Michael's Crag
11. Eustace would promise he'd neither go near the edge himself nor try to induce his friend to approach it.
12. He was satisfied.
13. Yes
14. fields
15. gaps in the stone walls


question: One day Kyle's Dad had to go for a long ride. He went on this ride because he wanted to get breakfast. With breakfast the dad always loved to get a banana in a drink. This was his favorite drink. But along the ride, Kyle's dad had a scare. The back door was open but someone else shut it and tossed his book. Later he found his book in a white bin. Along with the book, there was a white costume. He thought that maybe this was a sign. So he took the white costume and found out it was a doctor costume. He remembered that his son Kyle's favorite thing to do was play doctor. This made him remember that he never even asked his son Kyle if he wanted to come for the ride. So the dad turned around and drove all the way home to get his son. He asked Kyle if he wanted to come out to breakfast. Kyle got very excited and said he did. Kyle's dad was happy he came back because it helped him make his son happy.
1. Who went out for a ride?
2. was it a short one?
3. what did he go out for?
4. what beverage did he want?
5. what happened along the route?
6. What did he see that reminded him of his son?
7. what could it be used to dress up as?
8. had he checked to see if Kyle wanted to join?
9. so what did he do?
10. did Kyle want to join him
11. how did the father feel?
12. was the son as well?
13. what else was in the bin besides the costume?
****
answer: 1. Kyle's Dad
2. no
3. to get breakfast.
4. a banana in a drink
5. he had a scare
6. a white costume
7. a doctor
8. no
9. he drove home to get him
10. yes
11. happy
12. yes
13. a book


question: Left unfettered , Anthony Konieczka, 9 years old, would happily play his Game Boy Advance or PlayStation 2 from the minute he gets up to the moment he goes to bed, 14 bleary-eyed hours later. 

Anthony's box is stocked with traditional toys--board games, puzzles, art supplies--and as far as he is concerned, they are relics of Christmases past. His sister Michaely, 6 years old, still likes dressing her Barbies. But once she starts playing Game Boy, it's hard to get her away. 

Play patterns like this could take up another Christmas for the toy department. Through September, toy sales were down 5% compared with the first nine months of last year, according to the NDP Group. Meanwhile, the video-game industry is heading for another record year. Thanks to hot new games like Halo 2 for the Xbox, the industry is light-years ahead of the toy business when it comes out. 

While some new toys emerge every holiday season, toymakers are heading into this one without a monster hit . Indeed, there has not been a Furby-style frenzy in years. Of 10 toy segments only two, arts and crafts and dolls, have generated sales growth over a recent 12-month period. Some of the weakest categories like construction sets and action figures are the ones aimed at boys, who suffer the most from the video games. Analysts expect one of the top stocking stuffers this season to be not a traditional toy but the new generation of Nintendo's Game Boy, the DS, which hit stores last week. 

The deeper issue is that shifts in play patterns are forcing toymakers to fight for shelf space in a tightening market. Boys in particular seem to be abandoning traditional toys at earlier ages in favor of consumer electronics, video games, PC software and the Internet. The fact that kids are growing more tech-savvy , a trend called "age compression ", has troubled toy companies for at least a decade. Action figures, for instance, used to be considered healthy for boys up to age 12. Now the items are mainly marketed to boys 4 to 6. A recent study found that nearly half of the US children start on video games at 4 to 5 years old--and 20% at age 3 or younger. 

Toy companies, of course, have long seen this trend. Several of the toys expected to sell well this season are, in fact, those that involve video gaming and DVD technologies. Mattel's Fisher-Price introduced a game system called InteracTV this year, featuring DVDs with characters like Dora the explorer. Hasbro came out with a portable color1 video player called VideoNow and has been putting classic games like Battleship and Yahtzee into hand-held electronic format.
1. How old is the boy?
2. And how many hours a day does he play?
3. He gets gifts like board games, puzzles and what?
4. How old is his sister?
5. She plays dressup with what?
6. The sales were down how much percent?
7. Videogames are predicted to be up due to what game in particular?
8. What hasn't there been in years?
9. 2 toy divisions have had growth in purchases over the past year, what are they?
10. Which 2 have been the least selling categories?
****
answer:
1. 9 years old
2. 14 bleary-eyed hours later
3. art supplies
4. 6 years old
5. still likes dressing her Barbies.
6. Five
7. Halo 2
8. unknown
9. arts and crafts and dolls
10. construction sets and action figures