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

GOOD-BYE TO ALASKA--CONCLUSION 

"Is that your sled?" 

"Yah. Vait, I vos sthop dem!" yelled Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous he turned his own team about and in a few seconds was traveling after the runaways. 

"Wait! I'm going to get off! To look for my brother!" cried Dick, and as the German slackened his speed for a few seconds, the oldest Rover boy sprang out in the snow. He went sprawling, but was not injured. Almost before he knew it, the two sleds had disappeared and he was left alone. 

All around him were the vast and mysterious fields of ice and snow. Far off he could hear the barking of the dogs, but this soon died out, and then came utter silence--a silence that seemed to fairly weigh him down. And now the snow started to come down harder than ever. 

Had Dick Rover been less stout-hearted than he was he would have then and there given up the hunt for his brother. But Dick had the stuff of a real hero in him, and he went forward through the snow, bending low to escape the wind and to keep his eyes on that slowly disappearing trail. 

Thus half an hour went by, and by that time, weighed down as he was by his heavy clothing and heavy footwear, Dick was well-nigh exhausted. He stopped to rest and to get his breath, and then, struck with a sudden idea, let out that old familiar locomotive whistle of Putnam Hall fame.  1. Who did Dick want to look for?
2. Who is the German?
3. What does he turn around to pursue?
4. True or False: The German was very skilled at controlling his sled and team.
5. Was Dick a brave person?
6. How long did Dick search before he was tired?
7. What hindered him in his search?
8. What sound did he make?
9. Where was that sound well-known?
10. Was it raining?
11. Snowing?
12. Did Gus stop the sled so Dick could get off it?
13. Did he stay nearby?
14. What was the last sound Dick could hear before all was quiet?
15. What did he bend down to avoid?
16. What was he following that was fading away?
17. Which Rover was the oldest?
18. How many sleds vanished?
19. What covered the fields around Dick?
20. How did Dick get off the sled?
numbered_answers: 1. his brother
2. Gus Schmidt
3. the runaways
4. Gus Schmidt, and with a dexterity that was really marvelous
5. yes
6. half an hour
7. heavy clothing and footwear
8. a locomotive whistle
9. yes
10. no
11. yes
12. no
13. no
14. barking dogs
15. the wind
16. the trail
17. Dick
18. two
19. ice and snow
20. he jumped off

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. In order to save money for a trip to Thailand to visit her family and friends, Emma White, a keeper in California, worked overtime. She saved more than 900 dollars and was planning to buy a ticket, but she lost her purse with all her money and credit cards . 

Emma looked through the garbage and all the buildings where she worked but came up empty-handed. She went home heartbroken. She believed that she had lost her money forever. While Emma was at home, sad and depressed, a homeless man was searching through the garbage looking for things to sell. As he was looking through a garbage bag, he found something wrapped in a plastic bag. 

The homeless man, who did not want to be recognized, took the purse to Sherry Wesley, because Sherry Wesley knew him from her volunteer work at a homeless shelter. The homeless man came to Sherry Wesley with the wad of money and said, "This probably belongs to someone that you work with; can you find the owner?" Sherry Wesley works in one of the buildings that Emma cleans and she knew Emma had lost her purse. 

Emma was amazed when she heard the good news. "I couldn't believe it when they called me," she said. "He has a very big heart. If someone else had found the purse, the money would be gone." As a reward, Emma gave the man 100 dollars. The homeless man gave half of the money to Sherry Wesley and asked her to donate it to charity for him. 1. How much was rewarded?
2. To whom?
3. Who got 1/2?
4. What was she supposed to do with it?
5. Did she know Emma?
6. How?
7. Where was it found?
8. Was somebody going on a vacation?
9. Where?
10. Why?
11. Who was going?
12. Did she have a job?
13. What was it?
14. Where?
15. Did she work many hours?
16. Was she able to save anything?
17. what?
18. How did the man know Sherry?
19. What did he show her?
20. Did he expect recognization?
numbered_answers: 1. 100 dollars
2. The homeless man
3. Sherry Wesley
4. donate it to charity
5. yes
6. works in building that Emma cleans
7. the garbage
8. yes
9. Thailand
10. visiting family and friends
11. Emma
12. yes
13. a keeper
14. California
15. yes
16. yes
17. 900 dollars
18. volunteer work at a homeless shelter
19. money
20. no

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

HOME AGAIN--CONCLUSION 

When the collision came, Dick, to save himself from injury, gave a leap up into the air, and Sergeant Brown did the same. The shock sent the _Searchlight_ backward, and when the youth came down he found himself sprawling on the _Flyaway's_ deck, close beside Dan Baxter. 

"Dick Rover!" gasped the former bully of Putnam Hall. "So it is your boat that has run into us?" 

"Baxter, where is Dora Stanhope?" panted Dick, as soon as he could speak. He was afraid that one or both yachts were going down and that Dora might be drowned. Even in this extreme moment of peril his one thought was for his girl friend. 

"Find out for yourself," burst out Baxter, and aimed a blow at Dick's head with his fist. But the blow never reached its mark, for Mumps hauled the bully backward. 

"We've had enough of this--at least, I've had enough," said Fenwick, astonishing himself at his own boldness. "Dick, Dora is in the cabin--no, she's coming up." 

"Save me!" came in a scream from the girl. 

"Oh, Dick, is it really you!" and she ran right into Dick's arms. 

By this time it was discovered that the two yachts were locked together, the bowsprit of the _Flyaway_ having become entangled in the rigging of the _Searchlight_. Both yachts were badly damaged, but neither sufficiently so as to be in danger of sinking. 

"Back with you!" came from Arnold Baxter, and fired his shotgun at the police officer. But the rocking of the boats spoiled his aim. Then Sergeant Brown fired, and the elder Baxter went down, shot through the left leg.  1. was there a boat collision
2. were the boats damaged
3. who was shot in the leg
4. who screames SAVE ME
5. where did she run
6. who swung at Dick
7. where did former bully come from
8. was Baxter able to make contact with his hit to Dick
9. who said back with you
10. why did the girl scream save me
numbered_answers:
1. yes
2. yes
3. Baxter
4. the girl
5. into Dick's arms.
6. Baxter
7. on the _Flyaway's_ deck,
8. no
9. Arnold Baxter
10. the collision