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

SIGNS OF THE TIMES 

"If she is really Lucy Rogers, she'll be missing tomorrow morning," said Beth when she had told her cousins of the encounter in the corridor. 

But Eliza Parsons was still at Elmhurst the next day, calmly pursuing her duties, and evidently having forgotten or decided to ignore the young man who had so curiously mistaken her for another. Beth took occasion to watch her movements, so far as she could, and came to the conclusion that the girl was not acting a part. She laughed naturally and was too light-hearted and gay to harbor a care of any sort in her frivolous mind. 

But there was a mystery about her; that could not be denied. Even if she were but a paid spy of Erastus Hopkins there was a story in this girl's life, brief as it had been. 

Beth was full of curiosity to know this story. 

As for Tom Gates, he had been so horrified by his mistake that he tried to avoid meeting Eliza again. This was not difficult because the girl kept pretty closely to the linen room, and Tom was chiefly occupied in the library. 

Kenneth had little chance to test his secretary's abilities just then, because the girls pounced upon the new recruit and used his services in a variety of ways. Tom Gates's anxiety to give satisfaction made him willing to do anything, but they refrained from sending him often to town because he was sensitive to the averted looks and evident repulsion of those who knew he had recently been a "jail-bird." But there was plenty for him to do at Elmhurst, where they were all as busy as bees; and whatever the young man undertook he accomplished in a satisfactory manner.  1. Who was mysterious?
2. Who was at Elmhurst?
3. Was anyone else there?
4. Who was recently out of jail?
5. Who did Beth say might be Lucy?
6. Who had mistaken her identity?
7. What did Beth decide about Eliza?
8. How come?
9. Was she mysterious?
10. Where did Eliza remain?
11. What about Tom?
12. Were they needing more things to do?
13. How did Beth evaluate Eliza?
14. Where did the mistake take place?
numbered_answers: 1. Lucy Rogers
2. Eliza Parsons
3. Tom Gates
4. Tom Gates
5. paid spy
6. young man
7. the girl was not acting a part
8. She laughed naturally and was too light-hearted and gay
9. yes
10. at Elmhurst
11. library
12. no
13. there was a story in this girl's life, brief as it had been.
14. at Elmhurst

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

THE LADY FROM BEYOND 

The morning was sultry, brooding, steamy. Antonia was at her music, and from the room where Shelton tried to fix attention on a book he could hear her practising her scales with a cold fury that cast an added gloom upon his spirit. He did not see her until lunch, and then she again sat next the Connoisseur. Her cheeks were pale, but there was something feverish in her chatter to her neighbour; she still refused to look at Shelton. He felt very miserable. After lunch, when most of them had left the table, the rest fell to discussing country neighbours. 

"Of course," said Mrs. Dennant, "there are the Foliots; but nobody calls on them." 

"Ah!" said the Connoisseur, "the Foliots--the Foliots--the people--er--who--quite so!" 

"It's really distressin'; she looks so sweet ridin' about. Many people with worse stories get called on," continued Mrs. Dennant, with that large frankness of intrusion upon doubtful subjects which may be made by certain people in a certain way, "but, after all, one couldn't ask them to meet anybody." 

"No," the Connoisseur assented. "I used to know Foliot. Thousand pities. They say she was a very pretty woman." 

"Oh, not pretty!" said Mrs. Dennant! "more interestin than pretty, I should say." 

Shelton, who knew the lady slightly, noticed that they spoke of her as in the past. He did not look towards Antonia; for, though a little troubled at her presence while such a subject was discussed, he hated his conviction that her face, was as unruffled as though the Foliots had been a separate species. There was, in fact, a curiosity about her eyes, a faint impatience on her lips; she was rolling little crumbs of bread. Suddenly yawning, she muttered some remark, and rose. Shelton stopped her at the door.  1. what was Antonia doing in the beginning?
2. was someone listening?
3. who?
4. what he trying to so something else?
5. what?
6. on what?
7. what was she siting near?
8. did she have a sun tan?
9. what was her coloring?
10. who is the married girl?
11. was she talking with someone?
12. who?
13. what were they talking about?
14. did the married girl think they were good looking?
15. how did she think they looked?
numbered_answers: 1. her music
2. Yes
3. Shelton
4. Yes
5. to fix his attention
6. a book
7. the Connoisseur
8. No
9. she was pale
10. Mrs. Dennant
11. Yes
12. the Connoisseur
13. the Foliots
14. No
15. interestin

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Cob is a six-year-old boy. An aid organization brought him to the farm run by Joy from another province. Both Cob's parents died of serious disease when he was a two-month-old baby. His eighty-year-old grandmother treated him badly. He developed a disease over time, which led to him being unable to keep things in mind well; on the other hand, there was nothing good for him to bear in mind as well. 

When he first arrived at the farm, it appeared to him like a huge playground. Cob plyed around, hid behind trees and bushes, and enjoyed this new area. 

Over time, he gained confidence, chose Joy as his new mother, and let her carry him around. Amy, Joy's real daughter, the same age as Cob, had to learn to share her mother with the other child. She also needed to see the other children as her brothers or sisters and accept them although she may be unwilling to do so. 

In the beginning, Cob did not use the facilities on the farm. Slowly Joy tried to help him use them and during the day, he kept on with them but not at night. All attempts to send him to school failed. As soon as he arrived there, he ran off into the wide world like a free rabbit. He enjoyed running around in school rather than doing what teachers told him to do. Finally, the head teacher announced that the school was not suitable for Cob. 

Cob had to go back to the farm. At daytime, he watched adults and elder children bicycle and if there was any chance, he took a bicycle, then pushed and pulled it up and down the hill. One day Cob found there was a small bicycle standing next to the big ones. It was a gift for him! It was new with wheels on each side of the back wheel, which was just right for a little child without any experience in riding a bicycle. Cob pushed it up the hill, got on it and off from time to time. 

From then on Cob began riding his bicycle every day. Although he often fell and got hurt, he went on. During rainy days, he stored the bicycle in his room and slept close to it at night. Maybe even in his dreams he was happy -- he had found the entrance to a happy and satisfying life. 1. How old is Cob?
2. Are his parents alive?
3. What is he sick with?
4. Who is his new mother?
5. Does he have any siblings?
6. Where does he live?
7. What does he do during the day?
8. Does he ride a bike?
9. What about now?
10. Was it given to him?
11. How often did he ride it?
numbered_answers:
1. six
2. no
3. a disease
4. Joy
5. Amy
6. on the farm
7. watched adults and elder children bicycle
8. not at first
9. yes
10. yes
11. every day