Question: CHAPTER XI. 

Mr. Barbecue-Smith was gone. The motor had whirled him away to the station; a faint smell of burning oil commemorated his recent departure. A considerable detachment had come into the courtyard to speed him on his way; and now they were walking back, round the side of the house, towards the terrace and the garden. They walked in silence; nobody had yet ventured to comment on the departed guest. 

"Well?" said Anne at last, turning with raised inquiring eyebrows to Denis. 

"Well?" It was time for someone to begin. 

Denis declined the invitation; he passed it on to Mr Scogan. "Well?" he said. 

Mr. Scogan did not respond; he only repeated the question, "Well?" 

It was left for Henry Wimbush to make a pronouncement. "A very agreeable adjunct to the week-end," he said. His tone was obituary. 

They had descended, without paying much attention where they were going, the steep yew-walk that went down, under the flank of the terrace, to the pool. The house towered above them, immensely tall, with the whole height of the built-up terrace added to its own seventy feet of brick facade. The perpendicular lines of the three towers soared up, uninterrupted, enhancing the impression of height until it became overwhelming. They paused at the edge of the pool to look back. 

"The man who built this house knew his business," said Denis. "He was an architect." 

"Was he?" said Henry Wimbush reflectively. "I doubt it. The builder of this house was Sir Ferdinando Lapith, who flourished during the reign of Elizabeth. He inherited the estate from his father, to whom it had been granted at the time of the dissolution of the monasteries; for Crome was originally a cloister of monks and this swimming-pool their fish-pond. Sir Ferdinando was not content merely to adapt the old monastic buildings to his own purposes; but using them as a stone quarry for his barns and byres and outhouses, he built for himself a grand new house of brick--the house you see now."  1. Who left?
2. Was everyone happy he left?
3. Where did they go?
4. How tall is the house?
5. Was it made of wood?
6. What was it made of?
7. What was they standing by?
8. what did it use to be?
9. For who?
10. Who built the house?
11. When was he alive?
12. Did they talk about the departed guest? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mr. Barbecue-Smith
2. Yes
3. Round the side of the house
4. Seventy feet
5. No
6. Brick
7. By the pool
8. A fish-pond
9. Monks
10. Sir Ferdinando Lapith
11. during the reign of Elizabeth.
12. No


Question: CHAPTER XV Sammy Jay Makes Paddy a Call. 

Paddy the Beaver was hard at work. He had just cut down a good- sized aspen tree and now he was gnawing it into short lengths to put in his food pile in the pond. As he worked, Paddy was doing a lot of thinking about the footprint of Old Man Coyote in a little patch of mud, for he knew that meant that Old Man Coyote had discovered his pond, and would be hanging around, hoping to catch Paddy off his guard. Paddy knew it just as well as if Old Man Coyote had told him so. That was why he was at work cutting his food supply in the daytime. Usually he works at night, and he knew that Old Man Coyote knew it. 

"He'll try to catch me then," thought Paddy, "so I'll do my working on land now and fool him." 

The tree he was cutting began to sway and crack. Paddy cut out One more big chip, then hurried away to a safe place while the tree fell with a crash. 

"Thief! thief! thief!" screamed a voice just back of Paddy. 

"Hello, Sammy Jay! I see you don't feel any better than usual this morning," said Paddy. "Don't you want to sit up in this tree while I cut it down?" 

Sammy grew black in the face with anger, for he knew that Paddy was laughing at him. You remember how only a few days before he had been so intent on calling Paddy bad names that he actually hadn't noticed that Paddy was cutting the very tree in which he was sitting, and so when it fell he had had a terrible fright.  1. What is Paddy?
2. what kind of tree was he working on?
3. What did he do after chopping it down?
4. Who was going to be luring near his home?
5. What was paddy doing to avoid him
6. What did Sammy call him?
7. What had Paddy done a few days ago?
8. Did Paddy tease him about it?
9. What was Sammy doing while Paddy had been chopping the tree?
10. How did Sammy feel when the tree fell?
11. Where did Paddy invite him to sit while he worked?
12. What did Paddy do when the tree was about to go down>
13. then what?
14. What made him suspicious that the coyote was prowling nearby?
15. What was he going to do with the short wood he had cut?
16. Where was Sammy whe nhe yelled at Paddy? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. a beaver
2. aspen tree
3. gnawed it into short lengths
4. Old Man Coyote
5. working in the day
6. "Thief! thief! thief!"
7. Paddy  had cut down the very tree in which he was sitting,
8. yes
9. calling Paddy bad names
10. frightened
11. Don't you want to sit up in this tree while I cut it down?"
12. Paddy cut out One more big chip
13. , then hurried away to a safe place
14. he saw footprints in a patch of mud
15. put it in his food pile in the pond.
16. just back of Paddy.