Question:
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CHAPTER XXV. 

Hawkins went straight to the telegraph office and disburdened his conscience. He said to himself, "She's not going to give this galvanized cadaver up, that's plain. Wild horses can't pull her away from him. I've done my share; it's for Sellers to take an innings, now." So he sent this message to New York: 

"Come back. Hire special train. She's going to marry the materializee." 

Meantime a note came to Rossmore Towers to say that the Earl of Rossmore had just arrived from England, and would do himself the pleasure of calling in the evening. Sally said to herself, "It is a pity he didn't stop in New York; but it's no matter; he can go up to-morrow and see my father. He has come over here to tomahawk papa, very likely--or buy out his claim. This thing would have excited me, a while back; but it has only one interest for me now, and only one value. I can say to--to-- Spine, Spiny, Spinal--I don't like any form of that name!--I can say to him to-morrow, 'Don't try to keep it up any more, or I shall have to tell you whom I have been talking with last night, and then you will be embarrassed.'" 

Tracy couldn't know he was to be invited for the morrow, or he might have waited. As it was, he was too miserable to wait any longer; for his last hope--a letter--had failed him. It was fully due to-day; it had not come. Had his father really flung him away? It looked so. It was not like his father, but it surely looked so. His father was a rather tough nut, in truth, but had never been so with his son--still, this implacable silence had a calamitous look. Anyway, Tracy would go to the Towers and --then what? He didn't know; his head was tired out with thinking-- he wouldn't think about what he must do or say--let it all take care of itself. So that he saw Sally once more, he would be satisfied, happen what might; he wouldn't care. 
1. How does Hawkins send his message?
2. Where did he send it?
3. Where did he send it from?
4. Who did he send it to?
5. What does he want him to do?
6. How does he suggest he get there?
7. Will he have to pay for that?
8. Has Hawkins been worrying about something?
9. Is he tired of dealing with it?
10. What is he concerned that someone might do?
11. What does he the person she might marry?
12. Was Tracy hoping to receive something?
13. What?
14. Did he get it/
15. When did he think he should have?
16. Has he heard from his dad recently/
17. Is that worrying him?
18. Where is Sally's dad?
19. Who just got in from England?
20. Did he invite himself over?

Numbered answers:
1. telegraph
2. New York
3. the telegraph office
4. Tracy
5. Come back
6. a special train
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. get married
11. the materializee
12. yes
13. a letter
14. no
15. today
16. no
17. yes
18. new york
19. Earl of Rossmore
20. yes


Question:
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CHAPTER III. 

VALVE MAKING. 

One morning, when Rollo awaked, he heard a sharp clicking against the window. 

"Nathan," said he, "Nathan, I believe there is a snow-storm." 

But Nathan was too sleepy to hear or understand. 

Rollo looked up, but there was a curtain against the window, and he could not see very well. He listened. He heard a low, moaning sound made by the wind, and a continuance of the sharp clicking which he had heard at first. 

When he had got up, and dressed himself, he found that there was a violent snow-storm. At first he was glad of it, for he liked snow-storms. But then, pretty soon, he was sorry, for it had been winter a long time, and he was impatient for the spring. 

After breakfast, he and Nathan read and studied for two hours, under their mother's direction. When they were released from these duties, Rollo proposed to Nathan that they should go out into the shed, and see how the storm came on. There was a large door in the shed, opening towards the street, where they could stand, protected from the wind, and see the drifts of snow. 

They accordingly put on their caps, and went. They found that the snow was pretty deep. It was heaped up upon the fence and against the windows; and there was a curious-shaped drift, with the top curled over in a singular manner, running along from the corner of the shed towards the garden gate. 

"Ah," says Rollo, "when it clears up, I mean to go and wade through it." 
1. Did the pair go outside?
2. what did they wear to do this?
3. who woke first?
4. what told his there was a snow-storm?
5. did they eat a meal?
6. what?
7. when he got up, could Rollo see out?
8. why?
9. how many sounds could he hear?
10. name one

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. their caps
3. Rollo
4. Rollo
5. yes
6. breakfast
7. no
8. there was a curtain against the window
9. two
10. moaning sound made by the wind


Question:
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(CNN) -- In most of the country, employers can force pregnant workers out of the workplace when their pregnancy interferes with their normal job duties. 

Heather Wiseman, a retail sales associate, lost her job because consuming water while working, an activity necessary to maintain a healthy pregnancy, violated store policy. 

Victoria Serednyj, a nursing home activity director, lost her job because her pregnancy interfered with her ability to lift heavy tables. Her employer terminated her employment even though lifting tables "took up a small part, roughly five to 10 minutes" of her day and her co-workers volunteered to perform this task. 

Workers covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, by contrast, can continue working despite their physical limitations. 

The Americans with Disabilities Amendments Act of 2008 broadened the ADA to include many short-term and relatively minor physical conditions. Pregnant women who experience comparable physical limitations should also have the opportunity to receive accommodations that will enable them to continue working. 

According to EEOC regulations issued in 2011, the amended ADA requires employers to accommodate persons who experience "shortness of breath and fatigue when walking distances that most people could walk without experiencing such effects." 

It also requires employers to accommodate persons with back injuries resulting in a "20-pound lifting restriction that lasts or is expected to last for several months." In some circumstances, even a far more common 50-pound lifting restriction may qualify an individual for ADA coverage. 

To date, courts have balked at including pregnancy within the Americans with Disabilities Act. They've reasoned the physical limitations accompanying pregnancy are too short-term and minor to qualify as disabilities. 
1. Is pregnancy covered by the Disability Act?


Numbered answers:
1. Yes