input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Chapter 9 

TWO PLACES VACATED 

Set down by the omnibus at the corner of Saint Mary Axe, and trusting to her feet and her crutch-stick within its precincts, the dolls' dressmaker proceeded to the place of business of Pubsey and Co. All there was sunny and quiet externally, and shady and quiet internally. Hiding herself in the entry outside the glass door, she could see from that post of observation the old man in his spectacles sitting writing at his desk. 

'Boh!' cried the dressmaker, popping in her head at the glass-door. 'Mr Wolf at home?' 

The old man took his glasses off, and mildly laid them down beside him. 'Ah Jenny, is it you? I thought you had given me up.' 

'And so I had given up the treacherous wolf of the forest,' she replied; 'but, godmother, it strikes me you have come back. I am not quite sure, because the wolf and you change forms. I want to ask you a question or two, to find out whether you are really godmother or really wolf. May I?' 

'Yes, Jenny, yes.' But Riah glanced towards the door, as if he thought his principal might appear there, unseasonably. 

'If you're afraid of the fox,' said Miss Jenny, 'you may dismiss all present expectations of seeing that animal. HE won't show himself abroad, for many a day.' 

'What do you mean, my child?' 

'I mean, godmother,' replied Miss Wren, sitting down beside the Jew, 'that the fox has caught a famous flogging, and that if his skin and bones are not tingling, aching, and smarting at this present instant, no fox did ever tingle, ache, and smart.' Therewith Miss Jenny related what had come to pass in the Albany, omitting the few grains of pepper.  1. Who took their glasses off?
2. who was sitting beside a jew?
3. What corner were they at?
4. Who's dressmaker was it?
5. Who was the old man speaking with?
6. What was the old man's name?
7. where was the dressmaker headed?
8. Who's place of business?
9. Who was hiding in the door?
10. Who wanted to ask a question ?
numbered_answers: 1. The old man
2. Miss Wren,
3. Saint Mary Axe
4. the dolls
5. Jenny
6. 'Mr Wolf
7. to the place of business
8. unknown
9. His principal?
10. Jenny

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

REALITIES 

Though there was bitter frost in the ranges, it had but lightly touched the sheltered forests that shut in Bonavista. The snow seldom lay long there, and only a few wisps of it gleamed beneath the northern edge of the pines. Mrs. Acton, as usual, had gathered a number of guests about her, and Violet Hamilton sat talking with one of them in the great drawing-room one evening. The room was brilliantly lighted, and the soft radiance gleamed upon the polished parquetry floor, on which rugs of costly skins were scattered. A fire of snapping pine-logs blazed in the big English hearth, and a faint aromatic fragrance crept into the room. 

Miss Hamilton leaned back in a softly padded lounge that was obviously only made for two, and a pleasant-faced, brown-eyed young Englishman, who had no particular business in that country, but had gone there merely for amusement, sat at the other end of it, regarding her with a smile. 

"After all," he said reflectively, "I really don't think I'm very sorry the snow drove us down from our shooting camp in the ranges." 

Violet laughed. She had met the man before he went into the mountains, and he had been at Bonavista for a week or two now. 

"It was too cold for you up there?" she queried. 

"It was," answered the man, "at least, it was certainly too cold for Jardine, who came out with me. He got one of his feet nipped sitting out one night with the rifle on a high ledge in the snow, and when I left him in Vancouver the doctor told him it would be a month before he could wear a boot again."  1. What did Mrs. Acton usually do?
2. Where does the story take place?
3. Who was Violet speaking with?
4. was it a female?
5. What was the man doing there?
6. Was he there alone?
7. Who was he with?
8. Were they still up in the mountains?
9. why not?
10. how?
11. where?
12. was it cold?
13. will he be okay?
14. how long?
15. who told him this?
16. from where?
17. Was the Englishman in Bona vista for long?
18. Did the drawing room have rugs?
19. what was in the fireplace?
20. did the room have an aroma?
numbered_answers: 1. Gathered guests around her
2. Bonavista.
3. One of the guests
4. No
5. Gone there for amusement
6. No
7. Jardine
8. No
9. Jardine got hurt
10. He got one of his feet nipped
11. On a high ledge
12. Yes
13. At some point.
14. A month
15. A doctor
16. Vancouver
17. two weeks
18. Yes
19. A fire
20. Yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Family traditions were important in our house, and one was more appreciated than our annual trip to the woods for the perfect Christmas tree. 

"Dad, can we watch when you trim it?" my eldest son ,John ,asked on the way home. 

"I won't be cutting this year," my husband said." You and your brother Dan are old enough to measure things, fit the tree to the stand and do it by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?" 

They seemed to _ in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. "We can handle it," Dan promised. We won't let you down." 

A few days before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they'd need and brought them out of yard, where the tree waited. I left the older boys to their work and brought David inside for his early supper. A moment later I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the trees into the living room. Then I heard the sound become dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was too short. John crossed his arm tight across his chest. His eyes were filled with angry tears. 

The tree was central to our holiday, but it was not what I worried about. I didn't want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. We had a terrible problem on our hands. I couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either. There was no way to repair the damage. If I couldn't fix the problem, maybe I could get creative with it. A thought came to my mind, which turned to the solution. 

I followed them back into the living room.. "We can't make the tree taller," I said. "But we can put it on a higher position." Dan turned his head sideways, measuring the distance with his eyes . "We can put it on the coffee table and put the lights and decorations on before we lift it up . Thus, we won't need a ladder. It just might work! Let's try it!" 

When my husband got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath. 

"What a good idea!" he declared, as if the boys had gone beyond all his expectations. "Why didn't I ever think of such a thing ?" 

John broke into a grin. Dan's chest swelled with pride. David squealed. 1. What was one of the traditions?
2. What did they do with the tree after they got it?
3. Who usually trims the tree?
4. Is he going to this year?
5. Who is doing the job this year?
6. Are they the only children?
7. What did the mom do while they were trimming the tree?
8. How did the boys do on the job?
9. What problem did they have?
10. How did they fix the tree being cut too short?
numbered_answers:
1. annual trip to the woods for the perfect Christmas tree
2. unknown
3. Dad
4. No
5. Jon and Dan
6. Yes
7. unknown
8. Good
9. they couldn't lower the ceiling, and I couldn't raise the floor either
10. they put it on the coffee table and put the lights and decorations on before we lift it up