Make use of the article to answer the questions.

CHAPTER VI. 

THE BEGINNING OF PERSECUTION. 

When Mary Masters got up on the morning after her arrival she knew that she would have to endure much on that day. Everybody had smiled on her the preceding evening, but the smiles were of a nature which declared themselves to be preparatory to some coming event. The people around her were gracious on the presumption that she was going to do as they wished, and would be quite prepared to withdraw their smiles should she prove to be contumacious. Mary, as she crept down in the morning, understood all this perfectly. She found her stepmother alone in the parlour and was at once attacked with the all important question. "My dear, I hope you have made up your mind about Mr. Twentyman." 

"There were to be two months, mamma." 

"That's nonsense, Mary. Of course you must know what you mean to tell him." Mary thought that she did know, but was not at the present moment disposed to make known her knowledge and therefore remained silent. "You should remember how much this is to your papa and me and should speak out at once. Of course you need not tell Mr. Twentyman till the end of the time unless you like it." 

"I thought I was to be left alone for two months." 

"Mary, that is wicked. When your papa has so many things to think of and so much to provide for, you should be more thoughtful of him. Of course he will want to be prepared to give you what things will be necessary." Mrs. Masters had not as yet heard of Mr. Morton's cheque, and perhaps would not hear of it till her husband's bank book fell into her hands. The attorney had lately found it necessary to keep such matters to himself when it was possible, as otherwise he was asked for explanations which it was not always easy for him to give. "You know," continued Mrs. Masters, "how hard your father finds it to get money as it is wanted." 

1. Who had just arrived?
2. Was she going to have an easy day?
3. When had she arrived?
4. Were people kind to her then?
5. Unoconditionally?
6. Did she walk boldly down the stairs in the morning?
7. Who was she asked about?
8. How long did she have to decide about him?
9. Who asked her?
10. Who had written a check?
11. Did she know about that?
12. Was Mary's decision important to more than one person?
13. Who else besides her stepmother?
14. Did he provide for a lot of things?
15. Should Mary tell them what she was thinking for his sake?
16. Who kept things to himself?
17. What would people want if he told them?
18. Was money a struggle?
19. Did Mary already know what she thought about Mr. Twentyman?
20. Where did she talk to her stepmother?

Numbered answers:
1. Mary Masters
2. no
3. the preceding evening
4. yes
5. no
6. no
7. Mr. Twentyman
8. two months
9. her stepmother
10. Mr. Morton
11. no
12. yes
13. her papa
14. yes
15. yes
16. The attorney
17. explanations
18. yes
19. yes
20. in the parlour