Make use of the article to answer the questions.

CHAPTER IV--CYCLES 



"What flowers grow in my field wherewith to dress thee." - E. BARRETT BROWNING. 

Mrs. Best departed early the next morning. It was probably a parting for life between the two old friends; and Magdalen keenly felt the severance from the one person whom she had always known, and on whose sympathy she could rely. Their conversations had been very precious to her, and she felt desolate without the entire companionship. Yet, on the other hand, she felt as if she could have begun better with her sisters if Sophy Best had not come with them, to hand them over, as it were, when she wanted to start on the same level with them, and be more like their contemporary than their authority. 

They all stood on the terrace, watching the fly go down the hill, and she turned to them and said - 

"We will all settle ourselves this morning, and you will see how the land lies, so that to-morrow we can arrange our day and see what work to do. Thekla, when you have had a run round the garden, you might bring your books to the dining-room and let me see how far you have gone." 

"Oh, sister, it is holidays!" 

"Well, my dear, you have had a week, and your holiday time cannot last for ever. Looking at your books cannot spoil it." 

"Yes, it will; they are so nasty." 

"Perhaps you will not always think so; but now you had better put on your hat and your thick boots, for the grass is still very wet, and explore the country. The same advice to you," she added, turning to the others; "it is warm here, but the dew lies long on the slopes." 

1. Did Mrs. Best expect to see her friend again?
2. How did she feel without her friendship?
3. True or False: Mrs. Best wished to be seen as her sisters' equal.
4. What does she tell Thekla to do?
5. After she has done what?
6. What does she want to see?
7. True or False: Thekla does not like reading her books.
8. What does she call them?
9. How long a break has she had from reading them?
10. Is it cold outside?
11. What lingers on the hills?
12. What does Mrs. Best tell the sisters to wear?
13. What area will they investigate outside?
14. Where were they are standing?
15. Were they all observing something?
16. What?
17. Who brought the sisters?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. desolate
3. true
4. bring her books to the dining-room
5. had a run round the garden
6. how far she has gone
7. true
8. nasty
9. a week
10. no
11. dew
12. a hat and thick boots
13. the country
14. unknown
15. yes
16. the fly going down the hill
17. Sophy Best