Haggerty: The Ability to Read 



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First, let us ask, where does hook-making begin? With the printer'^ 

 No, for before the printer can even think about printing, he must have his "copy'\ 

 This ''copy,'' as the printer calls it, is furnished by the publisher; and the pub- 

 lisher gets it from the author, who calls it his "manuscript. The author has 

 spent many days, perhaps months, or even years, upon it, writing it out with 

 his own hand. With pen and ink he has put his thoughts upon the paper. 



1. Who is mentioned as the maker of a "manuscript"? 



2. Who is it that must have the "copy"? 



Read, this and then wite the answers to questions 3, 4, and 5. Read it 

 again as often as you need to. 



Long after the sun had set, Tom was still waiting for Jim and Dick to come. 

 "If they do not come before nine o'clock,'' he said to himself, "/ will go on to 

 Boston alone." At half-past eight they came bringing two other boys with them. 

 Tom was very glad to see them and gave each of thein one of the apples he had 

 kept. They ate these and he ate one, too. Then all weiit on down the road. 



3. What did they do after eating the apples? 



4. Who else came besides Jim and Dick? 



5. How long did Tom say he would wait for them? 



Set IV OR 40 



Read this and then T\Tite the answers to questions 1, 2, and 3. All ques- 

 tions must be answered from the paragraph. Read the paragraph as often 

 as you need to. 



Hay-fever is a very painf ul, though not a dangerous disease. It is like a very 

 severe cold in the head, except that it lasts much longer. The nose runs; the 

 eyes are sore; the person sneezes; he feels unable to think of work. Sometimes 

 he has great difficulty in breathing. Hay-fever is not caused by hay, but by the 

 pollen from certain weeds and flowers. Only a small number of people get this 

 disease, perhaps one person in fifty. Most of those who do get it, can avoid it 

 by going to live in certain places during the summer and fall. Almost every 

 one can find some place where he does not suffer from hay-fever. 



1. What is the cause of haj^-fever? 



2. How large a percentage of people get hay-fever? 



3. What means could they take to keep from getting it? 



Read this and then write the answers to questions 4 and 5. All ques- 

 tions must be answered from the paragraph. Read the paragraph as often 

 as you need to. 



You need a coal range in winter for kitchen warmth and for continuous hot 

 water supply, but in summer wheii you want a cool kitchen and less hot water, 

 a gas range is better. The xyz ovens are safe. In the end-ovens there is an 

 extra set of burners for broiling. 



4. What two varieties of stoves does the paragraph mention? 



5. For what purpose is the extra set of burners? 



Set V OR 50 



Read this and then ^AT-ite the answers to questions 1, 2, and 3. All ques- 

 tions must be answered from the paragraph. Read the paragraph as often as 

 3-ouneedto. 



