CHAPTER XI 

CHRISTMAS IN SMUGGLERS' HOLLOW 

"Merry Christmas!" 

At the sound of Pat's roar the three guests hastily tumbled out of their bunks with answering greetings. A cheerful fire blazed up the chimney and added its flickering light to that of a couple of candles, for the sun was not yet up. Alec was cutting bacon and Pat was mixing flapjack batter. 

"Breakfast will be ready in fifteen minutes, and the one who isn't ready goes hungry," he announced. 

"It won't be yours truly," declared Hal, reaching for his clothes. 

"My tummy, oh, my tummy! It gives me such a pain! I wonder will it ever---- 

"Say, who swiped one of my socks? I can't find but one, and I left 'em together." He began to toss things left and right in search of the missing article. 

Meanwhile Upton was down on his knees fumbling under his bunk. At Hal's complaint he looked up suspiciously. "I can't find one of mine," he sputtered. "Somebody's been putting up a job on us. Hi! What the----" He finished by pointing toward the fireplace. 

Hal looked. There hung his missing sock. Also one of Upton's and one of Sparrer's, all three misshapen and bulging. 

"Ut would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the childer's stockings," announced Pat gravely. 

With a whoop the three boys fell on the stockings. Entering into the spirit of the occasion they seated themselves on the floor in front of the fire and pulled out the contents as gleefully as ever they had emptied Christmas stockings at home in their younger days. The gifts were trifling in themselves, but the better for that very fact. There were little packages of spruce-gum, a carved paper-knife, a tiny birch-bark canoe, whistles made from buck's horn, a rabbit's foot charm, and other knickknacks of the woods. Pat's voice broke into the midst of the babel produced by the discovery of the socks and their contents. "Five minutes for those who want breakfast," he announced.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What are the names of the people that were missing a stock?
2. Which people had a missing sock?
3. 
Q2:
1. Did Hal find his missing sock?
2. Was the missing sock found by Hal?
3. 
Q3:
1. What is the total number of boys that fell on the stockings?
2. How many boys had stockings?
3. 
Q4:
1. Breakfast would be ready in how many minutes?
2. How many minutes would it take for breakfast to be ready?
3. 
Q5:
1. What are the first two gifts that are mentioned in the story?
2. Which first two gifts does the story mention?
3. 
Q6:
1. What is the material that is used to make the whistles?
2. The whistles are made with what material?
3. 
Q7:
1. It wouldn't be christmas if what wasn't done by the family, according to Pat?
2. What needed to be done in order for it to be christmas, according to Pat?
3. 
Q8:
1. What is the name of the person that said "It would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the children's stockings,"?
2. "It would not be Christmas an' we did not hang the children's stockings," was said by which person?
3. 
Q9:
1. What was wrong with Hal's tummy?
2. What was happening with Hal's tummy?
3. 
Q10:
1. How many minutes would breakfast be ready in at the end?
2. At the end of the story, it was announced that breakfast would be ready in how many minutes?
3. 
Q11:
1. What is the name of the person that said "Five minutes for those who want breakfast,"?
2. "Five minutes for those who want breakfast," was said by which person?
3. 
