CHAPTER XVI: The March to Derby. 

Two days later when the jailer brought in breakfast to their cell he dropped on the table by the side of the loaf a tiny ball of paper, and then without a word went out and locked the back door. Malcolm put his finger to his lips as Ronald was about to utter an exclamation of joy. 

"One's appetite is not as good here as it was when we were tramping the hills, Ronald; but one looks forward to one's meals; they form a break in the time." 

So saying, he took up one of the lumps of bread and began to ear, securing at the same time the pellet of paper. "We can't be too careful," he said in a whisper. "It is quite possible that they may be able to overhear us." 

"I don't see how," Ronald replied in the same tone; "I see no crack or crevice through which sound could pass." 

"You may not see one," Malcolm said, "but it may exist for all that. One of the boards of the ceiling may be as thin as paper, and anyone listening through could hear every word we say when we speak in our natural voices. The magistrates evidently believe that they have made a valuable capture, and would give anything to prove that their suspicions are correct. Now, I will go and stand at that grated opening and look at this paper, if they are watching us they will see nothing then."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What do meals form according to the story?
2. What does the story say that meals do?
3. 
Q2:
1. Were meals highly anticipated?
2. Do the men in the story look forward to the meals?
3. 
Q3:
1. Do the men have a big appetite when looking forward to the meals?
2. Are the meals highly anticipated because of the men's hunger?
3. 
Q4:
1. Were the men spoken to by the jailer when he brought them their meal?
2. Did the jailer speak to the men as he brought them their meal?
3. 
Q5:
1. What type of meal did the jailer bring to the men?
2. The men were given what type of meal by the jailer?
3. 
Q6:
1. What were the names of the men in the story?
2. What were the men in the story called?
3. 
Q7:
1. Did Malcolm want to be careful about something?
2. Was some sort of suspicion felt by Malcolm?
3. 
Q8:
1. What did Malcolm want to be careful about?
2. What was Malcolm suspicious of?
3. 
Q9:
1. Did Malcolm speak in a specific tone in order to avoid being heard?
2. Did Malcolm adjust the manner in which he spoke in order to avoid being heard?
3. 
Q10:
1. Did Ronald believe that it was likely that him and Malcolm would be heard?
2. Was it likely that Ronald and Malcolm be heard, according to Ronald?
3. 
Q11:
1. What reason did Ronald give for thinking that it was unlikely that him and Malcolm be heard?
2. Why was it unlikely that Malcolm and Ronald be heard, according to Ronald?
3. 
Q12:
1. Where could Malcolm and Ronald be heard, according to Malcolm?
2. Malcolm believed that they could possibly be heard from where?
3. 
Q13:
1. Did Malcolm think that him and Ronald were being watched?
2. Were Ronald and Malcolm being watched, according to Malcolm?
3. 
Q14:
1. Which group of people in the story captured Malcolm and Ronald?
2. Malcolm and Ronald were captured by which people in the story?
3. 
