CHAPTER XXIX 

"WOUNDED AND MISSING" 

"Battered but Not Broken" was the headline in Monday's paper, and Susan repeated it over and over to herself as she went about her work. The gap caused by the St. Quentin disaster had been patched up in time, but the Allied line was being pushed relentlessly back from the territory they had purchased in 1917 with half a million lives. On Wednesday the headline was "British and French Check Germans"; but still the retreat went on. Back--and back--and back! Where would it end? Would the line break again--this time disastrously? 

On Saturday the headline was "Even Berlin Admits Offensive Checked," and for the first time in that terrible week the Ingleside folk dared to draw a long breath. 

"Well, we have got one week over--now for the next," said Susan staunchly. 

"I feel like a prisoner on the rack when they stopped turning it," Miss Oliver said to Rilla, as they went to church on Easter morning. "But I am not off the rack. The torture may begin again at any time." 

"I doubted God last Sunday," said Rilla, "but I don't doubt him today. Evil cannot win. Spirit is on our side and it is bound to outlast flesh." 

Nevertheless her faith was often tried in the dark spring that followed. Armageddon was not, as they had hoped, a matter of a few days. It stretched out into weeks and months. Again and again Hindenburg struck his savage, sudden blows, with alarming, though futile success. Again and again the military critics declared the situation extremely perilous. Again and again Cousin Sophia agreed with the military critics.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many lost their lives in 1917?
2. What was the number of people killed in 1917?
3. How many people passed away in 1917?
Q2:
1. What was the headline on Monday?
2. What headline did the newspaper have on Monday?
3. WHat sentence did the newspaper lead with on Monday?
Q3:
1. What was the headline on Wednesday?
2. What headline did the newspaper have on Wednesday?
3. WHat did the newspaper lead with on Wednesday?
Q4:
1. Who retreated?
2. Who was moving back?
3. WHo was choosing not to advance?
Q5:
1. Who was concerned by the retreat?
2. Who was feeling nervous about the retreat?
3. Who got anxious concerning the retreat?
Q6:
1. Did an end seem near?
2. Did there seem to be light at the end of the tunnel?
3. Did it seem as though the conflict was coming to an end?
Q7:
1. What was the headline on Saturday?
2. What headline did the newspaper have on Saturday?
3. WHat phrase did the newspaper lead with on Saturday?
Q8:
1. Did Saturday's headline come as a relief?
2. Was Saturday's headline a relief?
3. Was everyone relieved by Saturday's headline?
Q9:
1. Who was relieved by Saturday's headline?
2. For whom did Saturday's headline come as a relief?
3. Who felt a weight come off their shoulders reading Saturday's headline?
Q10:
1. Whose faith was waning?
2. Who felt as though she didn't have much faith left?
3. Who was having trouble believing in the cause?
Q11:
1. Did Rilla regain her faith?
2. Did Rilla's faith come back to her?
3. Did Rilla manage to believe in the cause once again?
Q12:
1. Who did Rilla discuss her crisis of faith with?
2. Who did Rilla talk to about losing her faith?
3. With whom did Rilla discuss her loss in faith?
Q13:
1. When did Rilla talk to Miss Oliver about losing her faith?
2. When did Rilla speak to Miss Oliver about temporarily losing her faith?
3. When was the discussion between Miss Oliver and Rilla?
Q14:
1. What was the location of Rilla and Miss Oliver's discussion?
2. Where did Rilla speak with Miss Oliver?
3. Where did Rilla have a conversation with Miss Oliver?
Q15:
1. Did the war seem less dangerous as the time passed?
2. Was the war becoming less violent as time went on?
3. Did the passing of time make the war appear less dangerous?
Q16:
1. Who talked about the war stretching out months and months?
2. Who said the war was not becoming less and less dangerous?
3. Who noted the continued threat posed by the war?
Q17:
1. Did cousin Sophia agree with the military critics?
2. Did cousin Sophia think that the military critics are correct?
3. Was Cousin Sophia in agreement with the military critics?
Q18:
1. Who kept striking?
2. Who did strikes continue to come from?
3. Who was the source of continued strikes?
Q19:
1. How long did the strikes continue for?
2. For how long did the strikes continue to last?
3. How much time were there strikes continuing for?
