CHAPTER NINE. 

HESTER INTRODUCED TO A NEW HOME AND NEW FRIENDS UNDER PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND A NEW NAME. 

Long before their flight was discovered Hester Sommers and Dinah had penetrated into a dense thicket, where the negress proceeded to produce a wonderful metamorphosis. 

"Now, my dear," she said, hastily undoing a large bundle which she carried, while Hester, panting and terrified, sat down on the grass beside her, "don't you be frighted. I's your fri'nd. I's Dinah, de sister ob Peter de Great, an' de fri'nd also ob Geo'ge. So you make your mind easy." 

"My mind is quite easy," said Hester; "and even if you were not Peter's sister, I'd trust you, because of the tone of your kind voice. But who is Geo'ge?" 

Dinah opened her eyes very wide at this question, for Peter had already enlightened her mind a little as to the middy's feelings towards Hester. 

"You not know Geo'ge?" she asked. 

"Never heard of him before, Dinah." 

"Geo'ge Foster?" 

"Oh, I understand! It was your way of pronouncing his name that puzzled me," returned the girl, with a faint smile. "I'm glad you are his friend, too, poor fellow!" 

"Well, you _is_ a babby!" exclaimed Dinah, who had been mixing up what appeared to be black paint in a wooden bowl. "Now, look yar, don't you be frighted. It's a matter ob life an' deaf, you know, but _I's_ your fri'nd! Jest you do zackly what I tells you." 

"Yes, Dinah," said Hester, alarmed, notwithstanding, by the earnestness and solemnity of her new friend, "what am I to do?"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who traveled into the forest?
2. Who went where there were a lot of woods?
3. 
Q2:
1. When did Hester and Dinah go to the woods?
2. At what point did Hester and Dinah travel deep into the trees?
3. 
Q3:
1. What were the trees undergoing?
2. What was going on with the forest?
3. 
Q4:
1. Who was creating a metamorphosis?
2. Who was causing a large shift?
3. 
Q5:
1. How long before Hester and Dinah's flight was discovered?
2. How long did it take before Hester and Dinah's trip was noticed?
3. 
Q6:
1. What were Dinah's words to Hester?
2. What message did Dinah transmit to Hester?
3. 
Q7:
1. What was Dinah doing as she spoke to Hester?
2. What did Dinah do at the same time as talking to Hester?
3. 
Q8:
1. Did Dinah have a small bundle?
2. Was Dinah's bundle quite tiny?
3. 
Q9:
1. What were Hester's emotions?
2. What sort of state was Hester in?
3. 
Q10:
1. What was Hester doing?
2. What action was Hester performing?
3. 
Q11:
1. Who did Hester sit by?
2. Who was Hester seated next to?
3. 
Q12:
1. Where were Hester and Dinah seated?
2. What location were Hester and Dinah sitting in?
3. 
Q13:
1. Who is Dinah's male sibling?
2. What is the name of Dinah's brother?
3. 
