After the first World War, a small group of veterans returned to their village in Britain. Most of them managed to get along fairly well, but one--Francis Blustering, who had been wounded and who never recovered his strength-- was unable to work like others. In time he became very poor. Yet he was too proud to accept anything from the people in the village. 

Once, these veterans held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made a good deal of money. Grandin produced a curiosity --a large old gold coin. Each man examined it with interest as it passed around the long table. All, however, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, so that the gold piece was soon forgotten. Later, when Grandin remembered it and asked for it, the coin was missing. 

One of them suggested everyone be searched, to which all agreed, except Blustering. "You refuse, then?" asked Grandin. Blustering said with a red face, "Yes, I cannot allow it." 

One by one, the others turned out their pockets. When the coin failed to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering. Under the pitying stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home. 

A few years later, Grandin made his house repaired. A workman found the gold coin, buried in dirt between planks of the floor. Hurrying to Blustering's home, Grandin apologized to him. 

"But why didn't you allow yourself be searched?" 

"Because I was a thief," Blustering said brokenly. "For weeks we had not had enough to eat and my pockets were full of food that I had taken from the table to carry home to my wife and hungry children." QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. What country does the story take place in?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who went back to their village?
2. Who returned to the place where they lived?
3. 
Q3:
1. Did all of the veterans do well?
2. Were all of the veterans well off?
3. 
Q4:
1. Which veteran was struggling?
2. Which of the veterans was not doing well?
3. 
Q5:
1. How did Francis Blustering fall on hard times?
2. Why wasn't Francis Blustering doing well?
3. 
Q6:
1. Did Francis Blustering have a job?
2. Was Francis Blustering employed?
3. 
Q7:
1. Who hosted a dinner?
2. Who had all the veterans over for dinner?
3. 
Q8:
1. Why did Jules Grandin host the dinner?
2. Why was a dinner organized?
3. 
Q9:
1. What did Jules Grandin show the veterans?
2. What did Jules Grandin allow his friends to look at?
3. 
Q10:
1. Did the coin slip Jules Grandin's mind?
2. Did Jules Grandin stop thinking about the coin?
3. 
Q11:
1. What was suggested by one veteran?
2. What did one veteran say should be done about the missing coin?
3. 
Q12:
1. Did everyone accept being searched?
2. Was everyone ok with emptying out their pockets?
3. 
