CHAPTER VIII.—AMONG THE CLOUDS IN A THUNDERSTORM. 

A cry arose. 

“The balloon has gone up!” 

“Why, the balloonist is nothing but a boy!” 

“My! but ain’t it going up fast!” 

Daniel Hawkins could do nothing but stare after the balloon. 

“Foolish boy, he will be killed!” he gasped. 

Ben Barkley was also amazed. 

“He said he would go up,” he murmured, “but I never supposed that he meant it.” 

The crowd continued to shout. They wondered what it all meant, and some asked the men who had had the balloon in charge, but those individuals had no time to explain. 

They sprang into a wagon and prepared to follow the direction of the balloon, supposing it would come down as soon as the hot air began to cool off. 

Meanwhile, what of Leo? 

So sudden was the upward rush of the balloon that the boy was thrown to the bottom of the basket ere he was aware. 

He clutched the sides and then ventured to look down. The earth seemed to be fading away beneath him. 

For a few minutes he was deadly sick at the stomach and there was a strange ringing in his ears. 

The balloon was moving in the direction of Hopsville. Soon it passed over the town. 

Leo could see the few streets and the brook laid out like a map beneath him. 

He was growing accustomed to his novel situation. 

On and on went the balloon. 

The wind appeared to blow stronger the higher he went.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What appeared to fade away beneath the balloon?
2. What seemed to disappear from sight beneath the balloon?
3. 
Q2:
1. What is the name of the town that was passed over by the balloon?
2. The balloon passed over which town?
3. 
Q3:
1. What object passed over Hopsville?
2. Hopsville was passed over by what object?
3. 
Q4:
1. Who is the balloonist?
2. Who was spotted going up in the balloon?
3. 
Q5:
1. What is the name of the balloonist?
2. What is the name of the boy who went up in the balloon?
3. 
Q6:
1. What are the names of the people that followed the balloon?
2. The balloon was followed by which people?
3. 
Q7:
1. Did Leo have any experience in flying a balloon?
2. Was flying a balloon one of the things that Leo knew how to do?
3. 
Q8:
1. Did Leo get used to the situation?
2. Was Leo getting accustomed to flying in the balloon?
3. 
Q9:
1. What is the name of the person who got ill?
2. Which person in the story got sick?
3. 
Q10:
1. Where did the ringing take place in Leo's body?
2. Which part of Leo's body was ringing?
3. 
