CHAPTER I 

I SET OFF UPON MY JOURNEY TO THE HOUSE OF SHAWS 

I will begin the story of my adventures with a certain morning early in the month of June, the year of grace 1751, when I took the key for the last time out of the door of my father's house. The sun began to shine upon the summit of the hills as I went down the road; and by the time I had come as far as the manse, the blackbirds were whistling in the garden lilacs, and the mist that hung around the valley in the time of the dawn was beginning to arise and die away. 

Mr. Campbell, the minister of Essendean, was waiting for me by the garden gate, good man! He asked me if I had breakfasted; and hearing that I lacked for nothing, he took my hand in both of his and clapped it kindly under his arm. 

"Well, Davie, lad," said he, "I will go with you as far as the ford, to set you on the way." And we began to walk forward in silence. 

"Are ye sorry to leave Essendean?" said he, after awhile. 

"Why, sir," said I, "if I knew where I was going, or what was likely to become of me, I would tell you candidly. Essendean is a good place indeed, and I have been very happy there; but then I have never been anywhere else. My father and mother, since they are both dead, I shall be no nearer to in Essendean than in the Kingdom of Hungary, and, to speak truth, if I thought I had a chance to better myself where I was going I would go with a good will."  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What place were they departing from?
2. Where is Davie leaving?
3. What place was Davie leaving behind?
Q2:
1. Did Davie regret leaving Essendean?
2. Was the narrator sad to leave Essendean behind?
3. Did the narrator have some regrets about leaving Essendean?
Q3:
1. Was Essendean a bad area?
2. Was Essendean a bad place to live?
3. Did Essendean have a bad reputation?
Q4:
1. Were the narrator's parents still alive?
2. Did the narrator still have both parents?
3. Were Davie's parents still living?
Q5:
1. Where was the kingdom that the narrator mentions?
2. What nation's kingdom does the narrator bring up?
3. Where is the kingdom that the narrator talked about located?
Q6:
1. Where was Davie going?
2. Where was the narrator headed off to?
3. Where was the narrator leaving Essendean to go?
Q7:
1. In what year did the narrator's trip begin?
2. When did the narrator's adventures start?
3. In what year did Davie set off on his adventures?
Q8:
1. At what time of day does the narrator begin the story of his adventures?
2. What time does the story of Davie's adventures begin?
3. At what point in the day did the narrator set off on his adventures?
Q9:
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2. 
3. 
Q10:
1. Was the sun shining when the narrator left?
2. Was it sunny on the day the narrator left Essendean?
3. Was the sun out when the narrator set off?
Q11:
1. Who was waiting for the narrator?
2. Who was waiting to accompany the narrator?
3. Who was looking out for the narrator?
Q12:
1. What is Mr. Campbell's function?
2. What does Mr. Campbell do for a living?
3. What position does Mr. Campbell occupy?
Q13:
1. Where was Mr. Campbell waiting for the narrator?
2. Where did the narrator spot Mr. Campbell waiting for him?
3. Where did the narrator see that Mr. Campbell was looking out for him?
Q14:
1. Was Mr. Campbell cruel?
2. Was the narrator frightened of Mr. Campbell?
3. Did Mr. Campbell have a malevolent nature?
Q15:
1. Had the narrator already eaten when he saw Mr. Campbell?
2. Had Davie already eaten breakfast?
3. Did Davie have breakfast before joining Mr. Campbell?
Q16:
1. What was the narrator's name?
2. What did Mr. Campbell call the narrator?
3. What is the name of the person telling the story?
Q17:
1. How far was Mr. Campbell willing to accompany Davie?
2. How far did Mr. Campbell agree to go with Davie?
3. What distance did the minister agree to travel with the narrator?
