CHAPTER XXXVII 

THE END OF A BOYHOOD 

Convinced of his own worthlessness, Tommy was sufficiently humble now, but Aaron Latta, nevertheless, marched to the square on the following market day and came back with the boy's sentence, Elspeth being happily absent. 

"I say nothing about the disgrace you have brought on this house," the warper began without emotion, "for it has been a shamed house since afore you were born, and it's a small offence to skail on a clarty floor. But now I've done more for you than I promised Jean Myles to do, and you had your pick atween college and the herding, and the herding you've chosen twice. I call you no names, you ken best what you're fitted for, but I've seen the farmer of the Dubb of Prosen the day, and he was short-handed through the loss of Tod Lindertis, so you're fee'd to him. Dinna think you get Tod's place, it'll be years afore you rise to that, but it's right and proper that as he steps up, you should step down." 

"The Dubb of Prosen!" cried Tommy in dismay. "It's fifteen miles frae here." 

"It's a' that." 

"But--but--but Elspeth and me never thought of my being so far away that she couldna see me. We thought of a farmer near Thrums." 

"The farther you're frae her the better," said Aaron, uneasily, yet honestly believing what he said. 

"It'll kill her," Tommy cried fiercely. With only his own suffering to consider he would probably have nursed it into a play through which he stalked as the noble child of misfortune, but in his anxiety for Elspeth he could still forget himself. "Fine you ken she canna do without me," he screamed.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who performs the role of a parent for Tommy?
2. Who is like a father to Tommy?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who is the warper?
2. Who is referred to as a warper?
3. 
Q3:
1. Who does Tommy seem keen on?
2. Who is it implied that Tommy has affection for?
3. 
Q4:
1. Is it implied that Tommy has been on good behavior prior to the passage's events?
2. Does it seem like Tommy has been acting like a good boy before the passage starts?
3. 
Q5:
1. Is Tommy probably going to change locations soon?
2. Will Tommy likely go somewhere else in the near future?
3. 
Q6:
1. Where is Tommy probably going to move to?
2. What is likely to be Tommy's next location?
3. 
Q7:
1. What will Tommy do at Dubb of Prosen?
2. What will be Tommy's business at the Dubb of Prosen?
3. 
Q8:
1. Does Tommy want to move to the Dubb of Prosen?
2. Is Tommy keen on going to the Dubb of Prosen?
3. 
Q9:
1. Where would Tommy rather go than the Dubb of Prosen?
2. If Tommy could choose, where would he prefer to go over the Dubb of Prosen?
3. 
Q10:
1. What makes Thurms preferable to Tommy over the Dubb of Prosen?
2. Why would Tommy rather go to Thurms than the Dubb of Prosen?
3. 
Q11:
1. Was Tommy allowed to further his education?
2. Was Tommy given the opportunity to keep studying?
3. 
Q12:
1. Did Tommy decide to continue his education?
2. Did Tommy choose to keep studying?
3. 
