CHAPTER XVI 

FRANK KILLS A DEER 

They plodded through the bush for an hour or two without seeing any living thing except a few pigeons, and Harry began to look doubtful. 

"If it was early morning, I'd try one of the rock outcrops where nothing grows," he observed. "The deer get up on to those places out of the dew then. As it's afternoon, I don't know which way to head." 

Frank glanced at his clothes. Keen as he was on hunting, he would not have been sorry to head for home, for his duck trousers were badly torn and one of his boots which had been rather the worse for wear when he started was almost dropping off his foot. They trudged on, however, and accident favored them, as it often does when one is hunting, for at last when they were in very thick bush Harry dropped suddenly behind a patch of withered fern. 

"Look there!" he said softly. "Right ahead of you yonder." 

Frank gazed ahead with straining eyes, but he could only see the great trunks stretching back in serried ranks. He had heard somewhat to his astonishment that it is not often that a novice can see a deer in the bush even when it is pointed out to him, but now, it seemed, the thing was true. He could have declared that there was not a deer anywhere within the range of his vision. 

"Right in front," whispered Harry, impatiently. "About seventy yards off. Oh, look yonder!"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What moment in the day were they at?
2. When in the day does the story take place?
3. 
Q2:
1. Had the group caught anything yet?
2. Had anything fallen into the group's clutches so far?
3. 
Q3:
1. How long had the group been walking without seeing anything?
2. How much time had the group spent walking without coming across anything?
3. 
Q4:
1. Was Frank prepared to head home?
2. Did Frank feel it was time to go back to the house?
3. 
Q5:
1. Did Frank like hunting?
2. Was Frank a hunting enthusiast?
3. 
Q6:
1. Did Frank's boots fit?
2. Were Frank's boots in his size?
3. 
Q7:
1. What kind of pants was Frank wearing?
2. What sort of trousers did Frank have on?
3. 
Q8:
1. Were Frank's pants in good condition?
2. Was the quality of Frank's trousers still high?
3. 
Q9:
1. What was wrong with Frank's pants?
2. What was the problems with Frank's trousers?
3. 
Q10:
1. What did Harry hide behind?
2. What did Harry shield himself with?
3. 
Q11:
1. Where would Harry and Frank have gone were it morning?
2. Where would a morning trek have led Harry and Frank?
3. 
Q12:
1. Are there deer in the rock outcrops?
2. Do the rock outcrops contain deer?
3. 
Q13:
1. Why do the deer like the rock outcrops?
2. What is pleasing about the rock outcrops to the deer?
3. 
