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1. 1.

   What did Hubert recall when he heard a noise among the boughs?
2. 2.

   What trick had the thieves used to get the inmates out of the house?
3. 3.

   What do you think of the way Hubert dealt with the thieves? Was this a humorous story?
4. 4.

   Choose the right answer.

   1. Riding through the Vale of Blackmore Hubert fancies that he 
      1. sees strange faces in the boughs.
      2. hears a strange noise among the boughs.
      3. is spending the night in a lavish mansion.
   2. Hubert hears the three thieves in conversation from
      1. outside the house
      2. inside the closet in the house
      3. under the table
   3. All the inhabitants of the house had gone to 
      1. help a man who was crying out in distress.
      2. see who as knocking on the door.
      3. celebrate Christmas Eve.
   4. To establish the claim that he is a travelling magician, Hubert says that he can
      1. conjure a tempest in a cupboard.
      2. make everybody sneeze.
      3. make men appear from inside a closet.
   5. After the spasmodic sneezing and groaning, the thieves want to come out of the closet because
      1. they plan to run of there.
      2. they want to beg for mercy.
      3. they fear they will die of suffocation.
5. 5.

   "What do i care?" he said loud, after a few minutes of reflection, "Jerry's legs are too nimble to allow any highwayman to come near me."

   1. Who says these words?
   2. Where is the speaker when he says these words? Why is he there?
   3. What happens to the speaker and Jerry immediately after?
6. 6.

   "But they will soon find out that it was a false alarm. Come, where shall we hide?"

   1. Who does "they" refer to here?
   2. What is the "false alarm"?
   3. Where do "they" decide to hide? Why do they choose that place?