Rover Boys on the River

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By Arthur M. Winfield

COMPREHENSION
1. Where did the Rover boys plan to go over the summer?
    A. Putnam Hall
    B. Ohio River
    C. back to the farm
    D. Jackville
    E. the mountains

2. What is “Old Glory”?
    A. a gentle breeze
    B. the camp
    C. the houseboat
    D. the USA flag
    E. the camp leader

3. What trick did the boys play on William Philander Tubbs on the encampment?
    A. dragged him through the cornfield and made him sit very close to the campfire
    B. hid one of his walking shoes
    C. colored him black with burnt cork and told him to go see Captain Putnam
    D. Lew Flapp put burrs into his bed
    E. No tricks were played on him, he slept great all night long.

4. What was found in Dick’s coat?
    A. Two plain gold rings and one set with a topaz
    B. A gold ring and pair of child’s bracelets
    C. Articles that were Dick’s private property
    D. All of the Above
    E. None of the Above

5. Where did Sam catch Lew Flapp?
    A. At Dan Baxter’s house
    B. Stopped him in the barber shop
    C. Never met up with Lew
    D. In the train station in Oak Run
    E. Locked him in a receiving vault

6. What scared “Chips”?
    A. Dan Baxter attacked him
    B. Sam and Fred yelled at him
    C. A fellow threw circus bills at them
    D. Dick played a trick to scare him
    E. Chips was never scared

7. Who was in the last act of the circus?
    A. Chips and Sam
    B. Aleck
    C. Horses and bareback rider
    D. Hanky-Panky and the clown
    E. Hanky-Panky and Fozzler

8. What was Pittsburg commonly called?
    A. Oak Run Valley
    B. Train Depot
    C. Houseboat Alley
    D. Smoky City
    E. Pittsburg

9. Who was on the river boat “Beaver” that carried large quantities of freight and few passengers?
    A. The Rover boys
    B. Stanhope and Laning girls
    C. Dan Baxter and Lew Flapp
    D. Rover Boy’s school chums
    E. Captain Putnam

10. What helped the Rover boys in the darkness of the wood shed at the lumber yard?
    A. New-style electric pocket light
    B. Jackknife
    C. Lantern
    D. Match
    E. Electric light bulbs

11. What town was the “Dora” docked at when it and the girls disappeared?
    A. Louisville
    B. Skemport
    C. Penwick
    D. Pleasant Hills
    E. Pittsburg

12. What was the second launch looking?
    A. Lew Flapp and Dan Baxter
    B. The “Dora” and the girls
    C. Captain Starr
    D. Couple of horse thieves
    E. Jake Shaggam

13. Where did Baxter, Flapp, Gouch and Loring decide they would take the houseboat?
    A. Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
    B. Up Shaggam Creek
    C. Back up the river
    D. Stop along the shore of Kentucky
    E. Stock Breeders’ Rest

14. How did the girls try to escape from the houseboat?
    A. Take the rowboat to shore
    B. Swim to shore
    C. Overpower the men on the houseboat
    D. Yell for help
    E. Didn’t try to escape

15. Who helped rescue Dora, Nellie and the houseboat?
    A. Captain Starr
    B. Paul Livingstone
    C. Jake Shaggam
    D. Hans and Fred
    E. All of the Above

ANTONYMS (OPPOSITES)

16. anticipated
    A. foresee
    B. unforeseen
    C. expected
    D. predict
    E. envision

17. astonished
    A. bewildered
    B. overwhelmed
    C. oriented
    D. surprised
    E. flabbergasted

18. disclosure
    A. confession
    B. discovery
    C. revelation
    D. leak
    E. denial

19. grave
    A. unimportant
    B. serious
    C. critical
    D. crucial
    E. vital

20. perplexity
    A. confound
    B. confusion
    C. baffle
    D. understanding
    E. bewilderment

21. preposterous
    A. ridiculous
    B. outrageous
    C. unbelievable
    D. absurd
    E. sensible

22. calamity
    A. blessing
    B. disaster
    C. catastrophe
    D. mishap
    E. tragedy

23. alacrity
    A. quickness
    B. swiftness
    C. eagerly
    D. leisurely
    E. quickly

24. ignorance
    A. unaware
    B. knowledge
    C. uninformed
    D. naïve
    E. unaware

25. disconsolately
    A. unhappily
    B. gloomily
    C. contentedly
    D. sadly
    E. miserably

SENTENCE COMPLETION:

26. It is possible that some other cadet would not have been --- in this fashion by the bully.
    A. hoodwinked
    B. persuaded
    C. asked
    D. tricked
    E. duped

27. From some boys in the --- he had learned that the Rover boys belonged to Putnam Hall cadets.
    A. community
    B. country side
    C. town
    D. hamlet
    E. academy

28. The Rover boys wee to start for home the next day and that night a large number of the cadets
held a special --- on the parade grounds in front of the Hall.
    A. festival
    B. jollification
    C. party
    D. campfire
    E. celebration

29. Here were located a number of factories and mills, with several tenement houses and low ---
between.
    A. saloon
    B. tavern
    C. groggeries
    D. hostelry
    E. pub

30. The prospects looked bright to the two horse thieves, and as soon as Loring returned to the
houseboat he and Hamp Gouch applied themselves --- to the liquor taken from Captain Starr’s
private locker.
    A. arduously
    B. laboriously
    C. painstakingly
    D. carelessly
    E. haphazardly

Book Test—Answers
1. B – page 2
2. D – page 5
3. C – page 19-24
4. D – page 38-39
5. E – page 88
6. C – page 112
7. E – page 128
8. D – page 133
9. C – page 151
10. A – page 157
11. B – page 177
12. D – page 199
13. B – page 206
14. A – page 220
15. E – page 245
16. B
17. C
18. E
19. A
20. D
21. E
22. A
23. D
24. B
25. C
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. A