Q: 

1、Who are the main characters introduced in Chap. 1? 

  Polly Plummer

2、How do they meet? Why has the boy been crying? 

  The boy scrambled up fro the back garden next door when the girl was out the garden.

  His mother was dead and his father was in India ,so he lived with an Aunt and an Uncle,but these two grow-ups liked mad ,he felt very sad.

3、What is the setting (where does the story take place, and what time of year is it)? 

 London in the summer holidays

4、How does the weather affect the adventure? 

  A wettest and coldest summers

5、What did the girl discover in the box-room (storage room) in the attic? 

   The cistern and a dark place which was like a long tunnel with brick wall .

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1、She blew out her candle and stepped out into the strange room, making no more noise than a mouse. 

2、It was dreadfully unlike anything a grown-up would be expected to do. 

3、This is too good an opportunity to miss.