TO THE PUPIL
1. What is a hero? Whom do you most admire of all the heroes you have read about in this book?
2. Why did Commodore Dewey go with his fleet to the Philippines?
3. Imagine yourself with him, and give an account of the battle.
4. What did Lieutenant Hobson and his men do? Impersonating Hobson, give an account of the daring feat.
5. What caused the war with Spain? What were its most striking results?
6. What do you admire in the character of Admiral Dewey? What, in the American sailors in the war with Spain?
7. What do the following dates signify: 1492, 1607, 1620, 1775-1783, 1861-1865, 1898?