Question

classroom cereal
story 22 part 4 of 5
\the legend of the lone candle\
part 4 of 5: the lone candle
as heinous grew old, he grew paranoid too. he roamed the village of fairview then sneaking through the forest at night, searching for general washingtons buried treasure. townspeople said that on a dark, quiet night, you could hear the sound of twigs as thomas trudged through the forest, destroying the ground around general washingtons gold. you could see his lone candle flickering amidst the trees, bobbing in the night as he searched for children.
naturally, going near the forest became a sort of game for the students of the fairview schoolhouse. dares to get close to the trees became as routine as a morning school bell. one day in the year 1850, a girl named sarah and a boy named ezekiel, zeke for short, accepted one of these dares. they entered the forest just before their teacher called the students inside after their afternoon recess. by the time school was over, sarah and zeke still hadnt come out. they were still missing at sundown. that night, a mob of townspeople carried torches into the forest, looking for sarah, zeke, or thomas smith. they finally found sarah and zeke asleep on the floor of thomass cabin. the children awoke confused. all they remembered was being attacked, by an animal or something else, soon after entering the forest. thomas was nowhere to be found and the cabin was empty, except for one thing. thomass lone candle still sat on the porch, flickering steadily in the night, as if it had been there all along.
directions

1. read the story
2. take the first action
3. mark the errors using the key

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○ - add punctuation

• capitalize letter

ⓧ - remove word
⌒ - wrong word
△ - make letter busy case
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question
why did thomas smith patrol the forest at night?

Explanation:

The text states Thomas grew paranoid, believing Fairview children sneaked through the forest at night to search for General Washington's buried treasure, so he patrolled to guard it.

Answer:

Thomas Smith patrolled the forest at night because he was paranoid that children from Fairview were sneaking through the forest to search for General Washington's buried treasure, and he was guarding the area around the gold.