1. What happens to Toby? 2. What's an idiom? What does Christopher's mom mean by, "Go on or you'll catch your death?” 3. Find an example of a conflict and determine whether is internal or external. Then analyze its significance.

1. Who's Toby?

2. An idiom is a phrase that is has non-literal meaning. She probably means that Christopher needs to hurry before he dies of old age.

3. Where is the conflict?

This question was incomplete so the answer is incomplete.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."