CHAPTER VII

The Beginning of Troubles

Lily, as she parted with her lover in the garden, had required of him to attend upon her the next morning as he went to his shooting, and in obedience to this command he appeared on Mrs Dale's lawn after breakfast, accompanied by Bernard and two dogs. The men had guns in their hands, and were got up with all proper sporting appurtenances, but it so turned out that they did not reach the stubble-fields on the farther side of the road until after luncheon. And may it not be fairly doubted whether croquet is not as good as shooting when a man is in love?

It will be said that Bernard Dale was not in love; but they who bring such accusation against him, will bring it falsely. He was in love with his cousin Bell according to his manner and fashion. It was not his nature to love Bell as John Eames loved Lily; but then neither would his nature bring him into such a trouble as that which the charms of Amelia Roper had brought upon the poor clerk from the Income-tax Office. Johnny was susceptible, as the word goes; whereas Captain Dale was a man who had his feelings well under control. He was not one to make a fool of himself about a girl, or to die of a broken heart; but, nevertheless, he would probably love his wife when he got a wife, and would be a careful father to his children.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. yes
2. no
3. in the garden
4. to attend upon her
5. doubting
6. yes
7. cousin
8. yes
9. Bernard
10. yes

1. Would people claim bernard wasn't in love?
2. was it true?
3. Lily left her romantic partner where?
4. what did she want him to do?
5. what relation to him was Bernard's love?
6. Was bernard's partner related to him?
7. how?
8. Did Liliy's man do as instructed?
9. who was he with?
10. any other companions?


Living in a foreign culture can be exciting, but it can also be confusing . A group of Americans who taught English in other countries recently discussed their experiences. They decided that miscommunications were always possible, even over something as simple as"yes"and"no". On her first day in Micronesia, an island in the Pacific, Lisa thought people weren't paying any attention to her. The day was hot. She went into a store and asked, "Do you have cold drinks? "The woman there didn't say anything. Lisa repeated the question. Still the woman said nothing. She later learned that the woman had answered her: She had raised her eyebrows , which in Micronesia means"yes". Jan remembered an experience she had in Bulgaria, a country in Europe. She went to a restaurant that was known for its cabbage. She asked the waiter, "Do you have cabbage today? "He nodded his head. Jan waited, but the cabbage never came. In that country, a nod means"no". Tom had a similar problem when he arrived in India. After explaining something in class, he asked his students if they understood. They answered with many different nods and shakes of the head. He thought some people had not understood, so he explained again. When he asked again, they did the same thing. He soon found out that his students did understand. In India, people nod and shake their heads in different ways depending on where they come from. You have to know where a person is from to understand whether they mean"yes"or"no".

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Micronesia
2. an island in the Pacific
3. people weren't paying any attention to her
4. Do you have cold drinks?
5. She didn't say anything
6. yes
7. her eyebrows
8. yes
9. Bulgaria
10. Europe
11. Do you have cabbage today?
12. He nodded
13. no
14. India.
15. if they understood
16. different nods and shakes of the head
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. They experienced different cultures

1. Where did Lisa talk about?
2. and what is that?
3. what did she think?
4. what did she ask the woman?
5. how did the woman reply?
6. Did she move anything?
7. what?
8. what does that mean in that country?
9. Where did Jan talk about?
10. where is that located?
11. What did she ask?
12. how did the server respond?
13. does that mean yes or no there?
14. Where did Tom have his experience?
15. what did he ask his students?
16. how did they respond?
17. did Tom misunderstand the response?
18. did his students understand?
19. do head shakes and nods mean the same thing in India?
20. what do all these people I've mentioned do in common?


Sydney (CNN) -- Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott, the two men vying to be Australia's prime minister in the September 7 national election, offer contrasting views on China, the country that looms largest on Australia's economic and strategic horizon.

Rudd, the Chinese-speaking incumbent prime minister in the Labor-led government, says the China resources boom is over and Australia needs to prepare for that transition, given how important China has become as a trade partner in the past decade.

China is a key destination for Australian resources such as iron ore, coal and LNG. But in recent months, even China's breakneck economic pace has hit some speed bumps.

On the broader geopolitical front, Rudd wants China and the United States to carve out a new Asia-Pacific "strategic road-map" that will enhance trade, investment and security in the region.

READ MORE: Rudd: Better second time around?

The Opposition's view on China

Abbott, who has led the opposition Liberal Party since 2009, wants the Australia-China relationship to move from one based on shared interests to one of "shared values."

But he notes that Australia's friendship with China is more recent than that with Japan, and less developed than that with the United States.

In a major policy speech to a business audience in Beijing last year, Abbott said he believed it would take time before Australia's ties with China approached "the warmth that we take for granted with America." Still, he believes it is an effort worth making.

Like his mentor, former Australian prime minister John Howard, Abbott is a rock-solid supporter of Australia's military alliance with the United States, and believes that it is possible to be friends both with Washington and Beijing. Howard, he said, "understood that you could make a new friend without losing an old one."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has led the Liberal Party?
2. Who is he running against?
3. What language does Rudd speak?
4. Why is China important to Australia?
5. What does Rudd want China and the United States to do?
6. What is Abbott's view on the Australia-China relationship?
7. Who does Australia have a more recent friendship with?
8. Is China important to Australia?
9. Do Abbot and Rudd hold the same views on China?
10. Who is Abbott's mentor?
11. Who is John Howard?
12. Does Abbott think it's worth the effort to maintain ties with China?
13. What will the "strategic road-map" help do?
14. Where did Abbott give a policy speech last year?
15. How long has Abbott led the Liberal Party?
16. When is the election?
17. What office are the two running for?
18. Does Australia have a longer friendship with Japan or China?
19. What did Abbot say in his speech in Beijing?
20. What does John Howard think of Abbott?

1. Tony Abbott
2. Kevin Rudd
3. Chinese
4. China is a key destination for Australian resources
5. carve out a new Asia-Pacific "strategic road-map"
6. to move from one based on shared interests to one of "shared values."
7. China
8. Yes
9. No
10. John Howard
11. former Australian prime minister
12. Yes
13. enhance trade, investment and security
14. Beijing
15. since 2009
16. September 7
17. prime minister
18. Japan
19. it would take time before Australia's ties with China approached "the warmth that we take for granted with America."
20. understood that you could make a new friend without losing an old one."


(CNN) -- Major League Baseball on Monday suspended 13 players, including New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, after an investigation into the use of performance-enhancing drugs.

The league suspended Rodriguez for 211 regular-season games through the 2014 season, but the 38-year-old slugger said he planned to appeal. Twelve other players have accepted 50-game suspensions without pay.

A-Rod and the other players are accused of having ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in south Florida and taking performance-enhancing drugs. Rodriguez has denied the accusation.

"I'm fighting for my life. I have to defend myself. If I don't defend myself, no one else will," he told reporters after the league announced its decision.

Twitter reaction to A-Rod ban

The last seven months have been a "nightmare," he said.

It "has been probably the worst time of my life for sure," said Rodriguez, "obviously for the circumstances that are at hand and also dealing with a very tough surgery and a rehab program, and being 38."

Asked directly whether he had used performance-enhancing drugs, he declined -- repeatedly -- to comment.

"I think we'll have a forum to discuss all of that, and we'll talk about it then," Rodriguez said.

Earlier in a written statement, he said that he was disappointed with the penalty and intends to appeal. He thanked family, friends and fans for their support and stressed that he was eager to get back on the field with his teammates.

Timeline of Alex Rodriguez's rise and fall

His suspension is set to go into effect on Thursday, the league said. But officials also said that Rodriguez could keep playing if he appeals.

1. what question did Alex Rodreguez refuse to answer
2. was he asked just a single time?
3. when does the temporary ban start?
4. how many players are suspended?
5. what organization banned them?
6. which team is Rodreguez with?
7. where are they based?
8. what were the league looking into?
9. What's his nickname?
10. how long had been bad for him?
11. how many games was he banned for?
12. how old is he?
13. anyone else appealing?

1. whether he had used performance-enhancing drugs
2. no
3. Thursday,
4. 13
5. Major League Baseball
6. Yankees
7. New York
8. use of performance-enhancing drugs.
9. A-Rod
10. seven months
11. 211
12. 38
13. yes


Representative democracy (also indirect democracy, representative republic, or psephocracy) is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy. Nearly all modern Western-style democracies are types of representative democracies; for example, the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, Ireland is a unitary parliamentary republic, and the United States is a federal republic.

It is an element of both the parliamentary and the presidential systems of government and is typically used in a lower chamber such as the House of Commons (United Kingdom) or Dáil Éireann (Republic of Ireland), and may be curtailed by constitutional constraints such as an upper chamber. It has been described by some political theorists including Robert A. Dahl, Gregory Houston and Ian Liebenberg as polyarchy. In it the power is in the hands of the elected representatives who are elected by the people in elections.

Representatives are elected by the public, as in national elections for the national legislature. Elected representatives may hold the power to select other representatives, presidents, or other officers of the government or of the legislature, as the Prime Minister in the latter case. (indirect representation).

The power of representatives is usually curtailed by a constitution (as in a constitutional democracy or a constitutional monarchy) or other measures to balance representative power:

Answer this series of questions:

1. who are representatives elected by?
2. does representative democracy have another name?
3. what is it?
4. Are there different types of representative democracy?
5. do the UK and the USA share the same type?
6. what type does the UK have?
7. and what type does the USA have?
8. How is power balanced?
9. what principle is it based on?
10. what type does Ireland have?
11. Who has a house of commons?
12. Who has a Dail Eireann?
13. How many theorists are listed?
14. is it usually used in the lower or upper chamber?
15. is representative democracy the same as direct democracy?

1. the public
2. yes
3. indirect democracy
4. yes
5. no
6. constitutional monarchy
7. federal republic
8. constitutional constraints
9. elected officials representing a group of people
10. unitary parliamentary republic
11. United Kingdom
12. Republic of Ireland
13. some political theorists including Robert A. Dahl, Gregory Houston and Ian Liebenberg
14. lower
15. no


(CNN) -- According to the "Guinness Book of World Records," Sherlock Holmes is the most popular role in the movies.

So if Robert Downey Jr. hardly seems like the iconic Sherlock (he's too short and muscular, and strains to suggest the intellectual arrogance that comes so easily to the English), he can take his place alongside such oddball castings as Buster Keaton, Charlton Heston and George C. Scott. And he's ideally suited to director Guy Ritchie's purpose, which is not to dust off your grandfather's Conan Doyle, but to juice today's kids with a quirky 19th century super sleuth.

What's fun about these movies is that the equation works both ways.

Yes, this Holmes is more likely to get physical than his predecessors, he's even a bit of a boor, but he's still a more cerebral action hero than we find in most blockbusters, and the period trappings (a seamless blend of CGI and location work) help this franchise stand out from the crowd of comic book adaptations.

Ritchie and husband-and-wife screenwriters Kieran and Michele Mulroney ("Paper Man") map out a fast-moving -- if ridiculously digressive -- Victorian adventure that crisscrosses Europe by horseless carriage, train, boat, and, in Sherlock's case, pony.

Just down the road from 221 Baker Street they're digging a tunnel for what will become the London Underground. The Industrial Age is beginning to stretch its muscles, while a series of terrorist atrocities are gnawing at the fragile understanding between the great European powers. Holmes detects something other than social unrest behind the bombings: an evil master plan leading inexorably to his nemesis, Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris).

1. What is the most popular character in films?
2. According to whom?
3. Who is playing Holmes in Guy Ritchie's film?
4. Is he typical for the part?
5. Why not?
6. Who are some other unusual actors cast as the character?
7. Any others?
8. Who else?
9. Is this version of the character less physical than usual?
10. Is he well-mannered?
11. Is he dumber than most film heroes?
12. Who wrote the film's screenplay?
13. What other film are they known for?
14. What continent is the film set on?
15. Is it during the Edwardian era?
16. How do the film characters travel?
17. How else?
18. Any other means?
19. How does the main character travel?
20. What is the name of the main character's enemy?

1. Sherlock Holmes
2. Guinness book of world records
3. Robert Downey Jr.
4. no
5. he's too short and muscular
6. Buster Keaton
7. Charlton Heston
8. George C. Scott
9. no
10. no
11. no
12. Kieran and Michele Mulroney
13. Paper Man
14. Europe
15. no
16. horseless carriage
17. train
18. boat
19. pony
20. Professor Moriarty


CHAPTER XXII

AFTER THE RUNAWAYS

"Why, Nat, what do you mean?" demanded Dave.

"I mean just what I say!" declared the money-lender's son. "This is a frame-up, nothing more! I understand it all now, although I didn't at first."

"What do you mean by 'a frame-up,' Poole?" demanded Doctor Clay.

"I mean that they took this magazine and the drawing to the cabin, that is what I mean, Doctor Clay. They found out somehow that my--er--that the wild man was there, and they got up this scheme to make it look as if he had blown up the hotel,--and they did it just to clear their cronies and themselves."

"Nat, you know that is not true!" exclaimed Roger. "I found the magazine with the drawing on a shelf in the cabin."

"Yes, that is what you said, but I don't believe it, Roger Morr. I think you put the magazine there yourself--you or Dave Porter."

"We did nothing of the kind," cried our hero.

"I think you did--and I think Jason Sparr will think so, too, when he hears the story. It's a frame-up, just to clear yourselves and your cronies," added Nat, with a sneer.

"Nat, you ought to be----" began Roger, in high anger, when Dave stopped him. Our hero looked at Doctor Clay.

"What Roger says is the absolute truth, Doctor Clay," said our hero. "He found that magazine on a shelf in the cabin where the wild man was staying, and that drawing and the wording were on it, just as you see. More than that, we can prove that the wild man was around the old shanty where the dynamite was kept, and that he was seen in Oakdale several times."

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who is Nat's father?
2. What did the doctor demand to know?
3. Where did Roger find the drawing?
4. What was the wild scheme?
5. What kind of house was the magazine found in?
6. What type of person was found around the dynamite?
7. Where were the explosives stored?
8. Was the wild man seen more than once?
9. How many times was he observed?
10. In what city?

1. the money-lender
2. he wanted to know what was meant by frame-up.
3. on a shelf in the cabin."
4. they took this magazine and the drawing
5. cabin
6. the wild man
7. old shanty
8. Yes
9. several times
10. Oakdale


There once was a girl named Erin who had a really close friend named Kevin. They really liked being with each other, only it was difficult as Erin lived in England and Kevin lived in the United States. Because they both liked traveling and Erin wanted to see Kevin, she planned a trip to see him in the United States one summer. They had planned to travel around where Kevin lived and then go to see New York City at one point in order to see the sights and have a really nice steak dinner together. Once Erin arrived and met Kevin at the airport, she ran up to him and jumped into his arms, giving him a great big hug. They drove home where Kevin helped Erin organize her things before they changed and watched a movie together. The next day, they went out to have breakfast at the diner. They thought about getting eggs, French toast, or cereal... but couldn't make up their minds. Finally, Kevin asked the worker to bring out pancakes for the two of them to share. They had a really fun time together, visiting the beach, watching movies, and even visiting New York City like they had planned. In the morning, they went to see the Empire State building. In the afternoon, they saw the Statue of Liberty and Central Park. At night, they went to have their dinner and went back to their hotel. As Erin's trip was ending, Erin became really sad about leaving Kevin. They talked and came up with a plan for the months ahead which made Erin feel a lot better. Erin then went home and waited for Kyle to come to see her.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did Erin live?
2. Who was her friend?
3. What country did she travel to?
4. Why?
5. What cities?
6. How did they feel to see each other?
7. What did they end up eating in the morning?
8. Where did they visit in NYC?
9. How did she feel towards the end?
10. Did she feel better?
11. What did they come up with?

1. England
2. Kevin
3. United States
4. to see the sights
5. New York City
6. she ran up to him and jumped into his arms, giving him a great big hug
7. pancakes
8. Empire State building and  the Statue of Liberty and Central Park
9. sad
10. Yes
11. came up with a plan for the months ahead


Diwali is perhaps the most well--known of the Hindu festivals. It is celebrated by Hindus in India and abroad. It is often called the Festival of Lights. For Hindus, Diwli is very important and it is also very exciting time for them. Normally , this holiday is celebrated in October or November and it falls on a different date each year. This year , it will be celebrated on October23. Diwali is usually celebrated for 5 days. To prepare for Diwali, Hindus spend several weeks cleaning their homes and preparing special food in order to welcome Laskhmi, the goodness of wealth into their lives. They will open the windows of their homes during this time to make sure that she can enter their home. One of other traditions of Dawali is to light up oil lamp in the homes. The oil lamps are used to make the goddess of wealth enter the homes. Hindus believe that she will not enter a home that is not lit up. During Diwali, the children in India do not have to go to school. They share gifts with one another and prepare special holiday meals to celebrate this event. Fireworks are also a big part of the Diwali festival. They are used to scare away bad spirits.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. How do people get ready for Diwali?
2. What is Diwali?
3. Where is it celebrated?
4. By who?
5. For how long?
6. How long do they take to get ready?
7. Who are they expecting?
8. Who is she?
9. How will she get in?
10. What happens if they house is dark?
11. What do they use for light?
12. Is the festival always the same day?
13. The same month?
14. What months does it usually take place?
15. What day is it this year?
16. What is used to keep bad spirits away?
17. Do the kids get time off of school?
18. What do they make for the event?
19. Do they share anything?
20. With who?

1. Cleaning their homes and preparing special food
2. the Festival of Lights
3. in India
4. by Hindus
5. 5 days
6. several weeks
7. Laskhmi
8. the goddess of wealth
9. the windows
10. she will not enter
11. oil lamps
12. No
13. No
14. in October or November
15. October23
16. Fireworks
17. Yes
18. special holiday meals
19. gifts
20. with one another


Maxine was a happy frog that lived in a beautiful pond by the river. She loved to play in the water and take a bath every day. But her friends, Martin, Edgar, and Cindy didn't like to take baths. So one day when she was swimming alone, she met a new friend names Thomas. Thomas loved to take lots of baths, so he became friends with Maxine. But Martin, Edgar, and Cindy didn't like Thomas. So one day when Maxine and Thomas were swimming, Cindy did something mean. She threw rocks and Maxine and Thomas. Maxine's dad saw what happened and he was very mad. He went over and yelled at Cindy for what she did. After that Cindy didn't throw any rocks, and Maxine and Thomas could swim together and take lots of baths. They were very happy since they could play in the water as much as they wanted without other frogs being mean to them.

1. Which of the four friends enjoyed bathing?
2. Which female didn't?
3. Who was mean?
4. What mean thing did she do?
5. Who yelled?
6. At whom?
7. Which male enjoyed the water?
8. Who had a parent intervene?
9. What gender was the parent?
10. Did The mean behavior continue?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Maxine
2. Cindy
3. Cindy
4. She threw rocks
5. MAxine's dad
6. Cindy
7. Thomas
8. Maxine
9. male
10. no


(CNN) -- Chelsea's star striker Didier Drogba has been suffering from malaria, his club manager revealed on Tuesday, but the Ivory Coast player will still line up for the London derby against Fulham in the English Premier League on Wednesday.

Drogba started on the bench for Chelsea's 2-0 defeat to Liverpool on Sunday, having missed recent matches against Aston Villa and Spartak Moscow due to a suspected virus.

However, the results of blood tests showed that he had in fact contracted the tropical disease.

"A test showed malaria," Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti told his club's official website. "He lost his condition, he lost power.

"Didier had a difficulty to train because he didn't feel good, he didn't have power to train. He was unselfish to play also when he was not 100 percent."

But the Italian said Drogba was now back to health and would be fit for the league leaders' home clash with Fulham on Wednesday.

"He suffered obviously but after treatment, he will be better," Ancelotti said. "One time it was serious, now there is the possibility to treat and come back well. He is okay. Tomorrow he will play."

Ancelotti said Ghana midfielder Michael Essien would return to the Chelsea line-up, having missed the Liverpool game with a toe problem, but Frank Lampard is not yet ready to make his long-awaited return.

The England midfielder, who has been sidelined following a hernia operation, is scheduled to make his comeback against Sunderland on Sunday.

"Lampard has been training with us and he is good. He is able to play; he is fit because he worked very hard physically," Ancelotti said.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who had malaria?
2. What's his name?
3. Is he going to play anyway?
4. Against who?
5. When?
6. Did he miss any games?
7. How many?
8. Who said he was ready to play again?
9. Who is he?
10. Did he say that he suffered?
11. Who else is coming back for the game?
12. What position does he play?
13. Why wasn't he playing?
14. What about Frank Lampard?
15. What was wrong with him?
16. Did he have to have surgery?
17. Who will he play against when he comes back?
18. When?
19. Is he able to play?

1. Chelsea's star striker
2. Didier Drogba
3. Yes
4. Fulham
5. Wednesday
6. Yes
7. Two
8. Ancelotti
9. Chelsea manager
10. Yes
11. Michael Essie
12. midfielder
13. a toe problem
14. not yet
15. a hernia.
16. yes
17. Sunderland
18. Sunday
19. yes


I like to go to the park that is next to the hotel. The park is very big and has lots of ladders and slides. My favorite thing to do at the park is to swim in the lake. The lake is small but there are a lot of red fish that live in it. There are also some turtles and worms at the bottom of the lake. Sometimes the fish swim by my leg and make me laugh and feel happy. One time I stepped on a stick and cut my foot. That cut hurt and made me sad. The next time I went in the lake I was scared that I would get another cut. Another thing I like to do at the park is to feed the animals. There are lots of pigs, squirrels and raccoon living in the park. Sometimes I feed them bread and crackers. Their favorite thing to eat is ham. After I am done at the park I go to the store to buy some ice cream. Sometimes I see my friend Christopher and he eats his ice cream with me. Christopher also likes feeding the animals. His favorite animal at the park is the squirrel.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Where is the park?
2. is it small?
3. What does it have a lot of?
4. What is his (or her) favorite thing to do there?
5. Is it a big lake?
6. what lives in the lake?
7. what color fish?
8. where do the worms live?
9. what makes him smile?
10. how did he cut his foot?
11. did it hurt?
12. did it make him happy?
13. what happened the next time he went there?
14. are there animals at the park?
15. how many different types?
16. what animals are there?
17. what do the animals he feeds like to eat?
18. where does he buy icecream
19. What type of animal is CHristopher's favorite?
20. Does the stoory teller always eat his icecream alone?

1. Next to the hotel.
2. No.
3. It has many ladders and slides.
4. Swim in the lake
5. No.
6. Turtles, worms, and fish.
7. Red.
8. At the bottom of the lake.
9. When the fish swim by his leg.
10. By stepping on a stick.
11. Yes.
12. No.
13. He was scared he would get another cut.
14. Yes.
15. unknown
16. Fish, turtles, pigs, squirrels and raccoons.
17. Bread, crackers, and ham.
18. An unnamed store near the park.
19. Squirrel.
20. No.


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

MAKING them pens was a distressid tough job, and so was the saw; and Jim allowed the inscription was going to be the toughest of all. That's the one which the prisoner has to scrabble on the wall. But he had to have it; Tom said he'd GOT to; there warn't no case of a state prisoner not scrabbling his inscription to leave behind, and his coat of arms.

"Look at Lady Jane Grey," he says; "look at Gilford Dudley; look at old Northumberland! Why, Huck, s'pose it IS considerble trouble?--what you going to do?--how you going to get around it? Jim's GOT to do his inscription and coat of arms. They all do."

Jim says:

"Why, Mars Tom, I hain't got no coat o' arm; I hain't got nuffn but dish yer ole shirt, en you knows I got to keep de journal on dat."

"Oh, you don't understand, Jim; a coat of arms is very different."

"Well," I says, "Jim's right, anyway, when he says he ain't got no coat of arms, because he hain't."

"I reckon I knowed that," Tom says, "but you bet he'll have one before he goes out of this--because he's going out RIGHT, and there ain't going to be no flaws in his record."

So whilst me and Jim filed away at the pens on a brickbat apiece, Jim a-making his'n out of the brass and I making mine out of the spoon, Tom set to work to think out the coat of arms. By and by he said he'd struck so many good ones he didn't hardly know which to take, but there was one which he reckoned he'd decide on. He says:

1. what job was hard?
2. what was harder?
3. who got to scrabble the wall
4. who has to do his coat of arms?
5. does he think he has one?
6. do they all have one?
7. who is right?
8. who filed way?
9. at what?
10. on what?

1. Making pens
2. The inscription
3. The prisoner
4. Tom
5. No
6. No
7. Jim
8. Jim
9. At the pens
10. on a brickbat


Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. The extreme opposite of endemism is cosmopolitan distribution. An alternative term for a species that is endemic is precinctive, which applies to species (and subspecific categories) that are restricted to a defined geographical area.

The word "endemic" is from New Latin "endēmicus", from Greek ενδήμος, "endēmos", "native". "Endēmos" is formed of "en" meaning "in", and "dēmos" meaning "the people". The term "precinctive" has been suggested by some scientists, and was first used in botany by MacCaughey in 1917. It is the equivalent of "endemism". "Precinction" was perhaps first used by Frank and McCoy. "Precinctive" seems to have been coined by David Sharp when describing the Hawaiian fauna in 1900: "I use the word precinctive in the sense of 'confined to the area under discussion' ... 'precinctive forms' means those forms that are confined to the area specified." That definition excludes artificial confinement of examples by humans in far-off botanical gardens or zoological parks.

Physical, climatic, and biological factors can contribute to endemism. The orange-breasted sunbird is exclusively found in the fynbos vegetation zone of southwestern South Africa. The glacier bear is found only in limited places in Southeast Alaska. Political factors can play a part if a species is protected, or actively hunted, in one jurisdiction but not another.

1. How many factors contribute to endemism?
2. Is psychological one of those?
3. What about biological?
4. What are the other two?
5. In what country is the orange breasted sunbird found?
6. Is it found throughout the country?
7. Which region of South Africa?
8. And what zone?
9. Does the term endemic have a latin root?
10. What else?
11. What would "en" translate to?
12. And "demos"?
13. What term means the same thing?
14. Who first used that?
15. Was he studying animal species?
16. Can something be indiginous but not endemic?
17. What would cause that?
18. What is its opposite?
19. What is the definition of endemism?
20. Give me one example of a geographic location in this sense.

1. Three.
2. No.
3. Yes.
4. Physical and climatic
5. South Africa
6. No
7. southwestern
8. Fynbos vegetation zone.
9. Yes
10. Greek
11. "in"
12. "the people"
13. Precinctive
14. MacCaughey
15. No.
16. Yes.
17. They are also found elsewhere.
18. Cosmopolitan distribution
19. The ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location
20. An island


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

On a snowy winter morning, the brown-haired lady saw a squirrel that was hurt. It only had three legs, and it looked hungry. She put some corn out for the squirrel to eat, but other bully squirrels came, too. The brown-haired lady started giving the little squirrel peanuts to eat. She gave some to the bully squirrels, too, so they would leave the three-legged squirrel alone.

The winter snow melted and then it was spring. The grass turned green and the air was warm. Now, when the little squirrel with three legs would come to see the brown-haired lady with the peanuts, it would take the peanuts and dig a little hole and hide the peanuts for later. The squirrel would hold the peanut in its mouth and dig and dig and dig, and then it would put the peanut in the hole and pat it down with its little front paw. Then it would run back over to the brown-haired lady and get some more peanuts to eat.

1. Who seen a squirrel?
2. Was it snowing?
3. Did the squirrel have legs?
4. How many?
5. Was he hungry?
6. what did the lady put out for the squirrel?
7. What color hair did the lady have?
8. Did She feed other squirrels?
9. What did she feed them?
10. When did the snow melt?
11. Was the air warm?
12. What would the squirrel do with the peanuts?
13. Where?
14. Was the grass green?
15. How did the squirrel hold the peanuts?

1. the lady
2. yes
3. yes
4. three
5. yes
6. corn
7. brown
8. yes
9. peanuts
10. spring
11. yes
12. hide them
13. a hole
14. yes
15. in its mouth


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

(CNN)As art, film stills are often overlooked.

The photographers tend to be anonymous; it's easy to imagine their work done by the director or cinematographer. Their images are often lumped in with the promotional machinery: Whether documenting the stars frolicking on set or getting down to business, it's just another form of salesmanship.

Which is why the work of Ernst Haas is so striking.

Haas, one of the 20th century's great photojournalists and image-makers -- an early member of the great Magnum Photos cooperative who was famous enough in his prime to have been the subject of a Museum of Modern Art exhibit in 1962 -- was also a regular on movie sets. It was a necessity in those early days, said John Jacob, the editor of a new book of Haas' movie photography, "Ernst Haas: On Set."

"Working on film sets was really important to Magnum, and all of the photographers working with Magnum in the '50s did films," says Jacob, now the McEvoy Family Curator for Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Not only did the work pay off financially, but the photographers also established relationships with members of the industry, he said.

And the stars and directors knew what they were getting: some of the best in the field. Photographers such as Haas were entrusted to bring their talent and style to the work.

The photographers "are definitely producing work for posterity, that very much has their own fingerprint on it," Jacob said.

Such distinction is obvious from looking at Haas' work -- some of which is as famous as the movies he worked on.

1. What art form is usually overlooked?
2. Do people usually know who created them?
3. Who they actually think created those?
4. Who is Haas?
5. Which era he was active?
6. What he was member in?
7. What was important to them?
8. Did the photographers feel the same way?
9. Who is Jacob?
10. Where he works?
11. Was it a lucrative job for photographers in the 50s?
12. What other benefits they got from that job?
13. Were the directors happy about it?
14. According to Jacob was the photographers creating art work for the future?
15. Did some of the works become famous?

1. Film stills
2. No
3. Director or cinematographer.
4. Photojournalist.
5. 20th century
6. Magnum Photos cooperative.
7. Working on film sets.
8. Yes.
9. The editor of a new book.
10. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
11. Yes.
12. Relationships with members of the industry.
13. Yes.
14. Yes
15. Yes.


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

(CNN) -- More Arizona and New Mexico residents Wednesday returned to their homes, in some cases to find them intact, in other cases to sift through debris left by a massive wildfire.

The Wallow fire in east central Arizona is one of 58 large wildfires burning in the United States, from Alaska to Florida, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center. All told, the fires have burned 2,166 square miles or 1.4 million acres -- nearly the size of Delaware.

The largest of the fires continues to be Arizona's Wallow fire, which has burned 529,825 acres so far, the fire's incident command team announced Wednesday. Officials said it is about 58% contained.

While residents in Greer, Arizona, and Luna, New Mexico, have been allowed home, evacuation orders remain in effect in other locations. Residents in parts of Apache County, Arizona, also have been told to be prepared to evacuate should.

CNN iReporter Andrew Pielage, a hotel manager in suburban Phoenix, took photos of burned homes in Greer.

"As a photographer, I'm here to document what's happening," Pielage said. "Just because the flames are out doesn't mean the fire is done with. I really feel for the people of Greer and their loss."

Pielage said he was impressed by the perseverance of firefighters and those who live in the community.

"The photos document both the relentless work the firefighters did to save the homes of Greer as well as, tragically, the ones they could not," he said.

Greer residents were ordered to evacuate on June 6, two days before the Wallow fire blew through their town of about 200 inhabitants and scorched at least 22 homes and 24 outbuildings. They were allowed home beginning Monday.

1. On what day did people return to their houses?
2. They were from Arizona and where?
3. Were any of their houses intact?
4. What was the name of the blaze in east central Arizona?
5. And what was the number of wildfires in the USA?
6. They spread from Alaska to where?
7. In total the fires were almost the size of which state?
8. How much of the wallow fire is now contained?
9. What have the homeowners in Apache County been told to do?
10. The news reporter who took pictures of the burnt houses is a manger of what?
11. And what is his name?
12. Who was he impressed with in the area?
13. On what date were the Greer homeowners told to leave?
14. How many people are there in the town?
15. On what day were they permitted to return home?

1. Wednesday
2. New Mexico
3. yes
4. Wallow fire
5. 58
6. Florida
7. Delaware
8. 58%
9. prepare to evacuate
10. hotel
11. Andrew Pielage
12. firefighters
13. June 6,
14. 200
15. Monday


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER II. ON A MOUNTAIN PATH

"Armed men, my lords!" had been Fanfulla's cry. "We are betrayed!"

They looked at one another with stern eyes, and with that grimness that takes the place which fear would hold in meaner souls.

Then Aquila rose slowly to his feet, and with him rose the others, looking to their weapons. He softly breathed a name--"Masuccio Torri."

"Aye," cried Lodi bitterly, "would that we had heeded your warning! Masuccio it will be, and at his heels his fifty mercenaries."

"Not less, I'll swear, by the sound of them," said Ferrabraccio. "And we but six, without our harness."

"Seven," the Count laconically amended, resuming his hat and loosening his sword in its scabbard.

"Not so, my lord," exclaimed Lodi, laying a hand upon the Count's arm. "You must not stay with us. You are our only hope--the only hope of Babbiano. If we are indeed betrayed--though by what infernal means I know not--and they have knowledge that six traitors met here to-night to conspire against the throne of Gian Maria, at least, I'll swear, it is not known that you were to have met us. His Highness may conjecture, but he cannot know for sure, and if you but escape, all may yet he well--saving with us, who matter not. Go, my lord! Remember your promise to seek at your cousin's hand the gonfalon, and may God and His blessed Saints prosper your Excellency."

The old man caught the young man's hand, and bending his head until his face was hidden in his long white hair, he imprinted a kiss of fealty upon it. But Aquila was not so easily to be dismissed.

1. who rose to his feet?
2. whose name did he mutter?
3. how many men were coming for them?
4. how many were prepared to defend, including the Count?
5. what did Fanfulla cry out?
6. what else did he say?
7. who grabbed the Count's arm?
8. what did the Count loosen?
9. did Lodi want him to stay?
10. why not?
11. what was he the only hope of?
12. what were the six men conspiring against?
13. who swore to say that the count hadn't met them?

1. Aquila
2. "Masuccio Torri."
3. 50.
4. Seven.
5. "Armed men, my lords!
6. "We are betrayed!"
7. Lodi.
8. His sword in its scabbard.
9. No.
10. He was their only hope.
11. Babbiano.
12. The throne of Gian Maria.
13. Lodi.


Thelma was such a life-loving and easy-going person that she was always full of energy and never felt sad. When she was at the age of 75, her husband passed away. Her children were afraid she was lonely and suggested that she move to a "Senior living community ". Thelma thought that was a good idea and decided to do so. Shortly after moving in, Thelma became many activities' director. She loved to organize all kinds of things for the people in the community. So quickly she became very popular and made many friends. When Thelma turned 80, her new friends showed their appreciation by throwing a surprise birthday party for her. When Thelma entered the dining room for dinner that night, she was greeted by a standing ovation and one of _ led her to the head table. The night was filled with laughter and entertainment, but throughout the evening, Thelma could not take her eyes off a gentleman sitting at the other end of the table. When the party ended, Thelma quickly rose from her seat and rushed over to the man "Pardon me," Thelma said, "Please forgive me if I made you feel uncomfortable by _ at you all night. I just couldn't help myself from looking your way. You see, you look just like my fifth husband." "Your fifth husband!" replied the gentleman. "Forgive me for asking, but how many times have you been married? " With that, a smile appeared on Thelma's face as she replied, "Four." They were married shortly after that.

Answer this series of questions:

1. what what age did her husband die ?
2. what did the children think ?
3. to where ?
4. what is her name ?
5. how many things best decribes her ?
6. name 2
7. and never felt what ?
8. what happened at 80 ?
9. who did this for her ?
10. why ?
11. the night was filled with how many things ?
12. name one ?
13. another ?
14. how many times did she get married ?
15. who really asked her that question ?
16. at the end of the party what happened ?
17. what did she say ?
18. did they get married ?
19. thelma entered what room ?
20. for what ?

1. 75
2. suggested that she move
3. Senior living community
4. Thelma
5. Four
6. life-loving and easy-going
7. sad
8. surprise birthday party
9. her new friends
10. showed their appreciation
11. Two
12. entertainment
13. laughter
14. Four
15. gentleman
16. rose from her seat
17. Pardon
18. yes
19. dining room
20. dinner


An atoll (, , , , or ), sometimes called a coral atoll, is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands/cays on the rim. The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water. The lagoon forms over the volcanic crater or caldera while the higher rim remains above water or at shallow depths that permit the coral to grow and form the reefs. For the atoll to persist, continued erosion or subsidence must be at a rate slow enough to permit reef growth upwards and outwards to replace the lost height.

The word "atoll" comes from the Dhivehi (an Indo-Aryan language spoken on the Maldive Islands) word "atholhu" (Dhivehi: , ), meaning an administrative subdivision. Its first recorded use in English was in 1625 as "atollon" – Charles Darwin recognized its indigenous origin and coined, in his "The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs", the definition of atolls as "circular groups of coral islets" that is synonymous with "lagoon-island".

More modern definitions of "atoll" describe them as "annular reefs enclosing a lagoon in which there are no promontories other than reefs and islets composed of reef detritus" or "in an exclusively morphological sense, [as] a ring-shaped ribbon reef enclosing a lagoon".

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. a coral atoll
2. a ring
3. it encircles a lagoon
4. atop the rim
5. an extinct seamount or volcano
6. partially
7. Dhivehi
8. "atholhu"
9. an administrative subdivision
10. the Maldive Islands
11. annular reefs enclosing a lagoon
12. in 1625
13. Charles Darwin
14. "circular groups of coral islets"
15. "lagoon-island"
16. "atollon"

1. what kind of coral reef is discussed?
2. what shape is it?
3. what is another attribute?
4. where is the coral?
5. of what?
6. above the water?
7. what language does atoll come from?
8. what word is it derived from?
9. what does that mean?
10. where is that language spoken?
11. what is a modern meaning of atoll?
12. when was it first used in English?
13. by who?
14. how did he describe it?
15. what is it similar to?
16. what word did he use for it?


Which country grows the most tea? The answer is India. It grows three times as much as China. Which country drinks the most tea? It's neither China nor Japan. It's Great Britain. In the wild, tea plants may be 30 feet tall. But a plant grown for market is pruned. Pruning keeps the plant only three or four feet tall. This is an easy height for tea picking. Only the two top leaves and bud of each new shoot are picked. So to make money, tea plantations must be huge. In general, there are two kinds of tea. Black tea and green tea. Black tea is fermented. In the process, the tea loses nearly all of its healthy qualities. Green tea is steamed right after the leaves are picked. Green tea _ its healthy qualities. For example, it may prevent heart disease. How did we get tea bag? The answer: by accident. Tea merchants used to send samples in tin boxes. This was costly. One merchant thought of a cheaper way. He sent samples in small silk bags. Customers would cut open the bag. They would brew the leaves as usual. One customer put the bag into a pot. Then he just poured hot water over it. And the tea bag was born. Shen Nong was the first to drink tea. (Shen was a Chinese emperor.) This was about 2737 B.C. Shen had bad digestion. So he drank several cups of hot water daily. One day something happened. Leaves from a wild tea tree fell into the hot water pot. The next cup was poured. The water was now colored. Shen sipped it. He liked it. He drank it all. Shen was proud of his new drink. He served it to his guests. Word spread. People thought this way. Tea is good enough for the Emperor. So it must be good enough for the people. Tea became the drink of China.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Which country consumes tea the most?
2. Which country grows it the most?
3. How tall is the tea plant?
4. What did they do to green tea after picking it?
5. What good thing do the tea do to the health?
6. How was the tea created?
7. Who took the tea first?
8. When did he take it?
9. Was he happy with it?
10. How did his body react to the tea?

1. Great Britain
2. India.
3. may be 30 feet tall
4. prune it
5. may prevent heart disease.
6. by accident
7. Shen Nong
8. about 2737 B.C
9. yes
10. unknown


A little over 26 years ago, Mohammad Reza Najafi started manufacturing auto parts in Iran.

Today he's an industry leader, supplying roughly three million springs and one million break-pads every year to Iranian auto makers.

Najafi's success has also earned him seats on the country's Chamber of Commerce and the board of directors of the Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association. It has also made him a leading voice in Iran's efforts to re-energize its struggling economy.

Like many of his country's business leaders, Najafi has watched the recent negotiations with world powers on Iran's nuclear program with great interest.

He spoke to CNN's Reza Sayah on this week's Marketplace Middle East, sharing his thoughts on how he sees the talks panning out and the impact they will have on the Iranian economy going forward.

Reza Sayah (RS): What was your reaction when they couldn't reach a deal (on the nuclear issue)?

Mohammad Reza Najafi (MRN): As a matter of fact it was a deal but naturally it takes time and we are happy that it is continuing.

RS: Would you agree that Iran's economy is not going to improve without the sanctions being lifted?

MRN: It's a very difficult question to answer because at the same time during the sanctions we tried to find our own way to improve ourselves and so on.

But we are interested to collaborate with them (the international community) so it is an obstacle that should be removed.

RS: Tell me about Iran's economy today, where does it stand?

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. What type of leader is Mohammad Najafi?
2. What does he supply?
3. What is one kind of part he supplies?
4. How many of those each year?
5. What is another part he supplies?
6. How many of those?
7. Who does he supply to?
8. How long ago did he start this?
9. Is he successful?
10. What has that earned him?
11. To where?
12. Where else?
13. What had that done for him?
14. In what?
15. What has he been paying attention to lately?
16. With whom?
17. On what?
18. Has he shared his thoughts with anyone about that?
19. With whom?
20. What news outlet is he with?

1. an industry leader
2. auto parts
3. springs
4. three million
5. break-pads
6. one million
7. Iranian auto makers
8. A little over 26 years ago
9. yes
10. seats
11. Chamber of Commerce
12. the board of directors of the Iranian Auto Parts Manufacturers Association
13. made him a leading voice
14. Iran's efforts to re-energize its struggling economy
15. recent negotiations
16. world powers
17. Iran's nuclear program
18. yes
19. Reza Sayah
20. CNN


Szczecin (; ; German and , known also by other alternative names) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport and Poland's seventh-largest city. As of June 2011, the population was 407,811.

Szczecin is located on the Oder, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. Szczecin is adjacent to the town of Police and is the urban centre of the Szczecin agglomeration, an extended metropolitan area that includes communities in the German states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

The city's recorded history began in the 8th century as a Slavic Pomeranian stronghold, built at the site of the Ducal castle. In the 12th century, when Szczecin had become one of Pomerania's main urban centres, it lost its independence to Piast Poland, the Duchy of Saxony, the Holy Roman Empire and Denmark. At the same time, the House of Griffins established themselves as local rulers, the population was Christianized, and German settlers arrived from Western European states. The native Slavic population was subjected to discrimination and Germanization in the following centuries. Between 1237 and 1243, the town was rebuilt, granted extensive autonomy rights and eventually joined the Hanseatic League.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Poland.
2. 8th century
3. 12th century
4. House of Griffins
5. 407,811.
6. June 2011
7. Szczecin (; ; German and , known also by other alternative names)
8. yes
9. Baltic
10. Piast Poland
11. yes
12. the Duchy of Saxony
13. false
14. . Between 1237 and 1243
15. Hanseatic League.

1. Where is Szczecin?
2. When did it's history begin?
3. When did it lose independence?
4. Who were the rulers?
5. What is the population?
6. When was that population recorded?
7. Does it go by any other names?
8. is it a capital city?
9. What sea is it near?
10. Who did it lose it's independence to?
11. did it lose it's independence to anyone else?
12. Who else?
13. true or false, the town was rebuilt in 1400
14. When was it rebuilt?
15. What league did it join?


Bath ( or ) is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, known for its Roman-built baths. In 2011, the population was 88,859. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, west of London and south-east of Bristol. The city became a World Heritage Site in 1987.

The city became a spa with the Latin name " ("the waters of Sulis")  AD 60 when the Romans built baths and a temple in the valley of the River Avon, although hot springs were known even before then.

Bath Abbey was founded in the 7th century and became a religious centre; the building was rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries. In the 17th century, claims were made for the curative properties of water from the springs, and Bath became popular as a spa town in the Georgian era. Georgian architecture, crafted from Bath stone, includes the Royal Crescent, Circus, Pump Room, and Assembly Rooms where Beau Nash presided over the city's social life from 1705 until his death in 1761. Many of the streets and squares were laid out by John Wood, the Elder, and in the 18th century the city became fashionable and the population grew. Jane Austen lived in Bath in the early 19th century. Further building was undertaken in the 19th century and following the Bath Blitz in World War II.

1. What city hit 88,859 population in 2011?
2. What county is it in?
3. Is there a church there?
4. What is it called?
5. And when was it established?
6. Does it have any interesting features?
7. Is it the liquid from the nearby sea?
8. Where, then?
9. Is it claimed to be psychedelic?
10. What makes it special, then?
11. What are these healing liquids called?
12. Do they have a title from a different language?
13. What is it?
14. What time in history did this place become popular?
15. How many types of architectural features come from stones from this place?
16. Has anyone really famous resided there?
17. Who?
18. What is the number of people living there in 2018?
19. When did it become fashionable to live here:
20. And did anyone have a big hand in how it's laid out?

1. Bath
2. Somerset, England,
3. yes
4. Bath Abbey
5. in the 7th century
6. yes
7. no
8. water from the springs
9. no
10. curative properties
11. water
12. yes
13. "the waters of Sulis"
14. AD 60
15. four
16. yes
17. Jane Austen
18. unknown
19. in the 18th century
20. yes


CHAPTER NINETEEN.

A SHOOTING TRIP TO PARADISE ISLE, AND FURTHER DISPLAY OF THE CAPTAIN'S CONTRIVANCES.

While our explorers were thus reduced to a state of forced inaction as regarded the main object of their expedition, they did not by any means waste their time in idleness. On the contrary, each of the party went zealously to work in the way that was most suitable to his inclination.

After going over the main island of Poloe as a united party, and ascertaining its size, productions, and general features, the Captain told them they might now do as they pleased. For his part he meant to spend a good deal of his time in taking notes and observations, questioning the chief men as to the lands lying to the northward, repairing and improving the hut, and helping the natives miscellaneously so as to gain their regard.

Of course Leo spent much of his time with his rifle, for the natives were not such expert hunters but that occasionally they were badly off for food. Of course, also, Alf shouldered his botanical box and sallied forth hammer in hand, to "break stones," as Butterface put it. Benjy sometimes followed Alf--more frequently Leo, and always carried his father's double-barrelled shot-gun. He preferred that, because his powers with the rifle were not yet developed. Sometimes he went with Toolooha, or Tekkona, or Oblooria, in one of the native oomiaks to fish. At other times he practised paddling in the native kayak, so that he might accompany Chingatok on his excursions to the neighbouring islands after seals and wild-fowl.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. Which chapter is this?
2. Who is first mentioned?
3. Are they able to be active?
4. With regard to what?
5. Were they lazy?
6. What was gone over?
7. What is that?
8. An insignificant one?
9. What is discussed?
10. What aspects of it are compared?
11. Did they do this together?
12. Who speaks to them?
13. Were the native people good at hunting?
14. Who helps them?
15. Using what?
16. What does someone else use?
17. Who's is it?
18. Why does he use it?
19. What is one tribe’s name he goes with?
20. And another?

1. NINETEEN
2. the explorers
3. no
4. the main object of their expedition
5. no
6. Poloe
7. an island
8. the main one
9. that they could do as they pleased
10. its size, productions, and general features
11. yes
12. the Captain
13. no
14. Leo
15. his rifle
16. a double-barrelled shot-gun
17. his father's
18. because his powers with the rifle were not yet developed
19. Toolooha
20. Tekkona


CHAPTER XX.

Moving against Captain Grady

Both Paul and Chet Winthrop were deeply interested in the words uttered by Jeff Jones, the colored member of the horse thieves' gang.

"So you know something of Captain Grady and our uncle, Barnaby Winthrop?" cried Chet, excitedly. "What do you know?"

"Dat's fer you two fellers ter find out--onless yer let's me go," replied Jeff Jones, suggestively.

"You mean you won't speak unless we grant you your liberty?" put in Paul.

"Dat's de way to figure it."

Paul looked at Chet inquiringly.

"We can't promise anything until Mr. Dottery gets back," said Chet. "But if you know anything about our uncle you had better speak out, if you wish us to do anything at all for you."

"I won't say a word," growled the colored man.

Chet bit his lip in vexation.

"Don't you know what it is to have us able to speak a word for you?" said Paul. "Supposing we let Jack Blowfen take you over to the next camp and tell the men that you are a downright horse thief? Would you fancy that?"

Jeff Jones began to tremble. He knew what Paul meant--that he would be lynched inside the hour. In that section of the country, at that time, horse stealing was considered almost as bad as murder.

"No! no! doan let him take me down ter de Fork!" howled Jeff Jones. "Anyt'ing but dat, boys!"

"Well, you, had better talk, then," returned Paul, severely.

"I doan know much, but I'll tell yo' all I do know," said the prisoner, after a short pause, "and yo' is ter do de best yo' can fo' me, promise me dat?"

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who is the colored man?
2. What was he doing?
3. How many people is he with?
4. Who?
5. What were they doing together?
6. Why?
7. Was he cooperating?
8. Why not?
9. Did he get it?
10. Was he threatened?
11. In what way?
12. Did that work?
13. What did he tell them?
14. Did he have any conditions on his cooperation?
15. What's that?

1. Jeff Jones
2. Stealing horses
3. two
4. Paul and Chet Winthrop
5. interested in him
6. he knew Captain Grady
7. no
8. wnated liberty
9. unknown
10. yes
11. tell the men that he is a downright horse thief
12. yes
13. told all he knew
14. yes
15. best they can do for him


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

Tom Brennan was working in a Philadelphia office building when he noticed a black bag. The bag contained a book. This chance discovery ended a 12-day search by the Library Company of Philadelphia for a historical treasure - a 120-page diary kept 190 years ago by Deborah Logan, "a woman who knew everybody in her day," James Green, the librarian told the magazine American Libraries. Most of the diary is a record of big events in Philadelphia. It also includes a description of British soldiers burning Washington, D.C. in the war of 1812. She describes President James Madison on horseback as "perfectly shaking with fear" during the troubled days. George Washington, she writes, mistook her for the wife of a French man, and praised her excellent English. The adventure of the lost book began September 4 when Cory Luxmoore arrived from England to deliver the diary of his ancestor to the Library Company, which he and his wife considered to be the best home for the diary. Green told American Libraries he had the diary in his possession "about five minutes" when Luxmoore took it back because he had promised to show it to one other person. On returning to his hotel after showing the precious book to Green, Luxmoore was shocked to realize that he had left it in the taxi. Without any delay, Green began calling every taxi company in the city, with no luck. "I've felt sick since then," Luxmoore told reporters. According to Green, no one has yet learned how the diary came to the office building. Tom Brennan received a reward of $ 1,000, Philadelphia gained another treasure for its history, and Luxmoore told reporters, "It's wonderful news. I'm on high."

1. What was in the bag?
2. What type of book?
3. Whose diary was it?
4. How long did it take the library to find it?
5. How old was the diary?
6. What was recorded in the diary?
7. What else?
8. What did George Washington think of Deborah's command of the English language?
9. Why did he praise her for her excellence?
10. Who made the trip from England to the US?
11. Why did he make the trip?
12. What did he tell the reporters?
13. What did Tom do to earn the $1000?
14. What did Cory do to try to find the diary?

1. A book.
2. A diary.
3. Deborah Logan's
4. 12 days.
5. 190 years old
6. Mostly big events in Philadelphia.
7. A description of British soldiers burning Washington, D.C.
8. Excellent English.
9. Mistook her for the wife of a French man
10. Cory Luxmoore
11. To deliver the diary.
12. "I've felt sick since then."
13. unknown
14. unknown


Mumbai (; also known as Bombay, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India with an estimated city population of 18.4 million. Along with the neighbouring regions of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, it is second most populous metropolitan area in India, with a population of 21.3 million . Mumbai lies on the Konkan on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour.

In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It is also the wealthiest city in India, Mumbai has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities in India.

The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies of the Koli people. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese Empire and subsequently to the East India Company when in 1661 Charles II of England married Catherine of Braganza and as part of her dowry Charles received the ports of Tangier and Seven Islands of Bombay. During the mid-18th century, Bombay was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook reclamation of the area between the seven islands from the sea. Along with construction of major roads and railways, the reclamation project, completed in 1845, transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Bombay in the 19th century was characterised by economic and educational development. During the early 20th century it became a strong base for the Indian independence movement. Upon India's independence in 1947 the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra Movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as the capital.

Answer this series of questions:

1. what happened in 2008?
2. is it poor city?
3. was it ever called something else?
4. what?
5. is it still officially called that?
6. when did that change?
7. is it land locked?
8. how many islands make up the city?
9. are they named in the article?
10. what country is it in?
11. what state?
12. is it the third largest city in the country?
13. what rank is it?
14. how many persons live there?
15. is it in the Eastern area of the country?
16. did someone get it as part of a marriage contract?
17. who?
18. who did he marry?
19. where was she from?
20. when did this occur?

1. Mumbai was named an alpha world city
2. No
3. Yes
4. Bombay
5. No
6. 1995
7. No
8. seven
9. No
10. India
11. Maharashtra
12. No
13. 1st
14. 18.4 million
15. No
16. yes
17. Charles II
18. Catherine
19. Braganza
20. 1661


(CNN) -- Iran's vital oil industry appears to be the latest front in a power struggle between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei -- a fight that overseas analysts say the colorful president appears to be losing.

Ahmadinejad is trying to retain control of Iran's Oil Ministry despite a ruling by the country's top judicial body that he can't serve as its acting chief. It's the latest in a series of unusually public squabbles between Ahmadinejad and allies of Khamenei, the Islamic republic's clerical leader, in recent weeks.

Khamenei backed Ahmadinejad through the tumult that followed his hotly disputed 2009 re-election, urging Iranians to accept the results of the balloting when protesters in the streets declared it a fraud. He presided over a crackdown on the demonstrations, during which security forces were unleashed on crowds and activists were prosecuted and jailed.

But elements throughout the government have moved to check Ahmadinejad's efforts to replace top officials and have gone after the president's closest advisers, U.S. analyst Alireza Nader told CNN.

"I think it's a symptom of the general dissatisfaction with President Ahmadinejad that his powers and movement are being curtailed by the various power centers in Iran," said Nader, an expert on Iranian politics at the RAND Corp., an American think tank.

The outspoken Ahmadinejad has long been a lightning rod for Iran's critics. But Haleh Esfandiari, director of Middle Eastern studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, said he may be left a "lame duck" after butting heads with Khamenei.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Where does Nader work?
2. What is his title?
3. Does he believe the people are satisfied with President Ahmadinejad?
4. What is President Ahmadinejad doing?
5. Why shouldn't he be doing that?
6. Stating what?
7. Why not?
8. Who is he in a power struggle with?
9. Is he winning?
10. Has this been a private battle?
11. Who is Khamenei?
12. What does Haleh Esfandiari think about the situation?
13. What does Haleh Esfandiari do?
14. Where?
15. When did Khamenei back Ahmadinejad?
16. Howso?
17. How else did he help?
18. Was anyone jailed?
19. Who?

1. RAND Corp
2. U.S. analyst
3. no
4. trying to retain control of Iran's Oil Ministry
5. a ruling by the country's top judicial body
6. he can't serve as its acting chief
7. unknown
8. Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
9. yes
10. no
11. Supreme Leader
12. Ahmadinejad may be left a "lame duck"
13. director of Middle Eastern studies
14. Woodrow Wilson International Center
15. through the tumult following the 2009 re-election
16. urged Iranians to accept the results
17. presided over a crackdown on protests
18. yes
19. activists


(CNN) -- A man who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon attack is engaged to the woman he was waiting for at the finish line.

Jeff Bauman, 28, is also expected a child this summer with fiancee Erin Hurley, 27, according to an announcement on his foundation's Facebook page:

"We are so happy to share with you exciting news that has happened over the last few months...Jeff and Erin became engaged and are expecting their first child in the summer!!! Congratulations Jeff and Erin!!"

The posting did not reveal a due date for the child or a wedding date.

Bauman is credited with helping investigators identify the suspects in the April 15, 2013, double bombing.

The image of the maimed Bauman being led to safety by a man in a cowboy hat became one of the most memorable images of the Boston Marathon terrorist attack that killed three and injured more than 260 people.

A day after he woke up from two life-saving surgeries with no legs, he mustered the strength to describe bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev to law enforcement.

Tsarnaev's younger brother, Dzhokhar, has pleaded not guilty to 30 federal charges related the bombings, including murder. Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed when his brother ran over him as police were trying to handcuff him in a chase a few days later, authorities said.

Bauman announced in September that he will publish a memoir -- titled "Stronger" -- about his experiences at and since the marathon.

"The past months have often been difficult, but the support I've received from around the world, and especially from the people of Boston, has inspired me to set and achieve high goals," he said in a statement released by Grand Central Publishing last year.

Now, provide a numbered list of answers to these questions:

1. How old is Jeff?
2. Who he is marrying?
3. How old is she?
4. Did Jeff help authority with something?
5. In what?
6. When?
7. Was he injured?
8. What kind of injury?
9. Who was helping him to safety?
10. Was it an iconic image?
11. Who was the perpetrator?
12. Was he killed?
13. Who killed him?
14. Who was he?
15. Was he caught?
16. Did he plead guilty?
17. How many people died?
18. And injured?
19. How soon after his injury Bauman started helping the authority?
20. What will the title of his book about this?

1. 28
2. Erin Hurley
3. 27
4. yes
5. the Boston Marathon attack
6. April 15, 2013
7. yes
8. he lost both legs
9. a man in a cowboy hat
10. yes
11. Tamerlan and  Dzhokhar, Tsarnaev
12. Tamerlan was
13. Dzhokhar
14. his brother
15. yes
16. no
17. three
18. more than 260
19. A day after
20. "Stronger"


Read the text and answer the questions.

Bruce and his other two friends, Bruno and Dick lived in the same city in England. They were free in their summer holiday. So they came to a village by a large lake. They liked fishing very much. Then the next day after they got there, they got to a boat and went fishing in the lake. They boated farther and farther. They came to an out-of-way place. They were very happy because there were a lot of fish. When it was time for them to go home, Bruce said to his friends: "We'd better make a mark here so that we will easily find the place tomorrow." "You're right." Bruno said happily ."Let me do that." "How foolish," said Bruce. "If it rains tonight, the rain water will wash the line off, and how can we find the mark tomorrow. You must cut a line with your knife." Dick came up to them and said angrily. " Neither of you is clever. How can we find the place if we have another boat tomorrow? We should not go back tonight."

1. How many friends were there?
2. Where did they live?
3. Did they all live in different cities there?
4. What did they do on their school break?
5. What did they do there?
6. From the shore?
7. What did they use?
8. Did they search all day for a good spot to no avail?
9. Was the spot they found a good spot to cast their lines?
10. How come?
11. Who suggested making the spot easy to return to?
12. Who was in agreement?
13. Who was angry over the plan?
14. What did he want to do instead?
15. Would this be a problem if it were a clear night?

1. Three
2. England.
3. No
4. Went to a lake.
5. Fished
6. No
7. A boat.
8. No.
9. Yes
10. there were a lot of fish.
11. Bruce
12. Bruno
13. Dick
14. Stay out.
15. No


CHAPTER XIII.

"_Benedict_. What, my dear Lady Disdain, are you yet living?"

"_Beatrice_. Is it possible Disdain should die while she has such meet food to feed her?"

_Much Ado about Nothing._

The Lyddell family did not continue in London much longer; it had been a short season, and though the session of Parliament was not over, most of the ladies were taking flight into the country, before the end of June,--Mrs. Lyddell among the rest,--and her husband went backwards and forwards to London, as occasion called him.

The girls were glad to get into the country, but Marian soon found that she had not escaped either from gaieties, or from the objects of her aversion; for Mr. Faulkner brought his mother and sisters to High Down House, gave numerous parties there, and made a constant interchange of civilities with the family at Oakworthy. Archery was pretty much the fashion with the young ladies that year; it was a sport which Marian liked particularly, having often practised it with Edmund and Agnes, and her bow and arrows were always the first to be ready.

One day when Marian, Caroline, and Clara were shooting on the lawn at Oakworthy, Mr. and Miss Faulkner rode from High Down, came out on the lawn, and joined them. From that moment, any one could see the change that came over Marian. Instead of laughing and talking, teaching Clara, and paying only half attention to her own shooting, she now went on as if it was her sole object, and as if she had no other purpose in life. She fixed her arrows and twanged her string with a rigidity as if the target had been a deadly enemy, or her whole fate was concentrated in hitting the bull's eye; and when her arrows went straight to the mark, or at least much straighter than those of any one else, she never turned her head, or vouchsafed more than the briefest answer to the exclamations around.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Where did Mr Faulkner bring his mother and sisters?\
2. Did the Lyddells stay in London until Parliament was finished?
3. Where did the ladies go?
4. Before the end of which month?
5. Where did Mr Faulkner give parties?
6. Where was the family he interacted with a lot?
7. What was the fashionable sport that year/
8. Did Marian like it?
9. Who did she practice with?
10. Which Shakespearean play is quoted at the start of the chapter?
11. Who was shooting on the lawn when Mr and Miss Faulkner rode down from High Down?
12. Did a change come over Marian?
13. Did she laugh?
14. Did she teach Clara?
15. What was the target like for her?
16. Did she keep talking?
17. Did she give long answers to remarks about her shooting?
18. Was she interested in Mr. Faulkner?
19. What was concentrated in hitting the bull's eye?
20. Did her arrows go straight to the mark?

1. High Down House
2. No
3. into the country
4. June
5. High Down House
6. Oakworthy
7. Archery
8. Yes
9. Edmund and Agnes
10. Much Ado about Nothing
11. Marian, Caroline, and Clara
12. Yes
13. No
14. No
15. a deadly enemy
16. No
17. No
18. No
19. her whole fate
20. Yes


One of Britain's bravest women told yesterday how she helped to catch suspected police killer David Bieber--and was thanked with flowers by the police. It was also said that she could _ a share of up to $30,000 reward money.

Vicki Brown, 30, played a very important role in ending the nationwide manhunt. Vicki, who has worked at the Royal Hotel for four years, told of her terrible experience when she had to steal into Bieber's bedroom and to watch him secretly. Then she waited alone for three hours while armed police prepared to storm the building.

She said, "I was very nervous. But when I opened the hotel door and saw 20 armed policemen lined up in the car park, I was so glad they were there."

The alarm had been raised because Vicki became suspicious of the guest who checked in at 3 p.m. the day before New Year's Eve with little luggage and wearing sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face. She said, "He didn't seem to want to talk too much or make any eye contact." Vicki, the only employee on duty, called her bosses Margaret, 64, and her husband Stall McKale, 65, who phoned the police at 11 p.m.

Officers from Northumbria Police called Vicki at the hotel in Dunston, Gateshead, at about 11:30 p.m. to make sure that this was the wanted man. Then they kept in touch by phoning Vicki every 15 minutes.

"It was about ten past two in the morning when the phone went again and a policeman said 'Would you go and make yourself known to the armed officers outside?' My heart missed a beat."

Vicki quietly showed eight armed officers through passages and staircases to the top floor room and handed over the key.

"I realized that my bedroom window overlooks that pair of the hotel, so I went to watch. I could not see into the man's room, but I could see the passage . The police kept shouting at the man to come out with his hands showing. Then suddenly he must have come out because they shouted for him to lie down while he was handcuffed ."

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. four years
2. David Bieber
3. killing police
4. he had a hat pulled down over his face.
5. her boss and her husband
6. three hours
7. Northumbria Police
8. by calling her
9. ten past two
10. the top floor
11. her bedroom
12. to watch
13. no
14. Dunston, Gateshead
15. the day before New Year's Eve
16. 30
17. with flowers
18. possible reward money.
19. up to $30,000

1. how long has Vicky worked at the hotel?
2. who did she help catpute?
3. what was he wanted for?
4. why did she notice him?
5. who did she call?
6. how long was she alone with him?
7. what department called vicky?
8. how did they get updates?
9. what time did she meet them outside?
10. what floor did she lead them to?
11. where did she go after that?
12. why?
13. did the man escape?
14. what town was this in?
15. what day?
16. how old is the brave lady?
17. how did the police thank her?
18. anything else?
19. how much is the reward?


Read the text and answer the questions.

Many of us use them several times a day without really noticing.And yet the way we in lifts,or elevators as they are known in the US,reveals a hidden anxiety.

Passengers seem to know instinctively how to arrange themselves in an elevator,like the dots on a die.With each additional passenger, the bodies shift,going into the open spaces.

On your own,you can do whatever you want--it's your own little box.If there are two of you,you take different corners, creating the greatest distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle .And when there is a square, with someone I every corner.A fifth person is probable going to have to stand in the middle.

Why are we so awkward in lifts?

"You don't have enough space," says Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin."Usually when we meet other people we have about an arm's length of distance between us. And that's not possible in most elevators, so it's a very unusual setting. It's unnatural."

But perhaps there is more to it than just social awkwardness.

"In the back of our minds we are a little anxious," says Nick White,an office in New York who was unfortunate enough to be trapped in a lift for41 hours. "We don't like to be locked into a place.We want to get out of the elevator as soon as possible, you know, it's a frightening place to be."

During his terrible experience, he began to think of another encloses space-a tomb.

Dr.Lee Gray agrees that a sense of disempowerment is the main cause of life anxiety.

"You're in a machine that's moving, over which you have no control. You cannot see the elevator engine, you don't know how it's working," he says.

1. What is the primary device mentioned here?
2. What can you do when you're in one alone?
3. Do two folks generally hang out close to each other?
4. What about three folks?
5. And four?
6. What happens to a 5th?
7. Why is it weirder than in other social places?
8. According to whom?
9. Are there any other reasons it's uncomfortable?
10. Who said that?
11. What can one of these devices feel like?
12. How controlling can you be in one?
13. Do you feel empowered?
14. Who makes this claim?
15. How often to a lot of folks ride these devices?

1. lifts,or elevators
2. whatever you want
3. you take different corners
4. you will unconsciously form a triangle
5. a square
6. stand in the middle
7. You don't have enough space
8. Babette Renneberg
9. we are a little anxious
10. Nick White
11. a tomb
12. you have no control.
13. a sense of disempowerment
14. Dr.Lee Gray
15. several times a day


CHAPTER XVIII

IN NORWAY AT LAST

There is no denying the fact that Dave was startled. It was one thing to have Roger missing, it was quite another to have his chum gone and have the berth made up as if it had never been occupied.

"He went to bed--I saw him go," muttered the boy from the country to himself. "Am I dreaming, or what can the matter be?"

The more Dave thought over the affair the more was he puzzled. As quickly as he could, he put on some of his clothing and slipped on his shoes. Then he opened the stateroom door and stepped out into the passageway leading to the main saloon.

There was a dim light burning outside, and nobody appeared to be in sight. Dave looked up and down the passageway eagerly, and even stepped to one of the corners. Then he walked to the main saloon, with its big sofas and easy-chairs, and its grand piano. Not a soul was in sight anywhere.

"Well, if this isn't the queerest yet," he murmured, and pinched himself, to make certain that he was not dreaming. He walked to one end of the saloon and then to the other, and then started for the stairs leading out on deck.

At that moment there came an extra-heavy gust of wind and the steamer rocked violently. Dave was thrown on his side and fell headlong over the end of a sofa. As he went down he heard several cries, one in a voice that sounded familiar to him.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Roger
2. the steamer
3. yes
4. unknown
5. no
6. yes
7. yes
8. yes
9. the main saloon
10. no
11. the passageway
12. no
13. nobody
14. big sofas
15. easy-chairs
16. a grand piano
17. yes
18. an extra-heavy gust of wind
19. yes
20. stairs leading out on deck

1. Who is Dave looking for?
2. Where is he?
3. Is that a boat?
4. Where is Roger?
5. Did Dave think he was in bed?
6. Is his bed made?
7. Was Dave confused?
8. Did he witness him heading to bed?
9. Where did he decide to go?
10. Was anyone there?
11. What did he walk through on the way to the saloon?
12. Was it bright?
13. Who was in the passageway?
14. What kind of seating choices are in the saloon?
15. Any other options?
16. Is there an instrument?
17. Did he check the whole saloon?
18. What made the boat move?
19. Did Dave get tossed?
20. Where was he headed before the wind?


One day there was a six year old little girl named Megan who lived in a big house with her family. She had two dogs, a brother, a sister, and a mom and dad. Every day she woke up and went to kindergarten, played outside, and watched movies. Sometimes her family would go to a rollercoaster park. Her mom would always try to get her to ride the big rides but she was afraid and wanted to stay in Snoopyland. For two years she stayed in the little kid section of the park. Her big brother who had to babysit her was getting mad because she would not try new rides. She cried more and more until one day she got brave. She went on a little bigger musical ride that went around in circles pretty fast. She got off the ride and loved it! Her mom said to her, "Okay, let's go on the big kid rides now!" Megan was afraid again and cried and cried. For the rest of that summer she stayed in the little kid section and went on little rides. The next summer her brother brought his girlfriend home. His girlfriend's name was Sara and she was older, and loved big rides. Megan liked Sara a lot and wanted to make her like her. When Sara asked Megan if she would ride on bigger rides she said yes, and she went on her first real rollercoaster, Thunderhawk. She was frightened at first but when she stepped off the ride she loved it like she had loved the other ride last year! Now was the real test. Sara asked Megan if she wanted to go on the biggest ride in the park. She was afraid but wanted to show Sara how big she was. At the beginning of the ride Megan was afraid and was about to start crying when they went down the first big hill. Her stomach was tickled and she began laughing really loud. She stepped off the ride with a huge smile on her face and was very proud. Megan was no longer afraid of the big rides and enjoyed riding them for the rest of her life.

Answer the following questions:
1. who was the little girl?
2. how old was she?
3. where did she live?
4. with who?
5. who was in it?
6. what grade was she in?
7. when did she go?
8. where did they all go?
9. what did her mom want her to do?
10. how did she feel about that?
11. how long did she not do it?
12. who became angry?
13. what did she do after she was done crying?
14. what did she ride after that?
15. what was its speed?
16. did she like it?
17. what did she do all summer?
18. who did her brother bring?
19. what was her name?
20. she she like her?
21. who went on the bigger ride with megan?
22. what was it called?

1. Megan
2. six
3. in a big house
4. her family
5. two dogs, a brother, a sister, and a mom and dad
6. kindergarten,
7. Every day
8. a rollercoaster park.
9. ride the big rides
10. afraid
11. two years
12. Her big brother
13. got brave
14. a little bigger musical ride
15. pretty fast.
16. loved it
17. stayed in the little kid section
18. his girlfriend
19. Sara
20. yes
21. Sara
22. Thunderhawk


There once was an elephant named Ellie.

She really liked to eat peanuts.

She lived with a circus and performed with clowns.

One day she was really hungry and could not find any peanuts.

She asked the lion, "Do you have any peanuts?"

The lion said, "Sorry, I don't like peanuts, but the squirrel may have some."

Ellie went looking for the squirrel and along the way saw a little girl.

The little girl was crying.

Ellie asked the little girl, "Why are you crying?"

The little girl, Ava, said, "I lost my parents!"

The elephant put Ava on her back and said, "I can help you look for them."

They looked high and low for Ava's parents.

Ellie made a loud sound with her nose and Ava's parents came to see what it was!

Her parents were so happy to find Ava and so was Ellie.

Ellie's stomach began to growl and Ava heard it.

She dug into her parent's bag and brought out a bag of peanuts!

Ellie ate the peanuts and everyone lived happily ever after.

1. What girl did the elephant meet?
2. What was the elephant's name?
3. Did she live in a zoo?
4. Where did she live?
5. What did she want to snack on?
6. Who did she get them from?
7. Who did she help Ava find?
8. What did Ellie do to find them?
9. Where were the peanuts?
10. How did she carry the girl?
11. Did Ellie meet a squirrel?

1. Ava
2. Ellie
3. no
4. a circus
5. peanuts.
6. Ava, from her parents bag
7. her parents
8. she made a loud noise
9. her parent's bag
10. put her on her back
11. no


Read the text and answer the questions.

Tuscany is a region in central Italy with an area of about and a population of about 3.8 million inhabitants (2013). The regional capital is Florence ("Firenze").

Tuscany is known for its landscapes, traditions, history, artistic legacy and its influence on high culture. It is regarded as the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance and has been home to many figures influential in the history of art and science, and contains well-known museums such as the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace. Tuscany produces wines, including Chianti, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Morellino di Scansano and Brunello di Montalcino. Having a strong linguistic and cultural identity, it is sometimes considered "a nation within a nation".

Tuscany is traditionally a popular destination in Italy, and the main tourist destinations by number of tourist arrivals in 2014 were Florence, Pisa, Montecatini Terme, Castiglione della Pescaia and Grosseto. The village of Castiglione della Pescaia is also the most visited seaside destination in the region, with seaside tourism accounting for approximately 40% of tourist arrivals in Tuscany. Additionally, Siena, Lucca, the Chianti region, Versilia and Val d'Orcia are also internationally renowned and particularly popular spots among travellers.

Seven Tuscan localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the historic centre of Florence (1982); the Cathedral square of Pisa (1987); the historical centre of San Gimignano (1990); the historical centre of Siena (1995); the historical centre of Pienza (1996); the Val d'Orcia (2004), and the Medici Villas and Gardens (2013). Tuscany has over 120 protected nature reserves, making Tuscany and its capital Florence popular tourist destinations that attract millions of tourists every year. In 2012, the city of Florence was the world's 89th most visited city, with over 1.834 million arrivals.

1. What country is Tuscany in?
2. Which part of Italy is it in?
3. How many places there were named World Heritage Sites?
4. One of them is the center of what city?
5. Is that the capital?
6. What is its name in Italian?
7. Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa one of the heritage sites?
8. How many nature reserves are there?
9. How many tourists did they get in 2012?
10. What museums are in Tuscany?
11. Is Tuscany landlocked?
12. What's the most visited location that borders water?
13. What movement was born there?
14. How many people live there?
15. What Pienza location is a heritage site?
16. When was it designated that?
17. Which city had the second most tourists in the area?
18. Was Florence ranked higher or lower?
19. What alcohol is made there?
20. Does it have its own cultural identity?

1. Italy
2. Central
3. Seven
4. Florence
5. Yes
6. Firenze
7. No
8. 120
9. 1.834 million
10. Uffizi and the Pitti Palace
11. No
12. Castiglione della Pescaia
13. Italian Renaissance
14. About 3.8 million
15. The Centre.
16. 1996.
17. Pisa
18. Higher
19. Wine.
20. Yes.


(CNN) -- Dennis Farina, the dapper, mustachioed cop-turned-actor best known for his tough-as-nails work in such TV series as "Law & Order," "Crime Story," and "Miami Vice," has died. He was 69.

"We are deeply saddened by the loss of a great actor and a wonderful man," said his publicist, Lori De Waal, in a statement Monday. "Dennis Farina was always warmhearted and professional, with a great sense of humor and passion for his profession. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends and colleagues."

Farina, who had a long career as a police officer in Chicago, got into acting through director Michael Mann, who used him as a consultant and cast him in his 1981 movie, "Thief." That role led to others in such Mann-created shows as "Miami Vice" (in which Farina played a mobster) and "Crime Story" (in which he starred as Lt. Mike Torello).

Farina also had roles, generally as either cops or gangsters, in a number of movies, including "Midnight Run" (1988), "Get Shorty" (1995), "The Mod Squad" (1999) and "Snatch" (2000).

In 2004, he joined the cast of the long-running "Law & Order" after Jerry Orbach's departure, playing Detective Joe Fontana, a role he reprised on the spinoff "Trial by Jury." Fontana was known for flashy clothes and an expensive car, a distinct counterpoint to Orbach's rumpled Lennie Briscoe.

Farina was on "Law & Order" for two years, partnered with Jesse L. Martin's Ed Green. Martin's character became a senior detective after Farina left the show.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Is someone in showbiz?
2. Whom?
3. What did he do?
4. Is he still alive?
5. Was he in movies?
6. Anything recent?
7. What happened in the early 80's?
8. Who cast him?
9. What was the title of the movie?
10. What parts did he usually get?
11. What happened in 2004?
12. Which one?
13. Who did he portray?
14. Did he have a beater for a car?
15. What did he have?
16. Were the characters clothes frumpy?
17. What were they like?
18. Was he on the show for five years?
19. Was he always an actor?
20. What had he been before?

1. Yes.
2. Dennis Farina
3. Actor
4. No
5. Yes
6. No
7. Farina was cast in a film
8. Michael Mann
9. "Thief"
10. cops or gangsters
11. He joined a TV show cast.
12. "Law & Order"
13. Detective Joe Fontana
14. No
15. An expensive car
16. No
17. Flashy
18. No
19. No
20. A cop


Terry is a normal human boy who enjoys football and playing with his toys. What makes him different is that he really enjoys talking to his magical reindeer Max. One day, Terry is walking around town with Max, and as they pass by the nearby farm, the farmer who owns the land calls out to them - "Hey! You, over there!" They quickly turn around, not sure if they are the ones being called to, but seeing no one nearby, they walk over to the farmer. "What do you need, sir?" Terry asks. "I need help with the plants; they're growing faster than normal. Can you help with the potato plants?" the farmer asks. "Sure! Let's help out, Max!" Terry happily answers. They end up spending the rest of the day helping, and are paid well, both in potatoes, carrots and money, for their work. "That was fun!" Terry says to Max, as they head home. Max simple nods back, as they hurry back to their home.

Based on the article and the following list of answers, write a list of questions.

1. Max
2. farmer
3. help with the potato plants
4. they're growing faster than normal
5. the rest of the day
6. paid well
7. potatoes and carrots
8. That was fun!
9. no
10. nods
11. no

1. What is the name of the reindeer?
2. who calls over to the boy?
3. What does the farmer want?
4. What is the problem with the plants?
5. How long does Terry spend helping?
6. How much money do they get paid?
7. what else do they get for their work?
8. what did Terry say to Max when they were done?
9. Does Max say anything to Terry?
10. How does Max answer back to Terry?
11. Is there anthing special about Terry?


Read the text and answer the questions.

CHAPTER XX THE FRIEND

Less than half an hour later, Marguerite, buried in thoughts, sat inside her coach, which was bearing her swiftly to London.

She had taken an affectionate farewell of little Suzanne, and seen the child safely started with her maid, and in her own coach, back to town. She had sent one courier with a respectful letter of excuse to His Royal Highness, begging for a postponement of the august visit on account of pressing and urgent business, and another on ahead to bespeak a fresh relay of horses at Faversham.

Then she had changed her muslin frock for a dark traveling costume and mantle, had provided herself with money--which her husband's lavishness always placed fully at her disposal--and had started on her way.

She did not attempt to delude herself with any vain and futile hopes; the safety of her brother Armand was to have been conditional on the imminent capture of the Scarlet Pimpernel. As Chauvelin had sent her back Armand's compromising letter, there was no doubt that he was quite satisfied in his own mind that Percy Blakeney was the man whose death he had sworn to bring about.

No! there was no room for any fond delusions! Percy, the husband whom she loved with all the ardour which her admiration for his bravery had kindled, was in immediate, deadly peril, through her hand. She had betrayed him to his enemy--unwittingly 'tis true--but she HAD betrayed him, and if Chauvelin succeeded in trapping him, who so far was unaware of his danger, then his death would be at her door. His death! when with her very heart's blood, she would have defended him and given willingly her life for his.

1. Where was Marguerite?
2. Where was she going?
3. Who was she thinking of?
4. Did she care about her?
5. Where was Suzanne?
6. Was she going to London too?
7. Where was she headed?
8. Was Marguerite married
9. To who?
10. Did she love him?
11. Was there anyone who hated Percy?
12. Who?
13. Did he want to hurt Percy?
14. Did Marguerite feel blame for this?

1. inside her coach
2. to London
3. Suzanne
4. yes
5. with her maid, and in her own coach
6. no
7. back to town
8. yes
9. Percy
10. yes
11. yes
12. Chauvelin
13. yes
14. yes


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A psychological identity relates to self-image (one's mental model of oneself), self-esteem, and individuality. Consequently, Weinreich gives the definition "A person's identity is defined as the totality of one's self-construal, in which how one construes oneself in the present expresses the continuity between how one construes oneself as one was in the past and how one construes oneself as one aspires to be in the future"; this allows for definitions of aspects of identity, such as: "One's ethnic identity is defined as that part of the totality of one's self-construal made up of those dimensions that express the continuity between one's construal of past ancestry and one's future aspirations in relation to ethnicity" (Weinreich, 1986a).

The description or representation of individual and group identity is a central task for psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists and those of other disciplines where "identity" needs to be mapped and defined. How should one describe the identity of another, in ways which encompass both their idiosyncratic qualities and their group memberships or identifications, both of which can shift according to circumstance? Following on from the work of Kelly, Erikson, Tajfel and others Weinreich's Identity Structure Analysis (ISA), is "a structural representation of the individual's existential experience, in which the relationships between self and other agents are organised in relatively stable structures over time … with the emphasis on the socio-cultural milieu in which self relates to other agents and institutions" (Weinreich and Saunderson, (eds) 2003, p1). Using constructs drawn from the salient discourses of the individual, the group and cultural norms, the practical operationalisation of ISA provides a methodology that maps how these are used by the individual, applied across time and milieus by the "situated self" to appraise self and other agents and institutions (for example, resulting in the individual's evaluation of self and significant others and institutions).[citation needed]

1. What is the ISA?
2. Who started it?
3. What was the date of his quote?
4. Who collaborated with him?
5. In what year?
6. What did they emphasize?
7. In relation to what?
8. Where did the constraints come from?
9. What is mapped?
10. What example is given?
11. Was there a citation for this?

1. Identity Structure Analysis (ISA)
2. Weinreich
3. 1986
4. Saunderson
5. 2003
6. the socio-cultural milieu
7. in which self relates to other agents and institutions
8. from the salient discourses of the individual, the group and cultural norms,
9. "identity"
10. esulting in the individual's evaluation of self and significant others and institutions
11. citation needed