Tommy was a little boy who lived by a big lake by the woods. One day he saw two little mice looking at the water. They seemed very sad.

"What is wrong?" Tommy asked.

Mary, one of the little mice, stood. "My brother and I love to see new things. We want to see what is on the other side of the lake. But we do not know how to build a boat to get there."

Tommy smiled. "I have plenty of toy boats," he said. "They are your size!"

"Oh, thank you!" said Steve, the other little mouse. "We would be very glad if we could borrow it!"

Tommy went to his house and returned with a small toy boat. The boat had a big sail to make the boat go. Mary and Steve climbed on and Tommy put the boat into the water.

The boat sailed away across the water! Mary and Steve laughed with joy and had great fun riding the toy boat.

Soon, they reached the other side of the lake. Many people were having fun swimming and splashing in the water. Steve and Mary loved seeing all the new things and people.

A man threw a ball into the water. It landed by the toy boat. The man's big dog came splashing into the water to fetch it. The big waves splashed the little boat every which way! Mary and Steve got very wet.

Mary and Steve went back home after that. They told Tommy of what they saw, and they all laughed at the big dog's wave. Tomorrow the mice would see even more of the lake on Tommy's toy boat!

Answer the following questions:
1. Where'd Tommy live?
2. what'd he see?
3. What does Tommy have?
4. Did the mice have names?
5. what were they?
6. where'd he get the boats?
7. What's the mice do?
8. What were people doing?
9. What did the man do?
10. What did the do do?

1. by a big lake by the woods
2. mice
3. toy boats
4. yes
5. Mary and Steve
6. his house
7. climbed on
8. swimming and splashing
9. threw a ball into the water
10. got very wet


CHAPTER XXXII

LITTLE NELL--CONCLUSION

Jean Bevoir was now thoroughly cowed, and once having exposed himself he did all in his power to curry favor with those he had so deeply wronged, in the hope that they would relent in their treatment of him and perhaps grant him his ultimate liberty. But neither Henry nor the others would make him any promises, for nobody had any intention of letting him go free.

"He deserves to become a prisoner," said Dave. "And he ought to be put in solitary confinement and on bread and water."

"Right ye are, lad," said Barringford. "He's wuss nor a snake in the grass. I don't wonder Henry felt like pepperin' him on the spot."

It was well along in the middle of the afternoon and the rangers who had been out on the hunt were thoroughly tired, yet it was arranged that those who had remained in camp should move to the cave near the falls without delay, after getting minute directions from Jean Bevoir, so that there should be no chance of making a mistake in the route. A strict guard was ordered over the trader and he was given to understand that if anything went wrong with those who set out on the search for little Nell and the others the blame would fall upon him.

It must be said that the hearts of both Henry and Dave beat rapidly as they pushed along the trail leading towards the falls. Henry, as we know, loved his little sister dearly, and Dave's affection for his little cousin was scarcely less strong. Throughout the whole campaign there had not been a day when they had not thought of her and of what she must be suffering.

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Dave think Jean deserved?
2. Where did he think they should put him?
3. Would he be allowed to eat?
4. Who agreed with him?
5. Who wanted to shoot Jean?
6. How long were the rangers out?
7. What was the reason for their outing?
8. Were they tired?
9. Was an arrangement made for those left in the encampment?
10. What were they to do?
11. When?
12. What were they to do first?
13. From whom?
14. Who did Henry love?
15. And Dave?
16. Who were they searching for?
17. Where did the trail lead?
18. How did Henry and Daves hearts beat?
19. Was anyone going to let Jean go?
20. Who watched the trader?

1. To become a prisoner
2. In solitary confinement
3. Bread and water
4. Barringford
5. Henry
6. Till the middle of the afternoon
7. They were hunting
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. Move to the cave near the falls
11. Without delay
12. Get minute directions
13. Jean Bevoir
14. His little sister
15. His little cousin
16. Nell
17. To the falls
18. Rapidly
19. No
20. A strict guard


(CNN) -- Evangelist Tony Alamo was arrested Thursday in Flagstaff, Arizona, on charges related to a child porn investigation, an FBI spokesman said.

The 74-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was arrested without incident at 2:45 p.m. (4:45 p.m. ET) as he was departing the Little America Hotel with his wife, said Manuel Johnson, spokesman for the FBI in Phoenix, Arizona.

The FBI, the Flagstaff Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were involved in the arrest, he said.

Alamo was charged under a federal statute with having knowingly transported a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity, Johnson said.

Alamo, whose real name is Bernie Hoffman, was taken to Coconino County Jail in Flagstaff, where he is to have an initial appearance Friday in federal magistrate court, Johnson said.

Over the weekend, about 100 federal and state agents authorities raided Alamo's 15-acre compound near Texarkana, Arkansas, and took six children into temporary custody.

The children were interviewed as part of a two-year investigation into Tony Alamo Christian Ministries to determine whether they were physically or sexually abused, said Bill Sadler of the Arkansas State Police.

Alamo, reached by phone Saturday in Los Angeles, California, denied any wrongdoing.

"It's a hoax," Alamo said. "They're just trying to make our church look evil ... by saying I'm a pornographer. Saying that I rape little children. ... I love children. I don't abuse them. Never have. Never will."

Asked why authorities were searching the property, Alamo compared himself to Christ.

Answer this series of questions:

1. Who thinks he's Jesus?
2. Does he admit to doing evil acts?
3. What is his real name?
4. How old is he?
5. Is he married?
6. How long did it take to investigate him?
7. What is the name of his group?
8. How much land did they have?
9. Where?
10. How many kids were saved?
11. Where was he placed under arrest?
12. Where is that?
13. What time?
14. How many law enforcement personnel were in the raid?
15. Where was he incarcerated?
16. In what city?
17. When will he appear before the judge?
18. Did he resist arrest?
19. Who is the spokesperson?
20. Who does he represent?

1. Alamo
2. no
3. Bernie Hoffma
4. 74
5. yes
6. a two-year investigation
7. Tony Alamo Christian Ministries
8. 15-acre compound
9. near Texarkana, Arkansas
10. six
11. Little America Hotel
12. in Phoenix, Arizona.
13. 2:45 p.m. (4:45 p.m. ET)
14. 100 federal and state agents
15. Coconino County Jail
16. in Flagstaff
17. Friday
18. no
19. Manuel Johnson
20. the FBI


London, England (CNN) -- TV talent show star Susan Boyle will sing for Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Scotland next month, the Catholic Church in Scotland said Wednesday.

A church spokesman said in June they were negotiating with the singing phenomenon to perform.

Benedict is due to visit England and Scotland from September 16-19.

Boyle will perform three times at Bellahouston Park in Glasgow on Thursday, Sept. 16, the Scottish Catholic Media Office said. She will also sing with the 800-strong choir at the open-air Mass there.

In the pre-Mass program, Boyle plans to sing the hymn "How Great Thou Art" as well as her signature song, "I Dreamed a Dream," the tune from the musical "Les Miserables" that shot her to fame in April 2009.

"To be able to sing for the pope is a great honor and something I've always dreamed of -- it's indescribable," Boyle, a Catholic, said in a statement. "I think the 16th of September will stand out in my memory as something I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to sing for His Holiness and I can't really put into words my happiness that this wish has come true at last."

Boyle said her late mother was at the same Glasgow park when Pope John Paul II visited in 1982.

After the final hymn at the end of the Mass, Boyle will sing a farewell song to the pope as he leaves to go to the airport for his flight to London, the church said.

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

1. TV talent show star
2. Pope Benedict XVI
3. the Catholic Church
4. in Scotland
5. no
6. England and Scotland
7. September 16-19
8. three
9. Bellahouston Park
10. no
11. Glasgow
12. 1982
13. London
14. farewell song
15. as something I've always wanted to do

1. who is Susan Boyle ?
2. who will she sing for ?
3. who said this ?
4. where ?
5. is he due to visit china ?
6. where will he visit ?
7. when ?
8. how many times will she perform ?
9. at what park ?
10. in chicago ?
11. where ?
12. when did Pope John Paul II visit ?
13. where is the pope flying to ?
14. what will boyle sing ?
15. the 16th of September will stand out in my memory in what way ?


It was a cold winter day. A woman drove up to the Rainbow Bridge tollbooth . "I'm paying for myself, and for the six cars behind me," she said with a smile, handing over seven tickets. One after another, the next six drivers arriving at the tollbooth were informed, "Some lady up ahead already paid your fare."

It turned out that the woman, Natalie Smith, had read something on a friend's refrigerator: "Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty." The phrase impressed her so much that she copied it down.

Judy Foreman spotted the same phrase on a warehouse wall far away from home. When it stayed on her mind for days, she gave up and drove all the way back to copy it down. "I thought it was beautiful," she said, explaining why she'd taken to writing it at the bottom of all her letters, "like a message from above." Her husband, Frank, liked the phrase so much that he put it up on the classroom wall for his students, one of whom was the daughter of Alice Johnson, a local news reporter. Alice put it in the newspaper, admitting that though she liked it, she didn't know where it came from or what it really meant.

Two days later, Alice got a call from Anne Herbert, a woman living in Marin. It was in a restaurant that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.

"Here's the idea," Anne says. "Anything you think there should be more of, do it randomly." Her fantasies include painting the classrooms of shabby schools, leaving hot meals on kitchen tables in the poor part of town, and giving money secretly to a proud old lady. Anne says, " _ ."

The acts of random kindness spread. If you were one of those drivers who found your fare paid, who knows what you might have been inspired to do for someone else later. Like all great events, kindness begins slowly, with every single act. Let it be yours!

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. How many cars did the woman pay for?
2. where at?
3. what were the other drivers told?
4. who was the lady?
5. why did she pay the strangers' tolls?
6. what was it?
7. did she see it somewhere else too?
8. who did?
9. did she write it down right away?
10. when did she?
11. why?
12. did her husband like it?
13. where did he display it?
14. who noticed it?
15. who is Alice?
16. why did she publish it?
17. who called her?
18. where is she from?
19. what did she find out from Anne?
20. what does Anne think people should do?

1. Seven
2. Rainbow Bridge tollbooth
3. Some lady up ahead already paid your fare
4. Natalie Smith
5. she had read something on a friend's refrigerator
6. Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty
7. no
8. Judy Foreman
9. no
10. later
11. she thought it was beautiful
12. yes
13. the classroom wall
14. the daughter of Alice Johnson
15. local news reporter
16. she liked it
17. Anne Herbert
18. Marin
19. that Anne wrote the phrase down on a piece of paper, after turning it around in her mind for days.
20. do things randomly


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

(CNN) -- He armors himself, keeps other people guessing and likes to wear a mask.

Christian Bale is known as a hard worker who immerses himself in his characters.

Batman? Try Christian Bale.

Though in his case the armor and mask are metaphorical, the 34-year-old "Dark Knight" star likes to keep his personal life as shadowy as a superhero's back story. He's been known to keep a low profile -- "You will never see me at a party," he told the Times of London -- and delights in concocting stories about his life.

"I make up [things]," he told Details magazine earlier this year. "Absolutely. I'm an actor -- I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things. I'll enjoy chatting now and then later I'll regret it."

But with the explosive impact of "The Dark Knight" -- the film has set box office records in the 10 days since its release, becoming the fastest film to reach the $300 million mark in history -- and the forthcoming release of the fourth "Terminator," which will star Bale, he may find his privacy limited. ("The Dark Knight" is a Warner Bros. film. The studio, like CNN, is a unit of Time Warner.)

"Can he stand the glare of the spotlight?" a rival studio executive asked Entertainment Weekly. "Being put in major roles and major films?"

Already there are signs that Bale has made the jump from actor to movie star. Last week, news of an alleged hotel-room tussle between the actor, his mother and his sister made headlines around the world. Bale, who has denied the allegations, described the incident as "a deeply personal matter" and asked the media to "respect my privacy in the matter" at a press conference. Watch the latest on the incident »

1. Which film reached $300 mil the fastest?
2. Who is the star?
3. is another movie he is in mentioned?
4. what is it?
5. is he a person who talks about himself a lot?
6. does he tell the truth about himself?
7. what does he do instead?
8. is he a sloth or a hard worker?
9. is he a partier?
10. who did he tell that he never goes to them?
11. is he happy when he tells family stories?
12. who is the studio behind The Dark Knight?
13. is that a part of a larger company?
14. which one?
15. does anyone doubt his ability to cope with being in the spotlight?
16. who?
17. from which studio?
18. which agency did the exec say that to?
19. what scandal hit the news last week?
20. did he affirm the reports?

1. The Dark Knight
2. Christian Bale
3. YEs.
4. Terminator
5. No.
6. Not all of the time.
7. I make up [things]
8. hard worker
9. No.
10. Times of London
11. Yes, then regretful
12. Warner Bros. film
13. Yes.
14. Time Warner
15. Yes.
16. a rival studio executive
17. unknown
18. Entertainment Weekly
19. hotel-room tussle between the actor, his mother and his sister
20. No.


Posted: 06/19/2014 12:00 a.m. Lucy Li, an 11-year-old girl, is the youngest person to qualify for a US Women's Open golf tournament . She was qualified for the US Women's Open in May. When she set a new record by seven strokes .And today she is playing against some of the best female golfers in the world. Earlier this week Li said that she wasn't nervous about becoming the centre of attention at today's game. "I just want to have fun and play the best I can and I really don't care about the result. I can learn a lot from these great players." Li doesn't spend all her time golfing. She is home-schooled in an online Stanford University programme. Her favourite subjects are Maths, History, and Science and she loves to read. She also loves medicine, diving, badminton, dancing, and table tennis. But golf is her favourite sport. "I like golf because it's different from other sports. Anybody can play it." she said. Some female golfers are worried that Li isn't quite ready for the Open. "When I found out she was qualified, I said, where does she go from here? You qualify for an Open at 11, what do you do next? If she was my kid, I wouldn't let her play in the US Open at all, but that's just me," said world champion Stacy Lewis. Dottie Pepper, an ESPN analyst , thinks that the most important thing is that Li doesn't think of winning. "If the success for her is not based on score, then I don't think she's too young. The important thing for her is to treat the whole experience as a kid on the golf score. Forget expectations." Dottie said.

1. Is Li schooled at home?
2. With what university is her online school affiliated with?
3. What sport does she play?
4. What tournament has she qualified for?
5. What is her age?
6. In what month did she qualify for the tournament?
7. Did she set at record at that time?
8. By how many strokes?
9. Was she the youngest ever to qualify for the tournament?
10. What are her favorite school subjects?
11. Who said that Li shouldn't play in the Open?
12. Who is Dottie Pepper?
13. What does she think the girl should not think of?
14. Did Li say she was nervous about getting attention in the sport?
15. What did she say she did not care about?
16. Does Li like to dance?
17. Why did she say she liked golf as opposed to other sports?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. Yes
2. Stanford
3. golf
4. the US Women's Open
5. 11
6. May
7. yes
8. seven
9. Yes
10. Maths, History, and Science
11. Stacy Lewis
12. an ESPN analyst
13. winning
14. no
15. the result
16. Yes
17. Anybody can play it


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

The dog, called Prince, was an intelligent animal and a slave to Williams. From morning till night, he had a number of clear duties, for which Williams had patiently trained him and, like a good pupil, Prince lived for the chance to prove his abilities. When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur. "Boots" and within seconds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning Prince ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly not only with Williams' daily paper but with a packet of Williams' favorite tobacco. A trained gun-dog, Prince had a large soft mouth specially evolved (;) for the sake of carrying hunted creatures, so the paper and tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.

Williams was an engine driver, and he had to work at irregular times -- "days", "late days", or "nights". Over the years Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, and knew when his master would leave the house and return and _ If Williams overslept, Prince barked at the bedroom door until he woke. On his return, Williams' slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco too.

A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening he slipped and fell on the icy pavement somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The house was turned upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, two days later, Prince dropped the wallet into Williams' hand. Very muddy, and wet through, the wallet still contained fifty-three pounds.

1. What is the dog's name?
2. Who is his owner?
3. Is the dog wild?
4. Where does the dog go every morning?
5. Why does he go there?
6. What time does he go?
7. What happens when Williams oversleeps?
8. What happened to Williams last winter?
9. Was it ever found?
10. Who found it?
11. Was there any money in it?
12. How much?
13. What kind of hours did Williams work?
14. What type of shoes could Prince drop at Williams' feet?
15. What caused Williams to fall?
16. Where was he when this happened?
17. Was this a calming experience for him?
18. Did he go to work the next day?
19. What did he do instead?

1. Prince
2. Williams
3. no
4. the general store
5. to get the daily paper
6. nine
7. Prince barked at the bedroom door
8. he lost his wallet
9. yes
10. Prince
11. yes
12. fifty-three pounds
13. irregular hours
14. Boots
15. icy pavement
16. between the village and his home
17. no
18. no
19. he stayed in bed for three days


The cat woke up from its nap under the couch. Poking his head out from under the couch, there were no dogs there. He walked out from under the couch and stretched out his paws along the hard wood floor. Far outside there was some barking from the dogs, but he was safe from them for now. The smell of tuna was in the air and the cat followed the scent to the kitchen. A woman was making a tuna sandwich for her two kids. When she finished, she put the tuna can on to the floor. The cat slowly walked up to the can and saw some juice inside. He licked up the yummy tuna juice and was sad when it was all gone. The woman brought the tuna sandwiches over to her sons at the table, then she opened the back door to let the dogs in. The cat's fur stood on end as the dogs came running after him. He ran away into the other and back to under the couch where it was safe.

1. Were there dogs there?
2. What could be heard?
3. What did the cat smell?
4. Who was using tuna?
5. What was she preparing?
6. For whom?
7. Were they girls?
8. Where'd she place the container?
9. Was the floor carpeted?
10. Did the cat get a treat?
11. Did she open the door?
12. Where'd the kitty go?

1. no
2. barking
3. tuna
4. A woman
5. tuna sandwich
6. her kids
7. no
8. at the table
9. no
10. yes
11. yes
12. under the couch


Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom are administered by the UK government's Office of Communications (Ofcom). For this purpose Ofcom established a telephone numbering plan, known as the "National Telephone Numbering Plan", which is the system for assigning telephone numbers to subscriber stations. Since 28 April 2001, almost all geographic numbers and most non-geographic numbers have 9 or 10 national (significant) numbers after the "0" trunk code. All mobile telephone numbers have 10 national (significant) numbers after the "0" trunk code. The overall structure of the UK's National Numbering Plan is: A short sample of geographic numbers, set out in the officially approved (Ofcom) number groups: In the United Kingdom, area codes are two, three, four, or, rarely, five digits long (after the initial zero). Regions with shorter area codes, typically large cities, permit the allocation of more telephone numbers as the local number portion has more digits. Local customer numbers are four to eight figures long. The total number of digits is ten, but in a very few areas the total may be nine digits (after the initial zero). The "area code" is also referred to as an "STD (code)" (subscriber trunk dialling) or a "dialling code" in the UK.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is responsible for phone numbers in the UK?
2. How is  the office's name abbreviated?
3. What did they establish to assign numbers?
4. What is the first digit in UK phone numbers?
5. What's this called?
6. How many digits follow it?
7. How many for mobile phones?
8. What is the overall structure of the plan?
9. How long are area codes?
10. Where are shorter ones usually found?
11. What  do they have more of?
12. How long are local customer numbers?
13. How long is the total amount of digits?
14. Is it ever different?
15. What's another term for the area  code?
16. Any others?
17. What?
18. Since what date has this system been in place?

1. the UK government's Office of Communications
2. Ofcom
3. the "National Telephone Numbering Plan",
4. 0
5. a trunk code
6. 9 or 10 (significant) numbers
7. 10
8. A short sample of geographic numbers, set out in the officially approved (Ofcom) number groups
9. from two to 5 digits
10. large cities
11. telephone numbers
12. four to eight figures long
13. generally ten
14. Yes
15. STD code
16. Yes
17. a "dialling code"
18. 28 April 2001


A440 or A4 (also known as the Stuttgart pitch), which has a frequency of 440 Hz, is the musical note of A above middle C and serves as a general tuning standard for musical pitch.

The International Organization for Standardization classify it as ISO 16. Prior to the standardization on 440 Hz, other frequencies were standardised upon. Although not universally accepted, it serves as the audio frequency reference for the calibration of acoustic equipment and the tuning of pianos, violins, and other musical instruments.

Prior to the standardization on 440 Hz, many countries and organizations followed the French standard since the 1860s of 435 Hz, which had also been the Austrian government's 1885 recommendation. Johann Heinrich Scheibler recommended A440 as a standard in 1834 after inventing the "tonometer" to measure pitch, and it was approved by the the same year.

The American music industry reached an informal standard of 440 Hz in 1926, and some began using it in instrument manufacturing. In 1936 the American Standards Association recommended that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz. This standard was taken up by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955 (reaffirmed by them in 1975) as ISO 16. Although not universally accepted, since then it has served as the audio frequency reference for the calibration of acoustic equipment and the tuning of pianos, violins, and other musical instruments.

1. What entity standardized A4 on 440 Hertz?
2. What do they classify it as?
3. Was A4 always standardized at 440 Hertz?
4. What is one instrument A4 is used to tune?
5. And another?
6. Do they mention tuning guitars?
7. What is A4 also called?
8. Or what else?
9. What note is it?
10. In the 1920s, did the American music companies have A4 as an official standard?
11. Who made a recommendation in 1936?
12. What did they recommend?
13. What happened in 1955?
14. When did they reiterate their support for A4?
15. Does everyone agree with the standard?
16. What did Scheibler invent?
17. What did it do?
18. When did he create it?
19. How many Hertz was the French standard?
20. Since when?

1. International Organization for Standardization
2. ISO 16
3. no
4. pianos
5. violins
6. no
7. A440
8. Stuttgart pitch
9. A above middle C
10. no
11. the American Standards Association
12. that the A above middle C be tuned to 440 Hz.
13. it was used by the International Organization for Standardization in 1955
14. 1975
15. . no
16. the tonometer
17. measure pitch,
18. 1834
19. 435 Hz, w
20. 1860


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Pictures That Don't Last "YEARS ago when I was at the Grand Canyon, I remember someone coming up to the canyon's edge, taking a shot with their camera and then walking away, like 'got it - done', barely even glancing at the magnificent scene sprawling in front of them," Linda Henkel, a scientist at Fairfield University, US told Live Science. Henkel was surprised by how obsessed people are with taking pictures these days - before dinner, during friends' birthday parties, on museum tours and so on.You know people just like that, don't you? They keep taking pictures because they think that it helps record the moment, but as Henkel's latest study has just found out, this obsession may prevent their brains from remembering what actually happened, reported The Guardian. In her study, Henkel led a group of college students around a museum and asked them to simply observe 15 objects and to photograph 15 others.The next day the students' memory of the tour was tested, and the results showed that they were less accurate in recognizing the objects and they remembered fewer details about them if they photographed them. "When people rely on technology to remember for them - counting on the camera to record the event and thus not needing to attend to it fully themselves, it can have a negative effect on how well they remember their experiences," Henkel explained. But there is also an exception: if students zoomed in to photograph part of an object, their memory actually improved, and those who focused the lens on a specific area could even recall parts that weren't in the frame. So basically, this study is saying that constantly taking pictures can harm your memory.But shouldn't reviewing pictures we have taken help wake up our memories? This is true, but only if we spend enough time doing it. "In order to remember, we have to access and interact with the photos, rather than just amassing them," Henkel told The Telegraph.However, previous research has shown that most people never take the time to look over their digital pictures simply because there are too many of them and they aren't usually very organized on their computers.

1. where does Linda Henkel work?
2. how many objects did she ask college students to observe?
3. and how many were they supposed to take pictures of?
4. Where did Linda visit years ago?
5. did students who took photos remember more details or less?
6. was it more accurate when they zoomed in?
7. do most people actually review their photos?
8. why don't they?
9. why do people take so many photos according to Linda?
10. does this help or hurt their memory of the event?
11. in order to be remembered, what has to be done with the photos?
12. who was Henkel telling all of this to?
13. and what other publication?
14. and who else?
15. how many publications is that in total?
16. are most people's digital images well organized?

1. Fairfield University
2. 15
3. 15
4. the Grand Canyon
5. less
6. yes
7. no
8. there are too many of them
9. they think that it helps record the moment
10. hurt
11. have to access and interact with the photos
12. Live Science
13. The Guardian
14. The Telegraph
15. three
16. no


(CNN) -- They are some of the last thoughts of a serial killer, found on blood-soaked, handwritten and often poetic notes in his Alaska jail cell after he took his own life.

"Speak soft in your ear so you know that it's true. You may have been free, you loved living your lie, fate had its own scheme, crushed like a bug you still die," Israel Keyes wrote.

Keyes killed himself in December. He was in custody in the killing of barista Samantha Koenig, 18, whom he abducted from a coffee stand in Anchorage, Alaska, last February. Koenig was one of at least eight people Keyes admitted to killing, but he may have taken other lives, police have said.

Keyes' notes were released by the FBI on Wednesday after they were cleaned up at the bureau's lab in Quantico, Virginia. They were found under his body, written in a combination of pencil and ink on a yellow legal pad, the FBI said in a statement.

The bureau said the notes don't confirm any of his killings, add any new victims to his grisly toll, or offer any other clues that might help their investigation. It said an analysis showed no hidden messages or code in the four pages.

But a read of them does give a glimpse into Keyes' mind, apparently describing how it felt to take a life and the disdain in which he held much of American society.

"I looked in your eyes, they were so dark, warm and trusting as though you had not a worry or care. The more guiless (sp) the gaze the better potential to fill up those pools with your fear," Keyes wrote at one point.

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

1. who commited suiside ?
2. when ?
3. who did he kill ?
4. what is her last name ?
5. how old was she ?
6. where was he in jail (state) ?
7. did he write poems in notes ?
8. how many people did he say he killed ?
9. could it habe been more ?
10. how many pages ?
11. did the notes have clues ?
12. who released the notes ?
13. on what day ?
14. where were they cleaned ?
15. where ?
16. what state ?
17. where did they find them ?
18. were they written in crayon ?
19. what did he write them with ?
20. who said this ?

1. Keyes
2. December
3. Samantha
4. Koenig
5. 18
6. Alaska
7. yes
8. eight
9. yes
10. four
11. no
12. FBI
13. Wednesday
14. bureau's lab
15. Quantico
16. Virginia
17. under his body
18. no
19. pencil and ink
20. FBI


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- The bodies of six men -- including a California educator -- were found Thursday in the north-central Mexican state of Durango, hours after they had been abducted from a nearby restaurant, the man's relatives said Friday.

"He was needlessly and senselessly murdered," said Carlos Salcedo, 37, about his brother, Augustin Roberto "Bobby" Salcedo, of El Monte, east of Los Angeles.

Bobby Salcedo, 33, had traveled with his wife to visit her family in Gomez Palacio, his brother said. They were eating in a restaurant Wednesday night when armed men barged in, forced everyone onto the floor and abducted all six men who were in the party, Carlos Salcedo told CNN in a telephone interview.

At 7 a.m. Thursday, police notified his sister-in-law that they had found her husband's body in a local ravine with bullet wounds to the head and chest, he said.

"All indications are that this was just random, a violent act, just a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time," he told reporters in El Monte.

"What we really want to do is just shed a light on this incident and the senseless, violent acts that are happening across the border from us and really just put a spotlight on this and make sure that we find justice."

"He was a brilliant, a bright star for our community, and he as taken from us," said El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero of Salcedo, who served on the city school district board. "He was stolen from us and now we need to hold them accountable for what they did."

1. Who was murdered?
2. Were one of those men a teacher?
3. Where did this happen/
4. Is that in Mexico?
5. Where were they abducted from?
6. Who stated that his brother was murdered in a senseless way?
7. And what was the name of his brother who was killed?
8. How old was he?
9. They were visiting his wife's family who lived where?
10. What time was the police notified?
11. On what day?
12. What body parts were he shot at?
13. Was this a random act?
14. Which news outlet did an interview with Carlos?

1. six men
2. Yes
3. Durango
4. yes
5. a nearby restaurant
6. Carlos Salcedo
7. Augustin Roberto "Bobby" Salcedo
8. 37
9. Gomez Palacio
10. 7 a.m
11. Thursday
12. head and chest
13. yes
14. CNN


The Bronx /ˈbrɒŋks/ is the northernmost of the five boroughs (counties) of New York City in the state of New York, located south of Westchester County. Many bridges and tunnels link the Bronx to the island and borough of Manhattan to the west over and under the narrow Harlem River, as well as three longer bridges south over the East River to the borough of Queens. Of the five boroughs, the Bronx is the only one on the U.S. mainland and, with a land area of 42 square miles (109 km2) and a population of 1,438,159 in 2014, has the fourth largest land area, the fourth highest population, and the third-highest population density.

The Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck who created the first settlement as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639. The native Lenape were displaced after 1643 by settlers. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Bronx received many immigrant groups as it was transformed into an urban community, first from various European countries (particularly Ireland, Germany and Italy) and later from the Caribbean region (particularly Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic), as well as African American migrants from the American South. This cultural mix has made the Bronx a wellspring of both Latin music and hip hop.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. NYC has how many counties?
2. which one is the farthest north?
3. Named after who?
4. Who founded?
5. Where was this settlement?
6. When?
7. did they get along with the locals?
8. What occured to cause this?
9. What year did this occur?
10. How many boroughs are mainlands?
11. How many miles does it include?
12. When was the last census taken?
13. What was the stated population?
14. is that the highest population among the boroughs?
15. What rank is it?
16. What type of music is common?
17. Any other music choices?
18. What countries did these immigrants come from?
19. When did the immigration occur?
20. What rivers do the bridges cover?

1. five
2. The Bronx
3. Jonas Bronck
4. the first settlement
5. the New Netherland colony
6. 1639
7. No
8. The native Lenape were displaced
9. after 1643
10. one
11. 42 square miles
12. 2014
13. 1,438,159
14. No
15. the fourth highest
16. Latin music
17. hip hop
18. Ireland, Germany Italy, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic
19. In the 19th and 20th centuries
20. Harlem River,and the East River


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

CHAPTER V.

MESSRS. TREAT, JONES, WESTON & DOWD.

The particular circle of society in which Ben and Johnny moved was shaken to its very centre by the news which was whispered from one to the other on the day after those young gentlemen and Paul had taken up their abode at Mrs. Green's.

Early that morning the most exciting topic of conversation had been Master Spry's misfortune and Tim Dooley's perfidy; and that had hardly begun to be commented upon when the news spread that Ben and Johnny, since the coming of their guest, who was evidently a suspicious sort of a person, as was shown by his clothes and his entire ignorance of the slang of the street, were no longer proud of their neat little bit of real estate, but had made a change which would probably be the means of their financial ruin. That they had been so extravagant as to engage rooms at a regular boarding-house, where they were to spend their substance on three square meals each day, seemed like a reckless disregard of money; and the price which they were to pay for board was stated at various sums from five to ten dollars per week. But that was not the only bit of wonderful news.

Jimmy Sullivan stated--and he was supported by several others as the time wore on--that Johnny himself had told him that they were to start a regular theatre, and had already engaged a hall, which would be converted into a first-class place of amusement as soon as possible. This would have been regarded simply as a rumor started for the purpose of injuring the credit of these young gentlemen, had it not come so directly from one of the parties concerned, and must therefore be true.

1. Who started to live at Mrs Green's?
2. How could you tell Paul was a person to be suspected?
3. What kind of lingo was it?
4. Name one of the things that was rumored to lead to their money troubles?
5. Anot?her
6. What was the low estimate of the money they were spending?
7. And the high estimate?
8. What had people been gossiping about before they started on Ben and Johnny?
9. So were people having fun with this gossip?
10. What did they think of it?
11. How did they communicate with each other about it?
12. What did Johnny tell Jimmy Sullivan about?
13. Did people believe Jimmy?
14. Would doing that be a bad thing?
15. What had Johnny done about beginning the project?
16. Was it going to be used as is?
17. What was going to happen to it?
18. When?
19. Was this only a rumor?
20. Why not?

1. Ben, Johnny, and Paul
2. his clothes and his ignorance of the slang
3. slang of the street
4. they had engaged rooms at a regular boarding-house
5. they were to pay for three square meals each day
6. five dollars per week
7. ten dollars per week
8. Master Spry's misfortune and Tim Dooley's perfidy
9. yes
10. That it was wonderful news.
11. whispered from one to the other
12. that they were to start a regular theatre
13. yes
14. yes
15. he had already engaged a hall
16. no
17. it would be converted into a first-class place of amusement
18. as soon as possible
19. It was not thought to be so.
20. Because it came directly from one of the parties concerned.


Read the text and answer the questions.

Tom and Joseph are best friends. They spent their summer vacation in Africa. When they were walking through the desert , they started to argue about something. Tom became very angry and slapped Joseph in the face. Joseph felt hurt, but he didn't say anything to Tom. Then Joseph wrote in the sand : "Today my best friend slapped me in the face." They kept on walking until they found a small lake. They decided to have a bath . But when Joseph got in the water, he started to sink . Tom jumped in after him and pulled him out. His friend saved his life. After he became well again, Joseph wrote on a stone : "Today my best friend saved my life." Tom couldn't understand it. "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand. Now you write on a stone. Why?" he asked. _ " Joseph answered. "But when someone does something good for us, we must write it on stones so that no wind can ever take it away."

1. who are best friends ?
2. how many friends did he have ?
3. where did they go on vacation ?
4. why was joseph hurt ?
5. did he say anything to tom ?
6. who started to sink ?
7. who saved him ?
8. why did he write in stone ?
9. what did he write on the stone ?
10. what did he write in the sand ?

1. om and Joseph
2. Two
3. Africa
4. Tom became very angry and slapped Joseph in the face
5. no
6. Joseph
7. Tom
8. we must write it on stones so that no wind can ever take it away
9. Today my best friend saved my life
10. Today my best friend slapped me in the face


Read the text and answer the questions.

Billy went to the farm to buy some beef for his brother's birthday. When he arrived there he saw that all six of the cows were sad and had brown spots. The cows were all eating their breakfast in a big grassy meadow. He thought that the spots looked very strange so he went closer to the cows to get a better look. When he got closer he also saw that there were five white chickens sitting on the fence. The fence was painted blue and had some dirty black spots on it. Billy wondered where the dirty spots had come. Soon he got close to the chickens and they got scared. All five chickens flew away and went to eat some food. After Billy got a good look at the cows he went to the farmer to buy some beef. The farmer gave him four pounds of beef for ten dollars. Billy thought that it was a good deal so he went home and cooked his brother dinner. His brother was very happy with the dinner. Billy's mom was also very happy.

1. Who went to the farm?
2. Why?
3. For what?
4. How many cows did he see there?
5. Did they have spots?
6. What color?
7. What were they doing?
8. Where?
9. How did the spots look to him?
10. Did he move closer?

1. Billy
2. buy beef
3. his brother's birthday.
4. six
5. yes
6. brown
7. eating breakfast
8. a meadow
9. strange
10. yes


Wang Bing is a 12-year-old boy. He likes sports very much and does well in sports. One afternoon, he comes out of the classroom and sees his father waiting for him at the school gate. He is very glad and he runs to his father. "Dad, please don't wait for me after school next time. I can go home by myself . I have grown up." says Wang Bing. "Let's go," says the father, "I'll cook supper and you can do your homework at home: Mum is still at work."On their way home, Wang Bing sees some boys skating in a park. "Can I go and learn skating. Dad?" asks Wang Bing. "I'm sorry, my boy. You must go home and do your homework," answers his father, "but I can buy you an ice-cream." Then his father buys an ice-cream for him. When Wang Bing wants to eat it, a fly flies to the ice-cream. "Drive off the fly,' says his father, "it's very dirty ."But Wang Bing says with a smile. "You don't let me skate, but can you let him skate for a while ?"

1. How old is he?
2. Is he good at anything?
3. What is he good at?
4. Does he like it?
5. What else does he want to know how to do?
6. is he allowed?
7. why not?
8. Who meets him for his excursion?
9. Does he want him to?
10. What do they do on their way?
11. do they get something to consume?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. 12-year
2. yes
3. sports
4. yes
5. skating
6. no
7. to do his homework
8. his father
9. do his homework
10. sees some boys skating
11. yes


Read the text and answer the questions.

CHAPTER V

AT OAK HALL ONCE MORE

"Hurrah! here we are at Oakdale at last!"

"Old town looks natural, doesn't it?"

"So it does, Roger. See any of the fellows?"

"Not yet, Dave. But we are sure to meet somebody, even if it is a school-day," went on the senator's son.

"Uncle Dunston, let me take the auto around to the hotel," said our hero. "I know the streets better than you do. We have to make several turns."

"All right, Dave," was the ready answer, and Dunston Porter arose and allowed his nephew to crowd into the driver's seat.

The run to the town in the vicinity of which Oak Hall was located had been made without further incident. On the way the party had talked over Mrs. Breen's affairs, and Dunston Porter had promised to take the matter up, through his lawyer.

"I think it best that our names don't appear in the case," said he. "Otherwise, Mr. Haskers might not treat you so well during the term."

"He never treats us well, anyway," grumbled Phil. "But you are right, don't mention our names."

On this late winter day the town looked rather dreary, but the young folks were in high spirits, and Dave, with a grand flourish, ran the car up to one of the best hotels the place afforded. As before, word had been sent ahead that they were coming, and the host of the resort came out to meet them.

"We'll have dinner ready inside of quarter of an hour," he said. "Come in and make yourselves at home."

1. Where are they?
2. Are they excited?
3. Who are they looking for?
4. Do they see them?
5. Where do they want to take the car?
6. Who does he ask this?
7. Why?
8. Is it a straight drive?
9. Do they switch seats?
10. How did the drive go?

1. at Oakdale
2. yes
3. the fellows
4. no
5. to the hotel
6. Uncle Dunston
7. Because Dave knew the streets better
8. no
9. yes
10. without further incident


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

Las Vegas (, Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada.

The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its mega casino–hotels and associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one of the world's most visited tourist destinations. The city's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment earned it the title of Sin City, and has made Las Vegas a popular setting for literature, films, television programs, and music videos.

1. what does Las Vegas mean?
2. What does the city advertise itself as?
3. does it also have a more adult nickname?
4. what is it famous for?
5. Is it a popular spot for business meetings?
6. Does it have many Five Diamond hotels?
7. Is it a popular tourist desination?
8. where does the nickname "Sin City" come from?
9. Which state is it in?
10. Is it located in a desert?
11. what is the name of the desert?
12. is it a small city?

1. "The Meadows"
2. The Entertainment Capital of the World
3. Sin City
4. mega casino–hotel
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. The city's tolerance for numerous forms of adult entertainment
9. Nevada
10. Yes
11. Mojave Desert.
12. No


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Each year, Grammy Week offers up a full calendar of events -- each one boasting a guest list more spectacular than the next. But this year, the most coveted ticket was Friday night's "2013 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute" honoring Bruce Springsteen.

The evening's entertainment featured six Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, a few critically acclaimed young artists -- and The Boss himself.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse turned up the volume with a spirited version of "Born in the U.S.A," flanked by a pair of cheerleaders with the letter "S" emblazoned on their sweaters. Colombian superstar Juanes put a bilingual spin on "Hungry Heart," singing verses in both Spanish and English, and John Legend transformed "Dancing in the Dark" into a jazzy piano ballad, which led Springsteen to later remark that "he made me sound like Gershwin. I love that."

Other standout performances included Mumford & Sons' banjo-laced cover of "I'm on Fire," Tom Morello and Jim James' mesmerizing take on "The Ghost of Tom Joad," and country superstar Kenny Chesney's quietly effective rendition of "One Step Up."

Elton John also opted for simplicity, accompanied only by his piano on "Streets of Philadelphia." But the most curious vocal of the night was on "Lonesome Day," where Sting exhibited a raspy growl that suggested he was looking to honor Springsteen by sounding like him.

The evening was part all-star concert, part fundraiser to benefit the MusiCares Foundation, the Recording Academy's philanthropic arm that provides assistance to members of the music industry.

1. Does Elton John like simplicity?
2. What was he joined by when he played Streets of Philadelphia?
3. Anything else?
4. Who had a raspy growl?
5. Was there something unusual about that vocal?
6. What song was he singing?
7. Who was he probably trying to pay homage to?
8. Were there a lot of stars at the concert?
9. Did it raise money as well?
10. For whose benefit?
11. What association are they an arm of?
12. Who do they provide assistance to?
13. How many Rock and Roll hall of famers were there?
14. Was The Boss himself present?
15. Who really pumped up the volume?
16. For which song?
17. Was it energetic, or dull?
18. Was Hungry Heart sung all in English?
19. What other language then?
20. What song had some banjo happening in it?

1. yes
2. his piano
3. no
4. Sting
5. yes
6. Lonesome Day
7. yes
8. yes
9. yes
10. MusiCares Foundation
11. Recording Academy's philanthropic
12. members of the music industry
13. six
14. yes
15. Neil Young and Crazy Horse
16. Born in the U.S.A
17. energetic
18. no
19. Spanish
20. "I'm on Fire


The sun was rising in the morning and the birds were waking up. A mother bird was watching over her baby eggs in the nest. She laid four eggs yesterday, some white and some spotted. She had been keeping them warm so that her babies would soon be born. Little cracks appeared on the eggs and they started to grow and grow. Little "cheeping" sounds could be heard coming from inside, and soon the eggs cracked open. Featherless baby birds were inside, crying for food. The mother had nothing to give, so she quickly flew to the ground and looked in the dirt for food. She saw some worms wiggling in the ground. She picked a few up with her beak and flew them up to the nest. The babies were well fed with the worms, and the mother kept them all warm in the cold spring morning. Mr. Bird came home to find his new babies, and they were all a happy family.

Answer the following questions:
1. what sort of eggs were in a nest?
2. what sort of animal?
3. Who was looking over them?
4. how many were there>
5. when did she lay them?
6. what first showed up on them?
7. what sort of noises came from them?
8. then what happened?
9. and what came out?
10. what did they look like?
11. what did they want?
12. did mom have any?
13. where did she look for some?
14. in what?
15. what did they end up eating?
16. how did she take them back to her chicks?
17. what season was this?
18. what was the temperature like?
19. who came back later and met the chicks?

1. some white and some spotted.
2. bird
3. mother bird
4. four
5. yesterday,
6. Little cracks
7. cheeping
8. eggs cracked open.
9. baby birds
10. Featherless
11. food.
12. no
13. the ground
14. In the dirt
15. worms,
16. in her beak
17. spring
18. cold
19. Mr. Bird


Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. With a population in 2016 of 2,731,571, it is the fourth most populous city in North America after Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles. Toronto is the centre of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), the most populous metropolitan area in Canada, and anchors the Golden Horseshoe, an urbanized region that is home to 9.2 million people, or over 26% of the population of Canada. A global city, Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture.

Toronto is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the area for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississaugas surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793, and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by U.S. troops. York was renamed and incorporated as the city of Toronto in 1834, and became the capital of the province of Ontario during Canadian Confederation in 1867. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of .

1. where is Toronto located?
2. what part?
3. how long have people been in the area?
4. what is the former name of Toronto?
5. is Toronto a capital?
6. of where?
7. when did it become the capital?
8. where does Toronto rank in terms of population?
9. and in Canada?
10. what lake does Toronto border?
11. on which shore?
12. what happened during the Toronto purchase?
13. how has Toronto expanded past its original borders?
14. what is the golden horseshoe?
15. what is Toronto the center of?

1. Canada
2. Ontario
3. More than 10,000 years
4. York
5. Yes
6. Ontario
7. 1867
8. Fourth most populous city in North America
9. It's the most populous
10. Lake Ontario
11. northwestern
12. The Mississaugas surrendered the area to the British Crown.
13. annexation and amalgamation
14. an urbanized region
15. Business, finance, arts, and culture.


(CNN)Sri Lanka's current president Mahinda Rajapaksa has conceded defeat to rival Maithripala Sirisena in the country's presidential election, bringing an end to a decade of leadership increasingly criticized as corrupt and nepotistic.

Rajapaksa acknowledged the defeat on his official Twitter account Friday, writing: "I value and respect our democratic process and the people's verdict, and look forward to the peaceful transition of power."

Sirisena would be sworn in at 6 p.m. local time in Colombo's Independence Square, Dhanushka Ramanayake, the head of his media unit, said.

The defeat of the once untouchable president, the longest-serving political leader in the region, was the result of a failed electoral gamble.

In November, the 69-year-old called elections two years earlier than required, only to be shocked by the defection of many key political allies, including the man who would unseat him.

The defections apparently wrong-footed Rajapaksa, and the opposition had the better of the campaign, say analysts.

"He didn't expect the candidate to be Sirisena," said Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, executive director of Sri Lanka's Center for Policy Alternatives.

"I think he probably underestimated the disaffection in the country and the desire for change."

Unexpected departure

Sirisena, 63, served as general-secretary of Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Freedom Party and health minister in his cabinet, before switching allegiance to a broad opposition alliance that proved to be the former president's most serious political challenge.

The unwieldy coalition includes the center-right United National Party, the hardline Sinhala Buddhist Jathika Hela Urumaya as well as parties representing the substantial Tamil and Muslim minorities.

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

1. When will Sirisena be sworn in?
2. Where?
3. Where is that at?
4. Who did Sirisena beat in an election?
5. What was his job?
6. Of where?
7. How long did he hold the position?
8. How does that rank in terms of serving?
9. Why did he lose?
10. Did he want the election held earlier than usual?
11. How many years?
12. When did he enact this?
13. Was he surprised about what happened?
14. How old was he when he made this decision?
15. Does Sri Lanka have an executive director for policy alternatives?
16. What is their name?
17. Which party did Sirisena represent?
18. Did he hold a cabinet position?
19. Which one?
20. Did he switch to another party?

1. 6 p.m local time.
2. Colombo's Independence Square
3. Sri Lanka
4. Mahinda Rajapaksa
5. President.
6. Sri Lanka
7. A decade.
8. Longest-serving
9. Failed electoral gamble
10. Yes
11. Two years earlier.
12. November.
13. Yes
14. 69
15. Yes
16. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
17. Freedom Party
18. Yes.
19. health minister
20. Yes,


Make use of the article to answer the questions.

Shelly is in second grade. She is a new student at her school. Shelly's family has lived in many different places. Shelly was born in Florida. Her family moved to Tennessee when she was two years old. When she was four years old, they moved to Texas. They moved from there to Arizona, where they now live.

Shelly is upset because she does not have any friends at her new school. She misses her old school. She had lots of friends at her old school. She really misses her best friend, Julie.

When she gets to school on the first day, she feels very nervous. She wants to go back to her other school. She even misses Mrs. Bell, her first grade teacher.

Her new teacher, Mrs. Borden, makes her stand in front of the class and say something about herself. She is so embarrassed! She is told to sit between two boys, Tim and John.

When it is time for lunch, Mrs. Borden picks Shelly to lead the line. Maybe, she's not so bad after all, Shelly thinks.

At lunch, she meets Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Stewart works in the school office. She is very nice.

Shelly finds a seat in the lunchroom. She smiles at the girl next to her. The girl's name is Sue. She is very nice to Shelly. She even shares a cookie with Shelly. Shelly is very happy that she has a new friend.

1. What grade is Shelly in ?
2. Was she a new student ?
3. Where did she move at 2 years old ?
4. where do there live now ?
5. why is she upset ?
6. Who is Julie ?
7. Who is mrs bell ?
8. was she embarrassed ?
9. who led the line ?
10. why is shelly very happy ?

1. second
2. Yes
3. Tennessee
4. Arizona
5. she does not have any friends
6. best friend,
7. Her new teacher
8. Yes
9. Shelly
10. has a new friend.


CHAPTER XX

A BLIZZARD

A bitter wind searched the poplar bluff where George and his hired man, Grierson, were cutting fuel. Except in the river valleys, trees of any size are scarce on the prairie, but the slender trunks and leafless branches were closely massed and afforded a little shelter. Outside on the open waste, the cold was almost too severe to face, and George once or twice glanced anxiously across the snowy levels, looking for some sign of Edgar, who should have joined them with the team and sledge. It was, however, difficult to see far, because a gray dimness narrowed in the horizon. George stood, dressed in snow-flecked furs, in the center of a little clearing strewn with rows of fallen trunks from which he was hewing off the branches. The work was hard; his whole body strained with each stroke of the heavy ax, but it failed to keep him warm, and the wind was growing more bitter with the approach of night.

"I don't know what can be keeping West," he said after a while. "We haven't seen the mail-carrier either, and he's two hours late; but he must have had a heavy trail all the way from the settlement. I expect he'll cut out our place and make straight for Grant's. We'll have snow before long."

There was an empty shack not far away where, by George's consent, the mail-carrier left letters when bad weather made it desirable to shorten his round.

Grierson nodded as he glanced about. The stretch of desolate white prairie had contracted since he had last noticed it, the surrounding dimness was creeping nearer in, and the ranks of poplar trunks were losing their sharpness of form. Now that the men had ceased chopping, they could hear the eerie moaning of the wind and the sharp patter of icy snow-dust among the withered brush.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. Who were they waiting for?
2. Who else?
3. Who was two hours late?
4. Where would the carrier go after leaving them?
5. How was the weather?
6. What was the employee's name?
7. Who was his boss?
8. What were they doing?
9. Are trees bountiful in that region?
10. Was this an easy job?
11. What would they cut with?
12. What was approaching?
13. What time of day was it becoming?
14. And what had stopped?

1. Edgar
2. West
3. the mail-carrier
4. Grant's
5. very cold
6. Grierson
7. George
8. cutting fuel
9. no
10. no
11. an ax
12. the surrounding dimness
13. night
14. the men's chopping


Brownie and Spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. These two loved each other and played together so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses. One evening, Brownie's family noticed that Brownie hadn't returned home. They went looking for him with no success and by the next week he was still missing. Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone. Barking, whining and generally pestering Brownie's human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog. Continuously,Ted, Brownie's owner, was disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, "Follow me! It's urgent!" Eventually, Ted followed Spotty to a deserted spot half a mile from the house. There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive, one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap. Horrified, Ted now wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously. Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable. Spotty had done more than simply led Brownie's human owner to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps which were later identified as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week! Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort. Spotty had evidently stayed with Brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up. Brownie's leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses.

1. Who were the two canines who lived next door to each other?
2. How often did they visit each other?
3. How did they feel about one another?
4. Where did they kill the grass?
5. Who did Brownie belong to?
6. Which dog had his leg injured?
7. Did Spotty go missing?
8. Did Spotty start annoying Ted?
9. Where did Spotty lead Ted to?
10. What's one thing Spotty did for Brownie while he was stuck?
11. What else did he do?
12. And one more?
13. Did Ted regret not paying more attention to Spotty?
14. What's something Spotty did to try to get his attention?
15. Did Brownie survive his ordeal?
16. Were the two able to continue playing together?
17. Did Brownie disappear at night?
18. Did his family hunt him?
19. Was he home by the end of the next week?
20. Why did the family ignore Spotty when he tried to get their attention?
21. What did it seem like Spotty was trying to tell them?

1. Brownie and Spotty
2. every day
3. loved each other
4. worn a path through the grass of the field
5. Ted,
6. Brownie
7. yes
8. Yes
9. a spot half a mile from the house
10. brought him food
11. protect him from other dangers
12. keep his spirits up.
13. yes
14. . Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently,
15. Yes
16. yes
17. No
18. yes, They went looking for him with no success
19. no
20. They were busy with their own lives,
21. "Follow me! It's urgent!"


(CNN) -- Who is Stanislas Cordova? That's the burning question at the heart of "Night Film," the anticipated follow-up to best-selling author Marisha Pessl's 2006 literary debut.

Pessl burst onto the scene in 2006 with "Special Topics in Calamity Physics." She received a six-figure advance, almost unheard of for a first-time author, a ton of hype and even some snarky backlash over her photogenic looks. But the book lived up to expectations, selling some 200,000 copies and landing on The New York Times' list of Best Books of 2006.

Seven years later, "Night Film" is hitting bookstores this week amid greater expectations and even more hype. Movie rights are already spoken for by Chernin Entertainment, the studio behind "Oblivion" and "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," and critics are raving about Pessl's multimedia storytelling approach, which takes readers beyond the novel's pages to explore the story of a mysterious director and the washed-up reporter out to expose him.

Pessl's fictional mash-up of Stanley Kubrick, Roman Polanski and David Lynch hasn't been seen in public for 30 years. His movies are so frightening no theater will show them; his cult of fans meet in abandoned buildings and underground tunnels for secret screenings.

Investigative journalist Scott McGrath tried to expose Cordova years ago and it backfired, costing him his job, marriage and reputation. When Cordova's daughter turns up dead in an apparent suicide, McGrath sees an opportunity to exact revenge against the man he blames for his downfall.

Pessl weaves into the narrative excerpts from magazine articles, newspaper headlines, police reports, crime scene photos and screen shots of online message boards. She also wrote and directed several short films being featured over the next few weeks on YouTube that offer clues into the book's mystery, including snippets and trailers from Cordova's films.

1. What is the book which is looked forward to coming out?
2. What about in 2006, what book came out?
3. Who was the writer?
4. What prestigious list did it make that year?
5. How many were sold?
6. Did they expect that success?
7. How many books had she written before this one?
8. How much was she paid to start?
9. How many years later is a on-screen project being discussed?
10. By?

1. Night Film
2. Special Topics in Calamity Physics
3. Marisha Pessl
4. The New York Times' list of Best Books
5. 200,000 copies
6. yes
7. none. This was the first one
8. a six-figure advance
9. Seven years later
10. Chernin Entertainment


Weather has a strong effect on people. It influences health, intelligence and feelings. In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States. People there easily have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month. In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is hot at some times and very cold at other times. People in those states will have heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March. The weather can also influence intelligence. For example, in a 1983 study by scientists, the IQ scores of some college students were very high during storm, but after the storm, their scores were low. Storms can increase intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can decrease it. Students in many schools of the United States often do badly in exams in the hot months of the year(July and August). Weather also has a strong effect on people's feeling. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel depressed during cold weather. In hot summer weather, on the other hand, fat people may feel unhappy. At about 65F, people become stronger. Low air pressure makes people feel free, but it also increases forgetful- ness. People leave more bags and umbrellas on buses and in stores on low pressure days. There is a"perfect weather"for work and health. People feel best at a tempera- ture of about 64F with 65 percent humidity . Are you feeling sick, sad, tired, forgetful, or very intelligent today? The weather may be the reason.

1. Does weather have an impact on human attributes?
2. Which ones?
3. What problems do people in the southern US typically have when it is hot and clammy?
4. Do storms impact cognitive ability?
5. When did the study that showed this happen?
6. What were the names of the scientists involved?
7. What group was tested?
8. What months tend to have the highest temperatures?
9. Name two effects cold temperatures can have
10. What about two effects of low air pressure?
11. What tends to be the most beneficial temperature?
12. What climate tends to make overweight people feel irritable?
13. What weather tends to negatively impact test scores?

1. Yes
2. Health, intelligence and feelings
3. Heart trouble and other kinds
4. Yes
5. 1983
6. unknown
7. College students
8. July and August
9. Cold and depressed
10. makes people feel free, but it also increases forgetful-ness
11. 64F with 65 percent humidity
12. hot summer weather
13. Very hot weather


There was once a small, grey cat that lived in the woods. This was a lonely old cat that spent most of his time bullying other small animals that lived in the woods. Almost all of the other little animals who lived in the woods knew of the old cat, and warned everyone they knew to stay away from him.

One day a young mouse was out taking a walk to collect some berries. It was a nice day out, so the mouse chose to go down by the river to take a quick rest for a bit. When the mouse arrived at the river he found the perfect spot to rest. It was a small little area with soft sand to lie on, under a tree that gave a bit of shade. The mouse then sat back. After a little bit of time the mouse was fast asleep.

Not long after the mouse had fallen asleep, the cat caught a scent in the air of the young mouse. The cat walked slowly up to the spot where the mouse was sleeping and licked his lips. Right when the cat was about to catch the mouse, the mouse woke up.

"What are you doing?!" asked the mouse in surprise.

"I am trying to find dinner," said the cat.

The mouse smiled. "I collected extra berries today on my walk. Would you like to have some?"

The cat was confused. He had never been given such a kind thing. "Well, OK. Berries are not my favorite, but I guess that they are OK."

The cat and mouse then sat down together and ate a meal of tasty berries. It turned out that the cat was not so terrible after all-but had never been given kindness.

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What color was the cat?
2. Were they large?
3. Where did they live?
4. Were they nice to the other critters?
5. Were they young?
6. What did the other critters know?
7. Who went to relax by the water?
8. What were they there to gather?
9. Did they lay down on the pine needles?
10. Did they lay down in the sun?
11. What happened while they were laying down?
12. Who came upon them while laying down?
13. Did they decide to leave the rodent alone?
14. Was the feline looking to eat breakfast?
15. What was offered as an alternative snack?
16. How did this make the feline feel?
17. Had he ever been gifted a nice present?
18. Was the snack their favorite?

1. grey
2. no
3. the woods
4. no
5. no
6. to stay away
7. a mouse
8. berries
9. no
10. no
11. they fell asleep
12. The cat
13. yes
14. no
15. berries
16. confused
17. no
18. no


One sunny May afternoon, a group of teenagers ditched school and went to the mall. June volunteered to drive her friends Ben, Sasha, and Bruce. The teenagers piled into the red car and drove to the mall. When they arrived, Ben and Sasha wanted to go to the sporting goods store. However, Bruce and June wanted to go watch a movie directed by Miranda July. They split up and said they would meet up at the food area later. Three hours later, the friends got back together. Ben and Sasha wanted to leave, so they went back out to the parking lot and got in the car. When June backed out of the parking spot, she scraped the car next to her. Sasha said it was okay, but Bruce said June needed to leave a note for the driver of the other car. Just then, the other driver appeared. They called the police to get an accident report. When the police arrived, they put Ben and Sasha in handcuffs because they had been stealing. They had to volunteer every week until October.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did the teenagers go?
2. Instead of where?
3. Who drove?
4. How many passengers did she have?
5. What was the weather like?
6. Who wanted to go to the sports store?
7. Did everyone agree?
8. Who wanted to do something else?
9. What did they prefer?
10. Did the group seperate?
11. For how long?
12. Where did they rejoin each other?
13. Who caused a car accident?
14. Who thought she should leave a note?
15. Did someone disagree?
16. Who?
17. Who did the other driver call?
18. Why?

1. the mall
2. school
3. June
4. three
5. sunny
6. Ben and Sasha
7. no
8. Bruce and June
9. a movie directed by Miranda July
10. yes
11. Three hours later
12. the food area
13. June
14. Bruce
15. yes
16. Sasha
17. the police
18. to get an accident report


It was only in the 1980s that digital telephony transmission networks became possible, such as with ISDN networks, assuring a minimum bit rate (usually 128 kilobits/s) for compressed video and audio transmission. During this time, there was also research into other forms of digital video and audio communication. Many of these technologies, such as the Media space, are not as widely used today as videoconferencing but were still an important area of research. The first dedicated systems started to appear in the market as ISDN networks were expanding throughout the world. One of the first commercial videoconferencing systems sold to companies came from PictureTel Corp., which had an Initial Public Offering in November, 1984.

The MC controls the conferencing while it is active on the signaling plane, which is simply where the system manages conferencing creation, endpoint signaling and in-conferencing controls. This component negotiates parameters with every endpoint in the network and controls conferencing resources. While the MC controls resources and signaling negotiations, the MP operates on the media plane and receives media from each endpoint. The MP generates output streams from each endpoint and redirects the information to other endpoints in the conference.

1. What company had an IPO in 1984?
2. What do they do?
3. When did digital telephony transmission networks begin?
4. What were the 1st networks?
5. What was the minimum bit rate?
6. For what type of transmission?
7. What was also researched?
8. What controls conferencing?
9. In which plane?
10. Does something work on the media plane?
11. What does?

Provide a numbered list of answers.

1. PictureTel Corp
2. commercial videoconferencing systems
3. in the 1980s
4. ISDN networks
5. 128 kilobits/s
6. compressed video and audio
7. other forms of digital video and audio communication
8. The MC
9. signaling
10. the MP
11. the MP


CHAPTER XV

For some time after the conclusion of the race, Bashti stood talking with his head men, Agno among them. Lenerengo was similarly engaged with several old cronies. As Jerry lay off to one side where she had forgotten him, the wild-dog he had bullied on the _Arangi_ came up and sniffed at him. At first he sniffed at a distance, ready for instant flight. Then he drew cautiously closer. Jerry watched him with smouldering eyes. At the moment wild-dog's nose touched him, he uttered a warning growl. Wild-dog sprang back and whirled away in headlong flight for a score of yards before he learned that he was not pursued.

Again he came back cautiously, as it was the instinct in him to stalk wild game, crouching so close to the ground that almost his belly touched. He lifted and dropped his feet with the lithe softness of a cat, and from time to time glanced to right and to left as if in apprehension of some flank attack. A noisy outburst of boys' laughter in the distance caused him to crouch suddenly down, his claws thrust into the ground for purchase, his muscles tense springs for the leap he knew not in what direction, from the danger he knew not what that might threaten him. Then he identified the noise, know that no harm impended, and resumed his stealthy advance on the Irish terrier.

What might have happened there is no telling, for at that moment Bashti's eyes chanced to rest on the golden puppy for the first time since the capture of the _Arangi_. In the rush of events Bashti had forgotten the puppy.

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

1. A wild-dog
2. Jerry
3. Irish terrier.
4. Yes.
5. a warning growl.
6. a score of yards
7. Yes.
8. the instinct in him to stalk wild game
9. Yes.
10. so close to the ground that almost his belly touched.
11. No.
12. A noisy outburst of boys' laughter
13. No.
14. the puppy.
15. Jerry
16. his head men
17. Agno
18. several old cronies.
19. the _Arangi_

1. What had been bullied?
2. Who bullied it?
3. What breed was he?
4. Did the wild dog approach?
5. What made it run away?
6. How far did it run?
7. Did it try again?
8. With what instinct?
9. Was he low to the ground?
10. How low?
11. Was he loud and boisterous?
12. What noise scared him?
13. Did he run away again?
14. Who had Bashti forgotten?
15. What was his name?
16. Who was Bashti talking to when Jerry was forgotten?
17. INcluding who?
18. Who was Lenerengo talking with?
19. Where was the wild dog bullied?


Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies.

As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs: Each of the 193 member states of the United Nations; United Nations observer state Palestine; the Cook Islands, a state in free association with New Zealand whose capacity to participate in international organizations has been recognized by the United Nations Secretariat; and two states with limited recognition, Kosovo and Taiwan (designated as "Chinese Taipei" by the IOC).

There are also nine dependent territories with NOCs:

Prior to 1996, rules for recognising separate countries within the IOC were not as strict as those within the United Nations, which allowed these territories to field teams separately from their sovereign state. Following an amendment to the Olympic Charter in 1996, NOC recognition can only be granted after recognition as an independent state by the international community. Since the rule does not apply retroactively, the dependent territories which were recognised before the rule change are allowed to continue sending separate teams to the Olympics, while the Faroe Islands and Macau send their own Paralympic teams.

1. How many NOCs were there in 2016?
2. What does NOC stand for?
3. So is there only one NOC per nation?
4. Can you name two NOCs?
5. What is one thing an NOC can do?
6. Anything else?
7. Is there an entity that controls NOCs?
8. What is it called?
9. How many dependent territories have NOCs?
10. Was there an amendment to the Olympic Charter?
11. When?
12. Was it good retroactively?
13. Did it have to do with recognition as an independent state?
14. Could those 9 dependent territories keep participating?
15. What kind of team does the Faroe Islands send?
16. What kind of team does Macau send?
17. How many member states does the Uniter Nations have?
18. Can you name a United Nations observer state?
19. Do the Cook Islands have something to do with New Zealand?
20. What's another name for Taiwan?

1. 206
2. National Olympic Committee
3. unknown
4. United Nations observer state Palestine and the Cook Islands
5. organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games
6. They nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games
7. Yes
8. International Olympic Committee
9. nine
10. Yes
11. 1996
12. no
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. Paralympic
16. Paralympic
17. 193
18. Palestine
19. Yes
20. Chinese Taipei


Height above average terrain (HAAT) (or less popularly, EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain) is a measure of how high an antenna site is above the surrounding landscape. HAAT is used extensively in FM radio and television, as it is more important than effective radiated power (ERP) in determining the range of broadcasts (VHF and UHF in particular, as they are line of sight transmissions). For international coordination, it is officially measured in meters, even by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States, as Canada and Mexico have extensive border zones where stations can be received on either side of the international boundaries. Stations that want to increase above a certain HAAT must reduce their power accordingly, based on the maximum distance their station class is allowed to cover (see List of North American broadcast station classes for more information on this).

The FCC procedure to calculate HAAT is: from the proposed or actual antenna site, either 12 or 16 radials were drawn, and points at 2, 4, 6, 8, and radius along each radial were used. The entire radial graph could be rotated to achieve the best effect for the station. The altitude of the antenna site, minus the average altitude of all the specified points, is the HAAT. This can create some unusual cases, particularly in mountainous regions—it is possible to have a negative number for HAAT (the transmitter would not be located underground, but rather in a valley, with hills on both sides taller than the transmitter itself, for example).

What are the answers to this following set of questions:

1. What does HAAT stand for?
2. What is a similar acronym that means the same thing?
3. Can it be a negative number?
4. Where does that happen?
5. What industries is it used in?
6. What transmission types?
7. Is it given in feet?
8. What unit is used?
9. Why?
10. What is subtracted from what to find it?

1. It stands for Height about average terrain
2. The less popular version, EHAAT, Effective Height Above Average Terrain
3. Yes
4. Usually in the mountainous regions
5. More commonly, FM radio and television
6. Usually VHF and UHF
7. NO
8. Meters
9. So that stations can be recieved on either side of the international boundaries.
10. average altitude


Linda was kind of late. Linda, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming in for Thanksgiving from her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warm. By the time she got to the platform, Linda felt weak and tired -- maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself against a post close to the tracks.

Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot close to where the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discussion about a house they were thinking of buying.

But when he heard the scream, followed by someone yelling, "Oh, my God, she fell in!"Frank didn't hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. "No ! Not you ! "his girlfriend screamed after him.

She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Linda, he could feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.

It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform so that bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Linda briefly regained consciousness, felt herself being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.

Linda thought she'd been robbed. A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood pouring from her head. And she tried to talk but she couldn't, and that was when she realized how much pain she was in.

Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40minute train ride downtown--just as he had been seconds after the rescue, which made her think about her reaction at the time. "I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die, " she explained.

Answer this series of questions:

1. How old is Linda?
2. was she early?
3. who was coming to visit?
4. how did she feel walking down?
5. and later?
6. what did she lean against?
7. at the back of the platform?
8. How old is Frank?
9. was Frank alone?
10. who was he with?
11. who is?
12. what had they been doing?
13. about?
14. what did someone yell?
15. how far was he from the body?
16. was the train coming?
17. how long before it got to them?
18. was Linda easy to move?
19. What did Linda think had happened?
20. where was the blood coming from?

1. 25
2. no
3. her parents
4. uncomfortably warm
5. weak and tired
6. a post
7. unknown
8. 43
9. no
10. his girlfriend
11. Jennifer
12. talking
13. about buying a house
14. Oh, my God, she fell in!
15. about 40 feet
16. yes
17. about 20 seconds
18. no
19. she thought she'd been robbed
20. from her head


Read the text and answer the questions.

CHAPTER X.

THE VISIT TO MARY ERSKINE'S.

Malleville and Phonny arrived at Mary Erskine's about an hour after Beechnut left them. They met with no special adventures by the way, except that when they reached the great pine-tree, Phonny proposed to climb up, for the purpose of examining a small bunch which he saw upon one of the branches, which he thought was a bird's nest. It was the same pine-tree that marked the place at which a road branched off into the woods, where Mary Bell had lost her way, several years before. Malleville was very unwilling to have Phonny climb up upon such a high tree, but Phonny himself was very desirous to make the attempt. There was a log fence at the foot of the tree, and the distance was not very great from the uppermost log of the fence, to the lowermost branch of the tree. So Phonny thought that he could get up without any difficulty.

Malleville was afraid to have him try, and she said that if he did, he would be acting just as foolish as the boy that Beechnut had told them about, who nipped his own nose; and that she should not stop to see him do any such foolishness. So she walked along as fast as she could go.

Phonny unfortunately was rendered only the more determined to climb the tree by Malleville's opposition. He accordingly mounted up to the top of the fence, and thence reaching the lower branches of the tree he succeeded at length, by dint of much scrambling and struggling, in lifting himself up among them. He climbed out to the limb where he had seen the appearances of a bird's nest, but found to his disappointment that there was no bird's nest there. The bunch was only a little tuft of twigs growing out together.

1. What is so special about the pine-tree?
2. What was the bird's nest?
3. Who found the nest?
4. Was anyone with Phonny?
5. Who?
6. Are they related?
7. Did they get the nest?
8. Did one of them try?
9. Who tried?
10. Did he climb the pine-tree?
11. How far did he get?
12. Did he fall out of the tree?
13. Did Malleville help?

1. It contained a possible bird's nest.
2. Just a little tuft of twigs growing out together.
3. Phonny
4. Yes
5. Malleville
6. unknown
7. No
8. Yes
9. Phonny
10. Yes
11. To the limb with twigs.
12. No
13. No


(CNN) -- FBI agents on Friday night searched the Maryland home of the suspect in the recent disappearance of an American woman in Aruba, an agent said.

The search is occurring in the Gaithersburg residence of Gary Giordano, who is currently being held in an Aruban jail, FBI Special Agent Rich Wolf told CNN.

Agents, wearing vests that said FBI and carrying empty cardboard and plastic boxes, arrived about 8:40 p.m. Friday. About 15 unmarked cars could be seen on the street, as well as a Montgomery County police vehicle.

Supervisory Special Agent Philip Celestini, who was at the residence, declined to comment further on the search, citing the active investigation.

Aruban Solicitor General Taco Stein said earlier Friday that the suspect will appear in court Monday, where an investigating magistrate could order him held for at least eight more days, order him to remain on the island or release him outright due to a lack of evidence.

Giordano was arrested by Aruban police on August 5, three days after Robyn Gardner was last seen near Baby Beach on the western tip of the Caribbean island.

Giordano told authorities that he had been snorkeling with Gardner when he signaled to her to swim back, according to a statement. When he reached the beach, Gardner was nowhere to be found, Giordano allegedly said.

The area that Giordano led authorities to is a rocky, unsightly location that locals say is not a popular snorkeling spot.

Although prosecutors have continued to identify the 50-year-old American man by his initials, GVG, they also released a photo of a man who appears to be Giordano. His attorney, Michael Lopez, also has said that his client is being held as a suspect in Gardner's death. Lopez has not returned telephone calls seeking comment.

1. Whose house was searched?
2. In what city?
3. County?
4. State?
5. Where is he now?
6. Why?
7. What organization is doing the search?
8. How many unmarked vehicles were there?
9. Who spoke for the Aruban government?
10. When will Giordano go to court?
11. How many days could he be held?
12. Who went missing?
13. Where?
14. What was she doing?
15. With whom?
16. Did she return safely?
17. Is the beach a good snorkeling place?
18. How old is he?
19. When was he arrested?
20. How many were snorkeling?

1. Gary Giordano
2. Gaithersburg
3. Montgomery County
4. Maryland
5. Aruban jail
6. suspect in the recent disappearance of an American woman
7. FBI
8. 15
9. Aruban Solicitor General Taco Stein
10. Monday
11. at least eight more days
12. Robyn Gardne
13. ast seen near Baby Beach
14. snorkeling
15. Giordano
16. No, Gardner was nowhere to be found
17. locals say is not a popular snorkeling spot.
18. 50
19. August 5
20. 2, Giordano told authorities that he had been snorkeling with Gardner


Read the text and answer the questions.

(CNN) -- It's a Friday in May, 2005, and Schapelle Corby stands in the center of packed courtroom on the tropical island of Bali, waiting to learn her fate. Will the beauty school student from Australia's Gold Coast be found guilty of smuggling a large bag of marijuana into Indonesia -- where the maximum penalty for drug trafficking is death by firing squad?

A furrow forms between the 27-year-old's eyebrows as the judge reads out the verdict in Bahasa Indonesia.

Corby appears confused. Her piercing blue eyes dart around the room -- at her family, at the cameras broadcasting live to televisions around Australia, at the ground, at her interpreter. Then reality sets in.

Guilty -- the judge said. Her sentence? Twenty years in a Bali prison.

At the back of the court, members of her family erupt with anger.

"It's not alright! How dare you?" screams her sister, Mercedes.

"We swore on the Bible to tell the truth and your fellow lied!" her mother, Rosleigh Rose, booms at the prosecutors.

As her daughter is led away, Rose makes a promise: "Schapelle, you will come home. Our government will bring you home."

Not since Lindy Chamberlain claimed a dingo took her baby in the Outback have Australians become so caught up in a courtroom drama. Nearly nine years on from the verdict, interest remains strong enough to sustain a soon-to-be-broadcast Australian telemovie based on the case.

And now Corby has walked out of prison -- on parole but free. Yet Australia remains divided as to whether she is guilty of the crime.

1. How old is the supect?
2. What is she accused of?
3. What's her name?
4. Where was she taking the marijuana?
5. Where is the court proceeding?
6. On what date?
7. What month?
8. What's the  maximum penalty?
9. Was she found guilty?
10. What was her sentence?
11. How did her family feel about the verdict?
12. What's her sister's name/
13. What's her mom's name?
14. Who claimed a dingo stole her baby?
15. Is Corby free now?
16. Is she on parole?
17. Was the court proceeding televised?

1. 27
2. Smuggling marijuana
3. Schapelle Corby
4. Indonesia
5. Bali
6. 2005
7. May
8. death by firing squad
9. Yes
10. Twenty years in a Bali prison.
11. Angrily
12. Mercedes.
13. Rose
14. Lindy Chamberlain
15. yes
16. yes
17. yes


(CNN) -- For the first time since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Christine Wilford plans do something remarkable on Thursday that once was routine: drop her child off at school.

The last time her 7-year-old son, Richie, was in class was on December 14, when a gunman smashed his way into his school in Newtown, Connecticut, and killed 26 children and adults.

As shots rang out, Richie's teacher locked the door and huddled her students into the corner as the shooter roamed the hallways, wielding an AR-15 assault rifle and firing.

When it appeared safe, the children were then hurried away to a nearby fire station, where teary parents either reunited with their sons and daughters or learned that they had been killed.

Nearly a month later, Wilford said her son still has trouble sleeping and is often scared by loud noises.

Newtown chooses faith, charity, hope

But on Thursday, he will join hundreds of other Newtown students returning to class for the first time since the tragedy.

"We think it's good he's going back," Wilford said. "If I leave my child anywhere, I'm leaving a piece of my heart, so it's difficult to leave him."

'I think I'll be OK,' Sandy Hook student says after first day

But Richie apparently isn't afraid and says he's looking forward to seeing his friends, she said.

They won't be attending Sandy Hook Elementary, which police say remains part of an ongoing investigation into Adam Lanza, the gunman who also killed his mother before opening fire at the school.

Answer the following questions:
1. How old is Christine's son?
2. What is his name?
3. Who is his mother?
4. What does she plan to resume doing with Richie?
5. When?
6. True or False: That day will be the first time the school has opened since the tragedy.
7. What does Richie have difficulty doing?
8. Does anything startle him?
9. What?
10. In the article, about how long has it been since the shooting?
11. Where is Sandy Hook?
12. Who was the criminal?
13. What firearm did he carry?
14. How many people lost their lives?
15. Where did the survivors escape to?
16. How many kids are going back to school?
17. What does Wilson compare her child to?
18. What is hard for her to do?
19. What is Richie eager to do?
20. Is he fearful of returning to school?

1. 7-years-old
2. Richie
3. Christine Wilford
4. drop her child off at school.
5. on Thursday
6. true
7. sleeping
8. yes
9. loud noises
10. Nearly a month later
11. Newtown, Connecticut
12. Adam Lanza
13. AR-15 assault rifle
14. 26
15. a nearby fire station
16. hundreds
17. a piece of her heart
18. to leave him
19. to see his friends
20. No


(CNN) -- We should all be so lucky to have friends like Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. Private detectives in modern-day Los Angeles, they're the stars of best-selling author Robert Crais' award-winning series of crime novels. Elvis and Joe have been busting bad guys and thrilling millions of readers since 1987's "The Monkey's Raincoat." The books are international bestsellers, published in 42 countries, and have developed a fervent following.

In "Taken," Crais's newest novel, his 15th featuring the daring duo, Elvis and Joe take on an especially bloodthirsty group of criminals called bajadores. They are bandits who prey on other bandits along the U.S.-Mexico border, dealing in drugs, murder and kidnapping.

"Taken" is intense and fast-paced and reads like a big-budget Hollywood blockbuster. Though that's not surprising when you consider Crais began his career writing for television series like "Hill Street Blues," "Cagney & Lacey" and "Miami Vice."

CNN recently spoke to the author about his new book, his loyal fans and why he's refused to bring Elvis and Joe to the big screen. The following is an edited transcript.

CNN: How has writing about Elvis Cole and Joe Pike changed over the course of the series?

Crais: I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again. I've done Elvis books; I've done Joe books; I've done mixed books, but this time, I made a conscious decision I wanted to tell a story where I could split the book pretty much down the middle and give them 50-50 equal footing so they both have their starring roles. When I discovered this particular story, it just seemed a perfect way to do that. Part of the book, they're working together. Then there's Elvis' track through the story, and there's Joe track, where he's trying to find Elvis and save him. So it just seemed like an ideal way to let these guys share the stage.

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

1. What author is this about?
2. What news media wrote about him?
3. Who are Elvis Cole and Joe Pike?
4. What is their profession?
5. In what City?
6. When was the first series written?
7. What was it's name?
8. What's the name of Crais' 15th novel?
9. Are Elvis and Joe in it?
10. What type of blockbuster is Taken?
11. Is Taken a slow relaxed read?
12. Name one show Crais began his career on?
13. What's another show?
14. Are there any more?
15. What's its name?
16. Have there ever been Elvis books only?
17. What about for Joe?

1. Robert Crais
2. CNN
3. stars of crime novels
4. Private detectives
5. Los Angeles,
6. 1987
7. The Monkey's Raincoat.
8. Taken
9. Yes
10. Hollywood
11. No
12. Hill Street Blues
13. Cagney & Lacey
14. Yes
15. Miami Vice
16. Yes
17. Yes