"I wish our bank would be robbed," said George Pickens, the bank clerk, to himself. "If one day a robber holds up me. And if I have to give him a certain amount of money. What is to prevent me keeping all the money left and claiming that the robber had taken it?" Just then a tall and strong man walked in, wearing a mask. "This is a holdup!" the man said. Roughly, taking a gun from his pocket and stepping over to George's cage. "All right, hand it over!" 

"Yes, sir," said George. "Would you like it in ten-or twenty-dollar bills?" 

"Just hand it over!" said the robber. George took all the bills from the top section close to six thousand dollars. He passed them through the window. The robber snatched them, stuffed them into his pocket, and turned to leave. Then, while everyone was watching the robber, George calmly lifted off the top section of the cashbox and slipped bills from the bottom section into his pockets. The door swung and the robber was gone. George fell down and fainted. When he came to he smiled up at the worried faces looking down at him. "I'm all right," he stated bravely. 

"You might just as well go home, George." Mr. Bell, the chief accountant, said. 

As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George took the money from his pockets and counted it. Seven thousand dollars! 

The next morning when George arrived at the bank, it was not open for business, but everyone was there, helping to check the bank's accounts. George was called into Mr. Burrows' office. The bank president seemed strangely cheerful. "George," he said, "I want you to meet Mr. Charles, who used to be president of our bank." 

"Good morning, George," said the former president. "I was extremely sorry to hear you fainted yesterday. Are you all right now?" 

"Yes, sir, just fine, thanks." 

"I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days, I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everybody on his toes." 

"I don't understand," said George. "What game?" 

The old man laughed and quickly took out a mask. He placed it over his face and said, "All right. Hand it over!" Mr. Burrows laughed but George didn't. 

"And the money?" George asked in a faint voice. 

"Don't worry," Mr. Charles said. "I put it all back in your cashbox--- all six thousand. We're just finishing up the check-up now." Behind them, the door opened and Mr. Bell put his head into the room. "Mr. Burrows," he said gravely, "may I see you a moment?" QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What got robbed?
2. What was the site of a robbery?
3. What location was held up?
Q2:
1. Was anyone hoping the bank would be robbed?
2. Was there someone who wanted the bank to get held up?
3. Did anyone hope there would be a robbery at the bank?
Q3:
1. Who was hoping the bank would get held up?
2. Who wanted there to be a robbery at the bank?
3. Who wished for the bank to get robbed?
Q4:
1. Was George Pickens the bank's janitor?
2. Did the bank employ George Pickens as a janitor?
3. Did George Pickens do janitorial work for the bank?
Q5:
1. What did George Pickens do for the bank?
2. How did the bank employ George Pickens?
3. What was George Pickens' job at the bank?
Q6:
1. Was George Pickens present during the robbery?
2. Did George Pickens witness the robbery at the bank?
3. Was George Pickens at the bank when it was robbed?
Q7:
1. Did the robber talk to George Pickens?
2. Did the bank robber engage with George Pickens?
3. Was George Pickens spoken to by the man robbing the bank?
Q8:
1. Did the bank robber have a knife?
2. Was the robber using a knife as a weapon?
3. Was a knife the kind of weapon the robber had?
Q9:
1. What was the robber's weapon?
2. What did the man use to hold up the bank?
3. What did the bank robber use as a weapon?
Q10:
1. What did the bank robber want from George?
2. What did the bank robber want for George do to?
3. What demand did the robber make of George?
Q11:
1. Did George do as the gunman said?
2. Did George follow the robbers instructions?
3. Did George Pickens do as the robber told him?
Q12:
1. Did George do anything more than the gunman said?
2. Did George do anything other than what ther robber told him?
3. Did George go further than simply following the robber's instructions?
Q13:
1. Why was everyone concerned about George?
2. What made everyone worried about George?
3. What got everyone feeling sorry for George?
Q14:
1. What does Mr. Charles do?
2. What is the title of Mr. Charles?
3. What is the role of Mr. Charles?
Q15:
1. Where did Mr. Charles meet George?
2. What was the location of George's meeting with Mr. Charles?
3. Where was George called to meet Mr. Charles?
Q16:
1. Was Mr. Charles upset?
2. Was Mr. Charles in a terrible mood?
3. Was Mr. Charles extremely angry?
Q17:
1. How did Mr. Charles feel?
2. What was Mr. Charles' mood like?
3. What kind of emotion was Mr. Charles feeling?
Q18:
1. What had Mr. Charles done to keep everyone on their toes?
2. What did Mr. Charles do to make sure everyone was prepared?
3. What did Mr. Charles do to ensure that all were prepared?
Q19:
1. Did everyone find out was George had done?
2. Was it discovered that George stole money?
3. Was George's indiscretion found out?
Q20:
1. Who asked for Mr. Burrows when they opened the door?
2. Who came into the office and asked for Mr. Burrows?
3. Who desired to speak with Mr. Burrows as they entered the office?
