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3i02618ya06g9pi2dcnttyux9u3puw | gutenberg | CHAPTER V
HOME AGAIN
Following Brick Simpson's directions, they came into Union Street, and without further mishap gained the Hill. From the brow they looked down into the Pit, whence arose that steady, indefinable hum which comes from crowded human places.
"I 'll never go down there again, not as long as I live," Fred said with a great deal of savagery in his voice. "I wonder what became of the fireman."
"We 're lucky to get back with whole skins," Joe cheered them philosophically.
"I guess we left our share, and you more than yours," laughed Charley.
"Yes," Joe answered. "And I 've got more trouble to face when I get home. Good night, fellows."
As he expected, the door on the side porch was locked, and he went around to the dining-room and entered like a burglar through a window. As he crossed the wide hall, walking softly toward the stairs, his father came out of the library. The surprise was mutual, and each halted aghast.
Joe felt a hysterical desire to laugh, for he thought that he knew precisely how he looked. In reality he looked far worse than he imagined. What Mr. Bronson saw was a boy with hat and coat covered with dirt, his whole face smeared with the stains of conflict, and, in particular, a badly swollen nose, a bruised eyebrow, a cut and swollen lip, a scratched cheek, knuckles still bleeding, and a shirt torn open from throat to waist.
"What does this mean, sir?" Mr. Bronson finally managed to articulate. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the locked door?
2. Which door had been shut with lock and key?
3.
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1. What question did someone ask?
2. What inquiry was made?
3.
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1. Who made the inquiry?
2. Who wanted to know something?
3.
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1. Who gave the group directions?
2. Who told the group what path to take?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Fred never want to do?
2. What was Fred not ever keen on doing?
3.
Q6:
1. What was Joe's manner of entering the house?
2. In what way did Joe go into the house?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Joe clean?
2. Was Joe free of blemishes?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Charley giggle at?
2. What was funny to Charley?
3.
Q9:
1. Whose fate was Freddy unaware of?
2. Who did something happen to that Freddy didn't know about?
3.
Q10:
1. What injuries had been sustained by the more youthful Bronson?
2. Where was the younger Bronson hurt?
3.
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3l2is5hsfaig646pxxa1p9p29cinu8 | wikipedia | A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic medium such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography. The word "photograph" was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φῶς ("phos"), meaning "light", and γραφή ("graphê"), meaning "drawing, writing", together meaning "drawing with light".
The first permanent photograph, a contact-exposed copy of an engraving, was made in 1822 using the bitumen-based "heliography" process developed by Nicéphore Niépce. The first photographs of a real-world scene, made using a camera obscura, followed a few years later, but Niépce's process was not sensitive enough to be practical for that application: a camera exposure lasting for hours or days was required. In 1829 Niépce entered into a partnership with Louis Daguerre and the two collaborated to work out a similar but more sensitive and otherwise improved process.
After Niépce's death in 1833, Daguerre concentrated on silver halide-based alternatives. He exposed a silver-plated copper sheet to iodine vapor, creating a layer of light-sensitive silver iodide; exposed it in the camera for a few minutes; developed the resulting invisible latent image to visibility with mercury fumes; then bathed the plate in a hot salt solution to remove the remaining silver iodide, making the results light-fast. He named this first practical process for making photographs with a camera the daguerreotype, after himself. Its existence was announced to the world on 7 January 1839 but working details were not made public until 19 August. Other inventors soon made improvements which reduced the required exposure time from a few minutes to a few seconds, making portrait photography truly practical and widely popular. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the definition of a photograph?
2. How can a photo be defined?
3.
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1. How are photographs created?
2. What is the process for photogrpah making?
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Q3:
1. When did the word photograph come about?
2. What was the year when the word photograph was first uttered?
3.
Q4:
1. What creation came about in 1822?
2. What did 1822 see the creation of?
3.
Q5:
1. What took place in 1829?
2. What was an event that happened in 1829?
3.
Q6:
1. Whose death took place in 1833?
2. Who passed away in 1833?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the mechanism for making a light sensitive silver iodide?
2. What must be done to bring into existence a light sensitive silver iodide?
3.
Q8:
1. Is photography easy to do and something people enjoy?
2. Do a lot of people like taking photographs and is it user friendly?
3.
Q9:
1. What is needed to take most photographs?
2. How do people generally take photos?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the name of a person who died in 1833?
2. Whose life was cut short in 1833?
3.
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3efe17qcrc58hvsa5uko5oai21nhs8 | cnn | The latest chapter in Amanda Knox's long legal battle began Monday in Florence, Italy, with a retrial over the 2007 killing of her British roommate Meredith Kercher.
But Knox, 26, who has expressed concern about returning to a country where she spent four years behind bars, was not in court.
Neither was Kercher's family, which said in a statement submitted by their lawyer in court on Monday that they would be following the new trial closely from the United Kingdom.
Knox was convicted in 2009 of murdering Kercher, a 21-year old British exchange student who was found stabbed to death in November 2007 in the villa the two young women rented in the central Italian university town of Perugia.
Family: Amanda Knox won't return to Italy for new trial
The convictions of Knox and her ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were overturned in 2011 for "lack of evidence."
After her acquittal, Knox returned to her hometown of Seattle, where she has been living since.
Knox: Sometimes, I can't stop crying
But Italy's Supreme Court decided last year to retry the case, saying the jury that acquitted Knox didn't consider all the evidence, and that discrepancies in testimony needed to be answered.
The retrial's opening day Monday was dominated by procedural items. The presiding judge, Alessandro Nencini, read out the facts of the case, including the conviction of Ivory Coast native Rudy Guede for his role in Kercher's murder.
The defense teams asked for several items of evidence to be retested for DNA, and Nencini agreed that a knife found in Sollecito's apartment would be re-examined. The court also agreed to hear testimony from Luciano Aviello, who served time in jail with Sollecito and claims that his brother killed Kercher. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where was the first place that Amanda Knox had legal problems?
2. In what country did Amanda Knox's legal fight begin?
3.
Q2:
1. What was Amanda Knox convicted of?
2. What was Amanda Knox found guilty of?
3.
Q3:
1. What is Amanda Knox's hometown?
2. Where is Amanda Knox from?
3.
Q4:
1. When was Amanda Knox convicted of murder?
2. In what year was Amanda Knox found guilty?
3.
Q5:
1. Is Amanda Knox in prison now?
2. Is Amanda Knox currently being detained by authorities?
3.
Q6:
1. Why is Amanda Knox currently free?
2. What is the reason that Amanda Knox is not in prison right now?
3.
Q7:
1. Why was Amanda Knox acquitted?
2. Why didn't a jury find Amanda Knox guilty?
3.
Q8:
1. When was the murder of Meredith Kercher discovered?
2. At what point was Meredith Kercher's body discovered?
3.
Q9:
1. Will Amanda Knox return to Italy for her retrial?
2. Is Amanda Knox going to head back to Italy to be present for her retrial?
3.
Q10:
1. Why isn't Amanda Knox going back to Italy for her retrial?
2. What is keeping Amanda Knox from returning to Italy for her retrial?
3.
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3ts1ar6uqqe2k1hcm1yd7c29y0q7fp | cnn | (CNN) -- A former campaign staffer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner became the second woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, saying Tuesday that the then-congressman patted her "posterior" while at a fundraising event.
Laura Fink, who now runs a political consulting firm, told KPBS-TV that it happened in 2005 when she was working as Filner's deputy campaign manager.
Fink said she didn't go public with the incident at the time because she was trying to build her political career. But she said she now feels emboldened to tell her story after Filner's former spokeswoman, Irene McCormack Jackson, sued him for sexual harassment Monday.
Jackson said Filner subjected her and other women to "crude and disgusting" comments and inappropriate touching. She said she resigned as Filner's communications director in June after deciding the mayor would not change his behavior.
"I had to work and do my job in an atmosphere where women were viewed by Mayor Filner as sexual objects or stupid idiots," Jackson said. She said Filner asked her to work without underwear and made repeated sexual advances toward her.
"He is not fit to be mayor of our great city. He is not fit to hold any public office. A man who lacks character makes a mockery of his ideas," she said.
Fink told KPBS on Tuesday that the incident happened as she was escorting Filner from table to table at a fundraising dinner. At one point, she said, someone at the event told Filner that Fink had "worked her ass off" for him. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who are people complaining about?
2. Who are women speaking out against?
3.
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1. What is Bob Filner being accused of?
2. What are the accusations against Bob Filner?
3.
Q3:
1. Who filed accusations against Bob Filner?
2. Who complained about Bob Filner's behavior?
3.
Q4:
1. Who is Laura Fink?
2. What did Laura Fink used to do?
3.
Q5:
1. What does Laura Fink do now?
2. How is Laura Fink currently employed?
3.
Q6:
1. Who did Laura Fink speak with?
2. To whom did Laura Fink reveal her accusations?
3.
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33c7ualjvlyfu0snp7bywaua9m181p | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXX
Selingman had the air of one who has achieved a personal triumph as, with his arm in Maraton's, he led him towards the man whom they had come to visit.
"Behold!" he exclaimed. "It is a triumph, this! It is a thing to be remembered! I have brought you two together!"
Maraton's first impressions of Maxendorf were curiously mixed. He saw before him a tall, lanky figure of a man, dressed in sombre black, a man of dark complexion, with beardless face and tanned skin plentifully freckled. His hair and eyes were coal black. He held out his hand to Maraton, but the smile with which he had welcomed Selingman had passed from his lips.
"You are not the Maraton I expected some day to meet," he said, a little bluntly, "and yet I am glad to know you."
Selingman shrugged his shoulders.
"Max--my friend Max, do not be peevish," he begged. "I tell you that he is the Maraton of whom we have spoken together. I have heard him. I have been to Sheffield and listened. Don't be prejudiced, Max. Wait."
Maxendorf motioned them to seats and stood with his finger upon the bell.
"Yes," Selingman assented, "we will drink with you. You breathe of the Rhine, my friend. I see myself sitting with you in your terraced garden, drinking Moselle wine out of cut glasses. So it shall be. We will fall into the atmosphere. What a palace you live in, Max! Is it because you are an ambassador that they must house you so splendidly?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who were the men walking with arms joined?
2. Who walked arm in arm?
3.
Q2:
1. Who are Selingman and Maraton off to meet?
2. What person will Selingman and Maraton meet up with?
3.
Q3:
1. What does Maxendorf do for a living?
2. How is Maxendorf employed?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Maxendorf live poorly?
2. Did Maxendorf have a shabby lifestyle?
3.
Q5:
1. How did Maraton feel about Maxendorf when they first met?
2. What was Maraton's first impression of Maxendorf?
3.
Q6:
1. Was Maxendorf tall?
2. Was Maxendorf of large stature?
3.
Q7:
1. What was Maxendorf's shape?
2. How could Maxendorf's form be described?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Maxendorf have fair skin?
2. Was Maxendorf a man with pale skin?
3.
Q9:
1. Did the men shake hands?
2. Did Selingman and Maraton shake hands with Maxendorf?
3.
Q10:
1. What expression left Maxendorf's face when he extended his hand?
2. What did Maxendorf stop doing with his face when he went to shake Selingman's hand?
3.
Q11:
1. Where would the men have drinks?
2. In what location were the men going to have a drink?
3.
Q12:
1. What vessel would the men drink out of?
2. What would be the men's drinking cup?
3.
Q13:
1. What were the three men going to drink?
2. What beverage would the men imbibe?
3.
Q14:
1. How does Selingman describe Maxendorf's home?
2. What kind of house does Maxendorf live in, according to Selingman?
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3nl0rfnu0fngh0r7ler3kda4f1b4kc | mctest | Juan and Amy were happy because they were going to help their mom make a cake. They were making the cake for their dad who was returning from a long trip. Amy thought about all the things she wanted to do with her dad when he got back. They would go to the park and he could push her on the swing then they could take their dog for a walk and have a long talk like they used to do. Juan was also thinking about all the things he and his dad could do when he got back. Maybe they could all go to the river like last year and his dad could teach him how to skip stones across the river. They could share hotdogs like last year too. "What are you two doing in here?" Their mom asked. "We are waiting to help you with Dad's cake." Juan said. "Okay, you two get out the yogurt for the frosting and I am going to start the oven to get it warmer." "Oh no! I spilled the punch when Juan was closing the door." Amy cried. "It is okay we can clean that up in no time." Juan said and grabbed the paper towels. Just as their mom was mixing the cake ingredients Juan and Amy heard their dog bark. "Mom! The dog is barking someone is here." Juan said. "Well your dad is not going to be here until this afternoon. You two wait here." She said and walked out of the kitchen. Her husband opened the door and smiled at her. She hugged him and they walked into the kitchen together. "Daddy!" Juan and Amy shouted and ran to hug him. "I missed you guys so I left early." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose mood was elevated?
2. Who was in good spirits?
3.
Q2:
1. What put Juan and Amy in a good mood?
2. Why were Juan and Amy happy?
3.
Q3:
1. Why were Juan and Amy making the cake?
2. For what occasion were Amy and Juan making a cake?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the base of the frosting?
2. What did Juan and Amy need for the cake's frosting?
3.
Q5:
1. What got spilled by Amy?
2. What did Amy tip over?
3.
Q6:
1. Who cleaned up the punch?
2. Who wiped down Amy's mess?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Juan use to clean up the punch?
2. How did Juan clean up Amy's spill?
3.
Q8:
1. What happened while Juan and Amy were making the cake?
2. What occurred during the cake mixing process?
3.
Q9:
1. Was the dog barking at the mailman?
2. Was the mailman causing the dog to bark?
3.
Q10:
1. Why was the dog barking?
2. What made the dog bark?
3.
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3ef8exott1v4eho6gb8pl03opnkj1p | wikipedia | The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a members of the National League (NL) Central division; the team plays its home baseball games at Wrigley Field. The Cubs are also one of two active major league teams based in Chicago; the other is the Chicago White Sox, who are a member of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is currently owned by Thomas S. Ricketts, son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts.
The team played its first games in 1876 as a founding member of the National League (NL), eventually becoming known officially as the Chicago Cubs for the 1903 season. Officially, the Cubs are tied for the distinction of being the oldest currently active U.S. professional sports club, along with the Atlanta Braves, which also began play in the NL in 1876 as the Boston Red Stockings (Major League Baseball does not officially recognize the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players as a major league.) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the hometown of the Cubs?
2. What is homebase for the Cubs?
3.
Q2:
1. What sport do the Cubs play?
2. What athletic activity do the Chicago Cubs partake in?
3.
Q3:
1. How many baseball teams does Chicago have?
2. What is the number of baseball teams based in Chicago?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the stadium of the Chicago Cubs?
2. Where do Chicago Cubs games take place?
3.
Q5:
1. What division do the Chicago Cubs play in?
2. What is the division of the Chicago Cubs?
3.
Q6:
1. Which league do the Chicago Cubs play in?
2. What is the league of the Chicago Cubs?
3.
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39asuflu6x74t2n793i5jtuxpxfex9 | race | An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia . He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father's blood.
Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.
He was also nicknamed the "man with the golden arm" or the "man in _ ". He said, "I've never thought about stopping. Never!" He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 liters of blood. "I was in hospital for three months," he said. "The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18."
Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. _ . It stems from one having Rh-positive blood and the other Rh-negative .
His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. "They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of," he said. "I wasn't scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away."
Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.
It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How long has James Harrison donated?
2. For how many years has James Harrison been a blood donor?
3.
Q2:
1. What is unique about James Harrison's blood?
2. What makes James Harrison's blood special?
3.
Q3:
1. What does James Harrison's blood contain?
2. What is in James Harrison's blood?
3.
Q4:
1. At what age did James Harrison start donating blood?
2. How old was James Harrison when he began donating blood?
3.
Q5:
1. What happened to James Harrison that made him decide to start donating blood?
2. What did James Harrison undergo that influenced his decision to donate blood?
3.
Q6:
1.
2.
3.
Q7:
1. What did James Harrison feel towards his wife?
2. What did James Harrison say about his wife?
3.
Q8:
1. Was James Harrison worried about his wife?
2. Did the future of James Harrison's wife make him nervous?
3.
Q9:
1. How many babies has James Harrison saved?
2. How many infants have survived thanks to James Harrison?
3.
Q10:
1. What vaccine is being developed with James Harrison's blood?
2. What is the name of the vaccine that James Harrison's blood is being used to create?
3.
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3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop893g5q | gutenberg | CHAPTER III. DARBY AND JOAN
My reason haply more To bandy word for word and frown for frown; But now I see our lances are but straws! SHAKESPEARE.
Lancelot saw his brother's doctors the next morning, and communicated to his wife the upshot of the interview when they were driving to their meeting in Mrs. Grinstead's victoria, each adorned with a big bunch of primroses.
"Two doctors! and not Tom," said Gertrude.
"Both Brownlows. Tom knows them well, and wrote. One lives at the East-end, and is sheet anchor to Whittingtonia. He began with Clement, but made the case over to the cousin, the fashionable one, when we made the great removal."
"So they consulted?"
"And fairly see the way out of the wood, though not by any means quit of it, poor Tina; but there's a great deal to be thankful for," said Lance, with a long breath.
"Indeed there is!" said the wife, with a squeeze of the hand. "But is there any more to be feared?"
"Everything," Lance answered; "heart chiefly, but the lungs are not safe. He has been whirling his unfortunate machine faster and faster, till no wonder the mainspring has all but broken down. His ideal always was working himself to death, and only Felix could withhold him, so now he has fairly run himself down. No rest from that tremendous parish work, with the bothers about curates, school boards and board schools, and the threatened ritual prosecution, which came to nothing, but worried him almost as much as if it had gone on, besides all the trouble about poor Alda, and the loss of Fulbert took a great deal out of him. When Somers got a living, there was no one to look after him, and he never took warning. So when in that Stinksmeech Mission he breathed pestiferous air and drank pestiferous water, he was finished up. They've got typhus down there-—a very good thing too," he added vindictively. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the chapter at hand?
2. What chapter appears?
3.
Q2:
1. Whose doctor did Lancelot visit?
2. Who was the doctor that Lancelot went to?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the name of Lancelot's wife?
2. Who was Lancelot married to?
3.
Q4:
1. How many doctors did Lancelot consult?
2. What was the number of medical professionals that Lancelot discussed?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Lancelot mention Tom?
2. Was Tom one of the doctors that Lancelot spoke of?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Tom know Lancelot's doctors?
2. Was Tom acquainted with Lancelot's doctors?
3.
Q7:
1. Does one of Lancelot's doctors live in the east-end?
2. Can the home of one of Lancelot's doctors be found in the East-End?
3.
Q8:
1. Was there a lot to be afraid of?
2. Were the things to be scared of in abundance?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Lancelot mostly afraid of?
2. What had lancelot the most concerned?
3.
Q10:
1. Were Lancelot's lungs safe?
2. Was Lancelot feeling confident about the state of his lungs?
3.
Q11:
1. Has the machine been slowing down?
2. Has the pace of the machine become more feeble?
3.
Q12:
1. Who could withhold the sick person?
2. Who would be able to hold the sick person back?
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Q14:
1. What was all over Gertrude?
2. What did Gertrude have on?
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1. Did Gertrude wear just a few primroses?
2. Were there only a small amount of primroses on Gertrude?
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3zsy5x72nxb68xekuif9zn2nsjqrom | race | Tom Becker has won the 2007 Waterstone's children's book prize with his first novel, Darkside, receiving a cheque for PS1,000 and the promise of display in branches of the book store across the country.
The 25-year-old author described winning as an "unbelievable feeling". "I didn't think my book would be on the shortlist and stood a chance of winning, and it's amazing to receive such an important award at the beginning of my writing career. Needless to say I am absolutely made up." he said.
The novel, inspired by film noir , fantasy and a fascination with the dark side of the 19th century, is for children between the ages of nine and 12. It tells the story of a boy, Jonathan Stirling, who discovers a similar world filled with vampires and werewolves . This alternative reality has a clearly Victorian air, and is ruled by a descendant of Jack the Ripper. Soon hunters from the other side begin searching for Jonathan, who finds himself driven into their world.
Waterstone's head children's buyer, Wayne Winstone, thought highly of Becker's "huge" achievement. He said: "Tom Becker's writing style attracts you in the same way that Darren Shan's does with his mix of adventure and the supernatural.
"I have a feeling that Tom has real potential and could be one of the big names in children's writing in the future."
This year's shortlist also included Michael Broad's Jake Cake, Philip Caveney's Sebastian Darke and Siobhan Dowd's A Swift Pure Cry. Last year's prize was won by Julia Golding with The Diamond of Drury Lane. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the amount of novel published by Tom Becker before he won his prize?
2. Before Tom Becker received his award, how many books had he penned?
3.
Q2:
1. What prize did Tom Becker win?
2. What was Tom Becker awarded with?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Tom Becker receive a monetary award?
2. Was Tom Becker given money as a prize in addition to his trophy?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Wayne Winstone think about Tom Becker?
2. What was Wayne Winstone's opinion of Tom Becker?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Wayne Winstone say specifically about Tom Becker?
2. What quote did Wayne Winstone give regarding Tom Becker?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was on the prize shortlist with Tom Becker?
2. Who was a finalist for the prize along with Tom Becker?
3.
Q7:
1. Who won the Waterstone children's book prize last year?
2. Who was the person that won the Waterston prize the year before Tom Becker?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Julia Golding win the Waterston Prize for?
2. Which of Julia Golding's books won her the Waterston Prize?
3.
Q9:
1. What style of writing served as inspiration for Tom Becker's novel?
2. What sparked Tom Becker's inspiration as he penned his novel?
3.
Q10:
1. What century of books served as inspiration for Tom Becker?
2. By what century was Tom Becker inspired?
3.
Q11:
1. Is Tom Becker's novel recommended for teenagers?
2. Are teenagers the target audience of Tom Becker's novel?
3.
Q12:
1. Is Tom Becker's novel geared towards a younger or older audience?
2. Is Tom Becker's target audience younger or older people?
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3peijlry6ttya29yu3cb5z1xwy4wxl | wikipedia | The contemporary Liberal Party generally advocates economic liberalism (see New Right). Historically, the party has supported a higher degree of economic protectionism and interventionism than it has in recent decades. However, from its foundation the party has identified itself as anti-socialist. Strong opposition to socialism and communism in Australia and abroad was one of its founding principles. The party's founder and longest-serving leader Robert Menzies envisaged that Australia's middle class would form its main constituency.
Throughout their history, the Liberals have been in electoral terms largely the party of the middle class (whom Menzies, in the era of the party's formation called "The forgotten people"), though such class-based voting patterns are no longer as clear as they once were. In the 1970s a left-wing middle class emerged that no longer voted Liberal.[citation needed] One effect of this was the success of a breakaway party, the Australian Democrats, founded in 1977 by former Liberal minister Don Chipp and members of minor liberal parties; other members of the left-leaning section of the middle-class became Labor supporters.[citation needed] On the other hand, the Liberals have done increasingly well in recent years among socially conservative working-class voters.[citation needed]However the Liberal Party's key support base remains the upper-middle classes; 16 of the 20 richest federal electorates are held by the Liberals, most of which are safe seats. In country areas they either compete with or have a truce with the Nationals, depending on various factors. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is a defining characteristic of the Liberal Party?
2. What does the Liberal Party see itself as?
3.
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1. What does the Liberal Party advocate?
2. What is the Liberal Party a champion of?
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1. Who is the founder of the Liberal Party?
2. Who created the Liberal Party?
3.
Q4:
1. What are the founding principles of the Liberal Party?
2. What was the original idea of the Liberal Party?
3.
Q5:
1. Who did the Liberal Party's founder imagine would be its base?
2. Who did the creator of the Liberal Party want as constituents?
3.
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1. Who are the actual constituents of the Liberal Party?
2. Who are the members of the Liberal Party in reality?
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1. What socioeconomic group is referred to as the forgotten people?
2. What groups is designated as the forgotten people?
3.
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1. What occurred during the 1970s?
2. What took place over the course of the 70s?
3.
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1. What party did the left-wing middle class form?
2. What political party was created by leftists in the middle class?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was the founder of the Australian Democrats?
2. Who created the Australian Democrat Party?
3.
Q11:
1. In what year were the Australian Democrats founded?
2. What was the year of the Australian Democrats creation?
3.
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1. How many federal electorates does the Liberal Party have?
2. What is the number of federal electorates possessed by the Liberal Party?
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3owepkl089ce8tutkphqfhbi0yq7no | mctest | Kelsey's uncle Jack gave him and his brother, Davy, some chalk to play with. Kelsey was a pretty good artist. His family said that all of his drawings looked real. His brother was sad that he was not as good at art and drawing as Kelsey. Davy teased Kelsey to take his mind off the fact that he was not as good at art. He called Kelsey names and pretended to be a monster to scare Kelsey when he wasn't paying attention. When their mother gave them some chocolate as a treat, Davy took all of it and wouldn't let Kelsey have any. Uncle Jack finally saw that Davy was hurting his brother, so he sat down to talk to him. After lots of questioning, Davy told his uncle the truth. "Instead of teasing your brother," Uncle Jack said, "why don't you ask him to teach you how to draw some things? He's used to his big brother knowing everything. I think he would like to teach you some things." Davy looked at the ground and finally said, "Okay." Kelsey was pleased that his brother asked him to teach him. After that, both boys got along much better. QUESTIONS:
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1. What did Jack let Kelsey have?
2. What did Jack offer Kelsey?
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1. Was Kelsey good at art?
2. Was art a past time of Kelsey's?
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338jkrmm26z4hz6gouyxkogcgscahv | race | Would you like to join an all-women' s expedition to Annapurna? You must be an experienced high altitude climber, strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker! If you think this is for YOU, please contact: Arlene Blum, Berkeley, California, USA.
Many women wrote to them from all over the world, but they could only choose ten. When the final team was chosen, the youngest was twenty years old, the oldest was fifty.
For Arlene, finding the climbers was only the first step. The team needed another important thing: money. There were long talks at Vera Watson' s house, when they discussed how to make the 80,000 dollars they would need for the expedition. With the help of enthusiastic friends, they organized dances, sports, and parties. They even sold expedition T- shirts. After many months, and a lot of hard work, they finally had the money they needed.
Now at last they were in Kathmandu, the city where their great adventure would begin. Arlene looked round at the women in the airport. They looked tired after the long journey from Francisco, but happy to be in Nepal at last. There had been so many friends and families at the airport to say goodbye. It had been difficult to leave the people they loved. Irene had looked so sad when she said goodbye to her daughters. Arlene had found it very difficult to leave her boyfriend, John. For all of them there was the chance that they would never see their families or friends again.
All climbing in the Himalayas is dangerous. One in ten of the people who go there do not come back. Annapurna was very dangerous because of its avalanches. Arlene knew the avalanches very well. On the expedition film she said... QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What qualifications are necessary to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna?
2. What must one be able to do in order to join the women-only trip to Annapurna?
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1. Do you have to be more than an experienced climber to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna?
2. Does the all-women climb of Annapurna require more than just having climbing experience?
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1. What qualifications are necessary to go on the all-women expedition to Annapurna, other than climbing experience?
2. What must one be able to do in order to join the women-only trip to Annapurna, in addition to being an experienced climber?
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1. What kind of people did Ariene Blum need, in addition to experienced climbers?
2. What characteristics was Ariene Blum looking for in people other than climbing experience?
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1. How did the expedition group earn money?
2. What did the women's expedition group do to raise funds?
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Q6:
1. What was the point of departure of the expedition group?
2. Where did the women's climbing group start their adventure?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the ratio of people who go to the Himalayas and don't return?
2. What fraction of people never make it back from their Himalayan journey?
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Q8:
1. Why are the Himalayas so dangerous?
2. What heightens the danger of the Himalayas?
3.
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1. What did Ariene Blum talk about at Vera Watson's house?
2. What discussion was had by Ariene Blum in the home of Vera Watson?
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1. What was the age of the youngest climber in the all women's expedition group?
2. How old was the all-women climbing group's youngest participant?
3.
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1. What was the age of the oldest climber in the all women's expedition group?
2. How old was the all-women climbing group's most aged participant?
3.
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1. How many people total were in the expedition group?
2. What was the total number of women who joined the expedition group?
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3mhw492ww0da11apqm568g2lhpwvmb | mctest | When I was a little girl I lived in a place with no winter. It was always warm there. It never got cold. It never snowed. Sometimes it rained. Sometimes there was wind. But there was no snow on the trees or on the ground. There was no snow falling on our heads. There was no snow to make a snowman.
My teacher's name was Mrs. Scott. One day in December, Mrs. Scott told us that we were going to make a snowman. We were excited! We wanted to see a snowman. We knew how a snowman looked. We knew a snowman was made of three snowballs. A snowman had to have a carrot nose and black eyes and buttons. A snowman had a hat and a scarf. We knew all these things.
Mrs. Scott asked us to bring everything we needed to our classroom to make a snowman. Jimmy said, "I can bring the hat and the scarf." Anita said, "I can bring a carrot for the nose." Selma said, "I can cut out some black circles for the eyes and the buttons." Ricky asked, "But who can bring the snow?"
Mrs. Scott said, "I know what to do."
The next day all the children brought the things for the snowman. We did not know where Mrs. Scott would get the snow. Then she showed us. Our snowman is made of three bushes! Three bushes painted white! We put all the things on the bushes and it looked like a real snowman. QUESTIONS:
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1. What did Mrs. Scott tell the class they would make?
2. What did the teacher announce that the class would create?
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1. What was the name of the teacher?
2. Who was the teacher?
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1. In what month did the story take place?
2. When was the month when the class built a snowman?
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1. What was the snowman composed of?
2. What elements made up the snowman?
3.
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1. Who came with the accessories for the snowman?
2. Who brought things to accessorize the snowman with?
3.
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1. Who brought stuff for the snowman's head?
2. Who arrived with elements for the snowman's head?
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Q7:
1. Who brought stuff for the snowman's face?
2. Who arrived with elements for the snowman's face?
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Q8:
1. Why wasn't there any snow to use for the snowman?
2. What was the explanation for the lack of snow to use for the snowman?
3.
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1. What was the weather like?
2. What temperatures was the girl's community experiencing?
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1. Did any precipitation come down?
2. Did anything fall from the sky ever?
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1. What kind of precipitation would the girl's community have?
2. What would the precipitation be like in the girl's community?
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3ydgxnseozuwmzp6cpu0u81dl69840 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXV
A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE
Muriel found it needful to wait several days for an opportunity for speaking to Prescott. It did not seem advisable to visit his house again, and she was at a loss for a means of meeting him when she overheard Leslie tell his wife that he would ask Prescott, who was going to Sebastian the next morning, to bring out some stores they required. The next day Muriel borrowed a team and, contenting herself with an intimation that she was going for a long drive, set off for the settlement. It would be time enough to confess her object if her sister taxed her with it, and there were one or two purchases she really wished to make.
She had never gone so far alone, though she had occasionally driven to an outlying farm, and the expedition had in it the zest of adventure. Moreover, she was boldly going to undertake a very unusual task in showing Prescott what he ought to do. So far, she had been an interested spectator of the drama of life, but now she would participate in it, exercising such powers as she possessed, and the thought was additionally fascinating because among her intimate friends she could not pick out a man who owed much to a woman's guidance. Her sister had some mental gifts, but Harry Colston, disregarding her in a good-humored but dogged fashion, did what he thought best; while the idea of Jernyngham's deferring to Gertrude was frankly ridiculous. Neither man had much ability; indeed, it was, as a rule, the dullest men who were most convinced of their superior sense. Prescott far surpassed them in intellect; but she pulled herself up. She was not going to dwell on Prescott's virtues unduly, and she had not convinced him yet. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which person did Muriel have concerns for?
2. Who did Muriel worry about?
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1. Who would send for Prescott?
2. Who would have Prescott over?
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1. Who would ask Prescott to do a favor?
2. Who would ask if Prescott would do something for them?
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1. What favor would Leslie ask of Prescott?
2. What would Leslie ask Prescott to do?
3.
Q5:
1. Where would Leslie ask Prescott to bring stores from?
2. What was the location where Leslie would ask Prescott to get some things from?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Muriel do at the beginning of the day?
2. What did Muriel get up to at the day's start?
3.
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1. What position did Muriel see herself, vis à vis the drama of life?
2. Where did Muriel place herself in the idea of life as a play?
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1. What was Muriel going to do now with respect to the drama of life?
2. What action was Muriel going to take, regarding the idea of life as a play?
3.
Q9:
1. How many times before had Muriel taken the trip alone?
2. What was the number of solo journeys previously taken by Muriel?
3.
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1. Did Muriel have a short distance to travel?
2. Did Muriel not have very far to go?
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36tfcyns44agdce9z4qb4wrag60hx6 | race | Everyone has a family name. My name is Jane Armstrong. Armstrong is my family name. What does Armstrong mean ? Does it mean my arms are strong? But I am a slim girl. I don't like strong arms. My best friend is Lucy Long. Is she a long or a tall girl? No, she isn't. She is short. But she has long hair. Some family names come from jobs. My cousin's name is James Cook. Does it mean he can cook? No, he can't. And he doesn't like cooking at all. He only likes eating nice food. And he likes the TV show A Bite Of China (<<>> ), because it is all about nice food. Some people get family names from places. Ann Hill is my classmate. Is there a hill near her home? Yes, there is one behind her home. But her uncle, Tom Hill, lives 20 kilometers from a hill. QUESTIONS:
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1. What's something that everyone's got?
2. What are all people in possession of?
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1. Who is skinny?
2. Who is not fat?
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Q3:
1. What doesn't Jane Armstrong like?
2. What is displeasing to the story's narrator?
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1. What are sturdy?
2. What are able to bear a lot of weight?
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Q5:
1. Who is Jane Armstrong's best friend?
2. What is the name of Jane Armstrong's closest friend?
3.
Q6:
1. Who is not very tall?
2. Whose height rremains low to the ground?
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Q7:
1. What is not short?
2. What has a great length?
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Q8:
1. What can stem from a job?
2. What thing's origin can be a profession?
3.
Q9:
1. Who is Jane Armstrong's cousin?
2. What is the name of the narrator's cousin?
3.
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1. Can the narrator's cousin cook?
2. Is James Cook a good chef?
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1. What does James Cook like eating?
2. What does James Cook enjoy ingesting?
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Q12:
1. What show does James Cook like?
2. What program does James Cook enjoyu?
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Q13:
1. What is A Bite of China about?
2. What is the subject of A Bite of China?
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1. Who is Jane Armstrong's classmate?
2. Who is in Jane Armstrong's class?
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3v0z7ywsiy0kux6wg4mmt7onbfuv2p | gutenberg | CHAPTER THE FOURTH.
Now hold thy tongue, Billy Bewick, he said, Of peaceful talking: let me be; But if thou art a man, as I think thou art, Come ower the dyke and fight with me. BORDER MINSTRELSY.
On the morning after this gay evening, the two young men were labouring together in a plot of ground behind Stevenlaw's Land, which the Doctor had converted into a garden, where he raised, with a view to pharmacy as well as botany, some rare plants, which obtained the place from the vulgar the sounding name of the Physic Garden. [Footnote: The Botanic Garden is so termed by the vulgar of Edinburgh.] Mr. Gray's pupils readily complied with his wishes, that they would take some care of this favourite spot, to which both contributed their labours, after which Hartley used to devote himself to the cultivation of the kitchen garden, which he had raised into this respectability from a spot not excelling a common kail-yard, while Richard Middleman did his utmost to decorate with flowers and shrubs a sort of arbour, usually called Miss Menie's bower.
At present they were both in the botanic patch of the garden, when Dick Middlemas asked Hartley why he had left the ball so soon the evening before?
"I should rather ask you," said Hartley, "what pleasure you felt in staying there?--I tell you, Dick, it is a shabby low place this Middlemas of ours. In the smallest burgh in England, every decent freeholder would have been asked if the Member gave a ball." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was instructed to hush?
2. Who was informed they needed to stop making noise?
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1. How does the man suggest that Billy Bewick demonstrate he is a man?
2. What does the man tell Billy Bewick to prove that he is masculine?
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Q3:
1. What was the men's activity the next day?
2. What did the men get into the morning after?
3.
Q4:
1. What was the location of the land that the men worked on?
2. Where could the land where the men worked be found?
3.
Q5:
1. Who transformed the land into the garden?
2. Which person created a garden out of the land?
3.
Q6:
1. What was grown in the garden?
2. What sprung up in the garden?
3.
Q7:
1. What did the doctor want one of his students to do?
2. What did the doctor wish for one of his followers to perform?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Richard do in the garden?
2. How did Richard make himself useful in the garden?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Hartley's role in the garden?
2. How did Hartley make himself useful in the gardeN?
3.
Q10:
1. Who interrupted Hartley and Richard's work?
2. Who stopped Richard and Hartley from working continuously?
3.
Q11:
1. What did Dick Middlemas want to know?
2. What was Dick Middlemas curious about?
3.
Q12:
1. How does Hartley feel about the town?
2. What are Hartley's feelings towards the town?
3.
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31n2ww6r9rqkjigpkpvnuvqtu0f3fw | wikipedia | Philosophers in antiquity used the concept of force in the study of stationary and moving objects and simple machines, but thinkers such as Aristotle and Archimedes retained fundamental errors in understanding force. In part this was due to an incomplete understanding of the sometimes non-obvious force of friction, and a consequently inadequate view of the nature of natural motion. A fundamental error was the belief that a force is required to maintain motion, even at a constant velocity. Most of the previous misunderstandings about motion and force were eventually corrected by Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton. With his mathematical insight, Sir Isaac Newton formulated laws of motion that were not improved-on for nearly three hundred years. By the early 20th century, Einstein developed a theory of relativity that correctly predicted the action of forces on objects with increasing momenta near the speed of light, and also provided insight into the forces produced by gravitation and inertia. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How much time passed before Isaac Newton's laws were improved upon?
2. How many years did it take for adjustments to be made to Isaac Newton's laws?
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Q2:
1. Who created a theory that contained accurate predictions?
2. Whose theory correctly predicted things?
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3qemnnsb2xz5mh3gvv3njczons87dn | race | It's summer movie time again. Check out our list of four films.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Release Date: November 4
Story: It's the summer before Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. A dangerous murderer, Sirius Black, has escaped from the Wizards' Prison. And he was ordered to kill Harry Potter.
Around the World in 80 Days
Release Date: November 16
Story: This version of the classic novel set in 1872 focuses on Passepartout ( Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan), a Chinese thief who seeks refuge with a strange London adventurer, Phileas Fogg. Passepartout uses his martial art skills to defend Fogg from danger as he travels around the world in 80 days.
Spider-Man 2
Release Date: November 30
Story: Peter Parker is still coming to accept his dual identity as the crime superhero Spider-Man. He wants to reveal his secret identity to Mary Jane, meanwhile, his Aunt May is in trouble. This is Dr Otto Octavius who has appeared to bring her a lot of troubles.
King Arthur
Release Date: November 7
Story: King Arthur is presented as a clever ruler who manages to unite all the knights in Britain. Under the guidance of Merlin and the beautiful, brave Guinevere, Arthur will struggle to realize his dreams. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What point in the year is it?
2. What period in the year is discussed?
3.
Q2:
1. How many movies appear in the article?
2. What's the number of films discussed in the article?
3.
Q3:
1. Do any of the movies have a name?
2. Does the article name any films?
3.
Q4:
1. What's one of the movies' names?
2. Name one movie that appears in the article.
3.
Q5:
1. What is the release date of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
2. When does Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban come out?
3.
Q6:
1. Are there any notable characters in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
2. Does Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban have any important characters?
3.
Q7:
1. What important characters appear in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
2. Who plays a big role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
3.
Q8:
1. Are there any notable characters in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, besides Harry Potter?
2. Does Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban have any important characters, in addition to Harry Potter?
3.
Q9:
1. What important characters appear in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in addition to Harry Potter?
2. Who plays a big role in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, other than Harry Potter?
3.
Q10:
1. Who is Sirius Black?
2. What is Sirius Black's identity?
3.
Q11:
1. What other movies are discussed besies Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
2. What films, in addition to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, appear in the article?
3.
Q12:
1. Is there specific source material for the movie Around the World in 80 Days?
2. Is Around the World in 80 Days based on anything?
3.
Q13:
1. Who is Around the World in 80 Days based on?
2. Who is the protagonist in Around the World in 80 Days
3.
Q14:
1. What does Passepartout do?
2. What ability does Passepartout have?
3.
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3zgvpd4g6thvng5j0gvlf0a90h3zt4 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVI
FRANK KILLS A DEER
They plodded through the bush for an hour or two without seeing any living thing except a few pigeons, and Harry began to look doubtful.
"If it was early morning, I'd try one of the rock outcrops where nothing grows," he observed. "The deer get up on to those places out of the dew then. As it's afternoon, I don't know which way to head."
Frank glanced at his clothes. Keen as he was on hunting, he would not have been sorry to head for home, for his duck trousers were badly torn and one of his boots which had been rather the worse for wear when he started was almost dropping off his foot. They trudged on, however, and accident favored them, as it often does when one is hunting, for at last when they were in very thick bush Harry dropped suddenly behind a patch of withered fern.
"Look there!" he said softly. "Right ahead of you yonder."
Frank gazed ahead with straining eyes, but he could only see the great trunks stretching back in serried ranks. He had heard somewhat to his astonishment that it is not often that a novice can see a deer in the bush even when it is pointed out to him, but now, it seemed, the thing was true. He could have declared that there was not a deer anywhere within the range of his vision.
"Right in front," whispered Harry, impatiently. "About seventy yards off. Oh, look yonder!" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What moment in the day were they at?
2. When in the day does the story take place?
3.
Q2:
1. Had the group caught anything yet?
2. Had anything fallen into the group's clutches so far?
3.
Q3:
1. How long had the group been walking without seeing anything?
2. How much time had the group spent walking without coming across anything?
3.
Q4:
1. Was Frank prepared to head home?
2. Did Frank feel it was time to go back to the house?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Frank like hunting?
2. Was Frank a hunting enthusiast?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Frank's boots fit?
2. Were Frank's boots in his size?
3.
Q7:
1. What kind of pants was Frank wearing?
2. What sort of trousers did Frank have on?
3.
Q8:
1. Were Frank's pants in good condition?
2. Was the quality of Frank's trousers still high?
3.
Q9:
1. What was wrong with Frank's pants?
2. What was the problems with Frank's trousers?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Harry hide behind?
2. What did Harry shield himself with?
3.
Q11:
1. Where would Harry and Frank have gone were it morning?
2. Where would a morning trek have led Harry and Frank?
3.
Q12:
1. Are there deer in the rock outcrops?
2. Do the rock outcrops contain deer?
3.
Q13:
1. Why do the deer like the rock outcrops?
2. What is pleasing about the rock outcrops to the deer?
3.
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3wt783ctpbhij10s8gks4832lrubc2 | cnn | New York (CNN) -- A federal judge has ordered that an official monitor be put in place to prevent discrimination in the hiring of New York City firefighters.
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the city needs "to comprehensively reassess its policies and practices, to analyze the evidence showing the effect of those policies and practices, and to rationally consider how they can be changed to achieve a firefighter hiring process that is -- in actual practice and effect -- fair and open to all."
The order requires the city to take remedial steps to fix discriminatory hiring practices and puts the court monitor in place for at least the next 10 years to make sure those steps are taken.
Garaufis cited "the clear evidence of disparate impact that Mayor (Michael) Bloomberg and his senior leadership chose to ignore was obvious to anyone else who looked."
"Instead of facing hard facts and asking hard questions about the City's abysmal track record of hiring black and Hispanic firefighters, the Bloomberg Administration dug in and fought back," the judge said in his ruling.
Mark LaVorgna, a spokesman for the mayor, said the city intends to appeal the decision.
Litigation against the city's firefighter hiring practices began in 2007, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging the Fire Department of New York's hiring exams negatively affected black and Hispanic applicants.
"Four years of litigation and two adverse liability rulings later, the City still doesn't get it," Garaufis said. "The City's senior leaders have routinely denied that they are responsible or doing anything to remedy nearly forty years of discrimination." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the name of New York's mayor?
2. Who serves as mayor of New York?
3.
Q2:
1. What is Bloomberg's first name?
2. What is the first name of the mayor of New York?
3.
Q3:
1. Who works for Michael Bloomberg?
2. Who does Michael Bloomberg employ?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Mark LaVorgna say?
2. What statement did Mark LaVorgna give?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the city appealing?
2. What decision did Mark LaVorgna say the city will appeal?
3.
Q6:
1. In what domain is New York accused of discriminating?
2. What is the context for the discrimination suit?
3.
Q7:
1. In what jurisdiction are there acccusations of discrimination?
2. Where are there discriminatory practices in the hiring of fire fighters?
3.
Q8:
1. Who decided on the discrimination case?
2. Who was the presiding judge in the discrimination suit?
3.
Q9:
1. What is Nicholas Garaufis' title?
2. What is the occupation of Nicholas Garaufis?
3.
Q10:
1. How long is the city going to have to work to rectify their discriminatory hiring?
2. How much time will the city need to spend remedying the hiring situation?
3.
Q11:
1. Why does the city need 10 years to fix their discriminatory hiring?
2. Why is it going to take ten years for the city to make the hiring situation improve?
3.
Q12:
1. What did the judge make reference to?
2. What was something that Nicholas Garaufis mentioned in his ruling?
3.
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34hjijklp5wuxbljki5ammllvsvv4o | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVIII: DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
'Truly the tender mercies of the weak, As of the wicked, are but cruel.'
And how did Lilias show that she had been truly benefited by her sorrows? Did she fall back into her habits of self-indulgence, or did she run into ill-directed activity, selfish as her indolence, because only gratifying the passion of the moment?
Those who lived with her saw but little change; kind-hearted and generous she had ever been, and many had been her good impulses, so that while she daily became more steady in well-doing, and exerting herself on principle, no one remarked it, and no one entered into the struggles which it cost her to tame her impetuosity, or force herself to do what was disagreeable to herself, and might offend Emily.
However, Emily could forgive a great deal when she found that Lily was ready to take any part of the business of the household and schoolroom, which she chose to impose upon her, without the least objection, yet to leave her to assume as much of the credit of managing as she chose--to have no will or way of her own, and to help her to keep her wardrobe in order.
The schoolroom was just now more of a labour than had ever been the case, at least to one who, like Lilias, if she did a thing at all, would not be satisfied with half doing it. Phyllis was not altered, except that she cried less, and had in a great measure cured herself of dawdling habits and tricks, by her honest efforts to obey well- remembered orders of Eleanor's; but still her slowness and dulness were trying to her teachers, and Lily had often to reproach herself for being angry with her 'when she was doing her best.' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the chapter at hand?
2. What is the chatper called?
3.
Q2:
1. Who did Emily extend forgiveness to?
2. Who was pardoned by Emily?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was boring and didn't move fast?
2. Who was a drag and not very quick?
3.
Q4:
1. Were Phyllis' teachers angry with her?
2. Did the teachers get upset with Phyllis?
3.
Q5:
1. Was Lily angry like the teachers?
2. Did Lily feel frustration as did the instructors?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the setting of the chapter?
2. In what location did the chapter's events happen?
3.
Q7:
1. Who had a warm heart?
2. Who was a gentle soul?
3.
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338jkrmm26z4hz6gouyxkogcgzyha2 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVI
AND THE PUPPETS DANCED
And so he went to meet Louisa and Colonel Harris at the Danish Legation, and found them a taxicab and generally saw to their comparative comfort.
There was no restraint between the three of them. It was as natural to them all to avoid speaking of important matters on the door step of a neighbour's house, as it was to eat or drink or breathe. So Luke asked if the dinner had been enjoyable and the reception crowded, and Colonel Harris comfortably complained of both. He hated foreign cooking, and society crushes, and had endured both to-night. No doubt the terrible events of this night, as yet mere shadows--hardly admitted to be real--were weighing on the kind old man's usual hearty spirits.
But so versed were they all in the art of make believe that each one individually was able to register in the innermost depths of an anxious heart the firm conviction that the other "had not heard."
Luke was convinced that the gruesome and sordid news could not have penetrated within the gorgeous mansion where Lou in an exquisite gown had sung modern songs in her pure contralto voice. He felt sure that neither Lou nor Colonel Harris had heard that Philip de Mountford had been murdered in a taxicab and that police officers had thought fit to speak to him--Luke--in tones of contemptuous familiarity. Nay more! now that he himself sat thus opposite good-natured, prosy, sensible Colonel Harris, he began to think that he must have been dreaming, that the whole thing could not have occurred, but that he had imagined it all whilst leaning against the garden-railings trying to strain his ears so that they should hear the soft faint echo of that pure contralto voice. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who would be found at the Danish legation?
2. What was the name of the person being met up with at the Danish Legation?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Luke think was a sure thing?
2. What did Luke feel certain of?
3.
Q3:
1. What complaint did Colonel Harris lodge?
2. What wasn't Colonel Harris happy with?
3.
Q4:
1. What kind of cooking didn't Colonel Harris like?
2. What sort of cuisine was displeasing to Colonel Harris?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Colonel Harris learn regarding Phillip de Mountford?
2. What information came to Colonel Harris on the subject of Phillip de Mountford?
3.
Q6:
1. In what way did the police address Luke?
2. What sort of tone did the cops take with Luke?
3.
Q7:
1. In what manner did Luke go to the Danish Legation?
2. How did Luke act en route to the Danish Legation?
3.
Q8:
1. What weighed on Colonel Harris, that took him out of his usually nice mood?
2. What was Colonel Harris bogged down by that made him uncharacteristically sad?
3.
Q9:
1. When did the terrible events occur?
2. At what point did awful things happen?
3.
Q10:
1. Did it come to Luke that maybe he had been dreaming and the events could not have happened?
2. Did Luke ponder whether he had dreamt up all the awful things that had happened?
3.
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3jjvg1ybebxxkgrdt6xkq2xst80b5i | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXI.
Shooting a Grizzly Bear
"I wonder if Captain Grady is alone or if he has a number of the gang with him?" observed Paul, as he rode alongside of his younger brother, and just in front of the two men.
"Most likely he is expecting trouble and has help at hand," returned Chet. "He knows well enough we won't give up our claim without a fight."
"It's possible he thought to frighten us off until Allen got back from San Francisco."
"Don't make any difference how much help he has," broke in Jack Blowfen. "He ain't no right to put ye out like a couple o' dogs, an' he knows it."
In this manner the talk went on until a little after noon, when the locality known as Demon Hollow was reached.
"Do you remember the badger, Paul?" laughed Chet. "The Hollow looks different in the daylight, doesn't it?"
"Yes, indeed, but still--what was that?"
"Jumpin' June bugs!" cried Jack Blowfen. "Dottery, did ye hear that?"
"I did," replied the old ranch owner, and he clutched his gun apprehensively.
"I heard something," said Chet. "What was it?"
"A bar, boy, sure ez ye are born--a grizzly!"
"Oh!"
At once the little party came to a halt. To the right of them was a tall overhanging rock, to the left a number of prickly bushes. Ahead and behind was the winding and uneven road along which their animals had come on a walk.
"Do ye see old Ephraim?" asked Jack Blowfen, as he, too, got his gun in readiness. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was curious about the captain?
2. Who had a question on the subject of the captain?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was the captain?
2. What was the captain called?
3.
Q3:
1. Who returned from San Francisco?
2. Who had been in San Francisco and was now back?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Captain Grady turn someone away?
2. Did Captain Grady make someone leave?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the length of time of the discussion?
2. How long did the discussion go on for?
3.
Q6:
1. What location was reached?
2. What place did the group travel to?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Demon Hollow a locality?
2. Does locality accurately describe Demon Hollow?
3.
Q8:
1. Does Demon Hollow look the same during the day?
2. Is Demon Hollow's appearance identical in daylight?
3.
Q9:
1. What did people hear?
2. What noise came about?
3.
Q10:
1. Was it a big party?
2. Were there a lot of people in the party?
3.
Q11:
1. Who possesses a gun?
2. Who is in possession of a firearm?
3.
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3nvc2eb65qzqj9xkpfnbjgx90hv3yv | cnn | (CNN) -- Organizers of the 2018 Russia World Cup insist they have nothing to hide ahead of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Football's world governing body FIFA awarded the 2018 competition to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in December 2010, a decision which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and wrongdoing.
Michael Garcia, a former New York attorney, is head of the investigative arm of FIFA's ethics committee and will visit all of the countries involved in the bidding process for the two tournaments, beginning in London next week. Garcia has always insisted he is completely independent from FIFA and would not hesitate to take action against president Sepp Blatter or other top FIFA officials if he found evidence that they broke the rules.
The head of media for Russia 2018 says the committee will co-operate fully with Garcia's fact-finding investigation.
"We can confirm the local organizing committee (LOC) will fully support Mr Garcia's work if he contacts us," read a statement issued to CNN.
"The Russia 2018 committee ran a bid campaign in full compliance with FIFA rules and ethics, and we were awarded the right to host the FIFA World Cup because of the unique and compelling proposition we put together.
"The LOC continues to conduct itself with exactly the same degree of transparency, commitment to excellence and spirit of fair play."
Blog: Can the Qatar World Cup be moved?
How and where Garcia's potential meeting with Russia takes place is open to question given in April he was one of 18 people barred from entering the country over what Moscow said were human rights abuses, linked to the lawyer's arrest and charging of Viktor Bout, a Russian, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for arms trafficking. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who reported on this story?
2. Where was the article publish?
3.
Q2:
1. Who claims to be completely open?
2. Who says that they are 100% transparent?
3.
Q3:
1. What process is being looked into?
2. What is the subject of an investigation?
3.
Q4:
1. What tournaments' bidding process is being investigated?
2. Which bidding processes are being looked into?
3.
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3yj6na41jbg7v9781djfmwlmsfijp9 | cnn | (CNN) -- Joe Simon, the co-creator of star-spangled comic book hero Captain America, has died at 98, his family announced.
Simon, a writer, editor and artist, passed away late Wednesday in New York after a short illness.
Simon and artist Jack Kirby, who ran a studio, developed the character in the early 1940s and worked outside the box to develop a distinct design.
"Together, the team created Captain America as well as long list of characters, including The Newsboy Legion and The Boy Commandos," a statement Thursday from Simon's family said.
A Marvel Comics website provides a summary of Captain America and his superhero quest.
"In World War II, patriotic soldier Steve Rogers, recipient of the 'Super Soldier Serum,' became the living symbol of freedom, Captain America. Left for dead while frozen in ice, the star-spangled hero with an indestructible shield awoke years later to continue his never-ending battle for liberty."
The movie "Captain America: The First Avenger" was released this year. Chris Evans, in the title role, went up against villain Red Skull, played by Hugo Weaving.
Kirby and Simon created Captain America for Timely Comics, Marvel's predecessor. The comic was a huge hit during World War II.
With Captain America came some of Kirby's comic book innovations, Mark Evanier, author of the book "Kirby: King of Comics," told CNN in 2008.
Comic books, which had started as reprints of newspaper comic strips, had adhered to that form's look of repetitious boxes. Kirby and Simon used different-sized panels, varying shapes, even full pages. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was a comic lots of people liked during World War II?
2. What was a well-liked comic at the time of the Second World War?
3.
Q2:
1. Who published Captain America during World War II?
2. Who was Captain America's publisher during the Second World War?
3.
Q3:
1. Whose death does the article mention?
2. Who does the article talk about that passed away?
3.
Q4:
1. Why was Joe Simon famous?
2. What was Joe Simon's claim to fame?
3.
Q5:
1. How old was Joe Simon when he passed?
2. What was Joe Simon's age at the time of his death?
3.
Q6:
1. Where did Joe Simon pass away?
2. What was Joe Simon's location at the time of his death?
3.
Q7:
1. Who helped Joe Simon create Captain America?
2. Who lent Joe Simon a hand in coming up with Captain America?
3.
Q8:
1. When was Captain America created?
2. During what decade did Captain America come about?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was Captain America portrayed by in the movie version of the comic?
2. What actor played Captain America in the movie?
3.
Q10:
1. What villain does Captain America fight against in the movie?
2. Who is the bad guy in the Captain America movie?
3.
Q11:
1. Who plays the Red Skull?
2. Which actor is the Red Skull portrayed by?
3.
Q12:
1. What is the origin of the comic books genre?
2. How did comic books as a genre come about?
3.
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3z4airp3c6d591tvxfnqc9b30vlx1x | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXVII
SAMMY JAY WORRIES
It isn't often Sammy Jay worries about anybody but himself. Truth to tell, he doesn't worry about himself very often. You see, Sammy is smart, and he knows he is smart. Under that pointed cap of his are some of the cleverest wits in all the Green Forest. Sammy seldom worries about himself because he feels quite able to take care of himself.
But Sammy Jay was worrying now. He was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. Yes, Sir, Sammy Jay was worrying about Lightfoot the Deer. For two days he had been unable to find Lightfoot or any trace of Lightfoot. But he did find plenty of hunters with terrible guns. It seemed to him that they were everywhere in the Green Forest. Sammy began to suspect that one of them must have succeeded in killing Lightfoot the Deer.
Sammy knew all of Lightfoot's hiding-places. He visited every one of them. Lightfoot wasn't to be found, and no one whom Sammy met had seen Lightfoot for two days.
Sammy felt badly. You see, he was very fond of Lightfoot. You remember it was Sammy who warned Lightfoot of the coming of the hunter on the morning when the dreadful hunting season began. Ever since the hunting season had opened, Sammy had done his best to make trouble for the hunters. Whenever he had found one of them he had screamed at the top of his voice to warn every one within hearing just where that hunter was. Once a hunter had lost his temper and shot at Sammy, but Sammy had suspected that something of the kind might happen, and he had taken care to keep just out of reach. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sort of animal was Lightfoot?
2. What could Lightfoot be described as?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was worried about Lightfoot?
2. Who had concerns regarding lightfoot?
3.
Q3:
1. How long had it been since Sammy Jay saw Lightfoot?
2. How much time had passed since Sammy Jay's last sighting of Lightfoot?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Sammy Jay like Lightfoot?
2. Was Sammy Jay a fan of Lightfoot?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Sammy Jay warn Lightfoot about?
2. What did Sammy Jay counsel Lightfoot regarding?
3.
Q6:
1. What had Sammy Jay done since the start of hunting season?
2. How had Sammy Jay been acting since hunting season began?
3.
Q7:
1. What did Sammy Jay do when he found a hunter?
2. How did Sammy Jay act upon discovering a hunter?
3.
Q8:
1. Did one of the hunters get mad at Sammy Jay?
2. Did a hunter lose his temper with Sammy Jay?
3.
Q9:
1. What did the hunter do after getting mad at Sammy Jay?
2. What was the hunter's next action after getting upset with Sammy Jay?
3.
Q10:
1. Did the hunter end up injuring Sammy Jay?
2. Did Sammy Jay get wounded by the hunter?
3.
Q11:
1. Was Sammy Jay a worrier?
2. Was Sammy Jay generally a bundle of anxiety?
3.
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3u8ycdagxpgltf71fioy4ww0y1o0qy | gutenberg | CHAPTER VIII
AN UNUSUAL COMPACT
"He'll do it--he is bound to do it!" cried Ben, as he and Phil hurried down to the dining-room.
"I think so myself, Ben," answered the shipowner's son. But, for some reason, he did not seem as joyful over the outcome of the interview as might have been expected.
"He won't dare let this news become public property," went on the other student. "He is too afraid of public opinion."
"Ben, he thinks we got that lawyer to take the case up."
"You told him we hadn't."
"But he didn't believe it--I could tell that by his manner. And, Ben, do you know, after all, this looks to me as if we had, somehow, bribed him to be easy on us," continued Phil, with added concern.
"Oh, don't bother your head about that, Phil. We only asked for what is fair, didn't we?"
"Yes, but----" And then the shipowner's son did not finish, because he did not know what to say. In some manner, Phil's conscience troubled him, and he wondered what Dave and Roger would say when they heard of what had occurred.
During the meal that followed but little was said by any of the boys. Once or twice our hero looked at Phil, but the latter avoided his gaze. As soon as the repast was over, Phil rushed outside, followed by Ben; and that was the last seen of the pair until it was time to go to bed.
"They have been up to something, that is certain," was the comment of the senator's son. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What were Ben and Phil rushing towards?
2. What did Ben and Phil hurry to get to?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was in a hurry to get to the dining room?
2. Who all was rushing towards the dining room?
3.
Q3:
1. For what reason is Ben insistant that someone will perform an action?
2. Why is Ben harping on the idea that someone is going to act?
3.
Q4:
1. Does Ben believe that someone will act out of duty?
2. Is it Ben's opinion that the person will act because they are obligated to?
3.
Q5:
1. Who agreed with Ben?
2. Who thought Ben was right?
3.
Q6:
1. Was the shipowner's son joyous about agreeing with Ben?
2. Was Phil happy about being of the same opinion as Ben?
3.
Q7:
1. What does Ben say that Phil is assuming?
2. According to Ben, what assumption is Phil making?
3.
Q8:
1. Does Phil say that the person assumes they have an attorney?
2. Does Phil state that the person thinks that Ben and Phil have a lawyer?
3.
Q9:
1. Why would Ben and Phil need a lawyer?
2. What purpose would an attorney serve for Ben and PHil?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Ben and Phil admit to having legal representation?
2. Had Ben and Phil told people they had an attorney?
3.
Q11:
1. According to Ben, what did he and Phil ask for?
2. What does Ben say was his and Phil's demand?
3.
Q12:
1. Whose father is a shipowner?
2. Who has a dad that owns a boat?
3.
Q13:
1. Who wasn't sure how they felt?
2. Who was torn between two positions?
3.
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3kv0ljbbh2li8ut8h20w7jdiweurmf | gutenberg | CHAPTER II
THE ENCOUNTER ON THE RIVER
For the instant after the collision occurred none of the Rover boys uttered a word. Tom and Sam stared in amazement at Mumps, while Dick gazed helplessly at the damage done.
"Pull her away, quick, Bill!" cried Mumps in a low voice to the old sailor, who at once sprang forward and shoved the two yachts apart with a long boathook. Then the rudder of the _Falcon_ was put hard a port, and she swung, away for a distance of half a dozen yards.
"We are sinking!" gasped Tom, who was the first of the three brothers to find his voice.
"Mumps, you rascal, what do you mean by this work?" demanded Dick. And then, without waiting for an answer, he turned to Sam. "Steer for the shore and beach her--if you can."
"I don't believe we can make it, Dick. But we can try."
"We'll have you locked up for this, Mumps," shouted Tom.
"I couldn't help it--it was an accident," returned the former sneak of Putnam Hall glibly. "You should have kept out of the way."
"We'll see about that later on."
"Maybe you want us to help you."
"We shan't ask you for the favor," burst out Sam. "I'd rather drown first." But Sam did not exactly mean this. He and his brothers could all swim, and he felt certain that they were in no immediate danger of their lives.
"You had better not ask any favors. I wouldn't pick you up for a barrel of money." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Can Sam get around in the water?
2. Does Sam know how to swim?
3.
Q2:
1. Can Sam's brothers swim?
2. Do Sam's brothers know how to swim?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the fate of the boats?
2. What went wrong with the boats?
3.
Q4:
1. Did the Rover boys have much to say after the crash?
2. Were the Rover boys talkative post-collision?
3.
Q5:
1. What last name do the brothers have?
2. State the last name of the brothers.
3.
Q6:
1. How many boys were there?
2. What was the number of Rover brothers?
3.
Q7:
1. Which Rover brothers were present?
2. What were the names of the Rover boys?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was on the boat, besides the Rover boys?
2. Who was on the boat with Tom, Dick and Sam?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was located on the boat in addition to Tom, Dick, Sam and Mumps?
2. Who was a boat passenger, other than Tom, Dick, Sam and Mumps?
3.
Q10:
1. What was one of the boats called?
2. What name did one boat have?
3.
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3txwc2nhnzqf2par7iwws7cuju59sc | wikipedia | The Southwestern United States (also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States. Definitions vary a great deal and have never been standardized--and many have been proposed. For example, it might include the stretch from east of Los Angeles to El Paso, and from the Mexican border to south of Denver. The population for that particular definition area is around 11 million people, with over half that in the state of Arizona. The largest metropolitan areas are Phoenix (with a population over 4 million people) and Las Vegas (about 2 million); other significant population centers in the Southwest are Albuquerque, El Paso, and Tucson.
Most of the area was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Spanish Empire before becoming part of Mexico. European settlement was almost non-existent outside New Mexico in 1848, when it became part of the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; far southern Arizona was added in the later Gadsden Purchase.
The geography of the region is mainly made up by four features: the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, and the Colorado Plateau; although there are other geographical features as well, such as a portion of the Great Basin Desert. The deserts dominate the southern and western reaches of the area, while the plateau (which is largely made up of high desert) is the main feature north of the Mogollon Rim. The two major rivers of the region are the Colorado River, running in the northern and western areas, and the Rio Grande, running in the east, north to south. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is the American Southwest the region's official name?
2. Is it most formal to refer to the region as the American Southwest?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the more formal name of the American Southwest?
2. What official name does the American Southwest ahve?
3.
Q3:
1. Does the American Southwest cover a definitive area?
2. Does what is called the American Southwest have rigid boundaries?
3.
Q4:
1. Is Arizona generally included in the American Southwest?
2. Is Arizona usually considered to be a part of the American Southwest?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the largest city in the American Southwest?
2. Which city is the biggest one in the American Southwest?
3.
Q6:
1. How many people live in Phoenix?
2. What is the population of Phoenix?
3.
Q7:
1. Are there deserts in the American Southwest?
2. Does the Southwestern United States contain deserts?
3.
Q8:
1. What is one of the deserts in the American Southwest?
2. What desert is one of the ones that can be found in the Southwestern United States?
3.
Q9:
1. Does the Southwestern United States contain any bodies of water?
2. Are there large water sources in the American Southwest?
3.
Q10:
1. Are there any big rivers in the Southwestern United States?
2. Does the American Southwest contain any big rivers?
3.
Q11:
1. How many big rivers are there in the American Southwest?
2. What is the number of sizeable rivers in the Southwestern Untied States?
3.
Q12:
1. What rivers are in the Southwestern United States?
2. What are the names of the American Southwest's rivers?
3.
Q13:
1. In what year was most of the American Southwest incorporated into the United States?
2. When did most of the American Southwest become a part of the United States?
3.
Q14:
1. What allowed the American Southwest to become a part of the United States?
2. What granted the Southwestern United States entry into the country
3.
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3kyqyyshyv7c7nvfchkpuyljdhbodn | race | Few of us haven't read Cinderella , the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone's heart--we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity . Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.
Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears. Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not--kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn't get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.
The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.
"The movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point," writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson, "The focus is firmly on following your dream." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What fairy tale is the film based on?
2. What fairytale served as inspiration for the movie?
3.
Q2:
1. Where is the movie set?
2. Where does the movie take place?
3.
Q3:
1. What country is Another Cinderella Story set in?
2. In what country does the movie take place?
3.
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37m28k1j0qd08516cu1iw1wrtpnajh | wikipedia | Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (), is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital Lomé is located. Togo covers , making it one of the smallest countries in Africa, with a population of approximately /1e6 round 1 million.
From the 11th to the 16th century, various tribes entered the region from all directions. From the 16th century to the 18th century, the coastal region was a major trading center for Europeans to search for slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast". In 1884, Germany declared Togoland a protectorate. After World War I, rule over Togo was transferred to France. Togo gained its independence from France in 1960. In 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadéma led a successful military coup d'état after which he became president. At the time of his death in 2005, Gnassingbé was the longest-serving leader in modern African history, after having been president for 38 years. In 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé was elected president.
Togo is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, whose economy depends highly on agriculture, with a climate that provides good growing seasons. While the official language is French, many other languages are spoken in Togo, particularly those of the Gbe family. The largest religious group in Togo consists of those with indigenous beliefs, and there are significant Christian and Muslim minorities. Togo is a member of the United Nations, African Union, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone, La Francophonie and Economic Community of West African States. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What European country was in charge of Togo?
2. Togo was under the rule of what European nation?
3.
Q2:
1. What European country was in charge of Togo, in addition to Germany?
2. Togo was under the rule of what European nation, besides Germany?
3.
Q3:
1. When did France gain control of Togo?
2. At what point did Togo fall under French rule?
3.
Q4:
1. When did Togo become independent?
2. What was the year when Togo declared independence?
3.
Q5:
1. Who led a revolution in Togo?
2. Who was a revolutionary leader in Togo?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Gnassingbé Eyadéma lead a revolution to do?
2. What was the purpose of Gnassingbé Eyadéma's revolution?
3.
Q7:
1. When did Gnassingbé Eyadéma leave office?
2. When did Gnassingbé Eyadéma step down from his position?
3.
Q8:
1. What distinction did Gnassingbé Eyadéma have?
2. What was notable about Gnassingbé Eyadéma?
3.
Q9:
1. How long did Gnassingbé Eyadéma lead Togo?
2. For how many years was Togo under Gnassingbé Eyadéma's rule?
3.
Q10:
1. Who succeeded Gnassingbé Eyadéma?
2. Who came into power after Gnassingbé Eyadéma?
3.
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3l70j4kazgmn5j1e2yf7t31eoxwadt | wikipedia | Separation of powers is a political doctrine originating in the writings of Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws where he urged for a constitutional government with three separate branches of government. Each of the three branches would have defined abilities to check the powers of the other branches. This idea was called separation of powers. This philosophy heavily influenced the writing of the United States Constitution, according to which the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the United States government are kept distinct in order to prevent abuse of power. This United States form of separation of powers is associated with a system of checks and balances.
During the Age of Enlightenment, philosophers such as John Locke advocated the principle in their writings, whereas others, such as Thomas Hobbes, strongly opposed it. Montesquieu was one of the foremost supporters of separating the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary. His writings considerably influenced the opinions of the framers of the United States Constitution. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What idea shaped the United States form of government?
2. What was the structure of the US government impacted by?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Montesquieu write?
2. What was a text by Montesquieu?
3.
Q3:
1. What concept did Montesquieu recommend?
2. What idea did Montesquieu think should be put into place?
3.
Q4:
1. How many separate powers did Montesquieu recommend?
2. What did Montesquieu think was an adequate number of branches of power?
3.
Q5:
1. What are the three branches of the United States government?
2. What three separate power exist within the US government?
3.
Q6:
1. What is supposed to be the benefit of keeping power separate?
2. Why is it a good thing for a country to have separate powers?
3.
Q7:
1. What kind of system helps achieve the separation of powers?
2. How can the true separation of powers be brought about?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was in favor of systems of checks and balances?
2. Who agreed with the idea of separation of powers?
3.
Q9:
1. How do we know that philosophers like John Locke were in favor of checks and balances?
2. What gives us clues that philosophers like John Locke were for the separation of power?
3.
Q10:
1. Was there opposition to the system of checks and balances?
2. Did the idea of separation of power have its detractors?
3.
Q11:
1. Who was not in favor of the system of checks and balances?
2. Who didn't think checks and balances were a good governmental system?
3.
Q12:
1. Who was influenced by Montesquieu?
2. Who took a page out of Montesquieu's book?
3.
Q13:
1. What is the subject of the article?
2. What does the article discuss?
3.
Q14:
1. Where can the three branches of government be found?
2. What has three separate branches of powers?
3.
Q15:
1. When was John Locke's lifetime?
2. What period did John Locke live during?
3.
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37zheehm6wm74p1j26xb63dcwpu73k | race | Robert is eleven years old. He loves to watch TV. But for one full year, he did not watch TV at all. What was the reason? Robert's parents said they would give him $500 if he didn't watch TV for a year. Robert's parents thought he watched too much TV. One day his mother saw a newspaper story about a boy who didn't watch TV for a year. She showed the story to Robert. "It was a joke," his mother said, "I didn't think he would do it." But Robert liked the idea. He turned off the TV right away. He said, "It doesn't matter to me whether to watch TV or not. I just want the money." At first, Robert's parents were very happy. Robert read the newspaper, played outside, played computer games, and played cards with his mother. But after a while, he got bored. Every evening, he asked his parents, "What are we doing tonight?" Sometimes his mother and father wished he would watch TV, just for one evening. Robert always said, "No, it would cost me money!" Finally the year was over. Then Robert started watching his favourite TV shows all day long again. Robert got the money from his parents. What does he plan to do with the $500? "I want to buy myself a TV set!" he said. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What activity does Robert enjoy?
2. What is Robert a fan of doing?
3.
Q2:
1. For how long did Robert not watch TV?
2. How much time did Robert spend not in front of the television?
3.
Q3:
1. How much money did Robert get from his parents not to watch tv?
2. What sum of cash did Robert receive from his family for leaving TV watching behind?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Robert eventually tire of not watching TV?
2. Did never watching television become boring for Robert at some point?
3.
Q5:
1. How old is Robert?
2. What is Robert's age?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Robert plan to buy with his money?
2. What purchase did Robert plan on making with his cash?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Robert's mom get the idea of not watching TV for a whole year?
2. What gave Robert's mom the idea of leaving behind TV watching for a year?
3.
Q8:
1. What did Robert play with his mom?
2. What game would Robert and his mother partake in?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Robert play games on the computer?
2. Were there computer games that Robert would partake in?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Robert say that money was more important than Television?
2. Did Robert make a statement that money had more value than television watching?
3.
Q11:
1. What sort of media did Robert read?
2. Name an item that Robert read.
3.
Q12:
1. What did Robert start asking his parents a lot?
2. What question did Robert frequently have for his mom and dad?
3.
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3h7z272lx77dqzv84yvs2byew5plph | race | Corky was a brave young man and he dreamed of becoming the best fighter in the world. To become stronger and get better fighting skills, he went to many schools. One day, he went to the best school in the world. Before entering the gate, he was made to hand in all his weapons . "You won't need those any more. Here you'll get better ones," said the guard. Corky handed his weapons to him. A serious old teacher took Corky to his room. Before he left, he said to Corky, "In a hundred days the training will start." A hundred days! At first Corky thought that was a joke, but he soon realized the old teacher had been serious. Corky felt nervous during the first days and he tried many ways to try to get the teacher to start the training. However, it didn't work. At last Corky waited patiently and enjoyed each day in the school. "You've already learned how to use your main weapon - patience," said the old teacher. Corky could hardly believe it, but he really understood that the teacher was right. Finally, the lesson began. "Now it's time to learn how to win every fight," said the old teacher. That sounded good to Corky until he found himself tied hand and foot. Many villagers tried to hit him because they were told that Corky was a dangerous man. The same thing was repeated for days, and Corky knew he had to do something. He realized that the only way would be to deal with the villagers' anger . In the following days, Corky kept talking to them until he managed to make them believe that he was not an enemy. In the end, the villagers made friends with Corky. Finally, Corky knew what the most powerful weapon was. He said thanks to the teacher and left. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How long did Corky have to wait?
2. What was the length of Corky's waiting period?
3.
Q2:
1. Did it seem plausible to Corky at first that he would have to wait 100 days?
2. Did Corky believe at first that he would need to wait 100 days?
3.
Q3:
1. Who was interested in learning something?
2. Who wanted to know more about a subject?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Corky want to do?
2. What was Corky intent on making happen?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Corky locate someone who would train him?
2. Did Corky find a person to help him?
3.
Q6:
1. Who did Corky find to help him?
2. Who did Corky come across to train him?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Corky's teacher young?
2. Did Corky locate a young instructor?
3.
Q8:
1. What way of winning a fight was most fundamental?
2. What was the most vital way of besting an opponent in a fight?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Corky allowed to bring a knife with him?
2. Did Corky have permisison to bring a knife?
3.
Q10:
1. What was superior to a knife?
2. What was a knife less efficient than?
3.
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3wi0p0ii61sf40nv491totqonzedrt | gutenberg | CHAPTER XV.
During the remainder of the day on which George had left Granpere, the hours did not fly very pleasantly at the Lion d'Or. Michel Voss had gone to his niece immediately upon his return from his walk, intending to obtain a renewed pledge from her that she would be true to her engagement. But he had been so full of passion, so beside himself with excitement, so disturbed by all that he had heard, that he had hardly waited with Marie long enough to obtain such pledge, or to learn from her that she refused to give it. He had only been able to tell her that if she hesitated about marrying Adrian she should never look upon his face again; and then without staying for a reply he had left her. He had been in such a tremor of passion that he had been unable to demand an answer. After that, when George was gone, he kept away from her during the remainder of the morning. Once or twice he said a few words to his wife, and she counselled him to take no farther outward notice of anything that George had said to him. 'It will all come right if you will only be a little calm with her,' Madame Voss had said. He had tossed his head and declared that he was calm;--the calmest man in all Lorraine. Then he had come to his wife again, and she had again given him some good practical advice. 'Don't put it into her head that there is to be a doubt,' said Madame Voss. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who went away from Granpere?
2. What was the name of the person that left Granpere?
3.
Q2:
1. Did things go well for George once he'd departed from Granpere?
2. Did George have a good time after leaving Grandpere?
3.
Q3:
1. What is the name of Granpere's uncle?
2. What male is Granpere the nephew of?
3.
Q4:
1. Is there a woman that Granpere is the nephew of?
2. Is there an aunt in Granpere's life?
3.
Q5:
1. Are Michel Voss and Granpere from the same family?
2. Does Michael Voss have a familial relation to Granpere?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Michael Voss try to get from his niece?
2. What did Michael Voss attempt to obtain from his niece?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Michael Voss get the pledge from his niece?
2. Did Michael Voss obtain the promise he wanted from his niece?
3.
Q8:
1. Why didn't Michael Voss get the pledge from his niece?
2. What was the reason that Michael Voss was not in possession of the promise from his niece?
3.
Q9:
1. Was Michael Voss overwhelmed?
2. Did Michael Voss feel like there was too much going on?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the source of Michael Voss' overwhelmed feeling?
2. What had Michael Voss feeling overwhelmed?
3.
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35k3o9huabdntgwm99cjdmuqkorfei | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXIV
GUERRILLA WARFARE
"There are few pleasures," said Psmith, as he resumed his favourite position against the mantelpiece and surveyed the commandeered study with the pride of a householder, "keener to the reflective mind than sitting under one's own roof-tree. This place would have been wasted on Spiller; he would not have appreciated it properly."
Mike was finishing his tea. "You're a jolly useful chap to have by you in a crisis, Smith," he said with approval. "We ought to have known each other before."
"The loss was mine," said Psmith courteously. "We will now, with your permission, face the future for awhile. I suppose you realise that we are now to a certain extent up against it. Spiller's hot Spanish blood is not going to sit tight and do nothing under a blow like this."
"What can he do? Outwood's given us the study."
"What would you have done if somebody had bagged your study?"
"Made it jolly hot for them!"
"So will Comrade Spiller. I take it that he will collect a gang and make an offensive movement against us directly he can. To all appearances we are in a fairly tight place. It all depends on how big Comrade Spiller's gang will be. I don't like rows, but I'm prepared to take on a reasonable number of bravoes in defence of the home."
Mike intimated that he was with him on the point. "The difficulty is, though," he said, "about when we leave this room. I mean, we're all right while we stick here, but we can't stay all night." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Psmith take a position against?
2. Where did Psmith lean?
3.
Q2:
1. What was Psmith looking at?
2. What was in Psmith's line of sight?
3.
Q3:
1. Who sipped on something warm?
2. Whose drink was a hot one?
3.
Q4:
1. How did Mike feel towards Psmith?
2. What was Mike's opinion of Psmith?
3.
Q5:
1. Were Mike and Psmith aware of each other in the past?
2. Had Mike and Psmith previously been known to one another?
3.
Q6:
1. Who are Mike and Psmith facing now?
2. Who stands before Mike and Psmith at present?
3.
Q7:
1. Who gave Mike and Psmith the study?
2. From whom did Mike and Psmith receive the study?
3.
Q8:
1. What's Spiller going to get up to?
2. What will be Spiller's course of action?
3.
Q9:
1. What will Mike and Psmith have to brawl with someone for?
2. What possession will Mike and Psmith have to actively defend?
3.
Q10:
1. Will Mike and Psmith stay in the study all night?
2. Are Mike and Psmith going to spend the entire night in the study?
3.
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3ls2amnw5fq6wwzkh3q9uxsiw1iqom | wikipedia | Turkish people (), or the Turks (), also known as Anatolian Turks (), are a Turkic ethnic group and nation living mainly in Turkey and speaking Turkish, the most widely spoken Turkic language. They are the largest ethnic group in Turkey, as well as by far the largest ethnic group among the speakers of Turkic languages. Ethnic Turkish minorities exist in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire. In addition, a Turkish diaspora has been established with modern migration, particularly in Western Europe.
The ethnonym "Turk" may be first discerned in Herodotus' (c. 484–425 BC) reference to Targitas, first king of the Scythians; furthermore, during the first century AD., Pomponius Mela refers to the "Turcae" in the forests north of the Sea of Azov, and Pliny the Elder lists the "Tyrcae" among the people of the same area. The first definite references to the "Turks" come mainly from Chinese sources in the sixth century. In these sources, "Turk" appears as "Tujue" (), which referred to the Göktürks. Although "Turk" refers to Turkish people, it may also sometimes refer to the wider language group of Turkic peoples.
In the 19th century, the word "Türk" only referred to Anatolian villagers. The Ottoman ruling class identified themselves as Ottomans, not usually as Turks. In the late 19th century, as the Ottoman upper classes adopted European ideas of nationalism the term "Türk" took on a much more positive connotation. The Turkish-speakers of Anatolia were the most loyal supporters of Ottoman rule. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the term "Türk" apply to during the 19th century?
2. In the 19th century, what people were considered "Türk"?
3.
Q2:
1. Did the ruling class use "Türk" to describe themselves in the middle of the 19th century?
2. In the mid 19th century, did the ruling class consider themselves to be "Türk"?
3.
Q3:
1. Did the term "Türk" become more favorable as time went on?
2. Did "Türk" become a more acceptable term over time?
3.
Q4:
1. Which ethnic group is the current majority in Turkey?
2. Which is Tukey's biggest ethnicity today?
3.
Q5:
1. Did every Turk remain in Turkey?
2. Did Turkey become the only place where Turks lived?
3.
Q6:
1. Where do many Turks migrate today?
2. What is currently a popular migration spot for Turks?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the name of the first king of the Scythians?
2. Who first served as king of the Scythians?
3.
Q8:
1. What was the lifespan of Herodotus?
2. During what years was Herodotus alive?
3.
Q9:
1. How else can Turkish people be referred to?
2. What other name do Turkish people go by?
3.
Q10:
1. What language do Turkish people generally speak?
2. What is a common language for a Turkish person to speak?
3.
Q11:
1. Does the Turkish language contain multiple variations?
2. Is the number of dialects of the Turkish language higher than one?
3.
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3uxuoq9okex7oa04blcltbri1jd7aa | cnn | (CNN) -- Michigan authorities are pursuing a new lead in the case of the infamous Oakland County child killer who abducted and murdered at least four boys and girls in the 1970s.
"We would be thrilled if this is the one piece of evidence that we are looking for to give closure to the families, but we want to do our due diligence" said Michigan State Police Lt. Michael Shaw.
Parts of a blue AMC Gremlin with a white stripe were unearthed at a construction site in Grand Blanc Township on Monday. The car matches the description of a vehicle seen near the scene of one of the kidnappings.
New DNA work may offer break in slayings
"We received an anonymous tip of car parts recovered in the excavation of a new homes subdivision," Shaw told CNN. "There was that blue colored Gremlin with the white stripe down the side of it. We sent out our crime lab from Bridgeport to investigate and see what the situation was.
"Right now we are continuing to excavate the site to see if there is any more evidence we can locate," Shaw said.
The Oakland County Child Killer Task Force was also notified, Shaw added.
The search for the serial killer has lasted for more than 36 years. Police agencies have pursued some 20,000 tips in the hunt for the perpetrator of the unsolved murders, which took place over a 13-month period between 1976 and 1977.
Mark Stebbins was 12 when he was abducted in Ferndale on February 15, 1976. His body was found nearly a year later. Jill Robinson was also 12 when she was kidnapped on December 22, 1976. Her body was found four days later. Kristin Mihelich was 10 when she disappeared in Berkley on January 2, 1977, and her body was found later that month. Timothy King was 11 when he vanished in Birmingham on March 16, 1977. His body was found one week later. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What car was located?
2. What was the model of car that authorities found?
3.
Q2:
1. What color was the AMC Gremlin?
2. What shade of car did the authorities find?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was the AMC Gremlin?
2. What was the location of the AMC Gremlin?
3.
Q4:
1. Where was the construction site?
2. What was the location of the construction site?
3.
Q5:
1. Who is looking into things?
2. Who is conducting the investigation?
3.
Q6:
1. What county is the investigation being conducted in?
2. In what county are authorities looking into things?
3.
Q7:
1. Did an anonymous tip come in?
2. Did the tip come from someone that didn't share their name?
3.
Q8:
1. During what decade did the murders occur?
2. When did the child killings happen?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the number of tips authorities have received?
2. How many attempts to help have police gotten?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the number of children killed?
2. How many kids got murdered?
3.
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3300dtyqt2hkk5mvnpndply4s4yqee | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXI
DICK MAKES A BOLD VENTURE
Some delicate and important work was being done, and Stuyvesant had had his lunch sent up to the dam. Bethune and Dick joined him afterwards, and sat in the shade of a big traveling crane. Stuyvesant and Dick were hot and dirty, for it was not their custom to be content with giving orders when urgent work was going on. Bethune looked languid and immaculately neat. His speciality was mathematics, and he said he did not see why the man with mental talents should dissipate his energy by using his hands.
"It's curious about that French liner," Stuyvesant presently remarked. "I understand her passengers have been waiting since yesterday and she hasn't arrived."
"The last boat cut out Santa Brigida without notice," Bethune replied. "My opinion of the French is that they're a pretty casual lot."
"On the surface. They smile and shrug where we set our teeth, but when you get down to bed-rock you don't find much difference. I thought as you do, until I went over there and saw a people that run us close for steady, intensive industry. Their small cultivators are simply great. I'd like to put them on our poorer land in the Middle West, where we're content with sixteen bushels of wheat that's most fit for chicken feed to the acre. Then what they don't know about civil engineering isn't worth learning."
Bethune made a gesture of agreement. "They're certainly fine engineers and they're putting up a pretty good fight just now, but these Latins puzzle me. Take the Iberian branch of the race, for example. We have Spanish peons here who'll stand for as much work and hardship as any Anglo-Saxon I've met. Then an educated Spaniard's hard to beat for intellectual subtlety. Chess is a game that's suited to my turn of mind, but I've been badly whipped in Santa Brigida. They've brains and application, and yet they don't progress. What's the matter with them, anyway?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What did Bethune specialize in?
2. What was Bethune particularly skilled at?
3.
Q2:
1. Who got lunch at the dam?
2. Whose lunch was transferred to the Dam?
3.
Q3:
1. Who joined Stuyvesant after lunch?
2. Who met up with Stuyvesant post-lunch?
3.
Q4:
1. Who wasn't clean?
2. Who had muck all over them?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was clean?
2. Who was not covered in filth?
3.
Q6:
1. Had Bethune been working with his hands?
2. Had Bethune done any manual labor?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Bethune desire to work with his hands?
2. Was manual labor something that interested Bethune?
3.
Q8:
1. Was the boat that was spoken of tardy?
2. Did the aformentioned boat come in late?
3.
Q9:
1. How long did people wait for the boat?
2. What amount of time did people spent waiting for the ship's arrival?
3.
Q10:
1. What nationality was in charge of the liner?
2. The liner was the property of what nationality of people/
3.
Q11:
1. What does Bethune think about the French?
2. How does Bethune feel towards the French?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Bethune's interlocutor agree with his opinion of the French?
2. Did the person responding to Bethune share his thoughts on the French?
3.
Q13:
1. Did Bethune and his interlocutor once share the same opinion of the French?
2. Did Bethune and his conversation partner once see the French in the same way?
3.
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3z2r0dq0jhe3smkalexct301cuv2ef | gutenberg | CHAPTER XX
PLOTTING AGAINST DICK ROVER
"Gabe Werner!"
"Where is he?"
"Up the street," answered Randy. "Come on after him."
"Who's the man you are after?" questioned one of the men who had been interviewing Andy and Fred.
"He's a young fellow who once went to a military academy with us. He's a regular bully and did something for which he ought to be locked up," was Fred's reply, and then he rushed down into the street, following his three cousins.
"How can Gabe Werner be down here?" questioned Andy. "Why, we left him in New York City!"
"I can't help that, Andy. It was Werner just as sure as I am standing here. I just happened to glance out of the window and saw him crossing the roadway. He turned his face straight toward me, and I couldn't help but recognize him."
"Where did he go?"
"I'll point out the place when we get there."
By this time the four Rovers had left the boardwalk and were plowing along on the side of the road through mud that varied from an inch to six inches in depth. They had started to run, but were soon compelled to slow up.
"Gee, this is something fierce!" panted Andy.
"Oh, you cinder path!" chanted his twin. "Wouldn't you like to do a hundred-yard dash on this road?"
"It's not much farther," announced Jack. "I saw him heading for that shack yonder."
The place he mentioned was a small building erected of rough boards, with a galvanized roof. They neared the shack to find two men sitting before it on a log smoking their pipes. They appeared somewhat startled. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who did the men wish to catch?
2. Who were the men trying to get ahold of?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was giving an interview?
2. Who was answering questions?
3.
Q3:
1. Where did Andy think that Gabe Werner was?
2. What did Andy believe to be Gabe Werner's location?
3.
Q4:
1. Why did Andy think Gabe Werner was in New York City?
2. What led Andy to believe that Gabe Werner's location was New York City?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the number of Rovers were present?
2. How many members of the Rover familhy appeared?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the Rovers' point of departure?
2. Where did the Rovers leave from?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the depth reached by the mud?
2. How far down did the mud go?
3.
Q8:
1. Where did Jack notice Gaber Werner going?
2. What direction was Gabe Werner headed in when Jack spotted him?
3.
Q9:
1. Where was the shack?
2. What was the shack's location?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the quality of the top of the building?
2. How could the top of the building be described?
3.
Q11:
1. Was the building large?
2. Did the building have a lot of space?
3.
Q12:
1. How many people were at the building?
2. What was the number of people in the structure?
3.
Q13:
1. What were the people doing?
2. What were the individuals up to?
3.
Q14:
1. What were the people smoking?
2. What item did the individuals light up and smoke/
3.
Q15:
1. Were the Rover boys expecting someone?
2. Were the Rover boys counting on someone's appearance?
3.
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3ccz6ykwr7jewncgvmjozw224xn959 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXV
Mr. Oscar Fischer and his friend, Senator Theodore Hastings, stood side by side, a week later, in the bar of one of the most fashionable of New York hotels. They were passing away the few minutes before Pamela and her aunt would be ready to join them in the dining room above.
"Very little news, I fancy," Hastings remarked, glancing at the tape which was passing through his companion's fingers.
"Nothing--of any importance," Fischer replied. "Nothing."
The older man glanced searchingly at his companion, the change in whose tone was ominous. Fischer was standing with the tape in his hand, his eyes glued upon a certain paragraph. The Senator took out his eyeglasses and looked over his friend's shoulder.
"What's this?" he demanded. "Eh?"
Fischer was fighting a great battle and fighting it well.
"Something wrong, apparently, with Frank Roughton," he observed; "an old college friend of mine. They made him Governor of----only last year."
Hastings read the item thoughtfully.
Governor Roughton this morning tendered his resignation as Governor of the State of----. We understand that it was at once accepted. Numerous arrests have taken place with reference to the great explosion at the Bembridge powder factory.
"Looks rather fishy, that," Hastings observed thoughtfully.
"I'm sorry for Roughton," Fischer declared. "He was a perfectly straight man, and I am sure he has done his best."
"Great friend of yours?" the other asked curiously.
"We were intimately acquainted," was the brief answer.
The two men finished their cocktails in silence. On their way upstairs the Senator took his companion's arm. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What news came in that morning?
2. What happened of note that morning?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was a buddy of Oscar Fischer?
2. Who did Oscar Fisher have a close relationship with?
3.
Q3:
1. Who would be joining Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings?
2. Who was going to meet up with Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings?
3.
Q4:
1. Were Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings in Maine?
2. Was Maine the present location of Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings?
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1. What state were Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings in?
2. In what state were Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings located?
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1. What title did Theodore Hastings have?
2. How was Theodore Hastings employed?
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1. What was Oscar Fischer's opinion of Governor Roughton?
2. How did Oscar Fischer feel about Governor Roughton?
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1. Did Oscar Fischer have a closer relationship with Governor Roughton?
2. Did Oscar Fischer know Governor Roughton well?
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1. Did anyone get arrested?
2. Was someone detained?
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1. Did Theodore Hastings have 20/20 vision?
2. Was Theodore Hastings' eyesight impeccable?
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1. What were Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings doing?
2. What were Oscar Fischer and Theodore Hastings up to?
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1. At what point did Roughton start being the governor?
2. When was Roughton handed the title of governor?
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33jkghpfycuxtw1govjfyz88wr8mna | wikipedia | The (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It is written by about 100 full-time editors and more than 4,000 contributors, who have included 110 Nobel Prize winners and five American presidents. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was the last printed edition; digital content and distribution has continued since then.
The "Britannica" is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia still in production. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh, as three volumes. The encyclopaedia grew in size: the second edition was 10 volumes, and by its fourth edition (1801–1810) it had expanded to 20 volumes. Its rising stature as a scholarly work helped recruit eminent contributors, and the 9th (1875–1889) and 11th editions (1911) are landmark encyclopaedias for scholarship and literary style. Beginning with the 11th edition and following its acquisition by an American firm, the "Britannica" shortened and simplified articles to broaden its appeal to the North American market. In 1933, the "Britannica" became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually reprinted, with every article updated on a schedule. In March 2012, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. announced it would no longer publish printed editions, and would focus instead on "Encyclopædia Britannica Online". QUESTIONS:
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2. What does the article discuss?
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1. What is the Encyclopædia Britannica?
2. What purpose does the Encyclopædia Britannica serve?
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1. Is the Encyclopædia Britannica a new resource?
2. Has the Encyclopædia Britannica only been available for a short amount of time?
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1. Is the Encyclopædia Britannica still being produced?
2. Are copies of the Encyclopædia Britannica being made still today?
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1. When was the Encyclopædia Britannica first produced?
2. During what time period were teh first copies of the Encyclopædia Britannica made?
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1. Where was the Encyclopædia Britannica first published?
2. What was the first site of publication of the Encyclopædia Britannica?
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1. What is the capital of Scotland?
2. Which city serves as Scotland's capital?
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1. Does the Encyclopædia Britannica still publish actual books?
2. Does the Encyclopædia Britannica continue to come out with physical books?
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1. When did the Encyclopædia Britannica stop publishing actual books?
2. When did the Encyclopædia Britannica cease publication of real books?
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1. Where can the most recent editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica be found today?
2. In what location are the most recent version of the Encyclopædia Britannica stored?
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3tpwus5f891a74y337gormgnuf6wc6 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XVIII.
It was a beautiful July afternoon, the air musical with midsummer hum, the flowers basking in the sunshine, the turf cool and green in the shade, and the breeze redolent of indescribable freshness and sweetness compounded of all fragrant odours, the present legacy of a past day's shower. Like the flowers themselves, Albinia was feeling the delicious repose of refreshed nature, as in her pretty pink muslin, her white drapery folded round her, and her bright hair unbonnetted, she sat reclining in a low garden chair, at the door of the conservatory, a little pale, a little weak, but with a sweet happy languor, a soft tender bloom.
There was a step in the conservatory, and before she could turn round, her brother Maurice bent over her, and kissed her.
'Maurice! you have come after all!'
'Yes, the school inspection is put off. How are you?' as he sat down on the grass by her side.
'Oh, quite well! What a delicious afternoon we shall have! Edmund will be at home directly. Mrs. Meadows has absolutely let Gilbert take her to drink tea at the Drurys! Only I am sorry Sophy should miss you, for she was so good about going, because Lucy wanted to do something to her fernery. Of course you are come for Sunday, and the christening?'
'Yes,--that is, to throw myself on Dusautoy's mercy.'
'We will send Mr. Hope to Fairmead,' said Albinia, 'and see whether Winifred can make him speak. We can't spare the Vicar, for he is our godfather, and you must christen the little maiden.' QUESTIONS:
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1. What month serves as the story's setting?
2. What was the present mmonth?
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1. What did Albinia have on?
2. What had Albinia donned?
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1. Where was Albinia sitting?
2. In what locatio nhad Albinia taken a seat
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1. Who greeted Albinia?
2. Who was Albinia welcomed by?
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1. Did Maurice and Albinia come from the same family?
2. Were Albinia and Maurice related?
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1. Was Maurice Albinia's dad?
2. Was Albinia the daughter of Maurice?
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1. What was Maurice's relation to Albinia?
2. What was Maurice to Albinia?
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1. What was delayed?
2. What was put at a later date?
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1. Did the events happen in the morning?
2. Was the story set in the morning?
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1. What time of day was it?
2. When in the day was it?
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1. Who would soon return home?
2. Who was going to get home in a short amount of time?
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1. Who would Edmund not be able to see?
2. Who was Edmund going to miss?
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1. What was taking place on Sunday?
2. What was set to be Sunday's event?
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1. Where will Mr. Hope travel to?
2. To what location are people sending Mr. Hope?
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32utubmz7gweia6szxfxu0rr6v6vbb | wikipedia | That median is the value separating the higher half of a data sample, a population, or a probability distribution, from the lower half. For a data set, it may be thought of as the "middle" value. For example, in the data set {1, 3, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9}, the median is 6, the fourth largest, and also the fourth smallest, number in the sample. For a continuous probability distribution, the median is the value such that a number is equally likely to fall above or below it.
The median is a commonly used measure of the properties of a data set in statistics and probability theory. The basic advantage of the median in describing data compared to the mean (often simply described as the "average") is that it is not skewed so much by extremely large or small values, and so it may give a better idea of a "typical" value. For example, in understanding statistics like household income or assets which vary greatly, a mean may be skewed by a small number of extremely high or low values. Median income, for example, may be a better way to suggest what a "typical" income is.
Because of this, the median is of central importance in robust statistics, as it is the most resistant statistic, having a breakdown point of 50%: so long as no more than half the data are contaminated, the median will not give an arbitrarily large or small result. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is a fundamental element of robust statistics?
2. What is vital to robust statistics?
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1. What does the median measure?
2. What is metered out by the median?
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1. What is the median a data set inside of?
2. What is median a data set contained within?
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1. What are the benefits of using median?
2. What is helpful about measuring a median?
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1. What isn't the median skewed by?
2. What is not something that influences the median greatly?
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1. What are the benefits of using median other than not being skewed by extremes?
2. What is helpful about measuring a median, in addition to not being impacted by extremes?
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1. What can put a mean off balance?
2. What factor can skew the mean?
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1. Does robust statistics consider the median to be the most resistant statistic?
2. Is the statistic with maximum resistance in robust statistics the mean?
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1. What explanation is given of a median in continuous probability distribution?
2. What is the deifnition of a median within a continuous probability distribution?
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1. What is the median within a data set?
2. How is the median defined inside of a data set?
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1. What is the breakdown point of the median in robust statistics?
2. Where does the median breakdown in robust statistis?
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1. What cannot happen to more than half the data in robust statistics?
2. What must not occur with over half the data?
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1. What happens if more than 50% of data is contaminated?
2. What occurs in the event of contamination of over half the data?
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3zak8w07i4edl8eiwr83extp1h8u01 | cnn | (CNN) -- Bill Gates is putting out a call to inventors, but he's not looking for software, or the latest high-tech gadget. This time he's in search of a better condom.
On its Grand Challenges website, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 startup grant to the person who designs "the next generation condom that significantly preserves or enhances pleasure" and promotes "regular use."
It may sound like the setup for a joke, but the goal is deadly serious. While researchers call condoms one of the best ways to stop the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, getting people to use them is another story.
The foundation wants to see something that will lead men and women outside of a committed relationship to stop and think twice before having unprotected sex. The startup grant could lead to $1 million in further funding.
"Male condoms are cheap, easy to manufacture, easy to distribute, and available globally, including in resource-poor settings, through numerous well-developed distribution channels," the foundation says. Nevertheless, many people are reluctant to use them because they complain that prophylactics interfere with pleasure and intimacy. This creates "a trade-off that many men find unacceptable," the foundation notes.
Contraception, by the numbers
In some places and cultures, condom use is often seen as a sign that a man has AIDS, and many women won't sleep with such men. Female condoms are even more difficult to use and women are often afraid to suggest using them.
"Any advance or new design that gets people to use condoms would be a big plus," Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the world's leading AIDS researchers, said in an interview with CNN. He says great strides have been made in treating HIV infection in Africa, but for every person who is treated two more become newly infected. QUESTIONS:
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1. Who is on the prowl?
2. Who is trying to contact a group of people?
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1. What is Bill Gates looking for inventors of?
2. What would Bill Gates like to see someone invent?
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1. On what website did Bill Gates put up his call for inventors?
2. Where did Bill Gates post his search for a creator?
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1. How much money is Bill Gates offering?
2. What is the sum at stake for an inventor?
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1. Who is offering cash to inventors?
2. Who will give money to creators?
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1. What kind of condom do Bill and Melinda Gates want?
2. What sort of condom are Bill and Melinda Gates looking for?
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1. What is the function of condoms?
2. What purpose do condoms serve?
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1. How much money is there in further funding for condom development?
2. What is the sum contained in further funding for making condoms?
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1. Do condoms not cost a lot of money?
2. Are condoms financially easy to access?
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1. Are condoms easy to manufacture?
2. Is it easy to make condoms?
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1. Are condoms easy to distribute?
2. Is it no big deal to distribute condoms?
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3itxp059pwj481n0tun9h1qxelesju | cnn | (CNN) -- Overprotective sister? Underprotective husband?
No one knows what was said amongst Solange Knowles, Jay Z and Beyonce in that elevator in the Standard Hotel in Manhattan or even what led up to the video that appears to show Solange kicking and hitting her brother-in-law.
But here is what we do know: the Internet is on fire with theories.
Earlier this week, an elevator surveillance video surfaced that showed Solange appearing to berate Jay Z before she becomes physical. Her sister, Beyonce, is present and witnesses the attack.
The incident has inspired a hashtag, #WhatJaySaidToSolange, countless memes and tons of speculation.
Quoting an anonymous source, Us Weekly reported that Solange Knowles had an earlier run-in with designer Rachel Roy. (Roy is the ex-wife of Damon Dash, Jay Z's former friend and business partner.)
The New York Daily News, also using an unnamed source, took it one step further. In addition to the alleged argument with Roy, the paper threw in Jay Z's supposed desire to head solo to a party being given by Rihanna. This, according to the Daily News, did not sit well with Beyonce's younger sister.
Talk show host Wendy Williams also offered her own observations, including what appears to be the removal of a tattoo on Beyonce's finger of the roman numeral "IV." It was reportedly her wedding ring tattoo, meant to symbolize both her wedding date (April 4) as well as her and Jay Z's birthdays (September 4 and December 4, respectively).
So far, some of the principal characters seem to be letting Instagram speak for them. Beyonce has posted happy pictures of her and her sister, while Solange participated in "Throwback Thursday" with a picture of the two siblings as kids. QUESTIONS:
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1. Does anyone have information regarding what Jay Z said to Solange?
2. Has what Jay Z said to Solange been made public?
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1. Who has theories regarding what Jay Z said to Solange?
2. Who thinks they may know what Jay Z's words were to Solange?
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1. Was Beyonce there when her sister struck Jay Z?
2. Did Solange hit Jay Z in Beyonce's presence?
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1. What was one theory regarding what happened between Jay Z and Solange?
2. What did one person think was the problem between Jay Z and Solange?
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1. What was one theory regarding what happened between Jay Z and Solange, apart from the one about Rachel Roy?
2. What did one person think was the problem between Jay Z and Solange, besides Rachel Roy?
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1. Have any of the parties involved spoken out about the fight between Jay Z and Solange?
2. Have Jay Z Beyonce or Solange spoken publicly about the incident?
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1. Did Beyonce get a tattoo taken off?
2. Did Beyonce have some of her permanent ink removed?
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1. Why does it seem like Beyonce got a tattoo removed?
2. For what reason does Beyonce's tattoo seem to be removed?
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1. What did Beyonce's tattoo represent?
2. What was the meaning behind Beyonce's tatoo?
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1. Are Beyonce and Solange speaking through social media?
2. Are Beyonce and Solange letting social networks do the talking for them?
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3d3vgr7ta0fhm8lybkvhbk4cwner30 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXII—A WARNING
In the luxuriously appointed smoking-room of the hotel Clay leaned forward in the deep leather chair into which he had dropped and looked keenly at Osborne.
“Tell me how you are interested in this fellow Farquhar,” he demanded.
“I don’t know that I am much interested,” Osborne replied. “He was of some service to us during our voyage from Japan, and seemed a smart young fellow. It merely struck me that I might give him a lift up in return for one or two small favors.”
“Let him drop! Didn’t it strike you that your daughter might have her own views about him? The man’s good-looking.”
Osborne flung up his head, and his eyes narrowed.
“I can’t discuss—”
“It has to be discussed,” Clay interrupted. “You can’t have that man at your house: he’s one of the fellows who were working at the wreck.”
“Ah! That makes a difference, of course. I suppose you have been on their trail, but you have told me nothing about it yet.”
“I had a suspicion that you didn’t want to know. You’re a fastidious fellow, you know, and I suspected that you’d rather leave a mean job of that kind to me.”
“You’re right,” Osborne admitted. “I’m sure you would handle it better than I could; but I’m curious to hear what you’ve done.”
“I’ve gone as far as seems advisable. Had the fellows fired from several jobs and made it difficult for them to get another; but it wouldn’t pay to have my agents guess what I’m after.” Clay laughed. “Farquhar and his partners are either bolder or smarter than I thought; I found them taking my own money at the Clanch Mill.” QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Are people talking?
2. Is a discussion going on?
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1. Where is the discussion?
2. What is the location of the conversation?
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1. Is there not much in the room?
2. Is the room basically empty?
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1. What building houses the room?
2. In which building can the room be found?
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1. What is the name of the hotel?
2. What hotel is the room in?
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Q6:
1. Who is having a discussion?
2. Who all is talking?
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Q7:
1. What are Clay and Osborne talking about?
2. What is the subject of Clay and Osborne's discussion?
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Q8:
1. Did Farquhar take something?
2. Was something acquired by Farquhar?
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Q9:
1. What did Farquhar take?
2. What was snatched up by Farquhar?
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Q10:
1. Who did Farquhar take money from?
2. Whose money was snatched by Farquhar?
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Q11:
1. Where did Farquhar take Clay's money?
2. In what location did Farquhar pilfer Clay's money?
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Q12:
1. What country appears in the conversation?
2. Which nation is mentioned in the discussion?
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1. Did someone go to Japan?
2. Was there a person that paid a visit to Japan?
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Q14:
1. Who went to Japan?
2. Which person visited Japan?
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1. Did someone help Osborne on his trip to Japan?
2. Did Osborne receive aid on his visit to Japan?
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3efe17qcrc58hvsa5uko5oai241hss | cnn | (CNN) -- In the history of organized athletics, there has never been a person who needs to come back again less than Michael Phelps.
Yes, you have read that correctly. I am urging the greatest swimmer in all of sports to keep his word, forget about Rio in 2016 and retire. To go away. To vanish. To ignore his mother and his sisters and Matt Lauer and Mark Spitz and Rowdy Gaines and to once and for all hang up his goggles and Speedos.
Go. Scram. Buzz off.
Because athletics enthusiasts are a peculiar people (aka: crazy), we always beg our heroes to stick around longer than they should. It's the reason a portly, 40-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. hit .184 in Seattle in 2010 and the reason Bjorn Borg stepped back onto the tennis court in 1991 (wood racket in hand) -- only to win nary a single match. It's the reason our final snapshot of Sugar Ray Leonard is an embarrassing stoppage against Hector Camacho and the reason Jim Palmer arrived at spring training with Baltimore in 1991 throwing big, fat, Little League meatballs.
Why, it's even the reason a 41-year-old Spitz, Phelps' predecessor as our own personal Aquaman, jumped back into the pool to qualify for the 1992 Games in Barcelona. He, of course, failed -- by a whopping two seconds.
News: Olympic legend Phelps: 'I'm done with swimming'
We convince these men and women that they can still do it, that it's worth one more shot, that age is just a number, that legend is a gift of the gods, and to not use it is shameful. (Gaines, the former Olympic swimmer who now works as an NBC commentator, recently said he believes Phelps will likely come back because "he'll be able to walk through airports in a couple years and not be mobbed. He'll miss that." There is a word for this line of thinking: sad.) QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who is throwing in the towel?
2. Who is giving up a practice?
3.
Q2:
1. Who is done?
2. Who isn't going to do something anymore?
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Q3:
1. What is Michael Phelps done with?
2. What isn't Michael Phelps going to do anymore?
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Q4:
1. Is Michael Phelps a legend?
2. Has Michael Phelps reached legendary status?
3.
Q5:
1. What is Michael Phelps a legend in?
2. In what domain is Michael Phelps like a god?
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Q6:
1. Who was a swimming legend before Michael Phelps?
2. Who did Michael Phelps succeed as god of swimming?
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Q7:
1. How old is Spitz?
2. What is Spitz' age?
3.
Q8:
1. When did Spitz try to return?
2. When did Spitz attempt to come back to swimming?
3.
Q9:
1. Where did Spitz try to return to swimming?
2. What was the location of Spitz' attempted comeback?
3.
Q10:
1. Was Spitz successful?
2. Did Spitz successfully return to swimming?
3.
Q11:
1. How far off was Spitz from qualifying for the Olympics?
2. How many seconds behind was Spitz' swimming time?
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Q12:
1. Did a baseball player try to make a come back?
2. Was there a baseball player who tried to return to the sport?
3.
Q13:
1. Which baseball player tried to make a comeback?
2. Who was the baseball player who tried to return to the sport?
3.
Q14:
1. How old was Ken Griffey Jr.?
2. What was Ken Griffey Jr.'s age?'
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Q15:
1. When did Ken Griffey Jr. try and make a comeback?
2. When did Ken Griffey Jr. attempt to return to baseball?
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34yb12fsqyorj4ku1r6k8fzbv9mgmk | race | Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at the age of 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long as it works", he said in 1991, "I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker . _ ." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Dave Thomas' age at the time of his passing?
2. How old was Dave Thomas when he died?
3.
Q2:
1. What high school did Dave Thomas graduate from in 1993?
2. Which high school gave Dave Thomas a diploma in 1993?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Dave Thomas have his biological family in his life growing up?
2. Was Dave Thomas raised by his biological parents?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was Dave Thomas adopted by?
2. What were the names of Dave Thomas' adoptive parents?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Dave Thomas' adoptive father treat him well?
2. Was the man who adopted Dave Thomas kind to him?
3.
Q6:
1. How old was Dave Thomas when he moved out on his own?
2. At what age did Dave Thomas move out on his own?
3.
Q7:
1. How did Dave Thomas become wealthy before founding Wendy's?
2. Where did Dave Thomas make lots of money prior to founding Wendy's?
3.
Q8:
1. In what year did Dave Thomas start his first Wendy's?
2. When did Dave Thomas create the first Wendy's restaurant?
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3jv9lgbjwtefj756e7lx0jogp3eog7 | race | The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south. A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer. The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which country's East Coast sees rain all year?
2. What is the country where it rains year round on the east coast?
3.
Q2:
1. When does spring come for Australia?
2. Which are the spring months in Australia?
3.
Q3:
1. During Australia's summer, what season is China in?
2. When its summer in Australia, what is going on in China?
3.
Q4:
1. Is Australia located in the global north?
2. Is Australia on the northern part of the globe?
3.
Q5:
1. Is Australia's north hotter or colder than its south?
2. Is the weather in the north of Australia hotter or cooler than in the south?
3.
Q6:
1. At what frequency do southeast winds blow in Australia?
2. How often are there wind gusts in Australia's southeast?
3.
Q7:
1. When is there rain in Australia's North?
2. At what point does rainfall in the northern part of Australia?
3.
Q8:
1. When is Australia's summer?
2. What months make up summer in Australia?
3.
Q9:
1. When is Australia's fall?
2. What months make up autumn in Australia?
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Q10:
1. Does China have the same seasons as us?
2. Do we have identical seasons to Australia?
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Q11:
1. Do the southeast winds in Australia blow all year?
2. Does Australia's southeastern winds blow year round?
3.
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338jkrmm26z4hz6gouyxkogcfqvhag | mctest | John thought about things that he liked to do.
Well, for one, he liked baseball. Compared to his friends, he was very good at the sport. He didn't even have to practice that much. He remembered that he once hit the ball so hard that it flew out of the park. Home run!
He was also a fan of basketball. He enjoyed watching people on television pull off crazy tricks like slam dunking (but he didn't really like all of the passes). He wasn't quite that good yet, but he was pretty good at making shots from the three point line. He knew that if he kept practicing, he would be really great someday.
Finally, he loved football. Unlike baseball and basketball, he didn't play football himself, but he was drawn to the games. He got a kick out of sitting in the stands, cheering on his team and friends. He once cheered so loud that he could barely speak at all for the rest of the day. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many sports are loved by John?
2. What is the number of sports that John enjoys?
3.
Q2:
1. How many athletic activities does John participate in?
2. What is the number of sports that John in fact plays?
3.
Q3:
1. Does John have to practice both basketball and baseball?
2. Does John have to train lots for both baseball and basketball?
3.
Q4:
1. Is John good at baseball or basketball?
2. Which sport between baseball and basketball is John talented at?
3.
Q5:
1. Has John ever done really well in a baseball game?
2. Has John ever performed an impressive manoeuvre at a baseball game?
3.
Q6:
1. What happened at John's baseball game?
2. What did John pull off during a game of baseball?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did the baseball go?
2. Where did John send the baseball?
3.
Q8:
1. What does John like about basketball?
2. What about basketball is pleasing to John?
3.
Q9:
1. What's a basketball trick that John likes?
2. What manoeuvre in basketball does John think is neat?
3.
Q10:
1. Is John any good at basketball?
2. Is John a talented basketball player?
3.
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3w2lolrxlbfni6t5wqngs6le774kr4 | cnn | (CNN) -- A thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble.
Nway prepares for her new job, selling vegetables from her aunt's garden.
Her legs are marked by cuts. Her face is smeared with white streaks of powder. And her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar one night and swept her parents away.
Her name is Nway, and that's how she looked when aid workers found her after Nargis destroyed her isolated village. She refused to talk about the cyclone, pretending it never took place. She became, according to a CNN story, the "girl who refuses to remember."
A year later, an aid worker returned to the village to see how Nway was doing. She found Nway living in a tidy, bamboo house flanked by palm trees. The 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile. Then she asked whether she could play with her visitor's hair.
Pam Sitko, the aid worker, said Nway -- like thousands of people in Myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after Nargis demolished their country.
"After all of her pain and loss, she really is a spunky girl," said Sitko, who works with World Vision International, a humanitarian group. "She wasn't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair."
The night everything changed
Nway's resilience is shared by many in Myanmar, aid workers say.
Last year's cyclone was catastrophic. It killed at least 140,000 people and left at least 2 million people without homes, according to the United Nations World Food Programme. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the tropical storm called?
2. What storm hit Myanmar?
3.
Q2:
1. Where did Cyclone Nargis hit?
2. Which country was ravaged by Cyclone Nargis?
3.
Q3:
1. How many individuals died in Cyclone Nargis?
2. What was the number of people who lost their lives in Cyclone Nargis?
3.
Q4:
1. How many people lost their homes in Cyclone Nargis?
2. What was the number of people whose houses were destroyed by Cyclone Nargis?
3.
Q5:
1. What agency calculated the damage done by Cyclone Nargis?
2. Which agency looked into the destruction caused by Cyclone Nargis?
3.
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1. Who is the girl in the story?
2. What is the name of the girl that appears in the article?
3.
Q7:
1. Was Nway obese?
2. Was Nway extremely overweight?
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Q8:
1. What does Nway do for work?
2. What does Nway do to earn money?
3.
Q9:
1. Who does the vegetable patch belong to?
2. Whose vegetable patch does Nway work in?
3.
Q10:
1. Does Nway's aunt sell fruit in addition to veggies?
2. Can one also purchase fruit from the garden of Nway's aunt?
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31z0pcvwukfc36zdhl32oghaqnzt7d | cnn | (CNN) -- Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a bespectacled college professor turned soldier in the defense of the Union, often returned to Gettysburg, that legendary battlefield where on a grim and terrible July day in 1863, Chamberlain and his regiment, the 20th Maine, held the extreme left flank of the Union army against an attack by near overwhelming odds, launched by equally gallant troops from Alabama.
Chamberlain's regiment held the line. As the years passed, the Medal of Honor recipient would go back to Gettysburg with comrades to contemplate and to pray. He came to call that hallowed ground the "Vision Place of Souls." He wrote that where great deeds were accomplished, a "spirit" of greatness lingered.
What would he and his comrades, and those who faced them beneath that hot July sun say to us today? For our "Vision Place of Souls," are now off limits, forbidden lands, "Verboten" to all. What would they say to us?
In what is described as a government shutdown, the Beltway around Washington is still jammed with the commuters to federal offices, White House and congressional staffers continue to work, but by a highly selective process, our national memorials to the living and fallen who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam are closed.
Few veterans have the means to travel to remote islands of the Pacific, the beaches of Normandy, the woods of the Hurtgen and Bastogne to visit but one more time their "Vision Place," where with family and comrades they can say, "Here I fought," or say, "Here is where my friend Charlie -- remember my telling you about him? -- here is where he died." For them, the monuments have become their 'Vision Place," their gathering place, the place of remembrance, of pride, and of tears. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who does the passage discuss?
2. Who is the subject of the story?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain do for a living before becoming a soldier?
2. Before his time as a soldier, how was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain employed?
3.
Q3:
1. What did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain become a soldier to defend?
2. What pushed Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain to enlist in the army?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain have any medals?
2. Was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain awarded some medals?
3.
Q5:
1. Which medal did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain receive?
2. What medal was given to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?
3.
Q6:
1. Why would Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain go to Gettysburg?
2. What was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's reason for traveling to Gettysburg?
3.
Q7:
1. Would Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain make solitary visits to Gettysburg?
2. Did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain travel to Gettysburg alone?
3.
Q8:
1. Who would accompany Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain to Gettysburg?
2. In whose company would Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain travel to Gettysburg?
3.
Q9:
1. What did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain call Gettysburg?
2. How would Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain refer to Gettysburg?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain write?
2. What was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's written message?
3.
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3snlul3wo4nqi434lkumchld3ecul0 | mctest | One day John and Sally's mother made up her mind to bake a very special cake for her son and daughter, but she didn't have the ingredients. She told John and Sally to go to the grocer's to buy the things she would need.
"I'll need some popcorn, a pea, some melon balls, and a cup of yogurt. I'm going to make a very special cake today," she said.
"Wow, that sounds horrible," said John.
"Yeah, we'd rather watch TV and eat potato chips," said Sally.
"Don't talk back, kids. Do what I said and head into town. It's a beautiful day. Go the long way and follow the river until you get there. Don't take the short way through the forest. A lion has escaped from the zoo. He might be hiding in the forest."
So John and Sally started the walk into town, but because they were disobedient children, they didn't follow the river like their mother told them. Instead they took the short way through the forest.
"I'm not afraid of a lion in the forest," said John. "Besides, I think mom has been eating too many melon balls and is letting her imagination get away from her again. If there were a lion in the forest, we would know about it."
So they wandered along the forest path, jumping in mud puddles and throwing sticks at one another. But as soon as John and Sally were in the darkest part of the forest, they heard a terrible roar. It was the lion! Horrified, they ran for their lives out of the forest, all the way back home.
"We're sorry!" they both said to their mother. "We'll never be disobedient again!"
And from that day forward, whenever their mother told them to do something, they did it right away like they were told. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was fixing up a cake?
2. Who was going to whip up a sweet treat?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was the cake for?
2. Who would be given the prrepared dessert?
3.
Q3:
1. Who did mom send to get what she needed for the cake?
2. Who did mom have go look for the cake ingredients?
3.
Q4:
1. Where did John and Sally go?
2. Where did John and Sally head off to?
3.
Q5:
1. What were the necessary ingredients for the cake?
2. What did mom need for the cake?
3.
Q6:
1. What did John and Sally say they would rather do than shop?
2. What did Sally and John state was more interesting than going to the grocery?
3.
Q7:
1. Did John and Sally's mom give in to their capriciousness?
2. Did John and Sally's mom let them do whatever they wanted?
3.
Q8:
1. How did John and Sally's mom tell them to go to the store?
2. What path did Sally and John's mother tell them to take?
3.
Q9:
1. Did John and Sally's mom tell them to take the shortest path?
2. Did John and Sally's mother direct them to take the shortest route?
3.
Q10:
1. What animal got out of the zoo?
2. Which animal was on the loose?
3.
Q11:
1. Where did the lion escape from?
2. From what location had the lion broken free?
3.
Q12:
1. Did John and Sally do as they were told?
2. Did John and Sally obey their mother?
3.
Q13:
1. Did the lion appear in John and Sally's path?
2. Did John and Sally come across the lion that had escaped?
3.
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374tnbha8bviqa3mnqz7woqk926qy3 | gutenberg | CHAPTER VI.
The next morning was gloomy and rainy, as Elizabeth informed Anne at about seven o'clock; 'and I am not sorry for it,' said she, 'for I want to have you all to myself at home, so we will turn the incubi over to Kate and Helen, and be comfortable together.'
'Will they submit to such treatment?' said Anne.
'Oh yes, my dear,' said Elizabeth; 'they want us as little as we want them; they only want a little civility, and I will not be so sparing of that useful commodity as I was yesterday evening. And now, Anne, I am going to beg your pardon for being so excessively rude to Harriet, as I was last night. She did not mind it, but you did, and much more than if it had been to yourself.'
'I believe I did,' said Anne; 'other people do not know what you mean when you set up your bristles, and I do. Besides, I was sorry for Lucy, who looks as if she had sensitiveness enough for the whole family.'
'Poor Lucy!' said Elizabeth;
"A weary lot is thine, fair maid, A weary lot is thine."
Yes, Lucy has very deep feeling; you may see it in the painful flushing of her cheek, and the downcast look of her eye, when her mother and sister expose themselves. I really believe that that poor girl has more to endure than most people.'
'O Lizzie,' said Anne, 'how differently you spoke of her yesterday!'
'Yes,' said Elizabeth, 'but then I was furious with Mrs. Hazleby; and besides, I believe the truth was, that I was very tired and very cross, not exactly the way in which I intended to conclude the Consecration day; and now I am in my senses, I am very sorry I behaved as I did. But, Anne, though I hereby retract all I said in dispraise of Lucy, and confess that I was rude to Harriet, do not imagine that I disavow all I said about society last night, for I assure you that I expressed my deliberate opinion.' QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which number of chapter is this?
2. What chapter appears?
3.
Q2:
1. What is the weather like?
2. What's it like outside?
3.
Q3:
1. Who is having a conversation?
2. Who all are discussing?
3.
Q4:
1. Has the clock struck 9?
2. Has the time changed to 9 oclock at present?
3.
Q5:
1. To whom did Elizabeth feel the incubi should be given?
2. Who did Elizabeth propose should recieve the incubi?
3.
Q6:
1. Why did Elizabeth think that Kate and Helen would be okay with getting the incubi?
2. What made Elizabeth believe that Helen and kate would accept reception of the incubi?
3.
Q7:
1. Who did Elizabeth treat poorly the night before?
2. Who was Elizabeth rude to last night?
3.
Q8:
1. Was Harriet upset about the way Elizabeth treated her?
2. Was Harriet angry about the way Elizabeth acted towards her?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was Anne worried about when Elizabeth mistreated Harriet?
2. Who did Anne get nervous about when Elizabeth was rude to Harriet?
3.
Q10:
1. Was Elizabeth happy with the way Lucy reacted?
2. Did Lucy's response soothe Elizabeth?
3.
Q11:
1. How does Lucy wear her heart on her sleeve?
2. What change in appearance makes it clear how Lucy feels?
3.
Q12:
1. Who was the object of Elizabeth's wrath?
2. Who was Elizabeth extremely angry at?
3.
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3e7tuj2egcm900r9as17x8quifn9dm | wikipedia | In signal processing, data compression, source coding, or bit-rate reduction involves encoding information using fewer bits than the original representation. Compression can be either lossy or lossless. Lossless compression reduces bits by identifying and eliminating statistical redundancy. No information is lost in lossless compression. Lossy compression reduces bits by identifying unnecessary information and removing it. The process of reducing the size of a data file is referred to as data compression. In the context of data transmission, it is called source coding (encoding done at the source of the data before it is stored or transmitted) in opposition to channel coding.
Compression is useful because it helps reduce resource usage, such as data storage space or transmission capacity. Because compressed data must be decompressed to use, this extra processing imposes computational or other costs through decompression; this situation is far from being a free lunch. Data compression is subject to a space–time complexity trade-off. For instance, a compression scheme for video may require expensive hardware for the video to be decompressed fast enough to be viewed as it is being decompressed, and the option to decompress the video in full before watching it may be inconvenient or require additional storage. The design of data compression schemes involves trade-offs among various factors, including the degree of compression, the amount of distortion introduced (when using lossy data compression), and the computational resources required to compress and decompress the data. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the utility of compression?
2. What are the benefits of compression?
3.
Q2:
1. What kinds of resource usage exist?
2. List the types of resource usage.
3.
Q3:
1.
2.
3.
Q4:
1. What is an example of decompression?
2. What is one instance where decompression is done?
3.
Q5:
1. What took advantage of encoding information?
2. What used encoding information?
3.
Q6:
1. What is the name of the process that uses encoding information?
2. Which process needs encoding information?
3.
Q7:
1. What kinds of compression exist?
2. What are names of the two kinds of compression?
3.
Q8:
1. What defines lossy compression?
2. What is the meaning of lossy compression?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the definition of data compression?
2. What happens when data is compressed?
3.
Q10:
1. Is video compression expensive?
2. Does it cost a lot of money to compress a video?
3.
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3z4xg4zf48rnk1dgw0w5rjybeuwx88 | race | An inventor seeks to create a new product that serves a specific need and fulfills a role that other products do not. Sometimes an inventor comes up with a wholly new idea, but more often inventions are simply improvements on an older design. With a little imagination and creativity , an old idea can suddenly become something new.
However, creating a new invention means much more than having a brilliant idea. A good designer follows the design process: identifying the challenge, researching and brainstorming ideas , designing a solution, testing and evaluating the ideas, and finally building the product. Designers also use science, math, technology, and engineering to design a tool that satisfies the need they identified.
Anyone can be an inventor --even kids! For example, Chester Greenwood was just fifteen years old when he invented a product that changed his life. In fact, his idea was so good that his invention supported him for the rest of his life. You may not know his name, but you probably know his invention --earmuffs !
The inspiration for his earmuff design came to Chester when he was ice-skating. His ears were cold, and he decided to find a way to keep them warm. With the help of his grandmother, he made a new product to protect his ears and at the age of eighteen, Chester patented his earmuff design.
Many other famous inventors started young as well. Margaret Knight --the inventor of the flat-bottomed brown paper bag --is said to have created a safety device for textile looms when she was just twelve years old. Another example is Thomas Edison, one of the greatest inventors in history, who applied for his first patent when he was just twenty-one years old. Over the course of his life, Thomas Edison patented a total of 1,093 inventions! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the article about?
2. What is the main subject of the passage?
3.
Q2:
1. Can children become inventors?
2. Is it possible not to be an adult and invent something?
3.
Q3:
1. Does the article give an example of a child inventor?
2. Does the passage mention someone who invented something as a kid?
3.
Q4:
1. How old was Chester Greenwood?
2. What was the kid inventor's age?
3.
Q5:
1. Who was the child inventor?
2. Who invented something in their youth?
3.
Q6:
1. What did Chester Greenwood create?
2. What was Chester Greenwood's invention?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Chester Greenwood get the idea for earmuffs?
2. What inspired Chester Greenwood to create earmuffs?
3.
Q8:
1. Is it more common for an invention to be a brand new idea than to be an improvement?
2. Do inventions tend to be completely new innovations as opposed to refinements of something that already exists?
3.
Q9:
1. Whose number of patents was over 1000?
2. Who had patented more than 1000 things?
3.
Q10:
1. Was Thomas Edison considered one of the worst inventors of all time?
2. Did people find Thomas Edison to be one of the least impressive inventors ever?
3.
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35l9rvqfcoiow8keuzfokps6mx3uht | mctest | Annie's sister, Julia, was having a birthday party in the afternoon. Annie's mother was going to bake the cake for the party. Mother asked Annie to help her bake the cake. They chose to make a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. Annie got the bowls and the ingredients they would need for the cake. She helped measure the flour, the sugar and the cocoa. Once her mother added the rest of the ingredients, Annie was allowed to stir the ingredients in the bowl. She helped to pour the cake mix into two pans and then put them in the oven. The smell of the cake made Annie hungry. While the cake was baking, Annie helped her mother make the chocolate frosting. Her mother let her lick the spoon when they were done mixing the frosting. Once the cake was done, Annie and her mother took the cake out of the oven and let it cool, and then they frosted it. They ate the chocolate cake at Julia's party with scoops of vanilla ice cream and fresh strawberries. Annie gave their dog, Sunny, a little piece of cake too! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Whose birthday was being celebrated?
2. Who was throwing a party to celebrate their birthday?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Julia's party going to be at night?
2. Was Julia's party set to take place in the evening?
3.
Q3:
1. When was the celebration of Julia's birthday?
2. When did Julia have her birthday party?
3.
Q4:
1. Who asked Annie to lend them a hand baking the cake?
2. Who inquired after Annie to help make the birthday dessert?
3.
Q5:
1. Who located the bowls?
2. Who was in charge of procuring the bowls?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Annie mix the batter in addition to getting the bowls?
2. Did Annie stir the ingredients in the bowl she got?
3.
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3a4nixbj76z75wyvci30l74jrt5lmy | cnn | (CNN) -- The stars of tennis took time out from their French Open preparations Sunday to honor the man who helped them become some of the highest-paid athletes in the world.
Brad Drewett passed away Friday, aged 54, succumbing to the motor neurone disease that had forced him to step down as head of the men's ATP World Tour.
Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Serena Williams led a minute's silence ahead of the start of the Madrid Masters, while similar tributes were held at tournaments in Portugal and Germany.
"Brad wasn't just the president of the ATP but was a player himself, a board member," Federer said on the ATP website.
"He's given so much time and effort to the ATP, and I think this is really what we will try to honor in a small way today."
Drewett reached a career-high 34 in the world rankings, but his efforts in administration had far bigger impact on the game, from his time on the players' council to running the ATP's Middle East, Asia and Pacific operations before becoming president in early 2012.
The Australian took the end-of-season championship to China as part of tennis' global spread in the early 2000s, and then brought it to London where it has become a lucrative moneyspinner and showpiece for the ATP.
He has also been credited with getting the players a larger share of prize money from the four grand slam tournaments since he took over the top role a year and half ago. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What tennis star is at the center of the article?
2. Which master of tennis is the article's subject?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Serena Williams do?
2. What action did Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Serena Williams perform?
3.
Q3:
1. Who died?
2. What was the name of the person that passed?
3.
Q4:
1. When did Brad Drewett pass away?
2. On what day did Brad Drewett die?
3.
Q5:
1. What was Brad Drewett's age at the time of his death?
2. How old was Brad Drewett at the time of his passing?
3.
Q6:
1. What was Brad Drewett suffering from?
2. What disease did Brad Drewett have?
3.
Q7:
1. What were Roger Federer's words regarding Brad Drewett?
2. What message did Roger Federer put out about Brad Drewett?
3.
Q8:
1. How old was Brad Drewett at the height of his career?
2. What was Brad Drewett's age at the peak of his career?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Brad Drewett's administrative efforts have a big impact on the tennis game?
2. Was the game of tennis largely influenced by the effort Brad Drewett put into administration?
3.
Q10:
1. When was Brad Drewett put in charge of something?
2. In what year was Brad Drewett made a president?
3.
Q11:
1. Where did Brad Drewett take an end of seasons championship?
2. What country was Brad Drewett in when he had an end of seasons championship?
3.
Q12:
1. When did Brad Drewett move a championship to China?
2. When was Brad Drewett in China moving the champsionship?
3.
Q13:
1. Did Brad Drewett share a large amount of prize money from the four grand slam tournaments?
2. Did Brad Drewett spread around the money won at four grand slam tournaments?
3.
Q14:
1. When did Brad Drewett start running the ATP?
2. When did Brad Drewett take over top role at the ATP?
3.
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31z0pcvwukfc36zdhl32oghaqh17th | cnn | Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Ireland's top Roman Catholic cleric, Cardinal Sean Brady, was under mounting pressure to resign Friday amid renewed allegations about his role in dealing with the sexual abuse of children by priests.
A British television documentary repeated claims made in 2010 that Brady was told of attacks by pedophile priest Father Brendan Smyth in 1975 but did not inform police or the parents of the victims.
The documentary also claimed that Brady, then a priest, had a greater role in the church investigation of the Smyth allegations than he has admitted. New details and documents also were produced.
Responding to the BBC program, Brady repeated his defense that he had done his job by passing details of all allegations to his superiors.
He told CNN that he felt "betrayed" when he discovered that church officials had taken no action against Smyth, who continued to abuse children for years throughout Ireland and in the United States.
Smyth was eventually imprisoned and has since died.
Brady has accepted that during the 1970s, he was "part of an unhelpful culture of deference and silence in society and the church," but he has insisted he does not intend to resign.
The Catholic Church in Ireland said Friday that a previous request from Brady for Pope Benedict XVI to send a bishop to help him with his work would be "reactivated."
Calls continued from abuse victims and lawmakers in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland for Brady to step down.
Abuse survivor Jon McCourt told CNN that further inquiries should be made into Brady's role. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was in the hot seat with calls to resign?
2. Who were people really trying to get to quit?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was Ireland's top Roman Catholic cleric?
2. What was the name of the top Roman catholic cleric in Ireland?
3.
Q3:
1. Why was Sean Brady facing pressure to resign?
2. Why were people so keen on Sean Brady stepping down?
3.
Q4:
1. Was Sean Brady complicit in covering up child abuse?
2. Had Sean Brady aided in the covering up of child abuse?
3.
Q5:
1. How long was Sean Brady aware of child abuse in the church?
2. For how much time had Sean Brady known that children were being abused in the church?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Sean Brady tell anyone about the child abuse?
2. Was Sean Brady forthcoming to anyone regarding the abuse of children in the church?
3.
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3e1qt0tdfp9qu6olxew4o9bwqpai8r | wikipedia | The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as The University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Minneapolis and St. Paul campuses are approximately apart, and the Saint Paul campus is actually in neighboring Falcon Heights. It is the oldest and largest campus within the University of Minnesota system and has the sixth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,147 students in 2013–14. The university is the flagship institution of the University of Minnesota system, and is organized into 19 colleges and schools, with sister campuses in Crookston, Duluth, Morris, and Rochester.
The University of Minnesota is one of America's Public Ivy universities, which refers to top public universities in the United States capable of providing a collegiate experience comparable with the Ivy League. Founded in 1851, The University of Minnesota is categorized as an R1 Doctoral University with the highest research activity in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Minnesota is a member of the Association of American Universities and is ranked 14th in research activity with $881 million in research and development expenditures in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What university appears in the article?
2. What institution of higher education is the article about?
3.
Q2:
1. How many students attend the University of Minnesota?
2. How many students are there at the University of Minnesota?
3.
Q3:
1. How many different colleges and schools does the University of Minnesota have?
2. What is the number of colleges and schools contained within the University of Minnesota?
3.
Q4:
1. What is the University of Minnesota's oldest campus?
2. Which campus at the University of Minnesota has been around for the longest?
3.
Q5:
1. Is University of Minnesota an Ivy Institution?
2. Does the University of Minnesota get classified as an Ivy Institution?
3.
Q6:
1. When was the University of Minnesota founded?
2. What was the year of the University of Minnesota's establishment?
3.
Q7:
1. What is the University of Minnesota categorized as?
2. What categorization is granted to the University of Minnesota?
3.
Q8:
1. Is the University of Minnesota ranked in the top 20 for research?
2. Is the University of Minnesota a top 20 research institution?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the University of Minnesota's annual research budget?
2. How much money does the University of Minnesota spend on research per year?
3.
Q10:
1. Where is the University of Minnesota located?
2. Where can the University of Minnesota be found?
3.
Q11:
1. What is an alternative name for the University of Minnesota?
2. What else do people call the University of Minnesota?
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1. Where does the University of Minnesota rank among the top ten largest student bodies?
2. What is the University of Minnesota's rnaking amongst the top 10 biggest student bodies?
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3ewijtffvo7wwchw6rtyaf7mes4e0r | mctest | My mother and I were in the kitchen fixing dinner. I was setting the table as she was cooking when we heard my father. We went into the living room to see what he needed. He could not find the keys to his truck. We all started looking all over the place and could not seem to find them. My father needed to go to work so he took the keys for my mom's van and left for work. We kept looking for them and when we were about to give up my little brother came walking out of the garage with them in his hands. He was in the garage playing with his bike. My mother called my father at work to tell him the great news. He was happy and we then ate our dinner. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was everyone's location when they heard the father?
2. Where was everyone else in the family when dad spoke?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the father up to?
2. What was dad doing?
3.
Q3:
1. What was mom in the middle of?
2. What chore was the mother doing?
3.
Q4:
1. What was I up to?
2. What task was I completing?
3.
Q5:
1. What was dad's issue?
2. What problem was the father having?
3.
Q6:
1. Where was dad looking for his keys?
2. In what location was the father searching for his keys?
3.
Q7:
1. Why did dad need his keys?
2. What purpose would the keys serve for dad?
3.
Q8:
1. What did dad end up doing?
2. What action did the father eventually take?
3.
Q9:
1. Who had dad's keys?
2. Who was in possession of the father's keys?
3.
Q10:
1. Where had my little brother been?
2. What had been the location of my younger brother?
3.
Q11:
1. What was the younger brother doing in the garage?
2. What had brought the little brother to the garage?
3.
Q12:
1. What happened after dad's keys were located?
2. What occurred once dad's keys were found?
3.
Q13:
1. Was dad mad?
2. Was dad upset?
3.
Q14:
1. How did dad feel?
2. What were dad's emotions?
3.
Q15:
1. What happened once dad had his keys?
2. What did the family do once dad's keys were located?
3.
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3m81gab8a0jmd2abdylnodsjovbqbf | mctest | There was once a land named Catatonia where cats ran things. Cats walked and talked much as you do except they walked on four legs. There were cat policemen, cat firemen, cat teachers, and even a cat bus driver. Most of the cats were very busy. The King of Catatonia was a small cat named Diggs. He had two brothers named Pouncer and Flash who helped him rule in Catatonia. Pouncer was head of the Milk, Cheese and Cream center and Flash's job was to blow things up. Together the three of them made sure all the cats were happy, had plenty to drink and got to enjoy bright fireworks shows in the distance. One day Pouncer's wife brought the kittens to see Pouncer at his office. There were white kittens and lots of black and white spotted kittens walking around in the Milk, Cheese and Cream center. Well that is all the time we have for now. I hope this short story of the Cats of Catatonia made at least one person in the room smile. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the story's setting?
2. Where is the tale set?
3.
Q2:
1. Who were the inhabitants of Catatonia?
2. Who resided in Catatonia?
3.
Q3:
1. Was Catatonia a democracy or a monarchy?
2. Did Catatonia use a democracy or a monarchy for its government?
3.
Q4:
1. How many male siblings did Catatonia's king have?
2. What was the number of brothers of the king of Catatonia?
3.
Q5:
1. Which brother headed Catatonia's dairy?
2. What brother was the leader of the dairy industry?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the brother's name that wasn't Pouncer?
2. What other brother did the king have, besides Pounder?
3.
Q7:
1. Which cat had a wife and kittens?
2. Who was married with kittens?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Pouncer have orange kittens?
2. Were Pouncer's children orange?
3.
Q9:
1. Did the residents of Catatonia communicate orally?
2. Did the cats in Catatonia communicate by speaking?
3.
Q10:
1. How was Flash employed?
2. What did Flash do for a living?
3.
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3xiqgxaumc8jkn8xmv4zdj2g3jm7x9 | cnn | (CNN) -- Fernando Alonso ended his 2011 Formula One commitments wearing a Santa Claus outfit and the robes of a Magi, and the Spanish driver hopes next year will bring a return of the old Ferrari spirit.
The legendary Italian marque has won 31 world titles overall, but none since clinching a 16th constructors' crown in 2008.
Alonso was fourth in the drivers' standings this year, 135 points behind Red Bull's all-conquering Sebastian Vettel after winning just one race, while teammate Felipe Massa was a massive 274 points off the pace in sixth.
After being Father Christmas for Ferrari employees at the team's Maranello headquarters, and then one of the Three Wise Men at a sponsors' party, Alonso turned his attentions towards his bid to add a third world title to his 2005 and 2006 successes at Renault.
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"This is the time when one is always optimistic, but then we must wait for the start of the season to see where we really are. It's true that in the past few days, there was a good feeling at Maranello and there's an air of confidence about it," the 30-year-old told Ferrari's website.
"We want to reacquaint ourselves with the taste of winning that has eluded us for a while. Last spring, we made important changes to the structure of the technical part of the team and now we have adopted a new approach, a less conservative one, in the design of the new car.
"The philosophy behind the 2012 car is very different to that of 2011, especially in some key areas like suspension and aerodynamics." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What brand employs Fernando Alonso?
2. Who is Fernando Alonso a driver for?
3.
Q2:
1. What kind of racing does Fernando Alonso do?
2. What racing tradition does Fernando Alonso partake in?
3.
Q3:
1. How does Fernando Alonso rank this year?
2. What is Fernando Alonso's current yearly rank?
3.
Q4:
1. Who does Fernando Alonso rank behind?
2. Who is Fernando Alonso behind in the rankings?
3.
Q5:
1. How many places separate Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel in the rankings?
2. How far behind Sebastian Vettel is Fernando Alonso in the ranks?
3.
Q6:
1. What brand does Sebastian Vettel?
2. Whose driving team is Sebastian Vettel on?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Fernando Alonso's age?
2. State the age of Fernando Alonso.
3.
Q8:
1. How many world titles does Fernando Alonso currently have?
2. What is the number of world titles that Fernando Alonso possesses at present?
3.
Q9:
1. When did Fernando Alonso receive his world titles?
2. In what years did Fernando Alonso win world titles?
3.
Q10:
1. Does Fernando Alonso drive the same car this year as he did last year?
2. Is Fernando Alonso's current car identical to the car from last year?
3.
Q11:
1. How is Fernando Alonso's current car different from his old one?
2. What is the difference between the car that Fernando Alonso is driving now and the one he drove previously?
3.
Q12:
1. What costume did Fernando Alonso wear to the sponsors' party?
2. What did Fernando Alonso dress up as at the sponsors' party?
3.
Q13:
1. What was the location of the employee Christmas Party?
2. Where did Ferrari hold its company Christmas party?
3.
Q14:
1. Does Fernando Alonso think the upcoming season is a sure thing?
2. Is Fernando Alonso feeling self assured regarding next season?
3.
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3c6fju71tqtai3a34zjc6pn9cmdyuf | cnn | BOGOTA, Colombia (CNN) -- "Easy money, fast and effective."
Investors protest outside the headquarters of DMG, one of many companies accused of defrauding the public.
That was the name of one of the businesses in which millions of Colombians deposited their life savings after being promised short-term returns of as much as 150 percent.
But government officials say the businesses were pyramid schemes that raked in at least $200 million from 3 million people.
The government has said it knows who most of those responsible are, but they have escaped. The government is tracking them down.
Sergio Munoz is among those who lost their savings.
"That was for my children," he said. "Now, it comes to light that they have robbed us. It was with complicity of the authorities who permit this -- knowing that it is illegal for it to be permitted."
The government says the businesses defrauded the public by offering false promises of a sure investment.
Wilson Rodriguez handed over the equivalent of $80,000 to a money man who offered him what he thought were assets in hotels and property in exchange.
Now, he doesn't know whom to approach.
"I don't even have enough to care for my family," he said. "I lent money and what I make from my salary goes to pay off debts. I have nothing. I lost everything."
Infuriated investors have demonstrated outside the headquarters of several companies in question across the nation.
Worried that the situation has already led to physical altercations and riots, President Alvaro Uribe asked that authorities act immediately to bring those responsible to justice. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who led a protest?
2. Who made their dissatisfaction known?
3.
Q2:
1. Who did investors protest?
2. Who did people that invested speak out against?
3.
Q3:
1. Is someone on the hunt for DMG?
2. Is DMG being tracked?
3.
Q4:
1. Who is looking for DMG?
2. Who is DMG being tracked by?
3.
Q5:
1. What did DMG offer?
2. What did DMG say it would do for investors?
3.
Q6:
1. Have DMG's false promises personally affected families?
2. Have individual families felt the consequences of DMG's actions?
3.
Q7:
1. Has the impact of DMGs actions on families been substantial?
2. Has the size of the effect of what DMG has done to families been great?
3.
Q8:
1. Has there been violence at the protests?
2. Have investors become violent as they speak out?
3.
Q9:
1. How quickly does the president want the issue resolved?
2. At what speed does the Colombian president want the matter resolved?
3.
Q10:
1. Are the protests all across Colombia?
2. Are people speaking out all across the nation?
3.
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3del4x4el6l2z74y94uzqwmd7cjyxd | cnn | In a telephone call Monday between Russia's Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu and the U.S. Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, Shoigu described the activity of U.S. and NATO troops near Russia's border as "unprecedented."
According to the official Russian version of the call, his American counterpart assured him the alliance did not have "provocative or expansionist" intentions -- and that Russia should know this.
But it hardly seems to matter how often NATO makes these assurances. The Kremlin will never trust them. Fear of the Western military alliance's steady march east is deep-rooted. It strikes at the very heart of Russia's national sense of security, a relic of Cold War enmity which has seeped down to post-Soviet generations.
Ilya Saraev is a 15-year-old pupil at the First Moscow cadet school in Moscow. He thinks long and hard when I ask him about NATO. "I think NATO might be a friend to Russia but there's one point I don't understand: Why it needs to approach the border with Russia more and more," he says.
Cadet school is an education in patriotism, like something from a bygone era. Besides the regular classes, there are lessons in ballroom dancing. Teenage cadets proudly leading local beauties through the waltz while outside their classmates rehearse the goosestep.
After the takeover of Crimea, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry accused Russia of behaving in a 19th century fashion in the 21st century. In some ways it's an epithet that seems to ring true here. The children are immaculately mannered and thoughtful. They write to their fellow cadets in Crimea. They say they feel sad there's this tension between brother nations -- Russia and Ukraine. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What does Chuck Hagel do?
2. What is Chuck Hagel's title?
3.
Q2:
1. Did Chuck Hagel describe something?
2. Did Chuck Hagel give details on something/
3.
Q3:
1. Who described something?
2. Who gave detail on a situation?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Sergei Shoigu say that the US and NATO have provocative intentions?
2. Was Sergei Shoigu under the impression that the pairing between the US and NATO was meant to poke at Russia?
3.
Q5:
1. Who is in their teen years?
2. What is the name of a teenager in the article?
3.
Q6:
1. Is Ilya Saraev in the army?
2. Is Ilya Saraev a soldier?
3.
Q7:
1. What is Ilya Saraev?
2. What does Ilya Saraev do?
3.
Q8:
1. What is taught at the First Moscow cadet school?
2. What type of school is the First Moscow cadet school?
3.
Q9:
1. Is cadet school a new kind of education?
2. Does the First Moscow cadet school use a revolutionary pedagogy?
3.
Q10:
1. What is cadet school's education like?
2. How could education at cadet school be described?
3.
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3rwe2m8qwha0qiu9zqwh021vsl60n5 | mctest | Once upon a time a young boy and young girl set out on a trip to the beach. They packed a few towels, an umbrella, a few beach chairs and a lunch cooler. They drove to the crowded beach parking lot and spent almost an hour trying to find a parking spot. Once they found a spot they parked and began walking to the beach area. They found a nice spot with a good view of the water and set up their belongings. Once they sat down they began to enjoy a nice lunch on the beach. They watched the boats go by and people playing in the water. It was a wonderful day and one they would always remember. Once they arrived home they suddenly found out that they both had a pretty good sunburn. They both said that next time they would use sun screen. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who went to the beach?
2. Who visited the ocean?
3.
Q2:
1. Did the boy and girl plan to eat lunch at the ocean?
2. Was it in the cards for the boy and girl to have lunch at the beach?
3.
Q3:
1. Did the boy and girl consume lunch quickly and have no trouble getting a parking space at the beach?
2. Was it easy for the boy and girl to find parking at the ocean and did they have a quick lunch?
3.
Q4:
1. How much time did the boy and girl spend finding a parking spot?
2. How long did it take for the girl and the boy to find parking?
3.
Q5:
1. What did the boy and the girl do upon finding a spot to sit on at the beach?
2. Once the boy and girl were settled at the ocean, what did they do next?
3.
Q6:
1. Did the boy and girl come to the beach with an umbrella?
2. Did the boy and girl bring an umbrella with them?
3.
Q7:
1. What were people up to in the water?
2. What activity were people up to in the sea?
3.
Q8:
1. Did the boy and the girl use sunblock?
2. Did the boy and girl protect themselves from the sun's harmful rays?
3.
Q9:
1. What happened to the boy and the girl as a result of not wearing sunblock?
2. What were the consequences of the boy and the girl not putting on sunblock?
3.
Q10:
1. When did the boy and the girl discover their sunburns?
2. At what point did the boy and girl notice their skin was burned?
3.
Q11:
1. Did the boy and girl enjoy their day?
2. Was the boy and girl's beach trip an enjoyable one?
3.
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30iqtzxkak652c8d1wjqy4stvt90x7 | wikipedia | Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease usually caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Tuberculosis generally affects the lungs, but can also affect other parts of the body. Most infections do not have symptoms, known as latent tuberculosis. About 10% of latent infections progress to active disease which, if left untreated, kills about half of those infected. The classic symptoms of active TB are a chronic cough with blood-containing sputum, fever, night sweats, and weight loss. The historical term "consumption" came about due to the weight loss. Infection of other organs can cause a wide range of symptoms.
One-third of the world's population is thought to be infected with TB. New infections occur in about 1% of the population each year. In 2014, there were 9.6 million cases of active TB which resulted in 1.5 million deaths. More than 95% of deaths occurred in developing countries. The number of new cases each year has decreased since 2000. About 80% of people in many Asian and African countries test positive while 5–10% of people in the United States population tests positive by the tuberculin test. Tuberculosis has been present in humans since ancient times. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What do some parts of the population have?
2. What are segments of the population diagnosed with?
3.
Q2:
1. What are the symptoms of TB?
2. What does having tuberculosis consist of?
3.
Q3:
1. What part of the body does TB affect?
2. Where is a tuberculosis infection located?
3.
Q4:
1. How many deaths did TB cause in 2014?
2. How many people died of tuberculosis in 2014?
3.
Q5:
1. How many people test positive for TB in America?
2. How many Americans are TB positive?
3.
Q6:
1. How long has tuberculosis been around?
2. Since when has TB existed?
3.
Q7:
1. What percent of TB infections are active?
2. What ratio of TB infections progress to the active disease?
3.
Q8:
1. Is TB deadly?
2. Can you die of tuberculosis?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the abbreviation for tuberculosis?
2. How can the term tuberculosis be shortened?
3.
Q10:
1. What percent of the population gets sick with TB every year?
2. What percentage of people get TB yearly?
3.
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3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop9b65gn | wikipedia | While there is some international commonality in the way political parties are recognized, and in how they operate, there are often many differences, and some are significant. Many political parties have an ideological core, but some do not, and many represent very different ideologies than they did when first founded. In democracies, political parties are elected by the electorate to run a government. Many countries have numerous powerful political parties, such as Germany and India and some nations have one-party systems, such as China. The United States is a two-party system, with its two most powerful parties being the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.
The first political factions, cohering around a basic, if fluid, set of principles emerged from the Exclusion Crisis and Glorious Revolution in late-17th-century England. The Whigs supported Protestant constitutional monarchy against absolute rule and the Tories, originating in the Royalist (or "Cavalier") faction of the English Civil War, were conservative royalist supporters of a strong monarchy as a counterbalance to the republican tendencies of Whigs, who were the dominant political faction for most of the first half of the 18th century; they supported the Hanoverian succession of 1715 against the Jacobite supporters of the deposed Roman Catholic Stuart dynasty and were able to purge Tory politicians from important government positions after the failed Jacobite rising of 1715. The leader of the Whigs was Robert Walpole, who maintained control of the government in the period 1721–1742; his protégé was Henry Pelham (1743–1754). QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who led the Whigs?
2. Who was in charge of the Whig party?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was Robert Walpole a mentor to?
2. What was the name of Robert Walpole's protegé?
3.
Q3:
1. When did the first political factions come about?
2. During what time period were political factions created?
3.
Q4:
1. What political group controlled Britain in the 18th century?
2. What political belief dominated in the 18th Century?
3.
Q5:
1. How many American political parties are mentioned?
2. What is the number of American political factions brought up in the article?
3.
Q6:
1. Are there countries with just one political party?
2. Is it possible for a country to have one single political party?
3.
Q7:
1. When did the Jacobites become more popular?
2. What was the year of the Jacobites' ascent?
3.
Q8:
1. What countries have numerous political parties?
2. Who has a lot of political parties?
3.
Q9:
1. Does the United States have three political parties?
2. Are there three main political factions in the United States?
3.
Q10:
1. What is one of the political parties in the US?
2. Name one American political party.
3.
Q11:
1. What American political party opposes the Republicans?
2. What is the other political party in the US, other than the Republicans?
3.
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3ochawuvgok7f2fh5pt8ho72924kx8 | wikipedia | Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania lying to the east of Papua New Guinea and northwest of Vanuatu and covering a land area of . The country's capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The country takes its name from the Solomon Islands archipelago, which is a collection of Melanesian islands that also includes the North Solomon Islands (part of Papua New Guinea), but excludes outlying islands, such as Rennell and Bellona, and the Santa Cruz Islands.
The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years. In 1568, the Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to visit them, naming them the "Islas Salomón". Britain defined its area of interest in the Solomon Islands archipelago in June 1893, when Captain Gibson R.N., of , declared the southern Solomon Islands a British protectorate. During World War II, the Solomon Islands campaign (1942–1945) saw fierce fighting between the United States and the Empire of Japan, such as in the Battle of Guadalcanal.
The official name of the then British overseas territory was changed from "the British Solomon Islands Protectorate" to "Solomon Islands" in 1975. Self-government was achieved in 1976; independence was obtained two years later. Today, Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy with the Queen of Solomon Islands, currently Queen Elizabeth II, as its head of state. Manasseh Sogavare is the current prime minister. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the origin of the Solomon Islands' name?
2. How did the country of the Solomon Islands get its name?
3.
Q2:
1. What type of country is the Solomon Islands?
2. What sort of nation is the Solomon Islands?
3.
Q3:
1. How many major islands does the Solomon Islands have?
2. What is the number of major islands that are a part of the Solomon Islands?
3.
Q4:
1. How many smaller islands does the Solomon Islands have?
2. What is the number of smaller islands that are a part of the Solomon Islands?
3.
Q5:
1. What is the capital of the Solomon Islands?
2. What city serves as the Solomon Islands' capital?
3.
Q6:
1. What island is Guadalcanal located on?
2. On which island can Guadalcanal be found?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was the first European to visit the Solomon Islands?
2. Which European came to the Solomon Islands first?
3.
Q8:
1. When did Álvaro de Mendaña first visit the Soloman Islands?
2. In what year did Álvaro de Mendaña make it to the Soloman Islands?
3.
Q9:
1. What is the nature of the Solomon Islands' current monarchy?
2. What type of monarchy does the Solomon Islands have?
3.
Q10:
1. Who is the Solomon Islands' head of state?
2. Who is the royal leader of the Solomon Islands?
3.
Q11:
1. What is the name of the Solomon Islands' prime minister?
2. Who serves as prime minister of the Solomon Islands?
3.
Q12:
1. When did Solomon Islands achieve self governance?
2. When did Solomon Islands gain the ability to govern themselves?
3.
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3qecw5o0kh1xg2lutso5qw3ezeet52 | wikipedia | Cuba (), officially the Republic of Cuba (), is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic Ocean meet. It is south of both the U.S. state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Haiti, and north of Jamaica. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean, with an area of , and the second-most populous after Hispaniola, with over 11 million inhabitants.
Prior to Spanish colonization in the late 15th century, Cuba was inhabited by Amerindian tribes. It remained a colony of Spain until the Spanish–American War of 1898, which led to nominal independence as a "de facto" United States protectorate in 1902. As a fragile republic, Cuba attempted to strengthen its democratic system, but mounting political radicalization and social strife culminated in the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1952. Further unrest and instability led to Batista's ousting in January 1959 by the July 26 Movement, which afterwards established a dictatorship under the leadership of Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the state has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. A point of contention during the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, a nuclear war nearly broke out during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Cuba is one of the few remaining Marxist–Leninist socialist states, where the role of the vanguard Communist Party is enshrined in the Constitution. Independent observers have accused the Cuban government of numerous human rights abuses, including arbitrary imprisonment. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the article about?
2. What is the subject of the excerpt?
3.
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336kav9kyqs1yr11lf9606shu6yy2o | gutenberg | CHAPTER II
MABEL'S PEARLS
Four months after Marston reached England, Wyndham came home. He had got thin and, when he was quiet, looked worn, but he had returned in triumph and soon persuaded Marston that his efforts had earned a rich reward. Things had gone better than his letters indicated.
On the evening of his arrival, he waited in Flora's drawing-room for Chisholm, who had not yet got back from his office at the port. Electric lights burned above the mantel and Wyndham sat by the cheerful fire, with Flora in a low chair opposite. For a time she had listened while he talked, and now her eyes rested on him with keen but tranquil satisfaction. Harry had come back, as she had known he would come, like a conqueror. She was proud that he had justified her trust, and although it had been hard to let him go, this did not matter.
She was ashamed of her hesitation when he first declared himself her lover, but the suspicion that she was rash had not lasted long. Flora was loyal and when she had accepted him looked steadily forward. It was not her habit to doubt and look back. One thing rather disturbed her; Harry was obviously tired. Before he went away his talk and laugh were marked by a curious sparkle that Flora thought like the sparkle of wine. This had gone, but, in a way, she liked him better, although his sober mood was new.
By-and-by he glanced about the room, which was rather plainly furnished, but with a hint of artistic taste. Chisholm was not rich and the taste was Flora's. Then he moved his chair and leaned forward to the fire with a languid smile. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Does Wyndham appear chunky?
2. Does it look like Wyndham is overweight?
3.
Q2:
1. Where did Wyndham arrive?
2. What location did Wyndham travel to?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Marston get to England at the same time as Wyndham?
2. Did Marston and Wyndham arrive in England in tandem?
3.
Q4:
1. When did Marston reach England?
2. At what point did Marston get to England?
3.
Q5:
1. Has Marston had success in what he's been trying to do?
2. Have Marston's efforts paid off?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Marston's letters imply that he hadn't been successful?
2. Did Marston's correspondence not give off the impression that things were going well?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Marston go to wait upon arrival?
2. Where did Marston wait when he got there?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was Marston waiting on?
2. Whose arrival did Marston wait for?
3.
Q9:
1. Where was Chisholm when Marston was waiting for him?
2. What was Chisholm's location during the time that Marston waited?
3.
Q10:
1. Where is Chisholm's office?
2. Where does Chisholm work?
3.
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3cn4lgxd5xob15goptsutlpfeoty4r | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXXIX
Doctor Crofts Is Turned Out
"Have you heard the news, my dear, from the Small House?" said Mrs Boyce to her husband, some two or three days after Mrs Dale's visit to the squire. It was one o'clock, and the parish pastor had come in from his ministrations to dine with his wife and children.
"What news?" said Mr Boyce, for he had heard none.
"Mrs Dale and the girls are going to leave the Small House; they're going into Guestwick to live."
"Mrs Dale going away; nonsense!" said the vicar. "What on earth should take her into Guestwick? She doesn't pay a shilling of rent where she is."
"I can assure you it's true, my dear. I was with Mrs Hearn just now, and she had it direct from Mrs Dale's own lips. Mrs Hearn said she'd never been taken so much aback in her whole life. There's been some quarrel, you may be sure of that."
Mr Boyce sat silent, pulling off his dirty shoes preparatory to his dinner. Tidings so important, as touching the social life of his parish, had not come to him for many a day, and he could hardly bring himself to credit them at so short a notice.
"Mrs Hearn says that Mrs Dale spoke ever so firmly about it, as though determined that nothing should change her."
"And did she say why?"
"Well, not exactly. But Mrs Hearn said she could understand there had been words between her and the squire. It couldn't be anything else, you know. Probably it had something to do with that man, Crosbie." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Does Mrs. Dale pay monthly for where she lives?
2. Does anyone charge Mrs. Dale rent?
3.
Q2:
1. Did Mr. Boyce have clean shoes?
2. Were Mr. Boyce's shoes spick and span?
3.
Q3:
1. Who had a meal with his wife and kids?
2. Who dined with the woman he was married to and their children?
3.
Q4:
1. Where was Mrs. Dale going to live?
2. In what location was Mrs. Dale off to live?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Mrs. Dale plan on living in Guestwick alone?
2. Was it Mrs. Dale's intention to live at Guestwick by herself?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was going to live at Guestwick with Mrs. Dale?
2. Who was set to accompany Mrs. Dale to Guestwick to live?
3.
Q7:
1. Where was Mrs. Dale living rent free?
2. What was Mrs. Dale's residence where she did not pay rent?
3.
Q8:
1. Who did Mrs. Dale speak to about her residence?
2. Who did Mrs. Dale converse with about where she lived?
3.
Q9:
1. Who else knew about Mrs. Dale's residence, other than her husband?
2. Who was up to date regarding Mrs. Dale's living situation other than Boyce?
3.
Q10:
1. What were Mrs. Hearn's words?
2. What did Mrs. Hearn have to say about Mrs. Dale?
3.
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3sle99er0ndvrub20u40f64nu0gbzj | race | One evening,June Griffith was on her way to pick up her son.Almost immediately,she realized that she had gone the wrong way.She'd driven onto railroad tracks and the underside of her car was caught.
As Griffith tried to remove the car,its headlights attracted the attention of a passerby,Jordan Ricks,a college student.He ran over.
Ricks,22,tried to appear calm as he instructed Gdmth to remove the car.Both of them could now see the wheel between the rails and the uneven track bed.Ricks put his hands under the front fender and gave it a push.It didn't move.
He pushed it again with all his strength,Still,no movement.
From about 50 feet away,a group of students from the nearby university watched the scene.Ricks signaled to them,and five of the guys came over.
He directed them to different sides of the car,and they all put their hands under the flame.
"One,two,three" Ricks yelled.They all pushed.
"One,two,three!" he yelled again.The car didn't move.
At that moment,they felt the ground begin to shake.Then four dings signaled an on coming train,apd the railroad gates dropped down.In the distance,an unclear line of light appeared,followed by the loud noise of a horn .
The guys started yelling,"Get out of the car!Get out of the car!"But Griffith felt _ .
When Griffith glanced in the mirror,she saw the train lights approaching.But she worried that the Arthritis in her feet would prevent her from escaping in time and that her car would bedamaged.One of the students,Tommy Stackhouse,20,saw her shocked face and knew he had to act.He reached for the car door and forced it open.
The train was just a few hundred feet away.In the last few seconds,Stackhouse grasped Griffith's arm and pulled her from the car.His friend,Frank DiPietrapaul,18,grasped her other arm,and the pair pulled Griffith aside.
They watched as the train,crashed into the car,cutting it into half its original size and sending metal pieces flying.Griffith sat crying as the police arrived and sorted through the ruins--and wrote her a ticket for no attention to driving.Eventually,the students went home.
A few days later,a reporter asked the young men and Griffith to reunite at a local coffee shop.There a tearful Griffith hugged her rescuers."These boys are heroes,"she would later tell anyone who would listen."They saved my life."
Ricks feels only grateful for the outcone."It was one of those moments," he says,"when we could have been gone together.It makes you think how precious life is." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How did June Griffith realize something was the matter?
2. What alerted June Griffith to a problem?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was the first person to run to help June Griffith?
2. Who initially rushed over to June Griffith's aid?
3.
Q3:
1. How old was Jordan Ricks?
2. What was the age of Jordan Ricks?
3.
Q4:
1. What did the young men yell to June Griffith when they realized a train was nearing her car?
2. What did the group of boys shout to June Griffith when it became clear that a train was approaching?
3.
Q5:
1. What did June Griffith see in the mirror?
2. What appeared to June Griffith in the rearview mirror?
3.
Q6:
1. How many students arrived to help at Jordan Ricks' signal?
2. What was the number of students who came to provide aid when Jordan Ricks told them to?
3.
Q7:
1. Which student got to the door and pried it open?
2. Who was the young man that forced the car door open upon reaching it?
3.
Q8:
1. How old was Tommy Stackhouse?
2. What was Tommy Stackhouse's age?
3.
Q9:
1. Why did June Griffith receive a ticket?
2. What was the reason for June Griffith's traffic citation?
3.
Q10:
1. Where did a reporter instruct the students and June Griffith to meet?
2. Where did a reporter organize a meet-up between June Griffith and the students?
3.
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3o6cyiuled16tyf3py1ols2t2tdwu9 | gutenberg | CHAPTER II
A fat, unwholesome--looking creature, half native, half Belgian, waddled across the open space towards the hut in which the two strangers had been housed. He was followed at a little distance by two sturdy natives bearing a steaming pot which they carried on a pole between them. Trent set down his revolver and rose to his feet.
"What news, Oom Sam?" he asked. "Has the English officer been heard of? He must be close up now."
"No news," the little man grunted. "The King, he send some of his own supper to the white men. 'They got what they want,' he say. 'They start work mine soon as like, but they go away from here.' He not like them about the place! See!"
"Oh, that be blowed!" Trent muttered. "What's this in the pot? It don't smell bad."
"Rabbit," the interpreter answered tersely. "Very good. Part King's own supper. White men very favoured."
Trent bent over the pot which the two men had set upon the ground. He took a fork from his belt and dug it in.
"Very big bones for a rabbit, Sam," he remarked doubtfully.
Sam looked away. "Very big rabbits round here," he remarked. "Best keep pot. Send men away."
Trent nodded, and the men withdrew.
"Stew all right," Sam whispered confidentially. "You eat him. No fear. But you got to go. King beginning get angry. He say white men not to stay. They got what he promised, now they go. I know King--know this people well! You get away quick. He think you want be King here! You got the papers--all you want, eh?" QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Was anyone pursued?
2. Did people go behind someone?
3.
Q2:
1. Who was followed?
2. Who did people walk behind?
3.
Q3:
1. Who followed the half-Belgian half-native?
2. Who was walking behind the half-Belgian half-native?
3.
Q4:
1. What action did Trent perform?
2. What initiative did Trent take?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Trent do after setting down his revolver?
2. Once he had put down his revolver, what was Trent's next course of action?
3.
Q6:
1. Did the pot have something in it?
2. Were there contents in the pot?
3.
Q7:
1. What was in the pot?
2. What did the pot bear?
3.
Q8:
1. Was the rabbit big?
2. Was it a sizeable rabbit in the pot?
3.
Q9:
1. When did the men back away?
2. At what point did the men draw back?
3.
Q10:
1. What did Sam desire for Trent to do?
2. What did Sam request of Trent?
3.
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3xc1o3lbosmbiroflf4c7lzbkzttlu | mctest | Johnny was in his backyard. He held a big basket full of clean clothes for his mother to hang.
A little spotted dog ran into their backyard. He jumped up and grabbed a sock from Johnny's basket! He ran as fast as he could and disappeared into the bushes.
"I must get that sock back!" Johnny said. "That sock is my favorite!" He ran into the bushes after the little spotted dog.
Johnny saw Mr. Wilson in the next yard over cooking at his grill. "Mr. Wilson," Johnny said. "Did you see a dog with a sock?"
"I sure did!" Mr. Wilson said. "The little dog ran around and around and then ran into the next yard!"
Johnny ran after the dog into the next yard. He saw Mrs. Tomly reading a book on a chair. "Mrs. Tomly," Johnny said. "Did you see a dog with a sock?"
"I sure did!" Mrs. Tomly said. "The little dog ran around and around then ran into the next yard!"
Johnny ran after the dog into the next yard. There, he saw a cat laying on a table. "Mr. Cat," Johnny said. "Did you see a dog with a sock?"
The cat opened one eye. Then it pointed to the next yard over with his tail.
Johnny ran into the next yard. He saw Mrs. Han sitting on a chair petting the little spotted dog. The dog had his sock.
"That is my sock!" Johnny said.
Mrs. Han smiled and gave Johnny back his sock. "Sparky here only wanted to play."
Johnny petted Sparky. "I want to play too," he said to the dog. "As long as you do not steal my socks!"
Sparky barked happily. He and Johnny played the rest of day together. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was Johnny's location?
2. Where could Johnny be found?
3.
Q2:
1. Was Johnny hanging clothes up?
2. Was Johnny putting clothing up to dry?
3.
Q3:
1. What did the dog take hold of?
2. What did the dog seize?
3.
Q4:
1. Where did the dog take off to?
2. To what location did the dog run off?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Johnny give chase to the dog?
2. Did Johnny make an attempt to catch the dog?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was giving the dog pets?
2. Who was stroking the dogs fur?
3.
Q7:
1. What kind of animal saw the dog with the sock?
2. Which animal spotted the dog holding the sock?
3.
Q8:
1. What was the name of the first person Johnny talked to?
2. Which person did Johnny converse with first?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was the second person that Johnny talked to?
2. Which person did Johnny converse with second?
3.
Q10:
1. What name did the dog have?
2. What was the dog called?
3.
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373erpl3yo8mlpjsqz18tx8aqtstry | mctest | Sarah is a girl. Sarah has one brother. Sarah's brother's name is Timothy. Sarah has one sister. Sarah's sister's name is Annabelle. Their last name is MacGregor. One day Sarah went to the park with her brother Timothy. They swung on the swings for a short time. Then Annabelle came out and swung with them. They all sang some nice songs together. They all became very happy. Then Timothy's friend came. Timothy liked his friend very much. Timothy went off the swing and went away with his friend. Then Annabelle and Sarah felt very very sad. Happily then Annabelle and Sarah's friend came. Their friend's name was Kate Smith. She was the same age as Sarah. They wanted to go to the slide together. So they went to the slide and played for a long time. Then Annabelle became happy. And Sarah also became happy. Then they went home together and had some food. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What was the number of siblings present?
2. How many brothers and sisters were present?
3.
Q2:
1. What was the number of sisters in the family?
2. How many female siblings did the family have?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was Sarah headed?
2. What location did Sarah visit?
3.
Q4:
1. Did Sarah go to the park alone?
2. Did Sarah make a solo trip to the park?
3.
Q5:
1. Who did Sarah go to the park with?
2. Who accompanied Sarah to the park?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was at the park with Sarah besides her brother?
2. Who did Sarah and her brother find at the park?
3.
Q7:
1. Was there anyone besides Timothy's friend at the park?
2. Did Sarah and her brother meet anyone other than Timothy's friend at the park?
3.
Q8:
1. What did all the children do at the park?
2. What playground activity did the children choose?
3.
Q9:
1. Did the kids do anything other than play on the slide?
2. Did the children do other activities besides playing on the slide?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the number of people that walked home with Sarah?
2. How many people went back home from the park in Sarah's company?
3.
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36w0ob37hwe5i7eo0mew1h7lpavhz9 | wikipedia | It is classified as a Beta World City, ranking seventh in Latin America and 73rd in the world. Described as a "vibrant, eclectic place with a rich cultural life", and "a thriving tech center and entrepreneurial culture", Montevideo ranks 8th in Latin America on the 2013 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index. By 2014, is also regarded as the fifth most gay-friendly major city in the world, first in Latin America. It is the hub of commerce and higher education in Uruguay as well as its chief port. The city is also the financial and cultural hub of a larger metropolitan area, with a population of around 2 million.
A Spanish expedition was sent from Buenos Aires, organized by the Spanish governor of that city, Bruno Mauricio de Zabala. On 22 January 1724, the Spanish forced the Portuguese to abandon the location and started populating the city, initially with six families moving in from Buenos Aires and soon thereafter by families arriving from the Canary Islands who were called by the locals "guanches", "guanchos" or "canarios". There was also one significant early Italian resident by the name of Jorge Burgues. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What city does the article talk about?
2. Which city appears in the article?
3.
Q2:
1. What was Montevideo recognized as in 2014?
2. What title was given to Montevideo in 2014?
3.
Q3:
1. What was Montevideo recognized as in 2013?
2. What did Montevideo rank as in 2013?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Zabala put together?
2. What was Zabela in charge of?
3.
Q5:
1. What took place in 1724?
2. What was an event from 1724?
3.
Q6:
1. What was Bruno Mauricio de Zabala's title?
2. What did Bruno Mauricio de Zabala do?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did families come to Montevideo from?
2. What island was the provenance of some arriving in Montevideo?
3.
Q8:
1. What was one name for people who came from the Canary Islands?
2. What was a nickname for those from the Canary Islands?
3.
Q9:
1. Who gave nicknames to the people from the Canary Islands?
2. Who called those from the Canary Islands 'canarios'?
3.
Q10:
1. Who was an early Italian settler in Montevideo?
2. What was the name of an Italian who settled in Montevideo early on?
3.
Q11:
1. What kind of hub is Montevideo within Uruguay?
2. What is Montevideo a hub of within its country?
3.
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3lrliptpeq9vjp7ouf1uxgw4862kap | wikipedia | Napoléon Bonaparte (/nəˈpoʊliən, -ˈpoʊljən/; French: [napɔleɔ̃ bɔnapaʁt], born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. Often considered one of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. He also remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in Western history. In civil affairs, Napoleon had a major long-term impact by bringing liberal reforms to the territories that he conquered, especially the Low Countries, Switzerland, and large parts of modern Italy and Germany. He implemented fundamental liberal policies in France and throughout Western Europe.[note 1] His lasting legal achievement, the Napoleonic Code, has been adopted in various forms by a quarter of the world's legal systems, from Japan to Quebec. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What were the years of Napoleon Bonaparte's reign?
2. When did Napoleon Bonaparte rule as emperor?
3.
Q2:
1. When did Napoleon Bonaparte begin his second reign?
2. In what year did Napoleon Bonaparte serve as emperor for a second time?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the full name of the French emperor?
2. Who was emperor of France in the early 19th century?
3.
Q4:
1. What name did Napoleon Bonaparte rule as?
2. What was Napoleon Bonaparte's name as emperor?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Napoleon Bonaparte dominate European affairs for 20 years?
2. Was Napoleon Bonaparte at the center of European issues for 20 years?
3.
Q6:
1. How long did Napoleon Bonaparte dominate European affairs?
2. For how long was Napoleon Bonaparte at the center of what was going on in Europe?
3.
Q7:
1. How many different series of wars did Napoleon Bonaparte take part in?
2. What number of wars did Napoleon Bonaparte lead France into?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Napoleon Bonaparte lead France during the Revolutionary War?
2. Was Napoleon Bonaparte a key player in the French Revolution?
3.
Q9:
1.
2.
3.
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3d8you6s9ek8zj0xygokny3gdki6u1 | mctest | Sally liked going outside. She put on her shoes. She went outside to walk. She walked on the green grass. The sun was warm. The trees were tall. The birds sang in the trees. Sally liked how the birds can sing. Sally likes to sing with the birds, outside. Ring, ring, is how the birds sang. Sally sang ring, ring, with the birds in the trees. Sally took off her shoes. Sally liked how the green grass was on her toes. Sally's toes liked the green grass. Sally walked on the green grass some more. She saw Missy the cat. Missy the cat meowed to Sally. Sally waved to Missy the cat. Sally likes Missy the cat. Sally likes to meow to Missy the cat. Meow, meow, Sally says to Missy the cat. Missy the cat walks away from Sally. Sally hears her name. Sally, Sally, come home, Sally's Mom calls out. Sally runs home to her Mom. Sally liked going outside. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Is being outdoors enjoyable to Sally?
2. Does Sally think its fun to go outside?
3.
Q2:
1. What feeling does Sally like on her feet?
2. Sally is happy when what touches her feet?
3.
Q3:
1. What color is the grass?
2. What is the hue of the grass?
3.
Q4:
1. What is Missy?
2. What kind of being can Missy be described as?
3.
Q5:
1. What did Sally do in response to spotting Missy?
2. How did Sally react when she noticed Missy?
3.
Q6:
1. Did Missy make a cat sound at Sally?
2. Was Missy's response to Sally to meow?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Sally meow at Missy?
2. Did Sally make a cat sound at Missy?
3.
Q8:
1. What other animals did Sally talk to other than Missy?
2. Which animals, besides Missy, did Sally interact with?
3.
Q9:
1. Who called out for Sally?
2. Who got Sally's attention by saying her name?
3.
Q10:
1. What was it like outside?
2. How was the weather?
3.
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3dhe4r9ocwb1c0g1r9n0t6ldoxl2gg | race | Martin Lynch, an American businessman, had been going on vacation to a small Mexican fishing village for a number of ears. One morning while going for a walk along the beach, he saw his friend Pablo Perez, a local fisherman. Martin watched Pablo _ his boat and pack the fish in a box. Martin noticed Pablo was smiling and looked very happy. He could also see several large fish in the boat. Martin greeted Pablo and asked how long it took to catch the fish. "Just a few hours," replied Pablo. Martin asked, "Why didn't you stay longer and catch more fish?" "I have enough for my family," Pablo said. "And what do you do with the rest of your day?" asked Martin. "I take a nap, play with my children, spend time with my wife, and go into the village to see my friends and play cards, I have a full and busy life." Martin explained that if Pablo worked longer hours and caught more fish, he could make more money. With the extra money, Pablo could buy more boats and catch money more fish. By selling the fish, Pablo could open his own factory and sell direct to supermarkets. "Then what?" asked Pablo. "Well you would probably have to move to Mexico City to run the business. Finally, you would be able to sell your business and make millions of dollars," replied Martin. "How long will that take?" asked Pablo. Martin thought for a while and said it would probably take at least 15 years. "And then what" asked Pablo. "Well, that's the best part," Martin said. "You will be able to retire, buy a house near the ocean, sleep longer, play with your children, spend more time with your wife, see your friends, and play cards." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is Martin's family name?
2. State Martin's last name.
3.
Q2:
1. Where did Martin Lynch go on vacation?
2. To what location did Martin Lynch travel for vacation?
3.
Q3:
1. Did Martin Lynch run into a friend in the Mexican fishing village?
2. Did Martin Lynch come across a buddy while in Mexico?
3.
Q4:
1. What friend did Martin Lynch run into?
2. Who did Martin Lynch find in Mexico?
3.
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3qhk8zvmimibm5uyltdr7rtpet5lba | mctest | A cowboy named Steve wanted to take a vacation from his farm that was named Raindrop. He could not make up his mind where to go, so he saddled his horse and rode east. The sun was setting in the west and it was orange. A cold wind was blowing from north to south. Steve rode through a forest of pear trees next to his farm.
The first place he came to was a small town full of quiet people and its name was Silence. No one would talk to Steve. He kept riding. The town was next to a forest of maple trees.
The second town he came to was very cold and its name was Ice. Steve was afraid his horse would freeze if he stayed there. Everyone in the town was wearing large coats and mittens. The second town was next to a forest of pine trees.
The third town he came to was warm and it was named Sunny. There were palm trees on the beach. Steve and his horse went to the beach and played in the ocean. Steve took off his boots. Steve's hat got wet in the water. He had to leave it on the beach to dry. Eventually Steve and his horse got hot. They rode east again.
Eventually Steve arrived back at his farm. This confused him because he thought he had been riding in a different direction. Steve learned that there really was no place like home. He put his horse in the barn and went back into his house. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who was a cowboy?
2. What was the cowboy called?
3.
Q2:
1. What did Steve want to take?
2. What was Steve interested in gonig on?
3.
Q3:
1. What was the name of Steve's farm?
2. What was Steve's farm called?
3.
Q4:
1. What did Steve do?
2. What action did Steve take?
3.
Q5:
1. What was the hue of the sunset?
2. What shades could be found in the sky as the sun was setting?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the direction of the wind gusts?
2. What was the direction of the gusts of air?
3.
Q7:
1. Where did Steve go first?
2. What was the first location that Steve visited?
3.
Q8:
1. What was the small town full of?
2. What did the small town have a whole bunch of?
3.
Q9:
1. What was the name of the small town?
2. What was the small town called?
3.
Q10:
1. Who talked to Steve in Silence?
2. Who did Steve have a conversation with in Silence?
3.
Q11:
1. What was wrong with Ice?
2. What was the problem with the place Steve went after Silence?
3.
Q12:
1. Where did Steve go after Silence?
2. What was the name of the very cold town?
3.
Q13:
1. What was Steve afraid would happen if he didn't leave Ice?
2. What did Steve fear would occur if he stayed in Ice?
3.
Q14:
1. What were the people wearing in Ice?
2. What sort of clothing did the Ice inhabitants don?
3.
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3myyfcxhj37bfevovn6omlib9ing4b | race | Thirty years ago, the Earnshaw family lived at Wuthering Heights, with two teenaged children Hindley and Catherine. Mr. Earnshaw travels to Liverpool, where he adopts a homeless Gypsy boy, naming him "Heathcliff". Hindley finds himself robbed of his father's love and care and becomes bitterly jealous of the newcomer. However, Catherine grows very attached to him. Soon, the two children spend hours on the moors together and hate every moment apart. Because of the conflict , Hindley is eventually sent to college. However, he marries a woman named Frances and returns three years later, after Mr. Earnshaw dies. He becomes master of Wuthering Heights, making Heathcliff their servant instead of a family member. Months after Hindley's return, Heathcliff and Catherine travel to Thrushcross Grange to spy on the Linton family. However, they are found and try to escape. Catherine is caught by a dog, and then brought inside the Grange to have injuries tended to while Heathcliff is sent home. Catherine eventually returns to Wuthering Heights as a changed woman, looking and acting as a lady. She laughs at HeathcIiff's dirty appearance. When the Lintons visit the next day, Heathcliff dresses up to impress her. It fails, however, when Edgar, one of the Lintons' children, argues with him. Heathcliff is locked in the attic, where Catherine later tries to comfort him. He swears revenge on Hindley. In the summer of the next year, Frances gives birth to a son, Hareton, but she dies before the year is out. This leads Hindley to fall into a life of drunkenness and waste. Two years pass and Catherine has become close friends with Edgar, growing more distant from Heathcliff. One day in August, while Hindley is absent, Edgar comes to visit Catherine. Before long, they declare themselves lovers. Catherine explains to Nelly, her servant, that she does not really love Edgar but Heathcliff. Unfortunately, she could never marry Heathcliff because of his lack of status and education. She therefore plans to marry Edgar and use that position to help raise Heathcliff's status. Unfortunately, Heathcliff has overheard _ and runs away, disappearing without a trace. After three years, Edgar and Catherine are married. Six months after their marriage, Heathcliff returns as a gentleman, having grown stronger and richer. Catherine is delighted to see him although Edgar is not so keen. Edgar's sister, Isabella, now eighteen, falls in love with Heathcliff. He looks down upon her but encourages the adolescent love, seeing it as a chance for revenge on Edgar. When he embraces Isabella one day at the Grange, there is an argument with Edgar, which causes Catherine to lock herself in her room and fall ill. Heathcliff has been staying at the Heights, gambling with Hindley and teaching Hareton bad habits. Hindley is gradually losing his wealth, mortgaging the farmhouse to Heathcliff to repay his debts. While Catherine is ill, Heathcliff leaves with Isabella, causing Edgar to disown (......) his sister. The two marry and return two months later to Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff hears that Catherine is ill and arranges to visit her in secret. In the early hours of the day after their meeting, Catherine gives birth to her daughter, Cathy, and then dies. Hindley dies six months after Catherine. Heathcliff finds himself the master of Wuthering Heights and the guardian of Hareton. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. How many kids were in the Earnshaw family?
2. How many children did the Earnshaws have?
3.
Q2:
1. In what city did Mr. Earnshaw adopt a homeless boy?
2. Where did Mr. Earnshaw go to take in someone with no home?
3.
Q3:
1. What were Hindley's emotions towards his father adopting a new child?
2. How did Hindley react when his father took in another kid?
3.
Q4:
1. Where did Hinley go because of his spat with his father?
2. Where did Hinley travel to in light of his family dispute?
3.
Q5:
1. Did Hindley get hitched?
2. Did Hindley wed?
3.
Q6:
1. Who does Hindley get married to?
2. What is the name of Hindley's wife?
3.
Q7:
1. What was Mr. Earnshaw's fate?
2. What became of Mr. Earnshaw?
3.
Q8:
1. Who is given control over Wuthering Heights?
2. Who is made master of the Earnshaw family property?
3.
Q9:
1. What was Heathcliff's fate
2. What was Heathcliff transformed into?
3.
Q10:
1. What was Catherine's fate?
2. What became of Catherine?
3.
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3kxir214i4gl0knhw8lzkhoaz9s42a | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXIII HOPE
"Faith, Madame!" said Sir Andrew, seeing that Marguerite seemed desirous to call her surly host back again, "I think we'd better leave him alone. We shall not get anything more out of him, and we might arouse his suspicions. One never knows what spies may be lurking around these God-forsaken places."
"What care I?" she replied lightly, "now I know that my husband is safe, and that I shall see him almost directly!"
"Hush!" he said in genuine alarm, for she had talked quite loudly, in the fulness of her glee, "the very walls have ears in France, these days."
He rose quickly from the table, and walked round the bare, squalid room, listening attentively at the door, through which Brogard has just disappeared, and whence only muttered oaths and shuffling footsteps could be heard. He also ran up the rickety steps that led to the attic, to assure himself that there were no spies of Chauvelin's about the place.
"Are we alone, Monsieur, my lacquey?" said Marguerite, gaily, as the young man once more sat down beside her. "May we talk?"
"As cautiously as possible!" he entreated.
"Faith, man! but you wear a glum face! As for me, I could dance with joy! Surely there is no longer any cause for fear. Our boat is on the beach, the FOAM CREST not two miles out at sea, and my husband will be here, under this very roof, within the next half hour perhaps. Sure! there is naught to hinder us. Chauvelin and his gang have not yet arrived." QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Does Sir Andrew have a wife?
2. Is Sir Andrew a married man?
3.
Q2:
1. What is Marguerite's identity?
2. How can Marguerite be described?
3.
Q3:
1. Was it very easy to hear through the walls?
2. Was there little insulation in the walls?
3.
Q4:
1. Who spoke in a loud tone?
2. Who was basically shouting?
3.
Q5:
1. Who wanted Marguerite to keep her voice down?
2. Who instructed Marguerite to hush?
3.
Q6:
1. Why did Marguerite want to know if she and Andrew were alone?
2. What made Marguerite curious as to whether or not she and Andrew were alone?
3.
Q7:
1. Who was feeling down?
2. Whose spirits were low?
3.
Q8:
1. What was the boat called?
2. What name did the boat have?
3.
Q9:
1. When is Marguerite's husband arriving?
2. When will the man Marguerite is married to get there?
3.
Q10:
1. Have Chauvelin and company arrived yet?
2.
3.
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3tpwus5f891a74y337gormgnvjdcw2 | race | He may not have an "S" across his chest but this dog is most certainly a hero.
Harley, who was rescued from a puppy mill four years ago, was named the American Humane Association's 2015 American Hero Dog. Harley, who is missing an eye and has other medical issues from his time at the mill, is now a "spokes-dog" against puppy mills. He serves as the adorable furry face of the"Harley to the Rescue"campaign, which raises funds for the National Dog Mill Rescue, according to a press release.
The pup was rescued back in 2011 and adopted by Rudi and her husband, Dan. "It was just four years ago that he was pulled from the cage in the puppy mill and left to die," Harley's owner, Rudi, said during the awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles this past weekend, according to Today. com. "We never would have ever thought he would live this long and make such a difference for so many puppies. "
The dog was one of eight finalists up for the American Hero Dog and was chosen as the winner through public votes. The finalists all won $ 1,500 to be donated to one of American Humane Association' s charity partners, with Harley receiving another $ 5 ,000 to go toward his charity partner, New Leash On Life.
According to the release, Harley spent 10 years at the puppy mill, and endured rough treatment there, which led to his many medical issues. He lost his eye as a result of his cage being power-washed with him inside.
The dog isn't just the face of his campaign, he also goes on rescue missions and makes public appearances at events and schools to raise awareness for puppy mills.
This incredible work is all due to the dog' s fighting spirit. That spirit is allowing him now to be the voice for dogs who cannot speak for themselves and give everybody hope that tomorrow's going to be a better day. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Which dog is a hero?
2. What canine are people looking up to?
3.
Q2:
1. When was Harley rescued?
2. In what year was Harley saved?
3.
Q3:
1. Where was Harley rescued from?
2. What did Harley's owners save him from?
3.
Q4:
1. When was Harley named a hero?
2. In what year did Harley receive the designation of hero?
3.
Q5:
1. Who does Harley currently belong to?
2. What is the name of Harley's owner at present?
3.
Q6:
1. What was the number of candidates for the American Hero Dog award?
2. How many dogs were up to be crowned American Hero Dog?
3.
Q7:
1. What was the reward sum given to Harley?
2. How much dough did Harley make?
3.
Q8:
1. Was Harley's award money for him or for charity?
2. Did Harley receive the money from his award or was it donated to charity?
3.
Q9:
1. Is Harley missing an eye?
2. Has Harley only got one eye?
3.
Q10:
1. Does Harley have other issues besides his missing eye?
2. Is there anything else wrong with Harley besides not having an eye?
3.
Q11:
1. What campaign is Harley a part of?
2. What is the name of the campaign featuring Harley?
3.
Q12:
1. For how many years was Harley lodged at the puppy mill?
2. How many years of his life did Harley spend in the puppy mill?
3.
Q13:
1. What places does Harley go to visit?
2. Where does Harley make appearances?
3.
Q14:
1. What is Harley's success attributed to?
2. What is to thank for Harley's success?
3.
Q15:
1. Who is Harley the voice for now?
2. Who does Harley represent today?
3.
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3quo65dnquoyop61ycae4yp7yi8uo6 | mctest | There once was a dog named Bruno. Bruno belonged to a family, the Smiths, but he was most loved by Sarah. Sarah was the youngest child in the house, she lived there with her mom, dad and older brother Fred. Bruno would sleep with Sarah every night, and wake up with her every morning. Together they would eat cheese and ham for breakfast every day! One day after breakfast Sarah was getting ready to go to school, but something scared her! There was a big storm. Sarah was too scared to go to school with all of the thunder and lighting. Bruno could tell Sarah was scared, and did the only thing a dog could do, Bruno walked with Sarah to school the whole way so she was no longer scared! QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What name did the canine have?
2. What was the upp called?
3.
Q2:
1. Who were Bruno's owners?
2. What family did Bruno belong to?
3.
Q3:
1. Who loved Bruno the most?
2. Who had the highest amount of affection for Bruno?
3.
Q4:
1. Who was Sarah?
2. Which member of the family was Sarah?
3.
Q5:
1. Who lived in the house with Sarah?
2. Who were Sarah's other family members?
3.
Q6:
1. Who was Sarah's older brother?
2. What was the name of Sarah's elder brother?
3.
Q7:
1. Who snoozed with Bruno nightly?
2. With whom did Bruno share a bed each night?
3.
Q8:
1. Did Bruno and Sarah eat breakfast together?
2. Did Bruno and Sarah eat their first meal of the day in each other's company?
3.
Q9:
1. What would Bruno and Sarah have for breakfast?
2. What was Bruno and Sarah's first meal of the day?
3.
Q10:
1. What happened to Sarah one day?
2. What took place in Sarah's life once?
3.
Q11:
1. What scared Sarah?
2. What was Sarah frightened of?
3.
Q12:
1. Did Sarah go to school?
2. Did Sarah attend her classes?
3.
Q13:
1. What was Bruno's reaction to Sarah's fear?
2. What did Bruno do when Sarah got scared?
3.
Q14:
1. Was Sarah still afraid after walking with Bruno?
2. Did Sarah remain scared in the company of Bruno?
3.
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31t4r4obosgvhpx2vz8cz6h62t97c2 | race | CHICAGO ---Call it a reward, or just "bribery ".
Whichever it is, many parents today readily admit to buying off their children, who getgoodies for anything from behaving in a restaurant to sleeping all night in their own beds.
That's what worries parenting experts.
"I think that reward systems have a time and a place and work really well in certain situations," says Marcy Safyer, director of the Adelphi University Institute for Parenting.
"But what often gets lost for people is being able to figure out how to communicate to their kids that doing the thing is rewarding enough," Safyer says.
Parents and experts alike agree that thedynamic is partly a reflection of the world we live in. It's unrealistic to think a parent wouldn't reward their children with material things sometimes, says Robin Lanzi, a clinical psychologist and mother of four who's the research director at the Center on Health and Education at Georgetown University.
"But you want to make sure that they match the behavior, so it's not something huge for something small," Lanzi says.
She recalls hearing about a father who offered his child a Nintendo Wii game system for scoring a couple goals in a soccer game.
Elizabeth Powell, a mother of two young daughters in Austin, Texas, knows what she means.
"You want to raise them in a way that they're respectful and appreciate things," Powell says of her children. "But sometimes, you wonder now if kids appreciate even a new pair of shoes. " QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What sorts of behaviors do parents admit they give positive reinforcement to?
2. What way of acting are parents saying freely that they rewards?
3.
Q2:
1. How should rewards be distributed, according to the experts?
2. What is the best way to recognize good behavior, say the experts?
3.
Q3:
1. What's an example that an expert has seen of giving a big reward for something small?
2. When has an expert seen a large reward given for a feeble task?
3.
Q4:
1. Why do parents struggle with reasonable rewards?
2. What aren't parents good at doing?
3.
Q5:
1. Is it realistic to imagine that parents give rewards from time to time?
2. Is it normal to assume that children will sometimes receive awards?
3.
Q6:
1. What university does Robin Lanzi work for?
2. Which institution of higher learning employs Robin Lanzi?
3.
Q7:
1. What school is the researcher that's not Robin Lanzi from?
2. What school employs Marcy Safyer?
3.
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3pj71z61r42f85bxuzhcw6plti919d | wikipedia | Southern California, often abbreviated SoCal, is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises California's southernmost 10 counties. The region is traditionally described as "eight counties", based on demographics and economic ties: Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura. The more extensive 10-county definition, including Kern and San Luis Obispo counties, is also used based on historical political divisions. Southern California is a major economic center for the state of California and the United States.
The 8- and 10-county definitions are not used for the greater Southern California Megaregion, one of the 11 megaregions of the United States. The megaregion's area is more expansive, extending east into Las Vegas, Nevada, and south across the Mexican border into Tijuana.
Southern California includes the heavily built-up urban area stretching along the Pacific coast from Ventura, through the Greater Los Angeles Area and the Inland Empire, and down to Greater San Diego. Southern California's population encompasses seven metropolitan areas, or MSAs: the Los Angeles metropolitan area, consisting of Los Angeles and Orange counties; the Inland Empire, consisting of Riverside and San Bernardino counties; the San Diego metropolitan area; the Oxnard–Thousand Oaks–Ventura metropolitan area; the Santa Barbara metro area; the San Luis Obispo metropolitan area; and the El Centro area. Out of these, three are heavy populated areas: the Los Angeles area with over 12 million inhabitants, the Riverside-San Bernardino area with over four million inhabitants, and the San Diego area with over 3 million inhabitants. For CSA metropolitan purposes, the five counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura are all combined to make up the Greater Los Angeles Area with over 17.5 million people. With over 22 million people, southern California contains roughly 60 percent of California's population. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What is the number of counties in the focus area?
2. How many counties are in Southern California?
3.
Q2:
1. What counties does the article list that start with a consonant?
2. What counties begin with a consonant in the passage?
3.
Q3:
1. Name the two missing counties from this list: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura.
2. What two counties appear in the article and arent' in the following list: Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura?
3.
Q4:
1. How many metro areas make up Southern California's population?
2. The population of Southern California consists of how many metro areas?
3.
Q5:
1. What is one metro area in Southern California?
2. Name one of SoCal's metro areas.
3.
Q6:
1. Which two counties are inside the Los Angeles metropolitan area?
2. What counties make up the the Los Angeles metropolitan are
3.
Q7:
1. What is one metro area in Southern California, besides the Los Angeles one?
2. Name one of SoCal's metro areas, apart from Los Angeles.
3.
Q8:
1. What is the number of counties in the Inland Empire?
2. How many counties does the Inland Empire have?
3.
Q9:
1. What's a county in the Inland Empire?
2. Name one county that can be found in the Inland Empire.
3.
Q10:
1. What's the county in the Inland Empire that isn't Riverside?
2. What county joins Riverside to make up the Inland Empire?
3.
Q11:
1. What are the counties in the greates Los Angeles area?
2. Which counties are contained within the greater Los Angeles area?
3.
Q12:
1. What is the population of the Greater Los Angeles area?
2. How many residents does the Greater Los Angeles area have?
3.
Q13:
1. What percent of California's population lives in Southern California?
2. What percent of Californians live in SoCal?
3.
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3wmoan2srbxgjjvp2nk6lvrlnmavnu | gutenberg | CHAPTER XXII--ANGEL AND BEAR
"Enough of science and of art! Close up those barren leaves, Come forth, and bring with you a heart That watches and receives." - WORDSWORTH.
A telegram had been handed to Mr. Mayor, which he kept to himself, smiling over it, and he--at least--was not taken utterly by surprise at the sight of a tall handsome man, who stepped forward with something like a shout.
"Angel! Lance! Why, is it Robin, too?"
"Bear, Bear, old Bear, how did you come?"
"I couldn't stop when I heard at Clipstone that Angel was here, so I left Phyllis and the kid with her mother. Oh, Angel, Angel, to meet at Bexley after all!"
They clung together almost as they had done when they were the riotous elements of the household, while Lance opened the front door, and Robina, mindful of appearances, impelled them into the hall, Bernard exclaiming, "Pratt's room! Whose teeth is it?"
"Don't you want Wilmet to hold your hands and make you open your mouth?" said Lance, laughing.
Gertrude, who had already received the Indian arrival, met Angela, who was bounding up to see to her charge, with, "Not come in yet! She is gone out with the children quite happily, with Awdrey's doll in her arms. Come and enjoy each other in peace."
"In the office, please," said Angela. "That is home. We shall be our four old selves."
Lance opened the office door, and gave a hint to Mr. Lamb, while they looked at each other by the fire. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Where could Phyllis and her kid be found?
2. What was the location of Phyllis and her child?
3.
Q2:
1. Where were Angel and Bear meeting?
2. What was the site of Angel and Bear's meeting?
3.
Q3:
1. Who let the front door open?
2. What was the name of the person that sprung open the door?
3.
Q4:
1. Who got a letter?
2. Who was the recipient of a missive?
3.
Q5:
1. Was Mr. Mayor happy?
2. Was Mr. Mayor in a good mood?
3.
Q6:
1. Who exchanged glances?
2. Who gazed upon one another?
3.
Q7:
1. Who had Gertrude already welcomed?
2. Who had already been let in by Gertrude?
3.
Q8:
1. Where did Bear hear that Angel was at Bexley?
2. Where did Bear learn of Angel's presence at Bexley?
3.
Q9:
1. Who was aware of their appearance?
2. Who thought a good bit about how they looked?
3.
Q10:
1. Did Mr. Mayor let anyone read his letter?
2. Did Mr. Mayor make the contents of his missive known?
3.
Q11:
1. What did Lance state prior to laughing?
2. What was Lance's declaration before he giggled?
3.
Q12:
1. What felt like home to Angela?
2. Where did Angela feel quite comfortable?
3.
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3del4x4el6l2z74y94uzqwmd652yxh | gutenberg | CHAPTER IV
_Old Granny Fox Tries for Danny Meadow Mouse_
Danny Meadow Mouse had not enjoyed anything so much for a long time as he did that game of hide and seek. He tickled and chuckled all the afternoon as he thought about it. Of course Reddy had been "it." He had been "it" all the time, for never once had he caught Danny Meadow Mouse. If he had--well, there wouldn't have been any more stories about Danny Meadow Mouse, because there wouldn't have been any Danny Meadow Mouse any more.
But Danny never let himself think about this. He had enjoyed the game all the more because it had been such a dangerous game. It had been such fun to dive into one of his little round doorways in the snow, run along one of his own little tunnels, and then peep out at another doorway and watch Reddy Fox digging as fast as ever he could at the doorway Danny had just left. Finally Reddy had given up in disgust and gone off muttering angrily to try to find something else for dinner. Danny had sat up on the snow and watched him go. In his funny little squeaky voice Danny shouted:
"Though Reddy Fox is smart and sly, Hi-hum-diddle-de-o! I'm just as smart and twice as spry. Hi-hum-diddle-de-o!"
That night Reddy Fox told old Granny Fox all about how he had tried to catch Danny Meadow Mouse. Granny listened with her head cocked on one side. When Reddy told how fat Danny Meadow Mouse was, her mouth watered. You see now that snow covered the Green Meadows and the Green Forest, Granny and Reddy Fox had hard work to get enough to eat, and they were hungry most of the time. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What activity did Danny partake in?
2. What was Danny's game?
3.
Q2:
1. Who did Danny play hide and seek with?
2. Who was Danny's partner in hide and seek?
3.
Q3:
1. What is Reddy?
2. What sort of being is Reddy?
3.
Q4:
1. What was Danny?
2. What kind of animal was Danny?
3.
Q5:
1. Had Reddy ever caught Danny?
2. Had Reddy ever snatched Danny up?
3.
Q6:
1. Who did Reddy tell about hide and seek that night?
2. With whom did Reddy speak about hide and seek that evening?
3.
Q7:
1. Did Danny enjoy playing hide and seek that day?
2. Was that day's game of hide and seek fun for Danny?
3.
Q8:
1. Was Danny slender or fat?
2. Was the mouse skinny or fat?
3.
Q9:
1. Did Granny Fox want to eat?
2. Was Granny Fox ready for a meal?
3.
Q10:
1. What was the shade of forest everyone was in?
2. What was the color of the meadows?
3.
Q11:
1. Why did Danny like hide and seek?
2. What was pleasurable about hide and seeek to Danny?
3.
Q12:
1. Was Reddy Fox happy or disgusted?
2. Did Reddy Fox feel content or disgusted?
3.
Q13:
1. How many foxes does the story mention?
2. What is the number of foxes in the story?
3.
Q14:
1. How many mice are in the story?
2. What is the number of mice that the story has?
3.
Q15:
1. Where did Danny dive?
2. What did the mouse plunge into?
3.
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30mvjzjnhmdm3mr1koni06l7myuj9h | gutenberg | CHAPTER XLIV. THE GALIMAFRE
Speats and raxes, speats and raxes, speat and raxes Lord Somerville's billet
Never wont to let the grass grow under his feet, Henry of Navarre was impatient of awaiting his troops at Pont de Dronne, and proposed to hasten on to Quinet, as a convenient centre for collecting the neighbouring gentry for conference. Thus, early on Monday, a party of about thirty set forth on horseback, including the Ribaumonts, Rayonette being perched by turns in front of her father or mother, and the Duke de Quinet declaring that he should do his best to divide the journey into stages not too long for Philip, since he was anxious to give his mother plenty of time to make preparations for her royal guest.
He had, however, little reckoned on the young King's promptitude. The first courier he had dispatched was overtaken at a _cabaret_ only five leagues from Pont de Dronne, baiting his horse, as he said; the second was found on the road with a lame horse; and the halt a day's journey remained beyond it. The last stage had been ridden, much to the Duke's discontent, for it brought them to a mere village inn, with scarcely any accommodation. The only tolerable bed was resigned by the King to the use of Philip, whose looks spoke the exhaustion of which his tongue scorned to complain. So painful and feverish a night ensued that Eustacie was anxious that he should not move until the Duke should, as he promised, send a mule litter back for him; but this proposal he resented; and in the height of his constitutional obstinacy, appeared booted and spurred at the first signal to mount. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. Who feels nervous about the military coming?
2. Who does the military arrival worry?
3.
Q2:
1. Where was the military arrival at?
2. What was the point of arrival for the military?
3.
Q3:
1. Where did Henry of Navarre suggest as a good meeting point?
2. What did Henry of Navarre propose as a suitable meeting spot?
3.
Q4:
1. When did the troops leave?
2. At what point was the troops time of departure?
3.
Q5:
1. How many troops left?
2. What was the number of troops sent off?
3.
Q6:
1. How did the troops travel?
2. What was the troops' means of transportation?
3.
Q7:
1. Who sat in front of her father?
2. Who was positioned before her father?
3.
Q8:
1. Who was the journey divided up for?
2. The trip was segmented on behalf of whom?
3.
Q9:
1. Who were things being prepared for?
2. Who was everyone getting things ready for?
3.
Q10:
1. What became of the first messenger?
2. What was the fate of the first messenger?
3.
Q11:
1. What was the fate of the second messenger?
2. What became of messenger number two?
3.
Q12:
1. Where did the last stage take the troops?
2. Where did the troops end up at the last leg of the trip?
3.
Q13:
1. Was the inn large?
2. Did the group arrive at a sizeable inn?
3.
Q14:
1. Who was the highest quality bed given to?
2. Who received the superior bed?
3.
Q15:
1. Who was nervous that night?
2. Whose anxiety was high in the nighttime?
3.
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3fprzhyepy79ff2fk40rchtfi3ev35 | cnn | Jerusalem (CNN) -- A wheelchair-bound Israeli veteran died Wednesday, days after setting himself on fire in a protest over his economic situation, a spokeswoman for Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv said.
Akiva Mafa'i, who was badly injured two decades ago during his service in the Israel Defense Forces, had set himself alight Sunday.
The 45-year-old poured gasoline over his body and ignited it at a bus station in the town of Yehud. Passersby extinguished the flames with bottles of water and a fire extinguisher but he was left with 70% burns.
The veteran had spent four months in a coma at the Beer Sheva Medical Center after he was injured at age 23, according to local media reports. He was to be married a month after he was hurt but the marriage was canceled.
Mafa'i is the second person to die in a self-immolation in Israel in less than a week.
Moshe Silman, a bed-ridden member of a movement to lower the cost of living in Israel, set himself alight during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on July 14. He died two weeks later.
Teenage monk self-immolates in China
According to local media reports, he left a note accusing the conservative Netanyahu government of "taking from the poor and giving to the rich." Israeli media have reported other suicide attempts apparently motivated by economic hardship.
The social protest movement has been gaining ground since large demonstrations were held in cities last summer, led by members of Israel's middle class, over soaring costs of living. QUESTIONS:
| Q1:
1. What town do the events take place in?
2. What is the setting of the article?
3.
Q2:
1. Where can Yehud be found?
2. What is the location of Yehud?
3.
Q3:
1. On what day did the veteran die?
2. What day of the week did the veteran pass away on?
3.
Q4:
1. How did the veteran die?
2. What was the veteran's cause of death?
3.
Q5:
1. Did the veteran die on the same day he lit himself on fire?
2. Did the veteran pass away on the day of his self immolation?
3.
Q6:
1. Who reported on the incident?
2. Who spoke to the press about the self immolation?
3.
Q7:
1. Who did the spokeswoman talk on behalf of?
2. What organization was the spokeswoman representing?
3.
Q8:
1. What is the location of Sheba Medical Center?
2. In what city can Sheba Medical Center be found?
3.
Q9:
1. What happened to the veteran twenty years prior to the incident?
2. What did the veteran go through 20 years prior to killing himself?
3.
Q10:
1. What branch was the veteran serving in when he was injured?
2. Who was the veteran working on behalf of when he got badly hurt?
3.
Q11:
1. Where did the veteran light himself on fire?
2. What was the veteran's location when he committed suicide?
3.
Q12:
1. How old was the veteran?
2. What was the veteran's age?
3.
Q13:
1. Did the veteran have mobility as he burned?
2. Was the veteran able to run around whilst on fire?
3.
Q14:
1. Did someone extinguish the vetran's burning body?
2. Did someone put out the fire on the man's body?
3.
Q15:
1. Who extinguished the fire?
2. Who put out the fire?
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3velcll3gkjo9f2axlh462bwvdkf1s | race | I was the typical"I can't"child-whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my cry,"I can't."As a result,very few tasks or goals that I set out to achieve were ever completed. One evening,my mother called me into the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began."It's about Marlo Thomas.She tells how a simple poem that she was forced to learn by her father changed her life*She went from saying'I can't'to'I can'*According to this article,she was able to reorganize her life and her career by learning the principles in the poem." I took the small magazine from Mother and looked down at the pages.There was Marlo-my idol. Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of,a simple poem entitled,"I Can"."I want you to memorize that poem,"Mother said firmly."Mama," _ ."I can't learn that poem.It's too long." "It's not too long and you can learn it.1 want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorrow,"said my mother. Unwillingly,I went back to my bedroom with the magazine.With a heavy heart,I threw myself into the bed and began my task. "Can't is a word that is the enemy to ambition,"I began.I repeated the line.I repeated it again and again."An enemy ambush to shatter your will..."I continued the process until I proudly recited the poem the following evening. It has now become my principle.Marlo 1 homas did not know me,but her story forever changed my life. Saying "I can" helped me to get through the worst moments of my life: Saying "I can" encouraged me to complete things I would have otherwise seen as out of my reach. A simple poem learned at seven is a poem that will support me to seventy-seven,maybe even longer. QUESTIONS:
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1. Was I always sure I could do things?
2. Did I always have confidence in my task-completing abilities?
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1. Did my mom tell me to read a thing?
2. Was there something that my mother suggested a read?
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1. What did my mom suggest I read?
2. What did my mother tell me to look over?
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Q4:
1. Who wrote the poem?
2. What was the name of the poem's author?
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1. Who made Marlo Thomas write the poem?
2. Who instructed Marlo Thomas to pen her poem?
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Q6:
1. What was the name of Marlo Thomas' poem?
2. What did Marlo Thomas call her poem?
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1. Was I confident in my ability to learn Marlo Thomas' poem?
2. Did I think I would succeed at memorizing the poem?
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1. Why didn't I think I could learn Marlo Thomas' poem?
2. What made me think I would fail at learning the Marlo Thomas poem?
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Q9:
1. What is a roadblock to ambition?
2. What makes it difficult to be ambitious?
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1. How did I respond when my mom requested that I do something?
2. What would I reply when my mother gave me a task?
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1. At what age did I learn Marlo Thomas' poem?
2. What was my age when I memorized the poem?
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3pmby0ye273zv8lvaw6wd28cwj89cq | mctest | One morning a girl named Ashely woke up before her Mom and Dad and started watching TV. Once her parents woke up, everybody got dressed to go food shopping for the week. Food shopping was one of Ashley's favorite things to do. The family got to the grocery store and grabbed a shopping cart. The first foods they ran into were the fruits. Ashley ran to pick her favorite fruit, apples, while her parents went and got other things that they needed, like the sour lemons. As the family kept walking through the grocery store Ashley begged for some candy that she saw, but the other things her parents bought were eggs, milk and bread. After all of the food was picked out, the family went up to the check-out line to pay for their food. Ashley never liked the check-out line, as it always took too long, but today was different. The checkout lady, Sarah, was extra nice to her and as she was waiting for her parents to pay, Ashley's father picked out a candy for her to have. It was her favorite, chocolate! Ashley was so excited that she thanked her parents the whole ride home, and even said she would make breakfast. When the family got home that afternoon and the food was in the house, the whole family made their lunch of eggs and toast together. QUESTIONS:
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1. When did Ashley get up for the day?
2. What was Ashley's wake up time?
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1. When did Ashley get dressed?
2. At what point did Ashley dress herself?
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1. Where did Ashley go with her family once everyone was ready?
2. What location did Ashley visit with her family?
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1. What's one of Ashley's preferred activities?
2. What is one of Ashley's favorite things to do?
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1. What did Ashley beg for at the store?
2. What grocery item did Ashley plead for?
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1. What did Ashley's parents buy instead of candy?
2. What did Ashley's parents purchase in lieu of candy?
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1. Why didn't Ashley like the checkout line?
2. What was Ashley's problem with the checkout line?
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1. Who was very nice to Ashley when her parents were checking out?
2. Who treated Ashley kindly as her family paid for their purchases?
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1. What did Ashley's dad pick out for her?
2. What did Ashley's father choose for her?
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1. What sweet treat did Ashley's dad buy her?
2. What sort of candy did Ashley's father purchase for her?
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32zkvd547fnu6149fn9rb5z8fdyb3j | wikipedia | The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge", is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States. The institution is named after its founding donor, British scientist James Smithson. Originally organized as the "United States National Museum", that name ceased to exist as an administrative entity in 1967.
Termed "the nation's attic" for its eclectic holdings of 154 million items, the Institution's nineteen museums, nine research centers, and zoo include historical and architectural landmarks, mostly located in the District of Columbia. Additional facilities are located in Arizona, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York City, Pittsburgh, Texas, Virginia, and Panama. More than 200 institutions and museums in 45 states, Puerto Rico, and Panama are Smithsonian Affiliates.
The Institution's thirty million annual visitors are admitted without charge. Its annual budget is around $1.2 billion with 2/3 coming from annual federal appropriations. Other funding comes from the Institution's endowment, private and corporate contributions, membership dues, and earned retail, concession, and licensing revenue. Institution publications include "Smithsonian" and "Air & Space" magazines.
The British scientist James Smithson (1765–1829) left most of his wealth to his nephew Henry James Hungerford. When Hungerford died childless in 1835, the estate passed "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men", in accordance with Smithson's will. Congress officially accepted the legacy bequeathed to the nation, and pledged the faith of the United States to the charitable trust on July 1, 1836. The American diplomat Richard Rush was dispatched to England by President Andrew Jackson to collect the bequest. Rush returned in August 1838 with 105 sacks containing 104,960 gold sovereigns (about $500,000 at the time, which is ). QUESTIONS:
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1. What institute does the article focus on?
2. What institution is the passage about?
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1. Is the Smithsonian Institution named after anyone?
2. Does the Smithsonian Institution bear anyone's name?
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1. Who is the Smithsonian Institution named after?
2. Whose name does the Smithsonian Institution bear?
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Q4:
1. What was the occupation of James Smithson?
2. What did James Smithson do for a living?
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Q5:
1. Who inherited James Smithson's possessions?
2. Who got James Smithson's stuff when he died?
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1. Who received James Smithson's possessions after the passing of his newphew?
2. After Hungerford died, who was James Smithson's stuff given to?
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1. Did the Smithsonian Institution always bear this title?
2. Is the Smithsonian Institution the only name the organization has had?
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1. What's the Smithsonian Institution's nickname?
2. How do people tend to refer to the Smithsonian Institution?
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1. How many items does the Smithsonian Institution hold?
2. How man things are housed in the Smithsonian Institution?
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1. Does the Smithsonian Institution contain just museums?
2. Is it only museums that make up the Smithsonian Institution?
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3018q3zvoiqh6tkjkzarysii382ary | gutenberg | CHAPTER V
THE BATTLE ON THE SEA
On the morrow Thorvald, my father, sent messengers to the head men of Agger, telling them of all that he and his House had suffered at the hands of Steinar, whereof those of their folk who had been present at the feast could bear witness. He added that if they stood by Steinar in his wickedness and treachery, thenceforward he and the men of the North would be their foes and work them mischief by land and sea.
In due course these messengers returned with the tale that the head men of Agger had met together and deposed Steinar from his lordship over them, electing another man, a nephew of Steinar's father. Also they sent a present of gold rings in atonement for the wrong which had been done to the house of Thorvald by one of their blood, and prayed that Thorvald and the northern men would bear them no ill will for that in which they were blameless.
Cheered by this answer, which halved the number of their foes, my father, Thorvald of Aar, and those Over-men of whom he was the High-lord, began to make their preparations to attack Athalbrand on his Island of Lesso. Of all these things Athalbrand learned by his spies, and later, when the warships were being prepared and manned, two messengers came from him, old men of repute, and demanded to see my father. This was the substance of his message, which was delivered in my hearing. QUESTIONS:
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1. What was the father's name?
2. Who was a dad?
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1. Who caused Thorvald to suffer?
2. Who made things difficult on Thorvald?
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1. Who did Thorvald send as messengers?
2. With whom did Thorvald send his word?
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Q4:
1. Who did Thorvald send a message to?
2. Who got a message from Thorvald?
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1. Did Thorvald's messengers return?
2. Did the men Thorvald sent with word come back?
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1. What did the head men of Agger do with Steinar?
2. How was Steinar treated by the men of Agger?
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1. Was Steinar replaced as lord?
2. Did someone take Steinar's place as lord?
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1. Who replaced Steinar as Lord?
2. Who took over Steinar's lordship?
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1. What did the men of Agger offer as an apology?
2. What did the men of Agger give to say they were sorry?
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1. What present did the men of Agger send Thorvald?
2. What did Thorvald receive from Agger as an apology?
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3ouygizwr7y0t36mf5994r6qsrb0pn | cnn | Kanye's "Fantasy" conquered reality; the Black Keys locked into a groove; Arcade Fire burned down the suburbs.
(Rolling Stone) -- 5. Jamey Johnson, "The Guitar Song" 1: What does Jamey Johnson keep under all of that hair? Songs. Nashville's gruffest and grittiest star turns out to be its most reliable traditionalist, a Music Row pro who can write a song for every emotional season. Johnson pulled out a whole slew of them -- 25, clocking in north of 105 minutes -- for his double-disc fourth album: acoustic confessions and rugged boogie blues, big weepers and grim reapers, cover tunes and novelty ditties, not to mention "California Riots" and "Playing the Part," a pair of fiercely funny, unrepentantly redneck swipes at the frou-frou blue states.
4. Arcade Fire, "The Suburbs" Arcade Fire don't do anything small -- so leave it to the Montreal collective to make an album of vast, orchestral rock that locates the battle for the human soul amid big houses and manicured lawns.
"The Suburbs" is the band's most adventurous album yet: See the psychotic speed strings on "Empty Room," the Crazy Horse rush of "Month of May," the synth-pop disco of "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)." Win Butler and his wife, Régine Chassagne, sing about suburban boredom, fear of change and wanting to have a kid of their own -- always scaling their intimate confessions to arena-rock levels and finding beauty wherever they look.
3. Elton John and Leon Russell, "The Union" Two rock giants, one largely forgotten, rekindle a friendship and make music that ranks with their best. Producer T Bone Burnett delivers his most spectacular production in memory, filled with shining steel guitar, chortling brass and gospel-time choirs. Ultimately, it's Russell's voice that shines brightest, drawing on the entire history of American popular music in its canny, vulnerable, knowing croon. QUESTIONS:
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1. What is underneath Jamey Johnson's head of hair?
2. What can be found underneath Jamey Johnson's hair?
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Q2:
1. What is Jamey Johnson's hometown?
2. What city does Jamey Johnson come from?
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1. What artist sings California Riots?
2. Who is the recording artist of California Riots?
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1. What is the name of Win Butler's wife?
2. Who is the woman Win Butler married?
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3qecw5o0kh1xg2lutso5qw3ezf05t2 | gutenberg | CHAPTER XI
THE VICTORIAN AGE (1850-1900)
THE MODERN PERIOD OF PROGRESS AND UNREST
When Victoria became queen, in 1837, English literature seemed to have entered upon a period of lean years, in marked contrast with the poetic fruitfulness of the romantic age which we have just studied. Coleridge, Shelley, Keats, Byron, and Scott had passed away, and it seemed as if there were no writers in England to fill their places. Wordsworth had written, in 1835,
Like clouds that rake, the mountain summits, Or waves that own no curbing hand, How fast has brother followed brother, From sunshine to the sunless land!
In these lines is reflected the sorrowful spirit of a literary man of the early nineteenth century who remembered the glory that had passed away from the earth. But the leanness of these first years is more apparent than real. Keats and Shelley were dead, it is true, but already there had appeared three disciples of these poets who were destined to be far more widely, read than were their masters. Tennyson had been publishing poetry since 1827, his first poems appearing almost simultaneously with the last work of Byron, Shelley, and Keats; but it was not until 1842, with the publication of his collected poems, in two volumes, that England recognized in him one of her great literary leaders. So also Elizabeth Barrett had been writing since 1820, but not till twenty years later did her poems become deservedly popular; and Browning had published his _Pauline_ in 1833, but it was not until 1846, when he published the last of the series called _Bells and Pomegranates_, that the reading public began to appreciate his power and originality. Moreover, even as romanticism seemed passing away, a group of great prose writers--Dickens, Thackeray, Carlyle, and Ruskin--had already begun to proclaim the literary glory of a new age, which now seems to rank only just below the Elizabethan and the Romantic periods. QUESTIONS:
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1. What were the three "disciples" called?
2. What were the names of the three "disciples"?
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Q2:
1. What was something Browning published?
2. Name one of Browning's tomes.
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Q3:
1. What was something Tennyson and Barrett published?
2. What were the names of one of Tennyson and Barret's tomes?
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Q4:
1. What era came before that of Tennyson, Browning, and Barrett?
2. What age of literature did Tennyson, Browning, and Barrett follow?
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Q5:
1. Who was sad about the past?
2. Who complained about the way things used to be?
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Q6:
1. What was Wordsworth's declaration regarding the past?
2. What did Wordsworth say about how things used to be?
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Q7:
1. What kind of writing did Keats do?
2. What genre did Keats dabble in?
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Q8:
1. Did Tennyson write at the same time as the older generation?
2. Was some of Tennyson's literature published at the same time as that of the old guard?
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Q9:
1. Was Tennyson already famous in 1827?
2. Did lots of people already know about Tennyson in 1827?
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1. Was poetry as popular as prose in the 1820s?
2. Did writers of poetry have as much recognition as prose authors in the 1820s?
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1. Who made an impression with his originality?
2. Whose inventive writing struck a chord with people?
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Q12:
1. What two periods of litearture were some of the highest quality?
2. What were some of the most wonderful ages of writing?
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Q13:
1. Where did the Victorian Age get its name?
2. What was the Victorian Age named after?
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Q14:
1. Who published something on the subject of sounds and fruits?
2. Whose work was titled Bells and Pomegranates?
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3e13vnj1nnv8j640ytnp9zoob411is | race | It was early morning. Peter Corbett helped Mark Wellman out of his wheelchair and onto the ground. They stood before El Captain, a huge rock almost 1.2 kilometers high. Mark had long dreamed to climb El Captain when he was a child. At the age of twentyone, he had fallen while climbing mountain, losing his legs. But he never lost his love for life. Mark knew he couldn't finish the climb alone, but his friend Peter would be there to lend a helping hand. They thought it would take seven days to reach the top. Now Peter climbed about 30 meters up and hit a piton into the rock. Fastening one end of a 50meter rope to the piton, he let the other end of the rope fall down. Mark caught the rope and fastened it to his belt. He next reached above his head and fastened a T-bar to the rope. Mark took a deep breath, pushed the Tbar up almost as far as his arms could reach, and began the first pullup. High above, Peter let out a cheer, "You're on your way." For the first four days the two men progressed upward without accident. But on the fifth day, a very strong wind began to blow, making it hard for Mark to hold on to his rope. But Mark kept on pushing up the T-bar and pulling himself up. It took them one day more than they had expected. But as the two heads appeared the group of people waiting on the top went wild with joy. Mark Wellman showed that if you set your heart and mind on something, no wall is too high, no dream impossible. QUESTIONS:
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1. Was Mark able to finish on his own?
2. Did Mark have the ability to finish by himself?
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Q2:
1. What was Mark trying to do?
2. What was Mark attempting to accomplish?
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Q3:
1. How high is El Captain?
2. What is the height of El Captain?
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Q4:
1. Why could Mark climb the mountain himself?
2. What was preventing Mark from getting up El Captain on his own?
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Q5:
1. How old was Mark?
2. What was Mark's age?
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Q6:
1. Did Mark hire an assistant to help him?
2. Did Mark pay someone to lend him a hand?
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Q7:
1. Did anyone help Mark?
2. Did someone come to Mark's aid?
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Q8:
1. How long did Mark and Peter Corbett think the climb would take?
2. How much time did Mark and Peter figure they'd need for the climb?
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Q9:
1. What happened that prolonged Mark and Peter's climb?
2. What made Mark and Peter take longer than expected?
3.
Q10:
1. Were Mark and Peter alone once they reached the top?
2. Were Mark and Peter the only people at the top when they got there?
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Q11:
1. What length of rope did Peter Corbett used?
2. How many meters long was the rope deployed by Peter Corbett?
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