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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:
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Mexican–American War
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:
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no
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:
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birthplace
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:
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recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:
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San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
Question: What is that?
Answer:
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agglomeration between the US and a bordering country
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
Question: What is that?
Answer:agglomeration between the US and a bordering country
Question: Who is first largest?
Answer:
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Detroit–Windsor
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
Question: What is that?
Answer:agglomeration between the US and a bordering country
Question: Who is first largest?
Answer:Detroit–Windsor
Question: When Juan Cabrillo claimed it, what basis did it form?
Answer:
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the settlement of Alta California
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
Question: What is that?
Answer:agglomeration between the US and a bordering country
Question: Who is first largest?
Answer:Detroit–Windsor
Question: When Juan Cabrillo claimed it, what basis did it form?
Answer:the settlement of Alta California
Question: How many years later?
Answer:
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200
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: With an estimated population of 1,381,069 as of July 1, 2014, San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest in California. It is part of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second-largest transborder agglomeration between the US and a bordering country after Detroit–Windsor, with a population of 4,922,723 people. San Diego is the birthplace of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the United States Navy and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego was the first site visited by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the entire area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly-independent Mexico, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. In 1850, it became part of the United States following the Mexican–American War and the admission of California to the union.
Question: When did San Diego become part of the United States?
Answer:1850
Question: What group of people is it historically a home to?
Answer:Kumeyaay people
Question: Is it the largest city in the United States?
Answer:No
Question: What is the population?
Answer:1,381,069
Question: Who claimed the by for Spain?
Answer:uan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Question: What year was that?
Answer:1542
Question: What happened in 1821?
Answer:It became part of the newly-independent Mexico
Question: What is the weather there?
Answer:mild year-round climate,
Question: Are there beaches?
Answer:Yes
Question: What military branch is based there?
Answer:United States Navy
Question: Is became part of the US after what war?
Answer:Mexican–American War
Question: Is it the largest city in California?
Answer:no
Question: It is called the "what" of California?
Answer:birthplace
Question: What else it is known for?
Answer:recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Question: What is it part of?
Answer:San Diego–Tijuana conurbation
Question: What is that?
Answer:agglomeration between the US and a bordering country
Question: Who is first largest?
Answer:Detroit–Windsor
Question: When Juan Cabrillo claimed it, what basis did it form?
Answer:the settlement of Alta California
Question: How many years later?
Answer:200
Question: What did independent Mexico reform into?
Answer:
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First Mexican Republic
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:
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The next
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:
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Ordaining of a minister
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:
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Reuben Butler
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:
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Knocktarlitie
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:
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Scotland
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:
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They were available for those who liked them
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:They were available for those who liked them
Question: Where did they come from?
Answer:
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Off the island
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:They were available for those who liked them
Question: Where did they come from?
Answer:Off the island
Question: Was it legal?
Answer:
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No
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:They were available for those who liked them
Question: Where did they come from?
Answer:Off the island
Question: Was it legal?
Answer:No
Question: How many types of milk did they have?
Answer:
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At least a dozen
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:They were available for those who liked them
Question: Where did they come from?
Answer:Off the island
Question: Was it legal?
Answer:No
Question: How many types of milk did they have?
Answer:At least a dozen
Question: What time did they wake up?
Answer:
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At an early hour
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER TWENTY-FIRST.
Now turn the Psalms of David ower, And lilt wi' holy clangor; Of double verse come gie us four, And skirl up the Bangor. Burns.
The next was the important day, when, according to the forms and ritual of the Scottish Kirk, Reuben Butler was to be ordained minister of Knocktarlitie, by the Presbytery of ------. And so eager were the whole party, that all, excepting Mrs. Dutton, the destined Cowslip of Inverary, were stirring at an early hour.
Their host, whose appetite was as quick and keen as his temper, was not long in summoning them to a substantial breakfast, where there were at least a dozen of different preparations of milk, plenty of cold meat, scores boiled and roasted eggs, a huge cag of butter, half-a-firkin herrings boiled and broiled, fresh and salt, and tea and coffee for them that liked it, which, as their landlord assured them, with a nod and a wink, pointing, at the same time, to a little cutter which seemed dodging under the lee of the island, cost them little beside the fetching ashore.
"Is the contraband trade permitted here so openly?" said Butler. "I should think it very unfavourable to the people's morals."
"The Duke, Mr. Putler, has gien nae orders concerning the putting of it down," said the magistrate, and seemed to think that he had said all that was necessary to justify his connivance. Butler was a man of prudence, and aware that real good can only be obtained by remonstrance when remonstrance is well-timed; so for the present he said nothing more on the subject.
Question: What was the important day?
Answer:The next
Question: What was happening?
Answer:Ordaining of a minister
Question: Who?
Answer:Reuben Butler
Question: Where are they?
Answer:Knocktarlitie
Question: What country is that in?
Answer:Scotland
Question: What was the deal with the drinks?
Answer:They were available for those who liked them
Question: Where did they come from?
Answer:Off the island
Question: Was it legal?
Answer:No
Question: How many types of milk did they have?
Answer:At least a dozen
Question: What time did they wake up?
Answer:At an early hour
Question: What kind of eggs did they have?
Answer:
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Roasted
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:
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1750
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:
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yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:
|
yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:
|
no
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:
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Joseph Merlin
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:
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make things
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:
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play the violin
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:play the violin
Question: What others used to call him?
Answer:
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dreamer
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:play the violin
Question: What others used to call him?
Answer:dreamer
Question: When he made roller-skate what problem he had initially?
Answer:
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no way to stop
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:play the violin
Question: What others used to call him?
Answer:dreamer
Question: When he made roller-skate what problem he had initially?
Answer:no way to stop
Question: When he tried what happened?
Answer:
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ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:play the violin
Question: What others used to call him?
Answer:dreamer
Question: When he made roller-skate what problem he had initially?
Answer:no way to stop
Question: When he tried what happened?
Answer:ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall
Question: What happened to the mirror?
Answer:
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it broke
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer. One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was proud of his invention and dreamed of arrived at the party on wheels while playing the violin. On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?
Question: When roller-skating became known to people?
Answer:1750
Question: Is it fun?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it easy now?
Answer:yes
Question: What about in earlier times?
Answer:no
Question: Who made it easier?
Answer:Joseph Merlin
Question: What he used to do in his free time?
Answer:make things
Question: And?
Answer:play the violin
Question: What others used to call him?
Answer:dreamer
Question: When he made roller-skate what problem he had initially?
Answer:no way to stop
Question: When he tried what happened?
Answer:ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall
Question: What happened to the mirror?
Answer:it broke
Question: But did his idea caught people's attention?
Answer:
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yes
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:
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Broxton
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:
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no
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:
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Jack Snipper
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:
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true
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:
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Dover
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:
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New York State
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:
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giant torpedo
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:
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Broxton
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:
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at Leo’s feet
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:
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yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:
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Broxton
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:
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other performers
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:
|
gymnast
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:
|
Greatest Show on Earth
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:
|
true
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:true
Question: For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
Answer:
|
ever since his discharge
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:true
Question: For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
Answer:ever since his discharge
Question: Was he drunk when he threw the torpedo?
Answer:
|
yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:true
Question: For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
Answer:ever since his discharge
Question: Was he drunk when he threw the torpedo?
Answer:yes
Question: True or False: The torpedo exploded.
Answer:
|
False
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:true
Question: For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
Answer:ever since his discharge
Question: Was he drunk when he threw the torpedo?
Answer:yes
Question: True or False: The torpedo exploded.
Answer:False
Question: What did Leo call Broxton?
Answer:
|
rascal
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT.
From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon.
At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better.
The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.”
These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication.
Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated.
But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed.
After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo.
It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo.
He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance.
He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo.
As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet.
Luckily the torpedo failed to explode.
Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled.
“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter.
Some of the other performers then came up.
“What’s the row, Leo?”
“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection.
Question: Who was kicked out for being drunk?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Did he like Leo?
Answer:no
Question: Who else did not like him?
Answer:Jack Snipper
Question: True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
Answer:true
Question: Where did the circus go after Middletown?
Answer:Dover
Question: And after Grasscannon?
Answer:New York State
Question: What did someone throw at Leo?
Answer:giant torpedo
Question: Who threw it?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Where did it land?
Answer:at Leo’s feet
Question: Did Leo fight Broxton?
Answer:yes
Question: Who went in the gutter?
Answer:Broxton
Question: Who came up and saw the torpedo?
Answer:other performers
Question: What was Leo's role in the circus?
Answer:gymnast
Question: What was the circus called?
Answer:Greatest Show on Earth
Question: True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
Answer:true
Question: For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
Answer:ever since his discharge
Question: Was he drunk when he threw the torpedo?
Answer:yes
Question: True or False: The torpedo exploded.
Answer:False
Question: What did Leo call Broxton?
Answer:rascal
Question: Would could have happened to Leo?
Answer:
|
he would have been crippled
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:
|
being cool
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:
|
indie music
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:
|
second-hand stores
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:
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Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:
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I used to like that band before it got popular
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:
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going mainstream
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:going mainstream
Question: Why do the bands go mainstream?
Answer:
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to save popularity and fans
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:going mainstream
Question: Why do the bands go mainstream?
Answer:to save popularity and fans
Question: What are people doing to try to be more like hipsters?
Answer:
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conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:going mainstream
Question: Why do the bands go mainstream?
Answer:to save popularity and fans
Question: What are people doing to try to be more like hipsters?
Answer:conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler
Question: Are those types of people true hipsters, according to the real hipsters?
Answer:
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no
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:going mainstream
Question: Why do the bands go mainstream?
Answer:to save popularity and fans
Question: What are people doing to try to be more like hipsters?
Answer:conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler
Question: Are those types of people true hipsters, according to the real hipsters?
Answer:no
Question: How long have the hipsters been around?
Answer:
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since the seventies
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: They can be seen more frequently than ever before on college campuses, wearing thick-rimmed glasses while listening to indie music. One might find them playing unusual musical instruments, shopping at second-hand stores or expressing themselves in other unique ways. They call themselves hipsters. Being "hip" used to mean following the latest fashion. But gradually the word has evolved into a synonym for "cool".
Hipsters value independent thinking, progressive politics, an appreciation of creativity and intelligence. Hipsters take pains and pride in not being mainstream. However, their culture has become quite trendy. This irony is central to their culture and offers an interesting paradox.
"I do take things in the mainstream with a grain of salt," says Ben Polson, a college student at Brown University in the US. Polson describes himself as a hipster and says he often questions what determines popularity, especially regarding music.When lesser-known bands become popular they often lose their former fan base in exchange for a new one. There is a famous hipster saying that goes: I used to like that band before it got popular.
According to Polson, bands' music changes when they go mainstream. They become "less experimental, doing things just to save popularity and fans. The original elements that we were drawn to slowly _ for the sake of popularity."
Many young adults have started to view hipsters' outlook as cool and are adopting their counterculture mindset themselves. This has led to specialized brands, stores and music for the hipster position. Ironically, some such stores, including clothing labels Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, have gained mainstream popularity. This has seemingly diluted the anti-mainstream culture.
"A lot of people that are self-defined hipsters aren't really hipsters, they're just trying to conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler," says Amanda Leopold, a college student from Oberlin College, US. Although Leopold has many unconventional tastes and seems quite individualist, she refuses to classify herself as a hipster.
There is a conflict among hipsters about the very definition of the label. To some, to be a hipster is to be free from cultural constraints. To others, it means wearing a certain style and listening to a specific style of music. The former constantly strives for uniqueness, while the latter strives not to be mainstream.
And yet, the movement is gaining mainstream popularity. "It's kind of the trend these days; _ " says Leopold. "There have been hipsters since the seventies. It's only become popular recently."
Hipsters reject materialism and laugh at mainstream culture. But are they really beyond material comforts? Do they have any ideas of their own if they despise mainstream so much?
Christy Wampole, an associate professor of literature at Princeton University, US, is not so sure. She says the hipster is a contradiction in himself and an easy target of mockery . Writing in The New York Times, Wampole paints a less appreciative picture of a typical hipster.
"The hipster is a scholar of social forms, a student of cool. He studies continuously, searching for what has yet to be found by the mainstream. He is a walking citation ; his clothes refer to much more than themselves. He tries to negotiate the age-old problem of individuality, not with concepts, but with material things."
Question: What does being hip mean today's context?
Answer:being cool
Question: What kind of music do hip people listen to nowadays?
Answer:indie music
Question: What kinds of shops to they frequent?
Answer:second-hand stores
Question: According to hipsters, what is a determining factor regarding music?
Answer:Lesser known bands become popular makes them lose their former hip fan base
Question: What expression epitomises this concept?
Answer:I used to like that band before it got popular
Question: According to the self described hipster from Brown University, what makes a band change?
Answer:going mainstream
Question: Why do the bands go mainstream?
Answer:to save popularity and fans
Question: What are people doing to try to be more like hipsters?
Answer:conform to the non-conformist to seem cooler
Question: Are those types of people true hipsters, according to the real hipsters?
Answer:no
Question: How long have the hipsters been around?
Answer:since the seventies
Question: What do the true hipsters reject?
Answer:
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materialism
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:
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yes
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:
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yes
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:
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no
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:
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two
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:
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yes
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:
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Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:
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Yoyogi Park
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:Yoyogi Park
Question: What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
Answer:
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Meiji Jingu.
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:Yoyogi Park
Question: What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
Answer:Meiji Jingu.
Question: What can you do there?
Answer:
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know more about Japanese history
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:Yoyogi Park
Question: What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
Answer:Meiji Jingu.
Question: What can you do there?
Answer:know more about Japanese history
Question: What is a free museum?
Answer:
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Kanto Earthquake Museum
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:Yoyogi Park
Question: What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
Answer:Meiji Jingu.
Question: What can you do there?
Answer:know more about Japanese history
Question: What is a free museum?
Answer:Kanto Earthquake Museum
Question: What can you see there?
Answer:
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the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Although Tokyo is one of the most expensive cities in the world , you will be surprised that there are still some free activities in Tokyo. Free temples ( ) There are many temples in Tokyo.The most famous one is Meiji Jingu.This is the most important temple in Tokyo. If you visit it , you can know more about Japanese history .Of course , it's free. Free museums If you go to Kanto Earthquake Museum , you can see the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake _ Free parks There are two famous parks in Japan. They are Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park .Yoyogi Park is one of the largest parks in Tokyo .It is now a great place to see street performers.Ueno Park is popular with many Japanses people and foreign visitors. Free snacks Janpanese food is delicious and healthy . You can try different kinds of snacks , before spending money on them. You don't need to pay for them when you try them. ,, . (1,5)
Question: Can you try food in Japan?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it free?
Answer:yes
Question: Is it bad for you?
Answer:no
Question: How many free parks are there?
Answer:two
Question: Are they famous?
Answer:yes
Question: What are their names?
Answer:Yoyogi Park and Ueno Park
Question: Which one is bigger?
Answer:Yoyogi Park
Question: What is the most well known temple in Tokyo?
Answer:Meiji Jingu.
Question: What can you do there?
Answer:know more about Japanese history
Question: What is a free museum?
Answer:Kanto Earthquake Museum
Question: What can you see there?
Answer:the exhibitions and the memorial for the people who died in the 1923 earthquake
Question: Is Tokyo expensive?
Answer:
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yes
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:
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Pacific Palisades
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:
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Tongva people
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:
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August 3, 1769
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:
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intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:
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single-family
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:
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no
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:no
Question: In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
Answer:
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Saint Monica
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:no
Question: In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
Answer:Saint Monica
Question: What was she crying about?
Answer:
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her son's early impiety
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:no
Question: In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
Answer:Saint Monica
Question: What was she crying about?
Answer:her son's early impiety
Question: What is the other story of the naming?
Answer:
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feast day of Saint Monica
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:no
Question: In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
Answer:Saint Monica
Question: What was she crying about?
Answer:her son's early impiety
Question: What is the other story of the naming?
Answer:feast day of Saint Monica
Question: When is that actual date?
Answer:
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May 4
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is named after the Christian saint, Monica. Situated on Santa Monica Bay, it is bordered on three sides by the city of Los Angeles – Pacific Palisades to the north, Brentwood on the northeast, Sawtelle on the east, Mar Vista on the southeast, and Venice on the south. Santa Monica is well known for its affluent single-family neighborhoods but also has many neighborhoods consisting primarily of condominiums and apartments. Over two-thirds of Santa Monica's residents are renters. The Census Bureau population for Santa Monica in 2010 was 89,736.
Santa Monica was long inhabited by the Tongva people. Santa Monica was called Kecheek in the Tongva language. The first non-indigenous group to set foot in the area was the party of explorer Gaspar de Portolà, who camped near the present day intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues on August 3, 1769. There are two different versions of the naming of the city. One says that it was named in honor of the feast day of Saint Monica (mother of Saint Augustine), but her feast day is actually May 4. Another version says that it was named by Juan Crespí on account of a pair of springs, the Kuruvungna Springs (Serra Springs), that were reminiscent of the tears that Saint Monica shed over her son's early impiety.
Question: What city borders Santa Monica to the North
Answer:Pacific Palisades
Question: Who had been living there for awhile?
Answer:Tongva people
Question: When did Gaspar first camp there?
Answer:August 3, 1769
Question: What is it known for in the current day?
Answer:intersection of Barrington and Ohio Avenues
Question: What kind of neighborhoods are there?
Answer:single-family
Question: Are the families generally considered to be in lower social classes?
Answer:no
Question: In one of the versions of the naming who cried the tears the springs reminded people of?
Answer:Saint Monica
Question: What was she crying about?
Answer:her son's early impiety
Question: What is the other story of the naming?
Answer:feast day of Saint Monica
Question: When is that actual date?
Answer:May 4
Question: What kind of city is it?
Answer:
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beachfront
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:
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Chapter IV
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:
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Meudon
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:
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Two days ago.
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The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:
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No
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:
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Yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:
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No
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:
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French
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:
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Rabouillet
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:Rabouillet
Question: Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
Answer:
|
Yes
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:Rabouillet
Question: Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
Answer:Yes
Question: Is Andre going to leave today to go?
Answer:
|
No
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:Rabouillet
Question: Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
Answer:Yes
Question: Is Andre going to leave today to go?
Answer:No
Question: What about on the morrow?
Answer:
|
No
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:Rabouillet
Question: Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
Answer:Yes
Question: Is Andre going to leave today to go?
Answer:No
Question: What about on the morrow?
Answer:No
Question: Why not?
Answer:
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He's too busy
|
The following are stories and questions about them. Each story is followed by a question and answer to a given question.
Story: CHAPTER IV. AT MEUDON
Later in the week he received a visit from Le Chapelier just before noon.
"I have news for you, Andre. Your godfather is at Meudon. He arrived there two days ago. Had you heard?"
"But no. How should I hear? Why is he at Meudon?" He was conscious of a faint excitement, which he could hardly have explained.
"I don't know. There have been fresh disturbances in Brittany. It may be due to that."
"And so he has come for shelter to his brother?" asked Andre-Louis.
"To his brother's house, yes; but not to his brother. Where do you live at all, Andre? Do you never hear any of the news? Etienne de Gavrillac emigrated years ago. He was of the household of M. d'Artois, and he crossed the frontier with him. By now, no doubt, he is in Germany with him, conspiring against France. For that is what the emigres are doing. That Austrian woman at the Tuileries will end by destroying the monarchy."
"Yes, yes," said Andre-Louis impatiently. Politics interested him not at all this morning. "But about Gavrillac?"
"Why, haven't I told you that Gavrillac is at Meudon, installed in the house his brother has left? Dieu de Dieu! Don't I speak French or don't you understand the language? I believe that Rabouillet, his intendant, is in charge of Gavrillac. I have brought you the news the moment I received it. I thought you would probably wish to go out to Meudon."
"Of course. I will go at once--that is, as soon as I can. I can't to-day, nor yet to-morrow. I am too busy here." He waved a hand towards the inner room, whence proceeded the click-click of blades, the quick moving of feet, and the voice of the instructor, Le Duc.
Question: What chapter is this?
Answer:Chapter IV
Question: Where is Andre's godfather?
Answer:Meudon
Question: How long ago had he arrived there?
Answer:Two days ago.
Question: Did Andre know?
Answer:No
Question: Was he feeling a little excited?
Answer:Yes
Question: Was Andre-Louis interested in politics at all this morning?
Answer:No
Question: What language are they presumably speaking?
Answer:French
Question: Who is in charge of Gavrillac?
Answer:Rabouillet
Question: Did Le Chapelier bring the news as soon as he received it?
Answer:Yes
Question: Is Andre going to leave today to go?
Answer:No
Question: What about on the morrow?
Answer:No
Question: Why not?
Answer:He's too busy
Question: What was making a click-click sound?
Answer:
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Blades
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