TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you're given a question, a context passage, and four options which are terms from the passage. After reading a passage, you will get a brief understanding of the terms. Your job is to determine by searching and reading further information of which term you can answer the question. Indicate your choice as 'a', 'b', 'c', or 'd'. If you think more than one option is plausible, choose the more probable option to help you answer the question.
PROBLEM: Question: What is the capital city of the country where Orson K. Miller claims to have found the Amanita abrupta? Passage:The fruit bodies of A. abrupta grow on the ground, typically solitary, in mixed conifer and deciduous forests, usually during autumn. The frequency with which fruit bodies appear depends on several factors, such as season, location, temperature, and rainfall. The mushroom has been described as common in the Southeastern United States; in Texas, it has been called both infrequent, and common in the Big Thicket National Preserve. Like most other Amanita species, A. abrupta is thought to form mycorrhizal relationships with trees. This is a mutually beneficial relationship where the hyphae of the fungus grow around the roots of trees, enabling the fungus to receive moisture, protection and nutritive byproducts of the tree, and affording the tree greater access to soil nutrients. Amanita abrupta is widely distributed throughout eastern North America, where it has been found as far north as Quebec, Canada, and as far south as Mexico. Orson K. Miller claims to have found it in the Dominican Republic where it appeared to be growing in a mycorrizhal association with pine trees. Kuo also mentions a mycorrhizal relationship with both hardwoods and conifers, while Tulloss lists additional preferred tree hosts such as beech, birch, fir, tsuga, oak, and poplar. However, A. abrupta has been shown experimentally to not form mycorrhizae with Virginia Pine.
 Links: a. Pine b. Dominican Republic c. Oak d. Dominican Republic

SOLUTION: b

PROBLEM: Question: What year was the castle that served as the headquarters for the Okazaki Domain built? Passage:Okazaki-shuku was a part of the flourishing castle town surrounding Okazaki Castle, the headquarters for Okazaki Domain. The classic ukiyo-e print by Andō Hiroshige (Hōeidō edition) from 1831 to 1834 depicts a Yahagibashi, one of the few bridges permitted by the Tokugawa shogunate on the Tōkaidō, and one of the longest bridges built in Japan during the early Edo period. Okazaki Castle is depicted in the distance on the far shore of the river. Following the Meiji restoration, with the construction of railroads, the route of what became the Tokaido Main Line was laid down through the nearby village of Hane ( Hane-mura) to the south. Unlike Goyu-shuku and Akasaka-juku, but this did not cause a huge economic decline to Okazaki-shuku. There was a horse-drawn rail line connecting Okazaki to the train station, as well as a teachers' school, which kept the town alive. On the other hand, Okazaki was not able to compete with the growth of Toyohashi, which was located directly on the railway, and which gained city-status first. Because of fires during World War II and the subsequent rebuilding of Okazaki in the post-war years, there are few remnants of the post town remaining today.
 Links: a. Castle town b. Okazaki Castle c. Toyohashi d. Meiji Restoration

SOLUTION: b

PROBLEM: Question: What city was the venue where Lisney acted as an umpire in 1853 in? Passage:Lisney made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1853. In a match which the MCC won by 66 runs, Lisney took five wickets in the MCC first-innings, finishing with figures of 5/33 from twenty overs. In the Surrey Club first-innings, Lisney was last man out when he was run out for 3 runs. He then proceeded to take three wickets in the MCC second-innings, but his exact figures in this innings are unknown due to an incomplete scorecard. In the Surrey Club second-innings, he was again last man out, this time dismissed for a duck by Thomas Nixon. He later stood as an umpire in the return fixture between the two sides in July 1853 at The Oval, before standing in a match between Surrey and Kent later in the season.
 Links: a. Surrey County Cricket Club b. Over (cricket) c. List of historically significant English cricket teams d. The Oval

SOLUTION:
d