Question: CHAPTER X

MYSTERIES IN MAYFAIR

That night, and for many nights afterwards, Macheson devoted himself to his work in the East End. The fascination of the thing grew upon him; he threw himself into his task with an energy which carried him often out of his own life and made forgetfulness an easy task. Night after night they came, these tired, white-faced women, with a sprinkling of sullen, dejected-looking men; night after night he pleaded and reasoned with them, striving with almost passionate earnestness to show them how to make the best of the poor thing they called life. Gradually his efforts began to tell upon himself. He grew thinner, there were shadows under his eyes, a curious intangible depression seemed to settle upon him. Holderness one night sought him out and insisted upon dinner together.

"Look here, Victor," he said, "I have a bone to pick with you. You'd better listen! Don't sit there staring round the place as though you saw ghosts everywhere."

Macheson smiled mirthlessly.

"But that is just what I do see," he answered. "The conscience of every man who knows must be haunted with them! The ghosts of starving men and unsexed women! What keeps their hands from our throats, Dick?"

"Common sense, you idiot," Holderness answered cheerfully. "There's a refuse heap for every one of nature's functions. You may try to rake it out and cleanse it, but there isn't much to be done. Hang that mission work, Victor! It's broken more hearts than anything else on earth! A man can but do what he may." 1. WHo is the main character?
2. What was he devoted to?
3. What location?
4. Who wanted to have dinner?
5. Who grew thinner?
6. Was anyone angry at Victor?
7. Who?
8. What did he say?
9. Did Macheson smile?
10. In what way? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Macheson
2. work
3. East End
4. Holderness
5. Macheson
6. Yes
7. Holderness
8. I have a bone to pick with you
9. Yes
10. mirthlessly

Question: When I first saw the bookAlice in Lace, I thought I was going to like it. And as it turned out, I love it! I love books about life and being a kid. And Alice in Laceis just that kind. It's a humorous book about being thirteen and the problems kids might face. Alice and her friends get a strange assignment from their totally cool teacher, Mr. Everett. It was like playing the game of "Life," but you had to act it out.

So Pamela is pregnant, Elizabeth buys a car and Alice gets married. Well, of course, Pamela wasn't really pregnant, but she walked around with a pillow under her shirt to get people's reactions. Elizabeth didn't really buy a car, but she went to the car lot and made the sales guy think she was. The whole class got assignments like these! I would love to do something like that for school.

In the book Alice has a lot to think about. "Getting married is hard!" Alice says. She has to plan the ceremony, the honeymoon, find a place to live, pay for furniture and two months' rent and food. Maybe she and her "husband" could work it out -- if they were getting on fine!

Although this book was funny, it really made me think about how problems like these could really mess up your life. Take teenage pregnancy for example. How could you have a baby and stay in school? You couldn't find a babysitter every day to stay with your kid. A child really consumes your life. I understand what the teacher was trying to do. He was trying to discourage the class from getting into these problems by giving them a glimpse of life. As someone about to become a teenager myself, I can say sometimes a story makes you think about what's up ahead.

Overall, I would say this book is wonderful. My favorite part of the book is discovering that if I like it, there are seven other Alice books I can check out at my local library. I love this book, and I hope you will too. 1. who was in Lace?
2. What was the name of the book?
3. What was the favorite part?
4. How many more books in the series?
5. Where are they available?
6. What was one of problems in the book?
7. Did the teacher expect students not to have child early?
8. Did the story tell you about the upcoming events?
9. What Alice thought hard?
10. What she had to think early about that?
11. anything else?
12. Did it talk about paying?
13. what?
14. Anything else?
15. Was the book entertaining?
16. Who was pregnant?
17. Who is getting married?
18. Anyone buying a vehicle?
19. Who?
20. How was the teacher?
21. What Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Alice
2. Alice in Lace
3. discovering that if I like it
4. seven
5. local library
6. teenage pregnancy
7. yes
8. yes
9. Getting married
10. plan the ceremony
11. find a place
12. yes
13. furniture
14. rent and food
15. yes
16. Pamela
17. Alice
18. yes
19. Elizabeth
20. cool
21. Mr. Everett

Question: Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award as Best Actress for her first major American movie, Roman Holiday, which was showed in 1953. But she is remembered as much for her help as for her acting. Born in Belgium in 1929, Audrey's father was British and her mother was Dutch. Audrey was sent to live at a British school for part of her childhood. During World war II, she lived and studied in the Netherlands. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks. Audrey studied dance as a teenager and during college. But when she returned to London after the war she realized she wasn't going to be a ballet dancer. So she began taking acting parts in stage shows. Later she began to get small parts in movies. But it was Audrey Hepburn's move to America that made her truly famous. In 1951 she played the character "Gigi" in the Broadway play Gigi and won popular praise. Two years later, Roman Holiday made her a star at the age of 24. Audrey made more than 25 movies. Among her most popular roles was "Hoolly Golinghtly" in Breakfast at Tiffany's in 1961. Three years later she played "Eliza Doolittle" in My Fair Lady. She was married twice. In 1989, the UN Children's Fund named Audrey a goodwill ambassador. She travelled all over the world in support of UNICEF projects. The UN agency said she was a tireless worker. She often gave 15 interviews a day to raise money and get support for UNICEF projects. Audrey Hepburn often said her love to UNICEF was the result of her experiences as a child during World War II. She said she knew what it was like to be hungry and to be saved by international help. She was a goodwill ambassador until her death in 1993 from cancer. 1. who is the story about?
2. what was her profession?
3. did she receive recognition for her work?
4. what kind?
5. for what film?
6. in what category?
7. did she only make a few films?
8. about how many did she make?
9. where did she reside during the war to end all wars?
10. why?
11. did she study theater in school?
12. what did she study?
13. is she known for something other than her profession?
14. what?
15. where did she start her life?
16. when?
17. did she marry?
18. is she still living?
19. when did she die?
20. Did she die in an accident?
21. what killed her? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Audrey Hepburn
2. actress
3. yes
4. an Academy Award
5. Roman Holiday
6. Best Actress
7. no
8. more than 25
9. the Netherlands
10. Her mother thought it would be safe from German attacks
11. no
12. dance
13. yes
14. as a goodwill ambassador
15. Belgium
16. in 1929
17. yes
18. no
19. in 1993
20. no
21. cancer