question: "I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called "Dear Amy!". Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe. "Dear Amy," it began, "I'm in real trouble. I've wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents won't even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I've tried explaining, but they won't listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree." The letter signed "Joe". Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Of course not. But didn't Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn't think out a good answer. Andy couldn't sleep. He just worried about poor Joe. At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy's Maths class, sat down next to him and asked, "What's wrong with you? You look a little worried." "I guess I do," said Andy. "If you got a problem, why don't you try writing to Amy about it?" asked Eleanor. Andy sighed ; but she continued, "in fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn't answered the phony letter I wrote her last week. You'd better read it - it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was signed Joe, a songwriter."
1. Who felt sad?
2. Why was he sad?
3. Who was the school newspaper editor?
4. What did Joe ask if he should do?
5. Who wrote the column called "Dear Amy!"?
6. Who got angry if Joe played his guitar?
7. Who did Andy see at a bar?
8. Was she in his English class?
9. What class of his was she in?
10. What did Andy worry about?
11. What did Eleanor ask Andy when she sat down?
12. What was her suggestion?
13. What did she say she did last week?
14. Did Dear Amy answer it?
15. What kind of lessons did Joe want to take?
16. What kind of column was "Dear Amy"?
17. Why couldn't Andy sleep?
18. Why did Eleanor think that Dear Amy hadn't answered her letter?
19. What was the phony letter signed?
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answer: 1. Joe
2. wanted to be a songwriter
3. Jenny
4. run away from home
5. Andy
6. parents
7. Eleanor
8. no
9. Maths
10. Joe
11. "What's wrong with you? You look a little worried."
12. write to Amy
13. wrote phony letter
14. no
15. music lessons
16. advice column
17. worried
18. busy
19. Joe, a songwriter

One day when Jack was walking in the park, he saw a woman, who lived a few miles away, sitting on a bench with a dog beside her. The dog was looking up at the woman. Jack walked up to the woman and said, "Hello, Sue, how are you? May I sit and talk with you for a while?" "Of course, please sit down," Sue said. Jack sat down next to Sue on the bench, and they talked quietly together. The dog continued to look up at Sue, as if waiting to be fed. "That's a nice dog, isn't he?" Jack said, pointing at the animal. "Yes, he is. He's handsome. He's a bit of a mixture , but that's not a bad thing. He's strong and healthy." "And hungry," Jack said. "He hasn't taken his eyes off you. He thinks you've got some food for him." "That's true," Sue said. "But I haven't." They both laughed and then Jack said, "Does your dog bite?" "No," Sue said, "He's never bitten anyone. He's always gentle and friendly." Hearing this, Jack decided to hold out his hand and touched the animal's head. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him. "Hey!" Jack shouted. "You said your dog didn't bite." Sue answered in surprise, "Yeah, I did. But this is not my dog. Mine's at home." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Does Sue's dog bite?
2. Where is her dog?
3. Why was she surprised?
4. Who was bitten?
5. When did Jack walk?
6. Who was seen?
7. Where did she live?
8. What was she doing?
9. What was next to her?
10. Who is the woman?
11. Were they acquainted?
12. What kind of dog is it?
13. How did he look?
14. What did he think Sue had?
15. Did she have any?
16. Who was laughing?
17. What did Jack gesture at?
18. What kind?
19. Was he ugly?
20. Was he sick?
Answer: 1. No
2. home
3. Suddenly it jumped up and bit him.
4. Jack
5. One day
6. woman
7. a few miles away
8. sitting on a bench
9. dog
10. Sue
11. yes
12. mixture
13. waiting to be fed
14. food
15. No
16. both
17. animal
18. dog
19. No
20. No

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. There were four brothers that lived together in a small house on the east side of town. The brothers' names were Bob, Billy, Bryan and Baker. Each brother was one year in age. The oldest brother Bob was nine, the second eight, the third seven and the youngest was only six. Each boy also had something that they were good at that no one else could do. Baker, the youngest boy was good at magic tricks. Bob was the basketball star, Billy was great at football and Bryan was good at baseball. Each boy liked to watch the others show off their skills. One afternoon Baker put on a magic show. For this trick he would need three things. First, he needed four cups each a different color. The cups colors were green, yellow, blue, and white. He would need one white ball and two helpers which the parents happily volunteered for. He started by showing his brothers the inside of each cup as well as the normal white ball. He then placed the white ball inside the white cups and moved them around really fast. Next his parents covered the four cups with a magic blanket. Baker said some magic words and then his helpers removed the blanket. To his brothers amazement there were only the three colored cups left. Each brother got to look under a cup. After flipping up each cup they saw that there was no white ball. Just a single green ball inside the green cup! How did you do that they yelled! A magician never gives up his secrets. 1. How many brothers were there?
2. Did they live together?
3. where?
4. what were their names?
5. How old was Bob?
6. How old was the youngest brother?
7. Did each of them have something they were good at?
8. What was Baker good at?
9. What was Bob good at?
10. What about Billy?
11. What was Brian good at?
12. Did they like watching each other show off what they could do?
13. When Baker put on his Magic show did he need four cups?
14. Did he need helpers?
15. How many?
16. Who volenteered to help?
17. What did his parents cover the Magic cups with?
18. Did baker say any Magic words?
numbered_answers:
1. four
2. yes
3. in a small house on the east side of town
4. Bob, Billy, Bryan and Baker
5. nine
6. six
7. yes
8. magic tricks
9. basketball?
10. football
11. basebal
12. yes
13. yes
14. yes
15. two
16. his parents
17. a magic blanket
18. yes