Question:
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I'm here to tell you the story of a robot named Carl. He came from a far away land known as Factory. Carl was sad because he was missing a part called a tire. He also needed a sun gatherer. But, the tire was more important. Once Carl got all these parts he could travel to his new home in the nation of Lab and the city of Office. It was a tricky thing to get there with missing parts. Just as he had given up hope Carl got a message from Mr. X saying the new parts were ready to be delivered. This made the robot very happy. The parts arrived a few days later and Carl put them in with 2 days of work. After this Carl began to travel the last bit of his goal to get to his new job. After this Carl took 10 days to get to Lab.
1. What part did the robot need?
2. What part was more important than that?
3. Why did he want that?
4. where did he come from?
5. what was his name?
6. What city was his new home in?
7. in what country?
8. was he worried that he wasn't going to receive the parts?
9. who phoned to say the parts were ready?
10. how did this make him feel?
11. how long did it take for the parts to be received after he was notified of their arrival?
12. who installed them?
13. how long did it take?
14. what did he do after he was finished?
15. where was the new job?
16. how long did it take to get there?

Numbered answers:
1. a sun gatherer
2. the tire
3. so he could travel to his new home
4. a far away land known as Factory
5. Carl
6. Office
7. Lab
8. no
9. Mr. X
10. very happy
11. a few days later
12. Carl
13. 2 days
14. traveled to get to his new job.
15. Lab
16. 10 days

Question:
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Hempstead, New York (CNN) -- President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off Tuesday in the second of their three debates, this one in a town hall-style setting in which they'll take questions from likely voters.

The stakes couldn't be higher: Obama must get his campaign back on track after a poor performance in the first debate that left Democrats demoralized and Obama's lead evaporating both in national polls and those in key battleground states. For Romney, who polls among voters showed won the first debate overwhelmingly, a second strong performance would boost his momentum going into the third debate next Monday and the final two weeks before Election Day.

Here are five things to watch for on Tuesday:

1. Connecting with the audience

Unlike the first presidential showdown in Denver two weeks ago, this debate will include a town hall audience of approximately 80 undecided voters, some of whom will get the chance to ask questions to the two candidates.

It's a completely different dynamic than the first face-off between the president and the Republican nominee.

"The challenge is that they've got to connect, not just with the people that are looking into the television and watching them, but to the people that are on the stage with them," the debate's moderator, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Candy Crowley, said.

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"They have to keep those folks in mind. It's a much more intimate and up close adventure with voters. The candidate that makes a connection with the person asking the question is also making a better connection with the person back at home," added Crowley, who's also the host of CNN's "State of the Union."
1. who is the debate's moderator?
2. who is she?
3. what else does she host?
4. is this the first debate?
5. then?
6. what kind of a setting will it be?
7. is the setting of the 2nd similar to the 1st?
8. who is in the debate?
9. what party is Romney?
10. who was better in the 1st?
11. how long before elections is the last one?
12. where was the first one?
13. how many people will be there for the 2nd?
14. what will the audience get to do?
15. how did the democrats feel after the 1st?
16. what day is this debate?
17. and what day is the third?
18. what is the challenge in this one?
19. do they connect just with the audience?
20. then who else?

Numbered answers:
1. Candy Crowley
2. CNN Chief Political Correspondent
3. "State of the Union"
4. No
5. 2nd
6. Town hall
7. No
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
9. Republican
10. Romney
11. Two weeks
12. Denver
13. About 80 undecided voters, other numbers unknown
14. Ask questions
15. Demoralized
16. Tuesday
17. Monday
18. To connect with voters
19. No
20. To the people watching on TV, and in person.

Question:
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Jonny Jones was a nice and popular boy, who everyone loved.He was so much fun, so good and so kind to everyone that they treated him wonderfully. But as everything he needed was given to him without asking, Jonny became a _ . He was so spoiled by everyone that he couldn't stand any hardship.

One day Johnny heard a mother saying to her son "Come on, my boy, get up and stop crying. You are behaving like Johnny Jones." That made Johnny feel very ashamed. But he was sure that he would prefer to be known as a good boy rather than a fool. Worried, he spoke to his father about all this, though he was afraid that maybe he would be laughed at for having such worries. His father, far from laughing at Johnny, told him that a teacher had taught him a secret trick to turn him into the toughest boy off all. "Eat a candy less, study a minute more, and count to five before crying." Johnny asked, "Just that? " "Yes, just that," said his father, "It's very simple, but I warn you that it won't be easy."

Johnny was happy like a bird, ready to follow the advice. He went to see his mother, and she noticed how happy he was when she offered him candies. "One candy less", thought Johnny, so he only took one. That afternoon he had another chance to put it into practice by studying one minute more. The result was that he missed the first minute of his favorite program! But having achieved this gave him a great feeling of satisfaction. The same happened when he ran up against the corner of the kitchen table. He only managed to count to four before crying, but that was left deeply in his mother's memory.

Over the following days Johnny kept using the motto in his life as his father told him. And the more he put this into practice ,the easier it got. Before long he realized that he could also do things that would seem impossible before.
1. Who did Johnny get advice from?
2. What did he tell him about sweets?
3. How long should he study?
4. What should he do prior to bawling?
5. How did he feel about this advice?
6. What happened when he studied longer?
7. How did he feel?
8. What happened that made him want to cry?
9. How long did he last before crying?
10. Was he a nice kid?
11. Did people treat him well?
12. why?
13. Was he spoiled?
14. by who?
15. How did he fare when things went bad?
16. What did a mother compare her child to?
17. Why
18. How did johnny feel?
19. How did he think his father would react?
20. did he?
Numbered answers:
1. his father
2. Eat less
3. a minute more
4. count to five
5. happy
6. He missed part of a show
7. satisfied
8. he ran into the kitchen table
9. a count of four
10. yes
11. yes
12. he was fun and kind
13. yes
14. everyone
15. he couldn't stand it
16. Johnny Jones
17. he was crying
18. ashamed
19. by laughing
20. no