Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(RealSimple.com) -- A lengthy separation -- and a surprise trip to Paris -- caused this husband and wife to realize that their marriage could be saved.

Mary L. Tabor and Del Persinger Washington, D.C. Married 26 years

Mary was still in her nightgown and robe, sipping a cappuccino in the kitchen of the Washington, D.C., brownstone she shared with her husband, Del, when he walked in and announced he wanted to live alone. They had been married for 21 years.

"I didn't know what had hit me," Mary, 64, recalls of that fall morning in 2005. "I wondered, does he have a girlfriend? A boyfriend? I had no idea what was wrong."

Although the couple's relationship had been strained for a few months, Mary simply assumed they were going through a rough patch. She attributed Del's loss of interest in sex and his suddenly quick temper to stress from his high-pressure job as a financial analyst.

"Del was so on edge that he would yell at me about every little thing -- like a knife accidentally placed in the dishwasher with the point up," says Mary, a writer and a teacher. Still, she figured that things would soon return to normal.

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For Del, the decision had been a long time coming. Increasingly restless within his marriage, he wondered whether it was holding him back from leading a more exciting life. "I knew the problem wasn't Mary -- it was me," he says. "And I felt I needed to work through my mixed emotions alone."

1. What caused the couple to not separate?
2. What were their names?
3. How long had they been married for?
4. What state were they in?
5. How did Mary react when Del told him he wanted to live alone?
6. Had their relationship been strained for a while?
7. What did Mary assume?
8. What was Mary's profession?
9. How would Del react towards Mary?
10. What year was it when Del told her he wanted to live alone?
11. Did Del blame Mary?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a trip to Paris
2. Mary L. Tabor and Del Persinger
3. 26 years
4. Washington, D.C.
5. she had no idea what was wrong
6. yes
7. they were going through a rough patch
8. a writer and a teacher
9. he would yell at her
10. 2005
11. no

Question: How do you usually celebrate your birthday? Playing a soccer game may not be your first choice. But Lu Han, the former EXO singer, did just that and showed has an unusual side of him. Lu Han celebrated his 25th birthday by playing a soccer game with players from Beijing No.47 High School on April 19th in Beijing, a day before his birthday. He scored three goals in the game. Lu Han has often shown on Weibo that he is a big soccer fan and his favorite soccer team is Manchester United. He said more than once that he used to dream of becoming a professional soccer player. So what was Lu Han's performance like on the pitch ?Fan Zhiyi, the former captain of the Chinese national soccer team, played with Lu Han in a friendly match in 2013. He thought that Lu Han is a top amateur player. ,A, B, C, D. 1. Who was a singer?
2. With what band?
3. Did he play basketball with someone?
4. What game did he play?
5. Was it an ordinary day?
6. What day was it?
7. Is the team from Bejing his favorite?
8. What team is?
9. How many goals did he score?
10. Who is Fan Zhiyi?
11. What did Lu used to want to be? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Lu Han
2. EXO
3. No.
4. a soccer game.
5. No.
6. his 25th birthday.
7. No.
8. Manchester United.
9. three goals.
10. The former captain of the Chinese national soccer team
11. a professional soccer player.

Q: CHAPTER X

MARSTON USES HIS POWER

Soon after Don Felix was buried two strangers visited the schooner. One was white but so burned by the sun and worn by the climate that he looked like a native. Peters was agent for a Hamburg merchant house with a factory on a neighboring lagoon, and told Wyndham he had come because he seldom met a white man. The other was a government officer and stated, apologetically, that his business was to make a few inquiries about Don Felix's death. His skin was nearly white, but his coarse lips and short, curling hair indicated a strain of negro blood.

Marston knew something about the officials who held small posts on the Caribbean coast. For the most part, they were mulattos, paid low wages and willing to augment the latter by presents and bribes. As a rule, he had found them good-humored and indolent, and he imagined Don Ramon Larrinaga would be satisfied with a few particulars and a little money. There was, he thought, no use in trying to put him on the track of the unknown poisoner. He let Wyndham take the man to the cabin and sat under the awning on deck with Peters, for whom he opened a bottle of vermouth.

Peters knew much about the country and told him some rather curious stories. He looked shriveled and desiccated, but his glance was keen and Marston imagined he was very shrewd. Marston, however, did not study him much; it was enough that he was an amusing companion while Wyndham was occupied. By-and-by the latter opened the cabin scuttle and beckoned.

1. Don Felix
2. Yes
3. the schooner
4. two strangers
5. One was white
6. Yes
7. No
8. Yes
9. Marston
10. Peters
11. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who had died?
2. Had he been buried yet?
3. How did he die?
4. Who visited the schooner?
5. What race were both of them?
6. Was the other completely white?
7. Did the officials get paid well?
8. Did they tend to accept extra money?
9. Who opened a bottle?
10. For who?
11. Did he know a lot about the area?