TASK DEFINITION: You are given a paragraph, a question and some answer options (associated with "A", "B", "C", "D", etc.) You need to list all the correct answer options with their associated letters (e.g. "A" can be a valid answer). Note that sometimes, more than one option can answer the question correctly and completely. In those cases, please generate all such options separated by a comma (e.g. "A, B" is a valid answer). Do not generate anything else apart from one or more of the following characters: 'A', 'B, 'C', 'D', etc.
PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: To protect its seagoing interests and trade routes, Portugal established strategic garrisons in Goa (India), Malacca (East Indies), and Hormuz in the Persian Gulf.
Sent 2: Portuguese explorers then embarked upon Macau (now Macao), the Congo, and various other parts of Africa, including the Sudan.
Sent 3: The Portuguese policy was to avoid armed strife and to develop a trade empire, rather than to conquer nations.
Sent 4: To this end it succeeded with relatively few blood-soaked episodes in its colonial history.
Sent 5: Adventures abroad, however, proved disastrous during the second half of the 16th century.
Sent 6: In 1557 the 14-year-old boy-king Sebastiao ascended the throne, the beginning of a calamitous reign that was to end at the battle of Alcacer-Quiber (Morocco) in pursuit of a vain crusade.
Sent 7: Sebastiao's untimely demise, alongside some 18,000 ill-prepared, badly led followers, set the stage for a crisis of succession.
Sent 8: For many years afterwards, legends and rumors bizarrely insisted that the king was still alive, and imposters turned up from time to time claiming the throne; those who were plausible enough to be deemed a threat were summarily executed.
Sent 9: In fact, the only rightful claimant to the crown was the elderly Prince Henry.
Sent 10: But after two years of alternating between the throne and his sickbed, he died, heirless.
Sent 11: Surveying the situation and smelling an opportunity, Spain occupied the power vacuum, and Portugal's neighbor and long-time antagonist became its master.
Sent 12: Spanish rule dictated Portugal's inadvertent involvement in Spain's ongoing wars.
Sent 13: In 1587 a squadron of British ships commanded by Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a "legitimate target" as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator.
Sent 14: Nine years later Faro was torched.
Sent 15: The 1386 Treaty of Windsor, by which Britain and Portugal had pledged eternal friendship, seemed a distant memory.
Sent 16: Portugal's empire was gradually eroded, and many of its trading posts (with the notable exception of Brazil) were picked off by the British and Dutch.
Sent 17: Finally, after 60 years of Spanish rule, Portuguese noblemen (aided by the French, then at war with Spain) organized a palace coup and restored independence.
Sent 18: The Great Disaster Portugal's greatest misfortune struck on All Saint's Day, 1 November 1755.
Question: What action by Francis Drake, made the 1386 Treaty of Windsor a distant memory? (A) Francis Drake slaughtered a whole village with his men (B) When Sebastiao ascended the throne (C) Drake lead a peace keeping meeting that ended in fighting (D) Francis Drake led British ships in attacking Algarve and sacking Sagres (E) When Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (F) Francis Drake attacked the Algarve (now a "legitimate target" as Spanish territory) and sacked Sagres, thus depriving the world of the relics of Henry the Navigator (G) Drake broke the treaty (H) When the British refused to destroy Faro (I) When Faro was torched.

SOLUTION: D, F, I.

PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: During the transition, Bush had chosen John Ashcroft, a former senator from Missouri, as his attorney general.
Sent 2: On his arrival at the Justice Department, Ashcroft told us, he faced a number of problems spotlighting the need for reform at the FBI.
Sent 3: In February, Clarke briefed Attorney General Ashcroft on his directorate's issues.
Sent 4: He reported that at the time, the attorney general acknowledged a "steep learning curve," and asked about the progress of the Cole investigation.
Sent 5: Neither Ashcroft nor his predecessors received the President's Daily Brief.
Sent 6: His office did receive the daily intelligence report for senior officials that, during the spring and summer of 2001, was carrying much of the same threat information.
Sent 7: The FBI was struggling to build up its institutional capabilities to do more against terrorism, relying on a strategy called MAXCAP 05 that had been unveiled in the summer of 2000.
Sent 8: The FBI's assistant director for counterterrorism, Dale Watson, told us that he felt the new Justice Department leadership was not supportive of the strategy.
Sent 9: Watson had the sense that the Justice Department wanted the FBI to get back to the investigative basics: guns, drugs, and civil rights.
Sent 10: The new administration did seek an 8 percent increase in overall FBI funding in its initial budget proposal for fiscal year 2002, including the largest proposed percentage increase in the FBI's counterterrorism program since fiscal year 1997.
Sent 11: The additional funds included the FBI's support of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah (a onetime increase), enhanced security at FBI facilities, and improvements to the FBI's WMD incident response capability.
Sent 12: In May, the Justice Department began shaping plans for building a budget for fiscal year 2003, the process that would usually culminate in an administration proposal at the beginning of 2002.
Sent 13: On May 9, the attorney general testified at a congressional hearing concerning federal efforts to combat terrorism.
Sent 14: He said that "one of the nation's most fundamental responsibilities is to protect its citizens from terrorist attacks."Sent 15: The budget guidance issued the next day, however, highlighted gun crimes, narcotics trafficking, and civil rights as priorities.
Question: Former senator of which state wanted to reform FBI? (A) Clarke of Missouri (B) Arkansas (C) John Ashcroft from Missouri (D) Ashcroft of Missouri (E) John Ashcroft from Texas (F) Missouri.

SOLUTION: C, D, F.

PROBLEM: Paragraph- Sent 1: Littlefoot 's grandfather one night tells the children a story about '' The Lone Dinosaur '' , a legendary longneck who once protected the Great Valley from the most ferocious sharptooth ever to live .
Sent 2: A fight ensued , which led to the Sharptooth 's death .
Sent 3: However , the sharptooth left '' The Lone Dinosaur '' with a scar slashed across his right eye .
Sent 4: Soon after the battle , a huge monolith that resembled a proud sauropod , having life-sized Sharptooth teeth arranged around his neck , came out of the ground during an earthquake .
Sent 5: The dinosaurs called it '' Saurus Rock '' .
Sent 6: The legend also states that if anyone damages the monolith , bad luck would descend upon the valley .
Sent 7: A few days later when the kids are playing , Littlefoot accidentally falls off a cliff .
Sent 8: Just before he hits the ground , a gruff Diplodocus rescues him .
Sent 9: This longneck introduces himself only as '' Doc '' and gives no knowledge of his history .
Sent 10: Littlefoot is intrigued by this newcomer , who is scarred across one eye and displays prior knowledge of the Great Valley 's topography .
Sent 11: For the preceding reasons , Littlefoot assumes that Doc is the Lone Dinosaur .
Sent 12: He tells his friends this , narrating an apparently extemporaneous legend to support his assumption .
Sent 13: Inspired , Cera 's infant nieces , the twins Dinah and Dana , go to Saurus Rock without anyone noticing .
Sent 14: Later when the friends are playing , they notice that Dinah and Dana are missing .
Sent 15: Recalling their talk of the day before , they go to Saurus Rock to find them .
Question: Why does Littlefoot and his friends think the twins went to Saurus Rock? (A) Because his friends told him so, after narrating an apparently extemporaneous legend (B) Because they always go there (C) Because another dinosaur saw which direction they headed in (D) Because they were talking about the Lone Dinosaur the day before and mentioned Saurus Rock (E) Because they left a trail of hardwater sweets (F) Because they were interested in Littlefoot's story about the Lone Dinosaur.

SOLUTION:
D, F.