Q: The Aland Islands or Aland is an archipelago at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea belonging to Finland. It is autonomous, demilitarised and is the only monolingually Swedish-speaking region in Finland. It is the smallest region of Finland, constituting 0.49% of its land area and 0.50% of its population.

Aland comprises Fasta Aland on which 90% of the population resides and a further 6,500 skerries and islands to its east. Fasta Aland is separated from the coast of Sweden by of open water to the west. In the east, the Aland archipelago is contiguous with the Finnish Archipelago Sea. Aland's only land border is located on the uninhabited skerry of Market, which it shares with Sweden.

Aland's autonomous status means that those provincial powers normally exercised by representatives of the central Finnish government are largely exercised by its own government.

The autonomous status of the islands was affirmed by a decision made by the League of Nations in 1921 following the Aland crisis. It was reaffirmed within the treaty admitting Finland to the European Union. By law, Aland is politically neutral and entirely demilitarised, and residents are exempt from conscription to the Finnish Defence Forces. The islands were granted extensive autonomy by the Parliament of Finland in the Act on the Autonomy of Aland of 1920, which was later replaced by new legislation by the same name in 1951 and 1991. Aland remains exclusively Swedish-speaking by this act.

Answer the following questions:
1. is it bilingual?
2. where do most of the people live?
3. which country does it belong to?
4. what is in the west of the Aland?
5. where is it located?
6. is it just one island?
7. where is it's land border?
8. does it share this with anyone?
9. who?
10. when was it affirmed?
11. who decided this?
12. what had happened for this to be decided?
13. what happened in 1920?
14. by who?
15. was this ever changed?
16. was it replaced?
17. how many times?
18. when?
19. is it a large part of Finland?
A: 1. No
2. Fasta Aland
3. Finland
4. open water
5. Baltic Sea
6. No
7. on the uninhabited skerry of Market
8. Yes
9. Sweden
10. 1921
11. League of Nations
12. the Aland crisis
13. the Act on the Autonomy of Aland
14. the Parliament of Finland
15. No
16. Yes
17. Twice
18. 1951 and 1991
19. No
Q: CHAPTER VII

THE ARRIVAL OF SONGBIRD

"So you've made some enemies as well as some friends, eh?" remarked Songbird Powell, after he had been registered, taken up to his room, and had listened to what the Rover boys had to tell. "No use of talking, it doesn't take you fellows long to stir things up!"

"You said you had a surprise for us, Songbird," returned Tom. "I'm dying by inches to know what it is."

"Maybe it's a new poem," put in Sam with a grimace at his brothers.

"I've got a poem--several of them, in fact," answered Songbird, "but I didn't have those in mind when I spoke. Who do you suppose I met yesterday morning, in Ithaca, while I was waiting for the train?"

"Dora Stanhope and the Lanings," answered Tom promptly.

"No. Tad Sobber."

"Tad Sobber!" exclaimed the Rover boys in concert.

"Songbird, are you sure of it?" demanded Dick.

"Sure? Wasn't I talking to him!"

"But--but--I thought he was lost in that hurricane, when the _Josephine_ was wrecked."

"No. It seems he escaped to a vessel bound for England; but his uncle, Sid Merrick, was lost, and so were most of the others. Sobber just got back from England--came in on one of the ocean liners, so he told me."

"How did he act?" asked Tom.

"Where was he going?" added Sam.

"Did he seem to have any money?" came from Dick.

All of the Rovers were intensely interested, and showed it plainly.

"Say, one question at a time, please!" cried Songbird, "You put me in mind of a song I once wrote about a little boy:

Answer the following questions:
1. what did Dick ask?
2. Who did Tom think Songbird had seen?
3. was it them?
4. who was it?
5. what did the boys think had happened to him?
6. who had been lost
7. was he the only one?
8. Had the boys only made enemies?
9. what else?
10. what did Sam think Songbird's surprise was?
11. did he have any?
12. was that his surprise?
13. what ship had wrecked?
14. was Sid Merrick Sobber's grandfather?
15. was he a relative?
16. what relationship?
17. were the Rover boys bored by the descussion?
18. how did thye feel?
19. what was Songbird reminded of
20. about?
A: 1. if Songbird was sure
2. Dora Stanhope and the Lanings
3. no
4. Tad Sobber
5. that he was lost in a hurricane
6. Sid Merrick
7. no
8. no
9. some friends
10. a new poem
11. yes
12. no
13. Josephine
14. no
15. yes
16. uncle
17. no
18. intensely interested
19. a song
20. a little boy:
Q: Danny lived for football. He played it, watched it, talked and dreamed about it. His favourite football star was Keith Connolly - Lowgate's captain. One day in January, after school, Danny hurried through his homework. He wanted to watch TV. Keith Connolly was doing an interview on the local news programme. Danny hoped that the television wouldn't go fuzzy*or lose the sound when Keith Connolly was talking. It was an old set, and it did things like that. It wasn't clear enough, but at last Keith Connolly's smiling face appeared on the screen. "What I really like about playing for Lowgate," he said, "is the fans. They're the best. They always support us. It's wonderful running on to the playground to all that cheering and chanting." Danny wished he could be in that crowd at the Lowgate ground, but the price of a single ticket was far above anything he could afford. There was no chance of the whole family going, or even just Danny and his little brother. "You won again on Saturday," said the reporter. "Did the team go out to celebrate?" "We went for a meal together," said Keith Connolly, "but I have to be careful about what I eat, because I want to stay fit. I love doughnuts* very much ..." Then the sound went fuzzy, and Danny jumped up and _ the top of the set heavily to make it come on again. He hadn't missed much. But he had missed something important. Keith Connolly had been saying "... but I'm not allowed to eat doughnuts." Danny hadn't heard that. All he heard was that Keith Connolly loved doughnuts. And at the end of Danny's street was a bakery*. It sold the biggest and the best doughnuts! When Danny went to bed, he lay wide-awake, making a plan.

Answer the following questions:
1. What does like?
A:
1. unknown