question: CHAPTER XXVI

THE SKATING RACE

For nearly half a mile Peter Slade kept the lead with ease, but then his breath began to fail him. Looking over his shoulder, he saw both Larry and Dick crawling up.

"No, you don't!" he muttered, and put on a fresh burst of speed that increased his lead by two yards.

"Peter Slade is going to win!"

"See how he is running away from the others!"

So the cries arose and it certainly looked as if the youth mentioned could not possibly be defeated.

But now both Larry and Dick "dug in for all they were worth," as they themselves expressed it. While there was yet a quarter of a mile to be covered Dick made a spurt and ranged up alongside of his chum.

"Sorry, but I've got to go ahead!" he cried, gaily.

"Come on, we'll both go!" yelled Larry, good naturedly, and then the pair put on a fresh effort and in a moment ranged up on either side of Peter Slade.

"Hullo, they are in a line!"

"There goes Larry Colby ahead!"

"Dick Rover is going with him!"

"Say, but that is skating, eh? Just look at Dick strike out!"

"Sandwick is coming up, too!"

"And so is Marley!"

The last reports were true. The fourth and fifth boy were now directly behind Slade. As Dick and Larry shot ahead, still side by side, Sandwick overtook Slade and so did Marley. In the meantime the sixth boy had lost a skate and dropped out.
1. who had the lead for at least a half mile?
2. did the crowd think he was going to win?
3. did he have trouble breathing?
4. what did he see when he looked behind him?
5. did he increase his speed?
6. did the gap between them increase?
7. by how much?
8. did anyone apologize to him?
9. who?
10. were they friends?
11. did he ever catch up with peter?
12. did anyone else?
13. who caught up with him next?
14. did he ever pull ahead?
15. what sport were they competing in?
16. what did the announcer say happened to dick?
17. did anyone lose a skate?
18. what happened after he lost it?
19. who did sandwick pass?
20. did marley also skated pass him?
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answer: 1. Peter Slade
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Both Larry and Dick
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Two yards
8. Yes
9. Dick
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. Yes
13. Larry
14. Yes
15. A skating race
16. Strike out!
17. Yes
18. He dropped out
19. Slade
20. Yes

question: Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's transitional government picked an engineering professor and longtime exile as its acting prime minister Monday, with the new leader pledging to respect human rights and international law.

The National Transitional Council elected Abdurrahim El-Keib, an electrical engineer who has held teaching posts at the University of Alabama and Abu Dhabi's Petroleum Institute, to the post with the support of 26 of the 51 members who voted. El-Keib emerged victorious from a field that initially included 10 candidates.

"This is a new Libya," El-Keib told reporters. "It's been 42 years with our friends and people all around the world dealing with a brutal dictator, so concerns are in order, but I want to tell you there should be none of those.

"We expect the world to understand that we have national interests as well, and we expect them to respect this," he said. "In fact, we demand respect of our national rights and national interests. In return, we promise respect and dealing according to international law."

But in response to questions about allegations of human rights abuses by the revolutionary forces that toppled longtime strongman Moammar GGadhafi, El-Keib said Libyans needed time to sort things out.

"I also need to remind myself that the Libyan revolution ended just recently in Bani Walid, Sirte, and in Tripoli only about two months ago," he said. "We beg you , the media, to give us the opportunity and the time to think through all the issues that have been raised by yourself as well as other Arab media. But we guarantee you that we are after building a nation that respects human rights and that does not permit abuse of human rights, but we need time."
1. Who was the former ruler of Lybia?
2. What kind of leader was he?
3. How many people were running for Prime Minister?
4. Who won?
5. What was his profession?
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answer: 1. Moammar GGadhafi
2. dictator
3. 10
4. El-Keib
5. professor

question: (CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request.

Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her older sister, Lynda Bird, pose inside the White House in 1963.

"I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White House," she recalled. "I was very excited about it."

His response? A decisive no, "without even any moment of trying to soften the blow," Johnson said in a recent phone interview.

The president thought the move would be viewed as self-serving. His daughter, however, saw it as a chance to honor "a great talent" and strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britain -- not to mention a golden opportunity for her and her friends.

"I could see how different sets of folks could have either perspective. And I suspect my father could see that too," she said.

Luci Baines Johnson learned quickly of the scrutiny that came from being a first daughter. Her family moved into the White House in 1963, following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Johnson was catapulted into the exclusive fraternity of White House families and embraced what she describes as a role she landed simply by chance. That fraternity has most recently expanded to include President Obama's daughters, Sasha and Malia.

"I was an eyewitness to history, over and over, during my father's five years in the White House. And I wasn't elected to that option. I had no qualifications that provided me that privilege except an accident of birth," she said. See famous first kids who grew up in the White House "
1. What did Luci ask her father?
2. Who was her father?
3. Who did he succeed?
4. What caused Kennedy to leave office?
5. When did the Johnsons move into the White House?
6. How old was Luci?
7. Was her sister older or younger?
8. What was her name?
9. Was Luci excited about the potential concert?
10. How did she describe the Beatles?
11. What political purpose did she hope to accomplish, as well?
12. Did her father agree?
13. Did he let his daughter down gently?
14. Why did he reject the idea?
15. Did Luci understand?
16. Did she feel accepted into the fraternal White House family?
17. Did she feel like she earned her position?
18. Who are the most recent inductees?
19. How long was Luci's father in office?
20. What did she state she was a firsthand witness to?
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answer:
1. if they could have the Beatles come to play at the White House
2. President Johnson
3. Kennedy
4. he was assassinated
5. in 1963
6. 16
7. older
8. Lynda Bird
9. yes
10. a great talent
11. strengthen ties between the United States and Great Britai
12. No
13. No
14. he thought the move would be viewed as self-serving.
15. yes
16. Yes
17. No
18. Sasha and Malia Obama
19. five years
20. history