question: CHAPTER II.

THE HOME OF WASHINGTON'S BOYHOOD--HIS EARLY EDUCATION--LAWRENCE WASHINGTON AND HIS CAMPAIGN IN THE WEST INDIES--DEATH OF WASHINGTON'S FATHER--THE WIDOWED MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN--SCHOOL EXERCISES.

Not long after the birth of George, his father removed to an estate in Stafford County, opposite Fredericksburg. The house was similar in style to the one at Bridges Creek, and stood on a rising ground overlooking a meadow which bordered the Rappahannock. This was the home of George's boyhood; the meadow was his play-ground, and the scene of his early athletic sports; but this home, like that in which he was born, has disappeared; the site is only to be traced by fragments of bricks, china, and earthenware.

In those days the means of instruction in Virginia were limited, and it was the custom among the wealthy planters to send their sons to England to complete their education. This was done by Augustine Washington with his eldest son Lawrence, then about fifteen years of age, and whom he no doubt considered the future head of the family. George was yet in early childhood: as his intellect dawned he received the rudiments of education in the best establishment for the purpose that the neighborhood afforded. It was what was called, in popular parlance, an "old field school-house;" humble enough in its pretensions, and kept by one of his father's tenants named Hobby, who moreover was sexton of the parish. The instruction doled out by him must have been of the simplest kind, reading, writing, and ciphering, perhaps; but George had the benefit of mental and moral culture at home, from an excellent father.
1. what was georges playground?
2. where did his father go after he was born?
3. what was this house similar to?
4. what did it overlook?
5. waht did the wealthy planters often do?
6. why?
7. who was Augustines son?
8. was he the only child?
9. was he the youngest or oldest?
10. how old was lawrence?
11. was george a teenager?
12. what was georges school called?
13. who ran the school?
14. what kind of things did he teach?
15. was the home his dad was born in still there?
16. what was left in its place?
17. was there a lot of options for schools in virginia?
18. what did they expect lawrence to become?
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answer: 1. the meadow
2. an estate in Stafford County
3. to the one at Bridges Creek
4. a meadow
5. send their sons to England
6. to complete their education
7. Lawrence
8. no
9. oldest
10. fifteen years of age
11. no
12. old field school-house
13. Hobby
14. reading, writing, and ciphering
15. no
16. ragments of bricks, china, and earthenware
17. no
18. the future head of the family

question: So ill he could not move, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart supposedly sang parts of his final masterpiece, "Requiem," from his deathbed. Two centuries later, the exact cause of the Austrian composer's premature death, in December 1791 at age 35, is still a mystery.

This portrait by painter Johann Georg Edlinger, showed Mozart not long before his mysterious death in 1791.

Theories abound. It's known that his entire body was so swollen he couldn't turn over in bed; some say jealous rivals poisoned him, while others suggest scarlet fever, tuberculosis, or lethal trichinosis from undercooked pork.

Now, new evidence points to an altogether different conclusion: Mozart may have died from kidney damage caused by a strep infection, possibly strep throat. Health.com: Can't stop coughing? 8 causes of chronic cough

Dr. Richard H.C. Zegers of the University of Amsterdam and his colleagues analyzed data from Vienna's death registry. Researchers had not previously analyzed the daily death registry -- begun in handwritten script in 1607 and maintained until 1920 -- for clues to Mozart's death.

Zegers and his team looked at information for 5,011 adults who died during three consecutive winters starting in 1790, as well as eyewitness accounts of Mozart's death, according to the study published this week in Annals of Internal Medicine.

"By looking at the patterns of death during Mozart's time and combining them with the signs and symptoms of his final disease, we have not one but two pillars on which our theory is built," said Zegers. "Although we can't be 100 percent conclusive, I'm convinced that we have come very near the exact reason he died."
1. When did Vienna start their death registry?
2. When does it end?
3. How was it written in the beginning?
4. Who has been looking it over?
5. From where?
6. What are they hoping to find?
7. Are they the first to do this?
8. When did Mozart die?
9. What month?
10. How old was he?
11. Are there rumors about how he died
12. Who might have poisoned him?
13. Where could he have picked up trichinosis?
14. Can that be fatal?
15. What did he do while on his deathbed?
16. What?
17. Who painted a picture of him?
18. Why couldn't he flip over?
19. What is a current theory on his cause of death?
20. From what?
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answer: 1. 1607
2. 1920
3. it was handwritten
4. Dr. Richard H.C. Zegers and his colleagues
5. the University of Amsterdam
6. clues to Mozart's death
7. unknown
8. 1791
9. December
10. 35
11. yes
12. jealous rivals
13. undercooked pork
14. yes
15. sing
16. "Requiem"
17. Johann Georg Edlinger
18. his body was swollen
19. kidney damage
20. a strep infection

question: Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "CalgaryEdmonton Corridor".

The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost city with a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an "Edmontonian".

Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the "Gateway to the North", the city is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.

Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname "Canada's Festival City". It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum.
1. how large is the population of Edmonton?
2. is it Alberta's largest city?
3. what rank is it?
4. how does it rank population wise with the rest of canada?
5. are there any bodies of water near it?
6. which one?
7. is it located in the south?
8. is it a capital city?
9. how big is the metro population?
10. what are residents there known as?
11. what is the city known as?
12. does it have any other nicknames?
13. like what?
14. why is called that?
15. what kind of projects happen there?
16. what about in the northwest?
17. do they have places to shop in the festival city?
18. what is one place?
19. is it small?
20. do they have museums too?
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answer:
1. 932,546
2. No
3. second-largest
4. fifth-largest
5. Yes
6. North Saskatchewan River
7. No
8. Yes
9. 1,321,426
10. Edmontonian
11. Gateway to the North
12. Yes
13. Canada's Festival City
14. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals
15. oil sands
16. diamond mining
17. Yes
18. West Edmonton Mall
19. No
20. Yes