Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

"I believe you're the right person to write an advice column for the students called Dear Amy!" Jenny, editor of the school newspaper, said to Andy, who finally agreed to accept the job if Jenny promised not to tell it to anyone else. At first it wasn't too bad. Most of the letters he received were interesting and quite easy to answer. Then came a letter from a person named Joe. "Dear Amy," it began, "I'm in real trouble. I've wanted to be a songwriter all my life, but my parents don't even let me take music lessons. I have a guitar, but they both get angry if I play. I've tried explaining, but they didn't listen. I feel sad. Should I run away from home? Maybe that will make my parents agree." The letter signed "Joe". Andy thought about this letter for a long time. Should he advise someone to run away from home? Probably not. But didn't Joe have a right to be a songwriter if he wanted to? Andy thought hard, but couldn't think out a good answer. Andy couldn't sleep. He just worried about poor Joe. At a bar a few days later, Eleanor, a girl in Andy's maths class, sat down next to him and asked, " What's wrong with you? You look a little worried." "I guess I do," said Andy. "If you get a problem, why don't you try writing to Dear Amy about it?" asked Eleanor. Andy sighed. But Eleanor continued, "In fact, I guess Dear Amy is rather busy with other problems. She still hasn't answered the _ letter I wrote her last week. You'd better read it -- it may even make the most hard-hearted person cry! It was supposed to be from a songwriter named Joe."

1. how did the letter begin?
2. what was the name of the person the letter came from?
3. how did it begin?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Jenny thought it would be a good idea
2. joe
3. "Dear Amy,"

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIII

BURIED ALIVE

At the moment when Skip Miller knocked away the joist which supported the timbers at the top of the tunnel, Fred had stooped to pick up his shovel, and this position saved him from being instantly killed.

One end of the shoring plank was yet held by the upright placed in the center of the cutting, and it remained at an angle, although pinning him down, while the earth covered him completely.

For a moment he was at a loss to know what had happened, and then he heard, as if from afar off, Joe calling him by name.

"Here I am under the timber," he replied.

"Are you hurt much?"

"I think not; but I shall stifle to death if the dirt isn't taken away soon."

"It ain't a sure thing that you won't stifle even then," he heard Bill say sharply. "Take hold, mate, an' let's get him from beneath while we have a chance to breathe."

Then the grating of the shovels was distinguished, and pound by pound the weight was removed until nothing save the timber held him down.

"Can you get out now?" Joe asked, and his voice sounded strangely indistinct.

"Not till the joist is pulled away."

"When that is done it's safe to say tons of the roof will follow," Bill muttered, and Joe asked:

"Does it hurt you much, lad?"

"The edges are cutting into my back terribly."

"Grin an' bear it as long as you can. Our only chance for life is to break through the wall into the old tunnel; but if that timber is taken away it's good-bye for all hands."

1. whats is the chapter name ?
2. whos voices seemed indisrinct ?
3. what was the ? he asked ?
4. who knocked away the joist
5. last name ?
6. what happenes if the dirt is not moved away ?
7. how many people are in this story ?
8. who was at a loss ?
9. who picked up the shovel ?
10. did it save the person ?
11. from what ?
12. who was under the timber ?
13. what was hurting his back ?
14. he had to do what as long as possible ?
15. what was the only chance to live ?
16. in what ?
17. if the timber is taken away what happens ?
18. for what ?
19. who called him by his name ?
20. what covered him a lot ?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. BURIED ALIVE
2. Joe
3. Can you get out now
4. Skip
5. Miller
6. stifle to death
7. Four
8. Skip
9. Fred
10. yes
11. being instantly killed
12. Skip Miller
13. The edges
14. Grin an' bear it
15. break through the wall
16. old tunne
17. it's good-bye
18. all hands
19. Joe
20. the earth

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Sam wanted a phone, so he asked his Mom if he could have one because phones are very expensive. Sam told his Mom that he could do extra chores for money to buy one. Sam's Mom told him that a phone is very expensive, much more expensive than the toys he normally buys with his chore money. But Sam still really wanted a phone. Sam's Mom came up with an idea and told Sam to pray for one. Since she could not help him, maybe God could help him. That night Sam prayed before bed and asked if he could somehow have a phone. The next day Sam was playing bat and ball with his brother John and sister Lucy. He saw something shine from the ground. He found a phone lying there. He ran and took it to his Mom who checked the phone, and after a quick clean found the phone worked. She told Sam that someone must have lost the phone and she'll call them to tell them they have found the phone. Sam sat in the kitchen as Sam's Mom called the number in the phone. A lady called Pat answered. After telling the lady the story of Sam and his praying, the lady was so touched that she told Sam's Mom to give the phone to Sam.

1. Did Sam want something?
2. What?
3. Did he eventually get one?
4. Did his mother buy it for him?
5. Why not?
6. How did Sam get a phone?
7. What was he doing when he found it?
8. Did it belong to anyone?
9. Who?
10. Why did Sam get to keep Pat's phone?
11. Did he pray for one?
12. Why?
13. Did they have to do anything to make the phone work?
14. What?
15. Who did it?
16. Was Pat a man?
17. Who was Sam playing bat and ball with?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Yes.
2. A phone.
3. Yes.
4. No.
5. Phones are expensive.
6. He found it.
7. Playing bat and ball.
8. Yes.
9. Pat.
10. Story of him praying for one.
11. Yes.
12. Maybe God could help him get a phone.
13. Yes.
14. Cleaned it.
15. His mom.
16. No.
17. His brother and sister.