Q: (CNN) -- Two children died Saturday in the suburbs of the Syrian capital -- not because of guns, bombs or other weapons, but because of malnutrition, activists and an opposition group said.

The two boys suffered from marasmus, a type of acute malnutrition that can very quickly lead to death if not treated, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.

Ibrahim Khalil was 4; Ammar Arafa was even younger, but his exact age wasn't known, opposition activist Ahmed Al-Muadami said from the town, Moadamiyet al-Sham, in the Damascus suburbs.

Moadamiyet al-Sham was one of the areas affected by the alleged chemical weapons attack August 21. It was the first town United Nations inspectors visited this week to gather evidence about the attack and speak to the wounded.

Al-Muadami said the town has been under siege by Syrian troops since last November and that the situation there is "disastrous."

"We ran out of food supplies and we cannot get anything into the town," he said.

Doctors lacked the medicine and necessary nutrients to treat the children because of the siege, the Syrian Observatory said.

"We haven't seen a piece of bread for six months now," said another resident, Abu Alnour. "We went through our food supplies, local produce and cattle."

He said government checkpoints and snipers are blocking all the roads leading into the town and are not allowing anything in or out. The Syrian government typically calls rebels "armed terrorists."

"The Red Crescent tried to send an aid shipment into the town in early July but the government forces denied them access, and that was the last aid shipment we heard about," Al-Muadami said.

1. malnutrition
2. marasmus
3. Ibrahim Khalil and Ammar Arafa
4. Damascus
5. food supplies
6. The Red Crescent
7. government forces denied them access
8. checkpoints and snipers are blocking all the roads
9. for six months
10. lacked the medicine and necessary nutrients
11. United Nations
12. to gather evidence
13. about the attack (Chemical)
14. to the wounded.
15. since last November
16. "armed terrorists."
17. Abu Alnour

Numbered questions:
1. What did the children die of?
2. What was the specific name of the disease?
3. What were the names of the boys?
4. What country were they in?
5. What did that town run out of?
6. Who tried to send in aid?
7. What happened to it?
8. What is blocking the roads?
9. How long has it been since they've seen bread?
10. What did doctors need to treat the children?
11. What agency sent inspectors this week?
12. To do what?
13. About what?
14. Who were they going to speak to?
15. How long has the town been under seige>
16. What does the Syrian government call rebels?
17. What is the name of one resident?

Q: East Timor () or Timor-Leste (; Tetum: "Timor Lorosa'e"), officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor. The country's size is about 15,410km (5,400 sqmi).

East Timor was colonised by Portugal in the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until 28 November 1975, when the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) declared the territory's independence. Nine days later, it was invaded and occupied by Indonesia and was declared Indonesia's 27th province the following year. The Indonesian occupation of East Timor was characterised by a highly violent decades-long conflict between separatist groups (especially Fretilin) and the Indonesian military.

In 1999, following the United Nations-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory. East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the 21st century on 20 May 2002 and joined the United Nations and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. In 2011, East Timor announced its intention to gain membership status in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by applying to become its eleventh member. It is one of only two predominantly Christian nations in Southeast Asia, the other being the Philippines.

1. Maritime Southeast Asia
2. Island
3. Two are mentioned
4. Indonesian West Timor
5. East Timor
6. Yes
7. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
8. Independent
9. Portugal, and later Indonesia
10. 1999
11. No
12. 20 May 2002
13. unknown
14. Tetum
15. Portuguese
16. They were colonized by Portugal
17. 16th century
18. 28 November 1975
19. Nine days
20. Violent

Numbered questions:
1. Where is TImor?
2. What type of landmass is it?
3. How many countries are on it?
4. What is the name of one?
5. What is another?
6. Does that country have any other names?
7. Like what?
8. Is it currently independant or under another nation's control?
9. Who did it get freedom from?
10. When was it separated from Indonesia?
11. Did it become a new nation right away?
12. WHen did it become a new nation?
13. Was it faster or slower than other freed areas in the territory to establish itself as a country?
14. What language do they speak there?
15. What other language?
16. Why?
17. When?
18. WHen did it end?
19. How long did they retain their freedom?
20. Was it a peaceful or violent time period?

Q: There once was a spider name Thomas. Thomas lived in North Carolina. Thomas was traveling to see his grandmother. His grandmother did not live in North Carolina. She lived in Georgia. Georgia was far from Thomas's house, so he had to take a train. He bought a ticket for the train ride. The ticket was five dollars. Before he got on the train, Thomas the spider packed his bag. He packed his blanket, two shirts, and two pairs of pants. He did not pack any books or toys. His grandmother had toys for him to play with. She also had books for him to read. Thomas likes to read and play with toys. Thomas used the phone to call his grandmother to tell her he was coming to visit. She was very excited. Thomas took his bag and went to the train. At the train Thomas looked at the snacks. He wanted vanilla pudding. They did not have vanilla or chocolate, so Thomas got strawberry. He took his bag and strawberry pudding and got on the train.

1. a spider
2. North Carolina
3. His grandma
4. no
5. Georgia
6. no
7. ,by train
8. Five
9. Five
10. no
11. She had some already he could play with
12. books
13. Yes
14. by phone
15. very excited
16. strawberry pudding
17. no
18. vanilla
19. no
20. no

Numbered questions:
1. what was Thomas
2. Where did he live?
3. who was he visiting?
4. Did she live in the same state?
5. Where did she live?
6. Could he walk there?
7. How did he get there?
8. how much did it cost?
9. how many items did he pack?
10. did he pack toys?
11. why not?
12. what else did she have?
13. Did he like reading?
14. How did he contact his grandma?
15. How did she feel?
16. What snacks were available?
17. was that hius first choice?
18. what flavour did he want?
19. Did he buy the snack on the train?
20. Did he have a suitcase?