input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER IX

Miss Amanda Hill, teacher in the Middleville High School, sat wearily at her desk. She was tired, as tired as she had ever been on any day of the fifteen long years in which she had wrestled with the problems of school life. Her hair was iron gray and she bent a worn, sad, severe face over a mass of notes before her.

At that moment she was laboring under a perplexing question that was not by any means a new one. Only this time it had presented itself in a less insidious manner than usual, leaving no loophole for charitable imagination. Presently she looked up and rapped on her desk.

"These young ladies will remain after school is dismissed," she said, in her authoritative voice: "Bessy Bell--Rose Clymer--Gail Matthews--Helen Tremaine--Ruth Winthrop.... Also any other girls who are honest enough to admit knowledge of the notes found in Rose Clymer's desk."

The hush that fell over the schoolroom was broken by the gong in the main hall, sounding throughout the building. Then followed the noise of shutting books and closing desks, and the bustle and shuffling of anticipated dismissal.

In a front seat sat a girl who did not arise with the others, and as one by one several girls passed her desk with hurried step and embarrassed snicker she looked at them with purple, blazing eyes.

Miss Hill attended to her usual task with the papers of the day's lessons and the marking of the morrow's work before she glanced up at the five girls she had detained. They sat in widely separated sections of the room. Rose Clymer, pretty, fragile, curly-haired, occupied the front seat of the end row. Her face had no color and her small mouth was set in painful lines. Four seats across from her Bessy Bell leaned on her desk, with defiant calmness, and traces of scorn still in her expressive eyes. Gail Matthews looked frightened and Helen Tremaine was crying. Ruth Winthrop bent forward with her face buried in her arms. 1. Who was crying?
2. Where does this story take place?
3. What employee there is mentioned by name?
4. What's her job?
5. How long has she been employed?
6. She was a blonde?
7. What then?
8. Was she wide awake?
9. How did she feel?
10. Did someone get detention?
11. Who?
12. Why?
13. What sounds could be heard after the detention was announced?
14. Was it otherwise quiet?
15. Was someone scared?
16. Who?
numbered_answers: 1. Helen Tremaine
2. Middleville High School
3. Miss Amanda Hill
4. teacher
5. fifteen years
6. no
7. it was iron gray
8. no
9. She was tired
10. yes
11. Bessy Bell--Rose Clymer--Gail Matthews--Helen Tremaine--Ruth Winthrop
12. because of the notes found in Rose Clymer's desk
13. he gong in the main hall
14. no
15. yes
16. Gail Matthews

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. For many girls, having long beautiful hair is something to beproud of. Rachel Barrett, 15, recently cut her long hair and lookedlike a boy. But she was also proud of herself. She donated herhair to a charity and raised a lot of money.Barrett is a middle school student in Britain. On Nov. 16 at her school's talent contest, Barrett had her hair cut off in front of around 300 students. The hair would be used to make wigs for children with cancer. She has raised several thousand pounds and the money will help people with breast cancer . Barrett got the idea when she visited her friend's mom with cancer. "All of her hair had fallen out, and it really made me want to do something," Barrett said. When she found out that the charity Little Princess Trust could make wigs for children with cancer, she decided to donate her own hair, even though she loved it. "I saw how sad it was for my friend's mom to lose her hair. So if my hair can go to help a young child with cancer then it's worth it," she said. Cath Stanton, a teacher, felt proud of the girl. "She's always been very well groomed , so for her to cut all her hair off really moves us," she said. "She has done a moving job." Many students were moved by her courage and donated money. 1. Why did Rachel cut her hari?
2. Where is she a middle school student at?
3. Who did the charaty she donate to benifit?
4. Who is the insperation behind her donation?
5. At what event did she get her hair cut off at?
6. What was the date of the event?
7. Was Cath Stanton impressed by the guesture?
8. Did other students get inspired to donate in any way?
9. What is it that was donated by them?
10. How old was Rachel when all this took place?
numbered_answers: 1. to donate it
2. in Britain
3. children with cancer
4. her friend's mom
5. her school's talent contest
6. Nov. 16
7. yes
8. yes
9. money
10. 15

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer . The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it. However, he went to work at an orphanage in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed. "I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article. However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal. When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children. The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families." At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture. Grennan said, "Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives." He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up. Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week. 1. how long did Grennan stay at the orphanage?
2. how many children did he end up caring for?
3. what has changed him?
4. what is the name of his book?
5. how old was he when he went to work in Nepal?
6. did he want to volunteer at first?
7. what year was it when he embarked on his round-the-world trip?
8. did he know anything about Nepal when he went?
9. what was the name of the Children's home?
10. what did he learn about the children?
11. what did he try to find?
12. who did he tell this to?
13. how many photos did he take with him?
14. where did they take the photos?
15. how many families did he end up finding?
numbered_answers:
1. three-months
2. 18
3. fight against child-traffickin
4. Little Prince
5. 29
6. No.
7. 2004
8. No.
9. Little Princes Children's Home
10. they were trafficked children
11. the kids' families
12. Reuters reporter
13. 24
14. villages
15. 24