question: Billy Dengler, a 14-year-old boy, is in the eighth grade. A month after he was born, Billy's mother, Terri, noticed that his eyes weren't quite as big as a normal baby's. She took Billy to the hospital, and the doctor said Billy would never be able to see. Although Billy can't see, he has never let that hold him back or make him different. Billy began teaching himself computer programming by using a screen reader when he was just seven years old. He is a certified Google developer now. Google even tried to offer him a job last year when he discovered a problem in one of its _ , but Billy wasn't old enough. Billy's dream school would be Stanford University or MIT, where he could get a very good education in computer science. After he leaves school, whether he will go to work at a company like Google or design a software company of his own is still to be decided. However, he says he will definitely do something great. "It's a sighted world," Billy said. "You can't let anything get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that, you can't move forward and make your dreams come true."
1. Who is this article about?
2. Who is Billy Dengler?
3. What is unique about him?
4. When did they notice that?
5. Can he see?
6. Did he let that get him down?
7. What does Billy believe?
8. What grade is he in now?
9. What are his goals?
10. Is he good with computers?
11. Where did he learn that?
12. When?
13. How did he do that if he was blind?
14. Does he have any practical experience?
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answer: 1. Billy Dengler
2. a 14-year-old boy
3. his eyes weren't quite as big as a normal baby's
4. A month after he was born
5. Billy would never be able to see
6. No
7. You can't let anything get in the way of your dreams
8. unknown
9. Stanford University or MIT
10. Yes
11. Billy began teaching himself computer programming
12. seven years old
13. using a screen reader
14. Yes.

question: CHAPTER XXV

A WOMAN'S INFLUENCE

Muriel found it needful to wait several days for an opportunity for speaking to Prescott. It did not seem advisable to visit his house again, and she was at a loss for a means of meeting him when she overheard Leslie tell his wife that he would ask Prescott, who was going to Sebastian the next morning, to bring out some stores they required. The next day Muriel borrowed a team and, contenting herself with an intimation that she was going for a long drive, set off for the settlement. It would be time enough to confess her object if her sister taxed her with it, and there were one or two purchases she really wished to make.

She had never gone so far alone, though she had occasionally driven to an outlying farm, and the expedition had in it the zest of adventure. Moreover, she was boldly going to undertake a very unusual task in showing Prescott what he ought to do. So far, she had been an interested spectator of the drama of life, but now she would participate in it, exercising such powers as she possessed, and the thought was additionally fascinating because among her intimate friends she could not pick out a man who owed much to a woman's guidance. Her sister had some mental gifts, but Harry Colston, disregarding her in a good-humored but dogged fashion, did what he thought best; while the idea of Jernyngham's deferring to Gertrude was frankly ridiculous. Neither man had much ability; indeed, it was, as a rule, the dullest men who were most convinced of their superior sense. Prescott far surpassed them in intellect; but she pulled herself up. She was not going to dwell on Prescott's virtues unduly, and she had not convinced him yet.
1. Who was Muriel concerned about?
2. Who would send for him?
3. Who would ask him for a favor?
4. What was the favor?
5. From where?
6. What did Muriel do early the following day?
7. What did she feel she was in life's drama?
8. But now?
9. How many times before had she gone this distance alone?
10. Was it a short distance?
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answer: 1. Prescott
2. Sebastian
3. Leslie
4. to bring out some stores
5. from Sebastian
6. set off for the settlement
7. a spectator
8. she would participate in it
9. 0
10. no

question: (CNN) -- Dennis Rodman, the former NBA star and the first American known to have met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was in the secretive country again this past week, purportedly to meet his "friend Kim, the Marshal" and perhaps also, to negotiate for the release of Kenneth Bae, a U.S. citizen detained since November.

Rodman's second trip to North Korea this year comes months after months of threats of nuclear annihilation from Pyongyang. His desire to help Bae is likely to be registered in the annals of diplomatic history as little more than a little diverting adventure.

But one never knows. The "Marshal," who has actually never served in the military, might choose to act in a statesmanlike manner and release Bae after another high-spirited soiree with the basketball legend. That would be good news for Bae, who is reportedly in poor health.

Other detained Americans

Such a dramatic gesture of goodwill by the reclusive leader would achieve the effect of adding insult to the United States in light of North Korea's recent cancellation of an invitation to the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues.

Rodman, of course, is not qualified to carry out negotiations with North Korea on sensitive political issues. Nor does the North Korean leadership see him as a credible conveyor of official message to Washington.

Kim's unconventional courting of Rodman is about equivalent to his enjoyment of Disney characters and scantily clad women on stage. It's all jolly and trite pleasure.

Kim's attraction to American icons such as the NBA or Hollywood does not signal a genuine overture to Washington. It does not indicate intentions of reform or opening up of the isolated totalitarian state that imprisons some 1% of its population in political concentration camps.
1. Who visited Kim Jong Un?
2. Has he been to North Korea before?
3. What does he call Kim?
4. Did his trip have another purpose?
5. What was it?
6. Who is the citizen?
7. Why was he detained?
8. Is he healthy?
9. Why does Kim like Dennis Rodman?
10. Does it mean anything else?
11. Is Dennis Rodman a credible liaison?
12. How long has Bae been detained?
13. Is it likely that he will be released?
14. Would that be insulting to the United States?
15. Why?
16. Is Kim attracted to certain American figures?
17. Which professional sports league does he enjoy?
18. Are there any other American figures he likes?
19. How many people does North Korea imprison?
20. Are these in regular jails?
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answer:
1. Dennis Rodman
2. yes
3. friend Kim, the Marshal
4. yes
5. to negotiate for the release of a U.S. citizen
6. Kenneth Bae
7. unknown
8. no
9. jolly and trite pleasure
10. no
11. no
12. since November
13. maybe
14. yes
15. North Korea's recently cancelled an invitation to the U.S. special envoy on North Korean human rights issues
16. yes
17. NBA
18. Hollywood
19. some 1% of its population
20. no