question: Johnny and his class were looking forward to a fun day in art class. The teacher gave the class paint, brushes and other items to use to make their drawings. Johnny's friend Kevin used a straw to blow paint on his paper. It looked very cool. Lisa used markers to make a picture of her and her dog. Lisa has several pets, but her favorite one is her dog, Ben. Tony used a potato to make stars. He then put the potato into different colors of paint and made a nice pattern. Johnny used feathers to make his picture. When they had finished, the class chose which picture was the best. Johnny got second place and was very excited. Then it was time for lunch and the class had a party. They had hamburgers with ketchup and had cake for dessert. It was a very fun day for the whole class. They all went home tired and happy. Johnny took a nap when he went home.
1. Who used markers to draw her dog?
2. What was his name?
3. What did the teacher give the class?
4. Who used a straw?
5. What was Lisa's favorite pet's name?
6. What did Tony use to make stars?
7. Who used feathers?
8. What were Johnny and his class looking forward to?
9. When they finished, what did the class choose?
10. What place did Johnny get?
11. Was he sad about it?
12. What did the class do when it was time for lunch?
13. What did they have with ketchup?
14. Did they have ice cream for dessert?
15. What did they have?
16. Did the class go home tired and upset?
17. What did Johnny do when he went home?
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answer: 1. Lisa
2. Johnny
3. class paint, brushes and other items
4. Kevin
5. Ben
6. a potato
7. Johnny
8. a fun day in art class
9. which picture was the best
10. second place
11. unknown
12. had a party.
13. hamburgers
14. no
15. cake
16. no
17. took a nap

question: The Republic of the Congo (French: Republique du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic, West Congo[citation needed], or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.

The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a MarxistLeninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.
1. Who ruled for 26 years?
2. Which language is spoken?
3. What did they build?
4. to what?
5. Were they a colony?
6. What country?
7. Who ruled the colony?
8. Which nation once ruled over the colony?
9. When was independence gained from the French?
10. Were elections held?
11. When?
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answer: 1. President Denis Sassou Nguesso
2. Bantu
3. trade links
4. the Congo River basin
5. formerly
6. Africa
7. unknown
8. Bantu-speaking tribes
9. 1960
10. yes
11. since 1992

question: When Carrie Conley's husband left in the early 1960s, she started raising six children on her own. She took a job at a hospital, delivering meals to patients as what was called "a tray girl".

Jerry Johnson, the youngest child in the family, was 5 years old when his dad left. Speaking with his mother recently, Johnson heard his mother repeat the question she asked at that time. "Lord, what am I going to do with all these kids by myself?" The answers came in the form of lima beans, black-eyed peas and low prices on chicken necks. "Something to boil for every day of the week," Conley said.

"I cannot remember one Christmas that I didn't feel like the luckiest kid in the world," Johnson said, "even though now I realize we had hardly anything in terms of money."

"How did you hold all that together?" he asked his mother.

Conley said she would save up her sick days at work, going in no matter how she felt. Then in December, the company would pay her for the unused sick days. More help came in castoffs , when wealthy families would clean out their toy chests at Christmastime and take a load of toys to the Salvation Army. Conley would pick through them, finding the best ones for her children. The result of those sacrifices led to a big, happy Christmas for Conley and her kids.

"But I never did tell you it was a Santa Claus," Conley said, "I couldn't give any man credit for what I had done."

Johnson thanked his mom for her sacrifices, and for the good example she set for him and his siblings. "I think it's helping us all be better parents," Johnson said.

In 1975, Conley retired from Detroit's Outer Drive Hospital. Jerry was a sophomore in college at that time. He later graduated from Washington University Medical School and received a degree in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.
1. When did Carries husband leave?
2. How many kids did she have?
3. Did she have help taking care of them?
4. Where did she work?
5. What did she do there?
6. What did people call the position?
7. What year did she retire?
8. What was the name of her last son that was born?
9. How old was he when his father left?
10. Where did he go to school?
11. What did he go for?
12. Did he feel like his Christmases as a child were bad?
13. How did he say he would feel on that holiday?
14. Did they have a lot of cash?
15. What did his mom conserve all year even if she was feeling ill?
16. What would the place she worked for do?
17. Would she get donated gifts for them?
18. Did she let them think the stuff was from Santa?
19. Why?
20. Does he believe she was a bad role model?
21. What does he think her influence has taught him?
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answer:
1. in the early 1960s
2. six
3. No
4. at a hospital
5. she delivered meals to patients
6. "tray girl"
7. 1975
8. Jerry Johnson
9. 5 years old
10. Washington University Medical School
11. Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
12. No
13. He said he would feel "like the luckiest kid in the world"
14. No
15. her sick days
16. the company would pay her for the unused sick days
17. Yes
18. No
19. Because she couldn't give any man credit for what she had done
20. No
21. To be better parents