input: Chuck was thirteen when he came home from the hospital. He came home not because he was getting better but because he wanted to be with people he knew and loved when he died. I came by the house to visit him and his family several times a week during his treatment. On most of my visits, Chuck was very weak. But the last time I saw him alive, he was awake. "I have got something for you." He pulled out a piece of crumpled paper from under his pillow. "I want you to give this to my mom and dad after I die. You'll know when it's right, I guess, won't you?"

"What is it?" I asked. "It's a list of all the fun we had, and all the happy time when we laughed." I almost gasped in great surprise.

"Like what?" I asked quietly, trying to regain my calmness.

"Like the time when Mom, Dad, Chrissie, Linda and me were dressed up as fruits and Dad was driving us to a costume party. Dad was a bunch of grapes and I was an apple, and the others were different things like bananas and pears."

And a policewoman _ for speeding. When the policewoman came up to the car, she looked and started laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up. And we all started laughing and she said, "Where are you all heading -- a salad bar?" Dad said he was sorry to be speeding, but his kids were getting so ripe that they were starting to draw flies. And she laughed till she had to take off her dark glasses and wiped tears from her eyes."

Chuck laughed and so did I. The list was full of laughing and fun. What a wonderful gift, I thought. 1. How old was Chuck when he came home from the hospital?
2. Why did he want to come home?
3. What did he give the person in the story?
4. What was written on the paper?
5. What was on the list?
6. What was one of the times he had fun with his family?
7. Why did his family get pulled over?
8. What was the policewoman's reaction to the costumes?
9. What joke did she tell?
10. Why did his dad say they were speeding? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. thirteen
2. to die
3. a piece of crumpled paper
4. a list
5. all the fun he had with his family
6. when they dressed up as fruits
7. speeding
8. she laughed
9. "Where are you all heading -- a salad bar?"
10. because his kids were getting so ripe that they were starting to draw flies

question: Something caught my eyes when I was walking down the street. Two silver coins were shining in a melting snow bank, so I dug through the snow looking for more. Of course, I just ended up with really cold hands. I slipped the two coins into my pocket and went home, colder but richer. I began to think about how to spend the money... Two days later, Mary and her little sister were searching the snow banks. "Finders are keepers" was my first thought. I didn't want to hand them out even though Susy was already crying. " I dropped them right here," she said between tears. Her hands were cold and red for digging in the snow. Maybe they slid down the street with the melting snow. Let's dig over here." Mary's voice sounded confident. "They'll never know" was my second thought, and I walked past them. " Phil, have you seen two sliver coins?" asked Mary. Susy looked up from digging. _ . "Tell a lie" was my third thought. "As a matter of fact," I hesitated ,"I dug two coins out of that snow bank just a few days ago. I wondered who might have lost them." Susy hugged me with a big smile, "Oh, thank you, thank you."
1. What was I looking for?
2. Where?
3. Who lost them?
4. Did I find more than two coins?
5. Did I want to keep them at first?
6. How did Susy feel?
7. Was she in tears?
8. Did they think they would find the coins?
9. Where?
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answer: 1. Two silver coins
2. in a melting snow bank
3. Mary and her little sister
4. No
5. Yes
6. Sad
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Where she dropped them

Question: Mei Qiyue, 13, of Chongqing, leaves her dorm early every morning and doesn't return until late at night. She feels stressed in the dorm. "My roommates look down on me. When I say something, they never agree with me. Sometimes, they even laugh at me together," said Mei. "The dorm is like hell. I want to leave the moment I walk in." Mei is not alone. Many middle school students lave such problems. Plans, opinions and other small differences can create conflict . "Most teenagers are the only child in the family where they are the 'King' or 'Queen'. They can't stand other kids' different ideas, so conflicts between them come out in the dorm," said Sun Yunxiao, a professor in Beijing. According to Sun, roommate relations are important in schools, and students should be serious about them. He suggests that students should be patient, sincere and cooperative in dealing with their roommates. Zou Ming, 14, of Shanxi, and his roommates didn't clean their dorm for a long time during their first semester. "Later, we began to hate each other because nobody would clean," said Zou. "One day, we had a dorm meeting. At the meeting we discussed the problem seriously and decided each other of us would clean for a week." After the meeting, they cleaned the dorm for the first time together, and the boys have become good friends. "I think we should take care of the dorm like our family and our roommates like our brothers," said Zou. "Only in this way can we have a happy dorm like and make lifelong friends." 1. How old is Mei?
2. What city does she live in?
3. Does she live in a big house?
4. Where does she live?
5. Is she alone in her room?
6. Does she enjoy living in the dorm?
7. How does she feel there?
8. Do most students there have siblings?
9. What suggestions does Sun Yunxiao make?
10. What problems did Zou Ming and his roommates have?
11. How did that make them feel?
12. Did they address the problem?
13. Where did they talk about it?
14. What decision did they make?
15. What did they do together afterward?
16. Do they get along now?
17. How does Zou say they can have a happy dorm?
18. How old is Zou Ming?
19. What is Sun Yunxiao's job?
20. In which city? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. 13
2. Chongqing
3. no
4. in a dorm
5. no
6. no
7. stressed
8. no
9. tudents should be patient, sincere and cooperative
10. nobody would clean
11. angry at each other
12. yes
13. a meeting
14. each of them would clean for a week
15. take care of the dorm
16. yes
17. treat roommates like our brothers
18. 14
19. professor
20. Beijing