Problem: Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, located on the main island's south coast.

The archipelago is just under north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Since 1976, the archipelago has been one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (the other being the Azores, located to the northwest). It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union, having pronounced status as an outermost region of the European Union, as detailed in Article 299-2 of the Treaty of the European Union.

Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery, which extended from 1415 to 1542.

Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about one million tourists, three times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (Laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. Its annual New Year celebrations feature the largest fireworks show in the world, as officially recognised by "Guinness World Records" in 2006. The main harbour in Funchal is the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. Madeira is the second richest region of Portugal by GDP per capita, only surpassed by Lisbon.
1. How many tourist visit Madeira every year?
2. How much is that in relation to the population?
3. What is it recognized for?
4. When do they do a fireworks display?
5. is it a large show?
6. Where has it been recognized for this?
7. When?
8. Who was Madeira claimed by?
9. When?
10. When did they actually settle?
11. What is it considered to be during the exploratory period?
12. What was this period called?
13. How long did it last?
14. What ocean is it located in?
15. What type of region is it?
16. Since when?
17. How many islands does it include?
18. What union is it a part of?
19. What part?
20. What region?
Answer: 1. about one million
2. three times
3. Madeira wine
4. New Years,
5. Yes
6. "Guinness World Records"
7. in 2006
8. Portuguese sailors
9. in 1419
10. after 1420.
11. the first territorial discovery
12. Portuguese Age of Discovery
13. from 1415 to 1542.
14. Atlantic Ocean
15. autonomous region
16. Since 1976
17. 3 with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands
18. European
19. an integral part
20. an outermost region

Problem: CHAPTER XII.

SENTENCE OF DEATH.

After parting with their companion, de Lescure and Henri were not long in reaching Durbelliere; and on the road thither they also learnt that Santerre, and upwards of a hundred blue horsemen, were prisoners in the chateau, or in the barns, out-houses, or stables belonging to it; and that the whole place was crowded with peasants, guarding their captives. As they entered the chateau gates, they met Chapeau, who was at the bottom of the steps, waiting for them; and Henri immediately asked after his father.

"Monseigneur is much fatigued," said Chapeau, "but apparently well; he is, however, still in bed."

"And my sister?" said Henri.

"Mademoiselle has of course been much fatigued, but she is well; she is with your father, M. Henri."

"And tell me, Chapeau, is it true, is it really true that M. Denot brought the blues here, and that since he has been here he has treated my sister in the manner they describe?"

"It is true as gospel, M. Henri. I knew that this would be the worst of the whole affair to you. I knew you would sooner the chateau should have been burnt than have heard this. We are only waiting for you and M. de Lescure, to hang him as a traitor from the big chestnut out on the road-side. You might have seen as you came in, that they have the ropes and everything ready."

Henri shuddered as he followed his cousin into the house. The steps were crowded with his own followers, who warmly welcomed him, and congratulated him on the safety of his father, his sister, and his property; but he said very little to them; he was thinking of the friend whom he had loved so well, who had so vilely disgraced himself, and whose life he now feared he should be unable to save.
1. who was fatigued?
2. who asks about their dad?
3. did Henri ask about anyone else?
4. who?
5. was his father the only one fatigued?
6. who was with Henri?
7. how many people did Henri ask about?
8. where was his sister?
9. who brought the sadness?
10. who answered his questions?
11. what would they do to M.Denot?
12. who did Henri go into the house behind?
13. were his sister and father alive?
14. where was the chateau?
Answer: 1. Monseigneur
2. Henri
3. yes
4. his sister
5. no
6. de Lescure
7. Three
8. with his father
9. M. Denot
10. Chapeau
11. hang him
12. his cousin
13. yes
14. Durbelliere

Problem: CHAPTER XXXII.

HOW KING WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL OF A CHURCHMAN.

If Torfrida was exhausted, so was Hereward likewise. He knew well that a repulse was not a defeat. He knew well the indomitable persistence, the boundless resources, of the mastermind whom he defied; and he knew well that another attempt would be made, and then another, till--though it took seven years in the doing--Ely would be won at last. To hold out doggedly as long as he could was his plan: to obtain the best terms he could for his comrades. And he might obtain good terms at last. William might be glad to pay a fair price in order to escape such a thorn in his side as the camp of refuge, and might deal--or, at least, promise to deal-- mercifully and generously with the last remnant of the English gentry. For himself yield he would not: when all was over, he would flee to the sea, with Torfrida and his own housecarles, and turn Viking; or go to Sweyn Ulfsson in Denmark, and die a free man.

The English did not foresee these things. Their hearts were lifted up with their victory, and they laughed at William and his French, and drank Torfrida's health much too often for their own good. Hereward did not care to undeceive them. But he could not help speaking his mind in the abbot's chamber to Thurstan, Egelwin, and his nephews, and to Sigtryg Ranaldsson, who was still in Ely, not only because he had promised to stay there, but because he could not get out if he would.
1. Who's hearts were lifted?
2. With what?
3. What was funny?
4. What did they drink to?
5. Did they drink a lot?
6. How much?
7. Who was tired?
8. Anyone else?
9. Who?
10. Were they defeated?
11. Would they try again?
12. How long?
13. What would be won?
14. What was his scheme?
15. What did he want to get?
16. Who was expected to pay?
17. How much?
18. For what?
19. Where would he go?
Answer:
1. English
2. victory
3. William
4. Torfrida's health
5. yes
6. much too often
7. Torfrida
8. Yes
9. Hereward
10. No
11. Yes
12. seven years
13. Ely
14. To hold out as long as he could
15. good terms
16. William
17. a fair price
18. to escape
19. Sweyn Ulfsson