Q: CHAPTER XXIV

A WAR OF WORDS

The knowledge that Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell were approaching the cabins on the upper end of Snowshoe Island filled the Rover boys with wonder.

"Professor Lemm must have come to see Uncle Barney about those deeds," remarked Randy.

"I wonder if that is Slugger's father with him?" broke in Fred.

"Maybe," answered Jack. "Those men were the only two who were interested in getting possession of this island."

"I'll tell you what I think we ought to do!" exclaimed Andy.

"What?" came from the others quickly.

"I think we ought to go back to our own cabin and arm ourselves."

"That might not be such a bad idea, Andy," returned Jack. "Those men, backed up by Slugger and Nappy, may want to carry things with a high hand."

Acting on Andy's suggestion, the four boys retreated to the cabin which they had just left, and each took possession of his weapon.

"I don't think they'll try much rough-house work when they see how we are armed," remarked Randy grimly.

"Of course, we don't want to do any shooting," cautioned Jack. "We only want to scare them, in case they go too far."

"Jack, you had better be the spokesman for the crowd," remarked Randy. "You go ahead and talk to them, and we'll stand back with our guns."

Still holding his rifle, Jack went forward again, and in a moment more found himself confronted by Asa Lemm and the man who was with him.

1. Andy
2. go back to their cabin and arm themselves
3. Professor Lemm
4. two
5. Professor Lemm, Slugger Brown and Nappy Martell
6. Uncle Barney
7. no
8. scare them
9. Jack
10. four
11. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who had an idea of what to do?
2. What was his idea?
3. What is the professor's name?
4. How many people were approaching the cabins?
5. What were their names?
6. Who was the professor coming to see?
7. Did they want to do any shooting?
8. What did they want to do?
9. Who had better be the spokesman?
10. How many boys returned to the cabin?
11. Did Jack like Andy's idea?

Q: We humans can play the piano . of course we play the piano with our ten fingers . But Teotronica can play with its 19 fingers . Teotronica is not a human . It is a robot . It is a special robot which can play the piano like humans . Nattei Suzzi is the inventor of Teotronica . Matteo Suzzi comes from Italy and he is more than thirty years old . He was interested in science when he was young . He always likes to use his head to create amazing things . He spent four years making the musical robot . He made the piano-playing robot at a cost of about 4,700 dollars . Teotronica is a special and great robot . It has more fingers than humans . It plays the piano faster than a human . Teotronica can sing as well when it plays the piano . It is the first robot to do so and many people feel excited to see it ,. Teotronica can even use its eyes to interact with humans because there are cameras in its eyes .Teotronica is amazing , isn't it ?

1. humans
2. our ten fingers
3. Teotronica
4. no
5. a robot
6. yes
7. Nattei Suzzi
8. Italy
9. more than thirty years old
10. science
11. his head
12. four years
13. about 4,700 dollars
14. no
15. Teotronica can sing
16. yes
17. people feel excited
18. yes
19. its eyes
20. here are cameras in its eyes

Numbered questions:
1. Who can play the piano?
2. With what?
3. Who plays with 19 fingers?
4. is it human?
5. What is it?
6. Can it play faster than a human?
7. Who invented it?
8. Where is he from?
9. and how old?
10. What was he interested in as a child?
11. What did he use to create things?
12. How long did it take to make the robot?
13. And how much?
14. Does he just play the piano?
15. What else?
16. Is it the 1st to do this?
17. How do people feel about this?
18. Does he interact with humans?
19. Using what?
20. How?

Q: Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libya's interim leaders will declare liberation on Sunday and hold elections in the coming months as the war-torn country works toward building a new society in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.

Mahmoud Jibril, chairman of the National Transitional Council executive board, said elections "should be within a period of eight months, maximum." He spoke at the World Economic Forum in Jordan.

The first vote will be for a National Congress that will draft a constitution. After that, parliamentary and presidential elections will be held.

Jibril said that oil-rich Libya is currently producing around 300,000 barrels per day, up from near zero during the depths of the conflict.

The country should be back at its prewar output of 1.6 million barrels of oil per day within 15 months, he said.

Gadhafi's death Thursday solidified the power of the NTC, which will mark the country's liberation on Sunday in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the uprising started.

NATO, which launched an operation to protect Libyan citizens against the Gadhafi regime during the Libyan war, plans to ends its operations by October 31.

Speaking in his weekly address Saturday, Obama said Gadhafi's death "showed that our role in protecting the Libyan people, and helping them break free from a tyrant, was the right thing to do."

"Our brave pilots and crews helped prevent a massacre, save countless lives, and give the Libyan people the chance to prevail. Without putting a single U.S. service member on the ground, we achieved our objectives. Soon, our NATO mission will come to a successful end even as we continue to support the Libyan people, and people across the Arab world, who seek a democratic future."

1. the post-Moammar Gadhafi era
2. National Congress
3. Obama
4. by October 31
5. 1.6 million
6. 15 months
7. Thursday
8. the National Transitional Council
9. Benghazi
10. Saturday

Numbered questions:
1. What era of the country is this?
2. What will they vote on first?
3. Who commented on Gadhafi's death in his weekly address?
4. When does NATO plan to cease operations?
5. How many barrels of oil were produced regularly?
6. Within what time frame?
7. On what day did Gadhafi die?
8. Whose power was solidified?
9. Where did the uprising begin?
10. On what day did Obama give his weekly speech about the Lybian leader?