question: CHAPTER XX.

FOLLOWING ALLEN.

Hal was astonished to learn from Katie McCabe that Dick Ferris was coming up the tenement stairs.

"He can't be coming here!" exclaimed the youth.

"What shall we do if he does?" asked McCabe.

"I don't know. Perhaps I had better hide. He may----"

At that instant came a knock on the door.

"It's him!" whispered Katie.

Andy McCabe, the father, pointed to a closet. Hal tiptoed his way to it, and motioned for Katie to follow. The door was closed, and then Andy McCabe answered the summons.

Ferris stood at the door, his hair disheveled and his lips trembling.

"May I ask who lives here?" he asked.

"My name is McCabe."

"Isn't there a man by the name of Macklin living here?" went on Ferris.

"Macklin?" repeated McCabe, slowly.

"Yes, Tommy Macklin."

"Not as I know on. What does he do?"

"I don't know. I have a letter to deliver to him. So you don't know where he lives?"

"No, sir."

"It's too bad. Will you please tell me what time it is?"

Andy McCabe glanced at the alarm clock that stood on the mantel-shelf.

"Quarter to six."

"As late as that!" cried Ferris. "I must hurry and catch him before six. Only quarter of an hour. Good-day, sir."

"Good-day."

In a moment Ferris was gone. McCabe closed the door, and Hal came out of the closet followed by Katie.

"What does he mean?" questioned the man.

"I'll tell you what it means," said Hal. "He is trying to prove an alibi, in case a body was found in the vat. He thinks you can remember he was here looking for Macklin at quarter to six. If that was true, how could he have helped Macklin at five o'clock?"
1. who was going to hide?
2. from who?
3. why were they surprised?
4. who is their dad?
5. where did he want them to hide?
6. did they run to it?
7. did their father answer the door?
8. who was Dick looking for?
9. why?
10. what was his appearance like?
11. what did he ask McCabe?
12. what time was it?
13. Did he say anything before leaving?
14. what?
15. when did the kids come out of the closet?
16. who came out first?
17. why does he think Dick Ferris wanted an alibi?
18. why?
19. at what time?
20. was Ferris rude?
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answer: 1. Hal and Katie
2. Dick Ferris
3. He isn't allowed?
4. Andy McCabe
5. a closet.
6. no
7. yes
8. Macklin .
9. to deliver a letter
10. disheveled and trembling
11. the time
12. "Quarter to six."
13. yes
14. "I must hurry and catch him before six.
15. after their dad closd the door
16. Hal
17. in case a body was found in the vat
18. If he was looking for Macklin how could he have helped him
19. He thinks you can remember he was here looking for Macklin at quarter to six. If that was true, how could
20. no

Chad, officially the Republic of Chad ( '; "Republic of the Chad"), is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa in terms of area.

Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second-largest in Africa. The capital N'Djamena is the largest city.

Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. The religions of Chad are Islam (at 55%), followed by Christianity (at 40%).

Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of Francois Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony. However, the rebel commanders fought amongst themselves until Hissene Habre defeated his rivals. He was overthrown in 1990 by his general Idriss Deby. Since 2003 the Darfur crisis in Sudan has spilt over the border and destabilised the nation, with hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in and around camps in eastern Chad. Unsustainable high birth rates and a lack of agriculture let the country persist in poverty. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. roughly how many zones is Chad divided into?
2. what type of region is in the South?
3. and in the North?
4. what is in the middle?
5. what is the official name for the country?
6. what is the country named after?
7. is that the largest wetland in Africa?
8. what is its rank?
Answer: 1. three
2. a Sudanian Savanna zone
3. a desert zone
4. an arid belt
5. the Republic of Chad
6. Lake Chad
7. no
8. second-largest

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. A Texas teen who's been jailed more than four months for a Facebook comment he made during a video-game argument is finally getting a day in court that could let him go home.

Justin Carter, who was 18 when he was arrested, will appear in Comal County (Texas) District Court on Tuesday, July 16, for a bond hearing, according to his lawyer, Don Flanary.

Flanary told CNN he will argue to have Carter's $500,000 bond, which his family cannot afford to cover, reduced.

Flanary, who is working the case for free, met with Carter for the first time on Tuesday. He said Carter is not doing well, and his family says he has been placed on suicide watch.

"Justin is in bad shape and has suffered quite a bit of abuse while in jail," Flanary said in an e-mail. "We will likely bring out these issues at the bond hearing."

He did not elaborate on the type of abuse claimed by Carter, who is now 19.

In February, Carter and a friend were arguing on Facebook with someone else over the online video game "League of Legends."

His father told CNN that the other gamer called Justin crazy and his son responded with sarcasm.

According to court documents, Justin wrote, "I'm f***ed in the head alright. I think I'ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them."

Jack Carter said his son followed the claim with "LOL" and "J/K" -- indicating that the comment wasn't serious. 1. who was in jail?
2. for how long?
3. for what?
4. what did it say?
5. how old was he?
6. does he have court coming up?
7. when?
8. for what?
9. does he have a lawyer?
10. What's his name?
11. how much is his current bail amount?
12. how is he doing behind bars?
13. is he suicidal?
14. what video game were they playing?
15. when did this happen?
16. is his friend in trouble too?
17. can his family pay his bail?
18. why not?
19. How old is he now?
20. Do they think they will be succesful?
numbered_answers:
1. A Texas teen
2. more than four months
3. a Facebook comment
4. "I'm f***ed in the head alright. I think I'ma (sic) shoot up a kindergarten and watch the blood of the innocent rain down and eat the beating heart of one of them."
5. 18
6. yes
7. on Tuesday, July 16,
8. a bond hearing
9. yes
10. Don Flanary.
11. $500,000
12. not well
13. yes
14. "League of Legends."
15. In February
16. no
17. no
18. they cannot afford it
19. 19
20. unknown