input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XIV: Three Vain And Foolish Wishes

There's nothing so foolishly silly and vain As to wish for a thing you can never attain. --Old Granny Fox.

We all know that, yet most of us are just foolish enough to make such a wish now and then. I guess you have done it. I know I have. Peter Rabbit has done it often and then laughed at himself afterwards. I suspect that even shrewd, clever old Granny Fox has been guilty of it more than once. So it is not surprising that Reddy Fox, terribly hungry as he was, should do a little foolish wishing.

When he left home to go to the Old Pasture, in the hope that he would be able to find something to eat there, he started off bravely. It was cold, very cold indeed, but his fur coat kept him warm as long as he was moving. The Green Meadows were glistening white with snow. All the world, at least all that part of it with which Reddy was acquainted, was white. It was beautiful, very beautiful, as millions of sparkles flashed in the sun. But Reddy had no thought for beauty; the only thought he had room for was to get something to put in the empty stomachs of himself and Granny Fox.

Jack Frost had hardened the snow so that Reddy no longer had to wade through it. He could run on the crust now without breaking through. This made it much easier, so he trotted along swiftly. He had intended to go straight to the Old Pasture, but there suddenly popped into his head a memory of the shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard which Farmer Brown's boy had built for Bob White. Probably the Bob White family were there now, and he might surprise them. He would go there first. 1. What season is it?
2. What kind of animal is Reddy?
3. Does he live alone?
4. Who lives with him?
5. Have they recently eaten?
6. How long has it been?
7. What was his original destination?
8. Did he get sidetracked?
9. Does he decide to go somewhere else on the way?
10. Where?
11. Who's shelter is it?
12. Did he build it?
13. How did he get it?
14. Does Bob live alone?
15. Who does he live with?
16. Why is Reddy going to the shelter?
17. Does he sink in the snow?
18. Why not?
19. Is he going fast?
20. Is he traveling by foot?
numbered_answers: 1. winter
2. Fox
3. no
4. Granny Fox
5. no
6. unknown
7. Old Pasture
8. no
9. yes
10. shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard
11. Bob White.
12. no
13. Farmer Brown's boy built it for him
14. no
15. family
16. to surprise them
17. no
18. Jack Frost had hardened it
19. yes
20. yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Jim rode his bike quickly. It was Friday and he wanted to get to the lake. The path to the lake was long and winding. It was wetter on Tuesday. Jim had to wash his boot. His boot had once been frozen. It was frozen because he left it outside on Sunday. He had to leave his boot outside for a long time. The lake was facing the tree. Jim had to go home. He wanted food very badly. Jim went home. He got inside and looked up at the ceiling. He walked to the refrigerator. Jim took the yogurt out of the refrigerator. Some milk was on the table and he grabbed a cup so he could pour himself some of the milk. Jim also had a candy bar. Jim sat down and rested. He was tired from the long bike ride. He finished his yogurt and began planning his next trip to the lake. It would not be long before he returned. He and his boots were ready for more fun outdoors Monday. 1. Who was riding his bike?
2. What day was it?
3. Hwere did he want to go?
4. Was the path long and winding?
5. What did he have to wash?
numbered_answers: 1. Jim
2. Friday
3. to the lake.
4. yes
5. his boot

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XIII. The Delights of Anticipation

"It's time Anne was in to do her sewing," said Marilla, glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat. "She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more'n I gave her leave to; and now she's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew, nineteen to the dozen, when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work. And of course he's listening to her like a perfect ninny. I never saw such an infatuated man. The more she talks and the odder the things she says, the more he's delighted evidently. Anne Shirley, you come right in here this minute, do you hear me!"

A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard, eyes shining, cheeks faintly flushed with pink, unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness.

"Oh, Marilla," she exclaimed breathlessly, "there's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week--in Mr. Harmon Andrews's field, right near the lake of Shining Waters. And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream--think of it, Marilla--ICE CREAM! And, oh, Marilla, can I go to it?"

"Just look at the clock, if you please, Anne. What time did I tell you to come in?"

"Two o'clock--but isn't it splendid about the picnic, Marilla? Please can I go? Oh, I've never been to a picnic--I've dreamed of picnics, but I've never--" 1. Where will the picnic be?
2. Who owns the property?
3. Was anyone excited about the event?
4. Who?
5. Who was she speaking with?
6. Did she ask her anything?
7. What?
8. Was she allowed?
9. Who else would be at the event?
10. Anyone else?
11. Were they doing anything in particular there?
12. What?
13. What activity did Marla want her to do?
14. What did she glance at?
15. Who did the girl play with first?
16. And then?
17. What did she do with him?
numbered_answers:
1. near the lake of Shining Waters
2. Mr. Harmon Andrews
3. Yes
4. Anne
5. Marilla
6. Yes
7. if she could go to the picnic
8. unknown
9. Mrs. Superintendent Bell
10. Mrs. Rachel Lynde
11. Yes
12. making ice cream
13. sewing
14. the clock
15. Diana
16. Matthew
17. talk