question: CHAPTER XXV Two Famous Swimmers

The bank of the Smiling Pool was a lovely place to hold school at that hour of the day, which you know was just after sun-up. Everybody who could get there was on hand, and there were several who had not been to school before. One of these was Grandfather Frog, who was sitting on his big, green, lily pad. Another was Jerry Muskrat, whose house was out in the Smiling Pool. Spotty the Turtle was also there, not to mention Longlegs the Heron. You see, they hadn't come to school but the school had come to them, for that is where they live or spend most of their time.

"Good morning, Jerry Muskrat," said Old Mother Nature pleasantly, as Jerry's brown head appeared in the Smiling Pool. "Have you seen anything of Billy Mink or Little Joe Otter?" "Little Joe went down to the Big River last night," replied Jerry Muskrat. "I don't know when he is coming back, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him any minute. Billy Mink was here last evening and said he was going up the Laughing Brook fishing. He is likely to be back any time. One never can tell when that fellow will appear. He comes and goes continually. I don't believe he can keep still five minutes."

"Who is that can't keep still five minutes?" demanded a new voice, and there was Billy Mink himself just climbing out on the Big Rock.

"Jerry was speaking of you," replied Old Mother Nature. "This will be a good chance for you to show him that he is mistaken. I want you to stay here for a while and to stay right on the Big Rock. I may want to ask you a few questions."
1. Who is the teacher?
2. Where is class taking place?
3. What time did it start?
4. had all the students attended school in the past?
5. Did they travel to get there?
6. Who does she address first?
7. what does she tell him?
8. What color is he?
9. Who is missing from class?
10. Where is Joe?
11. Where is Billy?
12. Do they know when he'll return?
13. Is he hyper?
14. Does he show up?
15. what does he pick for a seat?
16. Do they know when to expect Joe?
17. Could it be any time?
18. Is this Jerry's first day?
19. Is the frog old?
20. What kind of seat does he have?
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answer: 1. Old Mother Nature
2. the Smiling Poo
3. just after sun up
4. No
5. no
6. Jerry Muskrat,
7. "Good morning,
8. brown
9. Billy Mink and Little Joe Otter
10. went down to the Big River last night,
11. he was going up the Laughing Brook fishing.
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. a rock
16. no
17. yes
18. yes
19. yes
20. big, green, lily pad

question: CHAPTER LXXXI - MR COHENLUPE LEAVES LONDON

Dolly Longestaffe had found himself compelled to go to Fetter Lane immediately after that meeting in Bruton Street at which he had consented to wait two days longer for the payment of his money. This was on a Wednesday, the day appointed for the payment being Friday. He had undertaken that, on his part, Squercum should be made to desist from further immediate proceedings, and he could only carry out his word by visiting Squercum. The trouble to him was very great, but he began to feel that he almost liked it. The excitement was nearly as good as that of loo. Of course it was a 'horrid bore,'--this having to go about in cabs under the sweltering sun of a London July day. Of course it was a 'horrid bore,'--this doubt about his money. And it went altogether against the grain with him that he should be engaged in any matter respecting the family property in agreement with his father and Mr Bideawhile. But there was an importance in it that sustained him amidst his troubles. It is said that if you were to take a man of moderate parts and make him Prime Minister out of hand, he might probably do as well as other Prime Ministers, the greatness of the work elevating the man to its own level. In that way Dolly was elevated to the level of a man of business, and felt and enjoyed his own capacity. 'By George!' It depended chiefly upon him whether such a man as Melmotte should or should not be charged before the Lord Mayor. 'Perhaps I oughtn't to have promised,' he said to Squercum, sitting in the lawyer's office on a high-legged stool with a cigar in his mouth. He preferred Squercum to any other lawyer he had met because Squercum's room was untidy and homely, because there was nothing awful about it, and because he could sit in what position he pleased, and smoke all the time.
1. Where was Dolly going?
2. What day was this?
3. where was he coming from?
4. what was he doing there?
5. When was the payment due?
6. was this the original due date?
7. what was it?
8. What was Dolly elevated to?
9. did he like this?
10. Who is Squercum?
11. what could only be carried out by visiting him?
12. Did Dolly prefer him?
13. why?
14. was it pretty awful?
15. Did Dolly smoke?
16. ciggerettes?
17. what?
18. Was he allowed to smoke in the lawyer's office?
19. Was the story set in the US?
20. where then?
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answer: 1. Fetter Lane
2. Wednesday
3. Bruton Street
4. agreening to wait two days longer for the payment of his money
5. Friday
6. no
7. Wednesday
8. a man of business
9. yes
10. a lawyer
11. he could only carry out his word by visiting Squercum
12. yes
13. because Squercum's room was untidy and homely
14. no
15. yes
16. no
17. cigars
18. yes
19. no
20. London

question: South America is a continent located in the western hemisphere, mostly in the southern hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the northern hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas, which is the model used in nations that speak Romance languages. The reference to South America instead of other regions (like Latin America or the Southern Cone) has increased in the last decades due to changing geopolitical dynamics (in particular, the rise of Brazil).

It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. It includes twelve sovereign states (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela), a part of France (French Guiana), and a non-sovereign area (the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory though this is disputed by Argentina). In addition to this, the ABC islands of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Panama may also be considered part of South America.

South America has an area of 17,840,000 square kilometers (6,890,000 sq mi). Its population has been estimated at more than floor(/1e6) million. South America ranks fourth in area (after Asia, Africa, and North America) and fifth in population (after Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America). Brazil is by far the most populous South American country, with more than half of the continent's population, followed by Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela and Peru. In recent decades Brazil has also concentrated half of the region's GDP and has become a first regional power.
1. What hemisphere is South America in?
2. And mostly in which other hemisphere?
3. What oceans border it?
4. And which other one?
5. What continent borders it?
6. What size is it?
7. What country has the majority of its population?
8. Does that country also have economic dominance?
9. How many countries are in the continent?
10. What is a region of the continent?
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answer:
1. western
2. southern
3. Pacific
4. Atlantic
5. North America
6. 17,840,000 square kilometers
7. Brazil
8. Yes.
9. 17
10. unknown