Problem: Once upon a time, there lived a Daddy bird. This was a very normal bird. It did not sing pretty songs. It did not have colorful feathers but it did have thing that made it stand out from the other birds.

It had a very long tail feather. And with this long tail feather, the bird could do wonderful tricks. He could fly in circles and fly at super-fast speed. Daddy bird lived on a quiet street, at a yellow house. Its nest was on top of a basketball pole that the kids who lived in the yellow house had outgrown.

The bird was a daddy bird and had two baby birds in its nest. One of the baby birds had a long tail feather like the daddy bird. The other baby bird did not. Instead, it had wings with many colors like the mommy bird.

This bird family lived at the yellow house all summer long. The mommy and daddy birds came back for many summers and had many more baby birds but only one, the very first baby bird, had a long tail feather and could do tricks like daddy bird.
1. What lived?
2. What kind of bird?
3. Did it sing songs?
4. But did it have colorful feathers?
5. What made it stand out?
6. And what could it do with that?
7. What kind of tricks?
8. Like what?
9. And what else?
10. Where'd he live?
11. In what?
12. And where was the nest?
13. What kind of basketball pole?
14. Did it have any children?
15. How many?
16. Were they like the daddy?
17. What was the different one like?
18. Like whom?
19. When did they live there?
20. Did they come back?
Answer: 1. a Daddy bird
2. a very normal bird
3. No
4. No
5. It had a very long tail feather.
6. tricks
7. wonderful
8. He could fly in circles
9. fly at super-fast speed
10. on a quiet street
11. a yellow house
12. on top of a basketball pole
13. One that the kids who lived in the yellow house had outgrown.
14. Yes
15. two
16. One was, one was not.
17. it had wings with many colors
18. the mommy bird.
19. all summer long
20. Yes

Q: CHAPTER IX

Mrs Dale's Little Party

The next day was the day of the party. Not a word more was said on that evening between Bell and her cousin, at least, not a word more of any peculiar note; and when Crosbie suggested to his friend on the following morning that they should both step down and see how the preparations were getting on at the Small House, Bernard declined.

"You forget, my dear fellow, that I'm not in love as you are," said he.

"But I thought you were," said Crosbie.

"No; not at all as you are. You are an accepted lover, and will be allowed to do anything,--whip the creams, and tune the piano, if you know how. I'm only a half sort of lover, meditating a _mariage de convenance_ to oblige an uncle, and by no means required by the terms of my agreement to undergo a very rigid amount of drill. Your position is just the reverse." In saying all which Captain Dale was no doubt very false; but if falseness can be forgiven to a man in any position, it may be forgiven in that which he then filled. So Crosbie went down to the Small House alone.

"Dale wouldn't come," said he, speaking to the three ladies together, "I suppose he's keeping himself up for the dance on the lawn."

"I hope he will be here in the evening," said Mrs Dale. But Bell said never a word. She had determined, that under the existing circumstances, it would be only fair to her cousin that his offer and her answer to it should be kept secret. She knew why Bernard did not come across from the Great House with his friend, but she said nothing of her knowledge. Lily looked at her, but looked without speaking; and as for Mrs Dale, she took no notice of the circumstance. Thus they passed the afternoon together without further mention of Bernard Dale; and it may be said, at any rate of Lily and Crosbie, that his presence was not missed.

Answer the following questions:
1. What was happening the next day?
2. Who did not speak on that evening?
3. Who didn't want to check on the Small House?
A: 1. a party
2. Bell and her cousin
3. Bernard

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

A man got fired from his job. He was in such a bad mood after. He walked out the door with his gum and gloves. He got madder and madder. A mailman walking by asked him how his day had been. He pushed the mailman who fell on a teacher. A nearby baby started crying. The man then felt bad and apologized. He knew the only thing that could make him happy would be pancakes. He went to a pancake restaurant and ordered a stack of pancakes. He ate the pancakes he had put syrup on and helped a worker sweep the floor. He had forgotten all about the firing from his other job. The worker was so surprised with how helpful the man was he told his boss. The boss talked to the man and asked if he'd like a job there. The man was so happy that his day had made such a turn around! He took the job and became head pancake maker.

1. Who got fired?
2. What did he walk out the door with?
3. What did the mailman ask him?
4. how did the mailman fall down?
5. who did he fall on?
6. what did the child do?
7. did the guy care about what he'd done?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. A man
2. his gum
3. how his day had been
4. He pushed the mailman
5. a teacher
6. it started crying
7. he felt bad

Problem: The city's name was historically written as or (both read as "Nagoya"). One possible origin is the adjective , meaning 'peaceful'.

The name Chukyo (, consisting of "chu" (middle) + "kyo" (capital)) is also used to refer to Nagoya. Notable examples of the use of the name Chukyo include the Chukyo Industrial Area, Chukyo Metropolitan Area, Chukyo Television Broadcasting, Chukyo University and the Chukyo Racecourse.

Oda Nobunaga and his proteges Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu were powerful warlords based in the Nagoya area who gradually succeeded in unifying Japan. In 1610, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved the capital of Owari Province from Kiyosu, about seven kilometers () away, to a more strategic location in present-day Nagoya.

During this period Nagoya Castle was constructed, built partly from materials taken from Kiyosu Castle. During the construction, the entire town around Kiyosu Castle, consisting of around 60,000 people, moved from Kiyosu to the newly planned town around Nagoya Castle. Around the same time, the nearby ancient Atsuta Shrine was designated as a , called Miya (the Shrine), on the important Tokaido road, which linked the two capitals of Kyoto and Edo (now Tokyo). A town developed around the temple to support travelers. The castle and shrine towns formed the city.
1. Does the city of Nagoya have another name?
2. What is it?
3. What does that mean in Japanese?
4. Were there warlords in the area?
5. Name one of them.
6. Name another, please.
7. What was their goal for the country?
8. Was Nagoya always the capital of its province?
9. Since when has it been?
10. Who made that happen?
11. When?
12. What was the old capital?
13. How far away is it from Nagoya?
14. What's the advantage of where the new capital is?
15. Did any important buildings go up around the time of the move?
16. Where did they get the stuff to build it?
17. Was there a population center there, too.
18. What happened to it?
19. What word do some people think the city's name comes from?
Answer:
1. yes
2. Chukyo
3. "chu" (middle) + "kyo" (capital)
4. yes
5. Oda Nobunaga
6. Toyotomi Hideyoshi
7. unifying Japan
8. no
9. 1610
10. Tokugawa Ieyasu
11. 1610
12. Kiyosu
13. about seven kilometers
14. it is a more strategic location
15. Nagoya Castle
16. Kiyosu Castle
17. yes
18. it moved from Kiyosu to the newly planned town around Nagoya Castle
19. peacefu