Problem: CHAPTER XXIII

A NIGHT RIDE

It was six o'clock in the evening. Curtis had just finished his supper and sat drowsily content in his quarters at the police post after being out in the frost all day. The temperature had steadily fallen since morning and the cold was now intensified by a breeze that drove scattered clouds across the moon and flung fine snow against the board walls, but the stove, which glowed a dull red, kept the room comfortable. A nickeled lamp shed down a cheerful light, and the tired corporal looked forward to a long night's rest. Private Stanton sat near him, cleaning a carbine.

"It's curious you have heard nothing from Regina since you sent up those clothes," he remarked. "It looked pretty bad for Prescott."

"I don't know," said Curtis. "Have you ever seen him with that suit on?"

"No."

"Nor has anybody else, so far as I can learn. There's another point--the land agent talked of a tall, stoutish man. You wouldn't call Prescott that."

"Those clothes were 'most as good as new; he might have only had them on the once," Stanton persisted.

"That's what struck me; I don't know how they looked so good, if they'd been lying where Jernyngham found them, since last summer."

"It's a thing I might have thought of."

"You have a good deal to learn yet." Curtis smiled tolerantly.

"Anyhow, I found you a photograph of Prescott, and you were glad to send it along to Regina. What do you think our bosses are doing about it?"
1. Who was having his meal?
2. What time was that?
3. Where is he?
4. Where is it?
5. Where was he all day long?
6. How was the weather all day?
7. Did the temperature fall even farther?
8. What made the temperature drop?
9. Was the moon visible?
10. Was it snowing too?
11. Despite all this was he comfortable?
12. What made the room comfortable?
13. What was the source of light for them?
14. Who sat by him?
15. What was he doing?
16. Who did he not hear from?
17. What he sent her?
18. Did the clothes look good?
19. Who found them?
20. Whose photograph was found?
21. Who it was send to?
Answer: 1. Curtis
2. six o'clock
3. in his quarters
4. at the police post
5. outside
6. frosty
7. yes
8. breeze
9. yes
10. yes
11. yes
12. stove
13. A nickeled lamp
14. Private Stanton
15. cleaning a carbine
16. Regina
17. clothes
18. yes
19. Jernyngham
20. Prescott
21. Regina

Problem: Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power.

According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep became excited after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures . He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake.

Another legend gives us the name for coffee, "mocha". Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took their survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.

Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.

Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
1. What did a sheepherder notice when his sheep ate coffee beans?
2. what kind of effect?
3. did he try it himslef?
4. what happened?
5. whaty does the word Mocha derive from?
6. why was Omar thrown into the desert?
Answer: 1. EFFECT
2. sheep became excited
3. YES
4. HE WASoveractive
5. soup
6. to die

Problem: LOS ANGELES - Jesus Ibarra was puzzled by the elderly man.

He was obviously much older than other students at prefix = st1 /CentralAultHigh School. And he was an Anglo on a campus where most students are Latins, Blacks, and Asian - Americans.

"I asked myself what he was doing here," said Ibarra, 21, of Los Angeles. "I thought he was a visitor. The first time I talked to him, I asked a question in English, and he answered in Spanish. I thought he was white and Jewish. I never imagined that he would speak Spanish."

Jacob Blitzstein surprised his fellow students all the time. He isn't some _ man, though he wears his neat gray beard and conservative (traditional) clothes.

Blitzstein is warm and gregarious (enjoys being with others). He likes to hear a good joke and loves to tell a good story. He is determined, especially when it comes to realizing his dream.

Recently, that dream came true. At a graduation ceremony attended by two of his children and three grandchildren, Blitzstein, 81, graduated from high school.

After Principal Lanny Nelms handed him the diploma and announced his age, Blitzstein waved to the audience and cried.

And why not? He's probably the oldest CentralHigh Schoolgraduate since the school opened in 1974. According to theLos Angelesdistrict spokesman, although no records of such things are kept, Blitzstein is the oldest graduate he's ever heard of.

Earning his diploma took 10 years, during which the retired store owner suffered heart attack and ill health, and lost his wife and two brothers.

He kept to his task for a reason. "School is the best medicine you can have," he said. "You have something on your mind - a goal."

With his diploma in hand, Blitzstein states that _ .

"You know something ? I'm going to college," He told a visitor recently. He has checked out West Los Angeles and Santa Monicacommunity colleges and hopes to move from there to a four-year school.

"It's not a joke," he said. "If I live to the year 2008, maybe I'll be a doctor."
1. Who puzzled Jesus Ibarra?
2. Why?
3. Who old is Jesus?
4. Where is he from?
5. What is the elderly man's name?
6. What language does he speak?
7. And?
8. What heritage did Jesus think Jacob had?
9. Does Jacob have facial hair?
10. What kind?
11. Is Jacob a social person?
12. How old is he?
13. What accomplishment did he recently attain?
14. Who attended his graduation?
15. Anyone else?
16. Who was his principal?
17. What was Jacob's reaction after receiving his diploma?
18. How long did it take for Jacob to earn his diploma?
19. Who did he lose while working on his diploma?
20. And?
Answer:
1. the elderly man
2. he was an Anglo on a campus where most students are Latins, Blacks, and Asian-Americans
3. 21
4. Los Angeles
5. Jacob Blitzstein
6. English
7. Spanish
8. Jewish
9. yes
10. beard
11. yes
12. 81
13. graduated from high school
14. two of his children
15. three grandchildren
16. Lanny Nelms
17. waved to the audience and cried
18. 10 years
19. his wife
20. two brothers