CHAPTER XXIII

Fischer, exactly one week after his nocturnal visit to Fourteenth Street, hurried out of the train at the Pennsylvania Station, almost tore the newspapers from the news stand, glanced through them one by one and threw them back. The attendant, open-mouthed, ventured upon a mild protest. Fischer threw him a dollar bill, caught up his handbag, and made for the entrance. He was the first passenger from the Washington Limited to reach the street and spring into a taxi.

"The Plaza Hotel," he ordered. "Get along."

They arrived at the Plaza in less than ten minutes. Mr. Fischer tipped the driver lavishly, suffered the hall porter to take his bag, returned his greeting mechanically, and walked with swift haste to the tape machine. He held up the strips with shaking fingers, dropped them again, hurried to the lift, and entered his rooms. Nikasti was in the sitting-room, arranging some flowers. Fischer did not even stop to reply to his reverential greeting.

"Where's Mr. Van Teyl?" he demanded.

"Mr. Van Teyl has gone away, sir," was the calm reply. "He left here the day before yesterday. There is a letter."

Fischer took no notice. He was already gripping the telephone receiver.

"982, Wall," he said--"an urgent call."

He stood waiting, his face an epitome of breathless suspense. Soon a voice answered him.

"That the office of Neville, Brooks and Van Teyl?" he demanded. "Yes! Put me through to Mr. Van Teyl. Urgent!"

Another few seconds of waiting, then once more he bent over the instrument. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What street did Fischer visit?
2. Was the visit at night?
3. What was he hurrying out of?
4. Where?
5. What was almost torn?
6. From where?
7. Did he look at the papers?
8. What did he do with them after?
9. What did he throw at the attendant?
10. What did Fischer spring into?
11. What was he the first passenger to reach?
12. Where did he tell the taxi to take him?
13. How long before they arrived there?
14. What did Fischer give the driver?
15. Was it a good tip?
16. to where did he walk quickly?
17. What was Nikasti doing?
18. Where?
19. Whose location did Fischer ask about?
20. When had he left?
Answer: 1. Fourteenth
2. Yes.
3. A train
4. Pennsylvania Station
5. newspapers
6. the news stand
7. Yes.
8. threw them back
9. a dollar bill
10. a taxi.
11. the street
12. Plaza Hotel
13. less than ten minutes
14. a tip
15. Yes.
16. the tape machine.
17. arranging some flowers.
18. in the sitting-room
19. Mr. Van Teyl
20. the day before yesterday.

Problem: Is there anything the latest cell phone can't do? It can record movies, surf the net, and download the newest MP3 songs, but don't let those fancy features fool you.

After all, chances are that phones have a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. GPS lets phone companies determine the location of your phone at all times. If you are hurt and call 911, rescuers can find you by using your phone's GPS.

But emergency officials aren't the only people interested in knowing where you are. Several new companies are using cell phones with GPS to monitor teen drivers for _ parents.

The programs vary, but most of them allow parents to use the Internet to monitor their kids' locations, driving habits and speed. Some programs even let parents set speed and location limits so that they are alerted if their kids drive too fast or go beyond a predetermined boundary.

Supporters of monitoring say that the programs also help if a teen is kidnapped or lost. Andrea Gutierrez uses a driving program to help her daughter get home. "I give her directions by looking at an online map, which shows me where she is".

Jean Nichols, 17, says that parents are forgetting one very important thing: trust. "I don't like the idea of someone using a device that keeps tabs on me."

Others say the information could be misused. "If everyone can find out exactly where your 17-year-old girl is at all times, it will present a potentially dangerous problem," Hohn Lawford told the Ottawa Citizen.

Alana Watenpuhl, 19, says that teens can easily outsmart the programs. "Teens can always leave their cell phones somewhere and then go out with their friends. It's not likely that the chips are attached to their bodies," she told reporters. "But who knows?" she added. "That might be what's coming next."
1. What do programs use to see where people are?
2. What does that stand for?
3. Where can you find this?
4. Are parents using this now?
5. For what?
6. Is Andrea Gutierrez a mother?
7. What does she help her daughter do?
8. How does she locate her?
9. What does Alana Watenpuhl think of the programs?
10. By who?
11. would this be hard for them?
12. What's one simple thing they can do?
13. When?
14. What does she wonder might be next?
15. Is Jean Nichols fond of the programs?
16. What does he think is being violated?
17. How old is he?
18. What kind of restrictions can be set on kids by their parents?
19. What kind of speed would cause an alert to be sent?
20. What kind of boundaries can be broken?
Answer: 1. GPS
2. Global Positioning System
3. cell phones
4. yes
5. tmonitor kid's location and driving habits
6. yrs
7. get home
8. an online map
9. they can be outsmarted
10. teens
11. no
12. leave their phones somewhere
13. when they go out
14. Imicrochips on their bodies
15. no
16. trust
17. 17
18. speed and location
19. high speed
20. location

question: The chipmunks were busy getting ready for the winter. Little Chip had never seen everyone so busy. Chipmunks were running this way and that way. Even his Granddaddy was helping out, stuffing melons up into the holes in the tree. Aunt Chippa was clapping at everyone to hurry them up. Little Chip wasn't sure what they were all doing. His mom had told him, "Getting ready for winter" but Little Chip didn't know what that meant. He sat on the seesaw trying to guess. He knew that people were gathering things. Now that he thought about it, they were gathering food! Little Chip thought for a second...could they be gathering food for a party? That couldn't be it, everyone was gathering so much food that not every chipmunk in the town could come close to eating all the food for a single party. Little Chip looked at his big toe and thought. He saw another chipmunk digging in the ground and stuffing more food there. Was the guy trying to plant seeds to grow? Seeds wouldn't grow in the winter, it's too cold! Little Chip sat up and knew why everyone was so busy! Winter is coming!
1. What did Aunt Chippa do to hurry everyone up?
2. Did little chip know what was going on?
3. what were the chipmunks getting ready for?
4. did granddaddy try to help?
5. how?
6. what did Chip notice they were gathering?
7. was it for a party?
8. could the chipmunks eat it all in one sitting?
9. what did he see another chipmunk doing?
10. was he planting something?a
11. did chip figure out why?
12. what did he realize?
13. did his mom mention winter?
14. did he stand on a see saw or did he sit on it?
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answer:
1. She clapped at everyone.
2. No.
3. The winter.
4. Yes.
5. Stuffing melons up into the holes in the tree.
6. Food.
7. No.
8. No.
9. Digging in the ground and stuffing more food there.
10. No.
11. Yes.
12. Winter is coming!
13. Yes.
14. He sat.