Q: CHAPTER VII.

A FIRE

The last of February drew nigh, which was the time fixed upon for Josey to go home. He had remained with his uncle much longer than his father had at first intended; but now they wanted him to return, before the roads broke up in the spring.

The evening before Josey was to go, the farmer was sitting by the fire, when Jonas came in from the barn.

"Jonas," said the farmer, "I have got to write a letter to my brother, to send by Josey to-morrow; why won't you take a sheet of paper and write for me, and I'll tell you what to say. You are rather handier with the pen than I am."

Jonas accordingly brought a sheet of paper and a pen and ink, and took his place at a table at the back side of the room, and the farmer dictated to him as follows:

"Dear Brother,

"I take this opportunity to inform you that we are all alive and well, and I hope that you may be the same. This will be handed to you by Josey, who leaves us to-morrow, according to your orders. We have been very glad to have him with us, though he hasn't had opportunity to learn much. However, I suppose he'll fetch up again in his learning, when he gets home. He has behaved pretty fair on the whole, as boys go. He will make a smart man, I've no doubt, though he don't seem to take much to farming.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Jonas coming from?
2. In what month did this story take place?
3. In the beginning or the end of the month?
4. Who had Josey been staying with?
5. Who was there when Josie came inside?
6. What did the farmer want him to do?
7. Why did the farmer need Josey's help with the letter?
8. Who ordered Josey to leave?
9. Did Josey learn a lot from his uncle?
10. What instrument did Jonas use to write with?
A: 1. the barn
2. February
3. the end
4. his uncle
5. the farmer
6. write a letter to the farmer's brother
7. Josey was handier with the pen than he was
8. the farmer's brother
9. no
10. a pen
Q: Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (sometimes known as Sony Music or by the initials, SME) is an American music corporation managed and operated by Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation. In 1929, the enterprise was first founded as American Record Corporation (ARC) and, in 1938, was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, following ARC's acquisition by CBS. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records. In 1987, Sony Corporation of Japan bought the company, and in 1991, renamed it SME. It is the world's second largest recorded music company, after Universal Music Group.

In 2004, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as Sony BMG Music Entertainment. When Sony acquired BMG's half of the conglomerate in 2008, Sony BMG reverted to the SME name. The buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which then relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Out of the "Big Three" record companies, with Universal Music Group being the largest and Warner Music Group, SME is middle-sized.

Answer the following questions:
1. What company is the article about
2. What country are they out of
3. What year were they founded
4. What was the original name
5. What year did this change
6. What was the new name
7. What year did CBS obtain it
8. What were they called then
9. What year did Sony Corporation of Japan purchase it
10. What did they rename it
11. Are they the largest music group
12. Who is the largest
13. Who did SME merge with in 2004
14. What were they called after the merger
15. What year did Sony acquire BMG's half of the conglomerate
A: 1. Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
2. American
3. 1929
4. ARC
5. 1938
6. Columbia Recording Corporation
7. 1966
8. CBS Records
9. 1987
10. SME
11. No
12. Universal Music Group
13. Bertelsmann Music Group
14. Sony BMG Music Entertainment
15. 2008
Q: Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at the age of 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long as it works", he said in 1991, "I'll continue to do those commercials."

Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."

Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.

In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.

Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.

In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.

"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker . _ ."

Answer the following questions:
1. Why did Thomas have misshapen feet?
2. Who died when he was 5?
3. How was she related to him?
4. What work did his adopted father do?
5. Where were they from originally?
6. Did they stay there throughout Thomas' childhood?
7. When did Thomas move out?
8. What was his first job?
9. What happened in 1956?
10. What job did it lead to?
11. When did Thomas become a millionaire?
12. Where was Wendy's founded?
13. In what year?
14. When did Thomas marry?
15. Who is his wife?
16. How many children do they have?
17. Did Thomas feel that he was happily adopted?
18. In response, what did he create?
19. In what year?
20. At what age did Thomas die?
21. Who was Wendy?
A:
1. he never had proper fitting shoes
2. Auleva
3. his adopted mother
4. construction
5. Kalamazoo
6. no
7. at age 15
8. a waiter
9. a meeting with Harland Sanders
10. manager
11. in 1968
12. Columbus, Ohio
13. 1969
14. 1954
15. Lorraine
16. five
17. no with adoption,
18. the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
19. 1992
20. 69
21. his daughter