Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

It was Sally's birthday. She was very excited. She was going to have a sleepover at her house for her birthday. She invited all of her best friends. The party was at 1 on Saturday. Jessica, Erin, and Cathy all arrived at 1, but Jennifer was late. She did not come until 2, because she could not find her other shoe. The first thing they all did was go swimming in her pool. They had so much fun. They played with the foam noodles in the pool. Erin accidentally kicked Jennifer's leg in the pool. After they swam, everyone rinsed off and went inside. They ate cake, opened presents, and watched TV. After it got dark, they ran up and down the stairway, played telephone, and told spooky stories. Sally tripped going down the stairs and hurt her foot, but it felt better soon after. Cathy got scared when they were telling stories, and wanted to call her mom to go home. The other girls told her that it is only a story. She felt better. They all fell asleep at 11. Sally was the first to wake up at 8 in the morning. She made pancakes for her and her friends. They all loved the pancakes, except Erin. She ate some fruit instead. At 10, all the girls went back home. Sally was happy that she had such a great birthday party.

1. Who's birthday was it?
2. Which of her friends came to the party?
3. which friends arrived at 1 on Saturday?
4. Which friend was late and arrived at 2?
5. What is the first thing they all did?
6. did they have fun?
7. Did Erin accidentally kick Jennifer's leg?
8. What did they do after it got dark?
9. Who tripped going down the stairs and hurt her foot?
10. Was anyone scared of the ghost stories?
11. What time did they fall asleep?
12. Who woke up first?
13. What did she make for breakfast?
14. Did Erin like them?
15. What did she eat instead?
16. What time did the girls go home?
17. Did Sally enjoy her party?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Sally's
2. Jessica, Erin, Cathy and Jennifer
3. Jessica, Erin, and Cathy
4. Jennifer
5. go swimming
6. yes
7. yes
8. they ran
9. Sally
10. Cathy
11. 11
12. Sally
13. pancakes
14. no
15. fruit
16. At 10
17. yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Washington Post is an American daily newspaper. Published in Washington, D.C., it was founded on December 6, 1877.

Located in the capital city of the United States, the newspaper has a particular emphasis on national politics. Daily editions are printed for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. It is published as a broadsheet.

The newspaper has won 47 Pulitzer Prizes. This includes six separate Pulitzers awarded in 2008, the second-highest number ever awarded to a single newspaper in one year, second only to "The New York Times" seven awards in 2002. "Post" journalists have also received 18 Nieman Fellowships and 368 White House News Photographers Association awards. In the early 1970s, in the best-known episode in the newspaper's history, reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein led the American press' investigation into what became known as the Watergate scandal; reporting in the newspaper greatly contributed to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. In years since, its investigations have led to increased review of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

In 2013, its longtime controlling family, the Graham family, sold the newspaper to billionaire entrepreneur and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos for $250 million in cash. The newspaper is owned by Nash Holdings LLC, a holding company Bezos created for the acquisition.

1. What is this article about?
2. Where is it based?
3. When did it start?
4. How many editions does it have?
5. Is it a tabloid or a broadsheet?
6. How many Pulitzers has it won?
7. Does it hold the record for most Pulitzers in a year?
8. Who owned the company for a long time?
9. Who did they sell it to?
10. Of what company?
11. When?
12. For how much money?
13. Does he own it in his own name?
14. What's the holding company's name?
15. Name two well-known reporters there.
16. What did they investigate?
17. Did that have an effect on US history?
18. What effect?
19. Which hospital has it investigated?
20. What is its emphasis?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. The Washington Post
2. Washington, DC
3. December 6, 1877
4. Three
5. broadsheet
6. 47
7. no
8. the Graham family
9. Jeff Bezos
10. Amazon.com
11. 2013
12. $250 million
13. no
14. Nash Holdings LLC
15. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
16. the Watergate scandal
17. yes
18. the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
19. Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
20. national politics

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Once there was a young boy named Bret who had a cat named Wolfgang. The boy had really wanted a wolf for a pet, but his mother said wolves liked to hog the bathroom and liked to blow things down and they snored. So the boy had to call his cat Wolfie.

He had also thought about naming his cat Sir Purrsalot. Bret himself planned to become a knight when he grew up (or maybe a cowboy) and thought Sir Purrsalot sounded like a good name for his brother knight. The difficulty there was that Wolfie didn't purr a lot. He purred when he was being fed or petted, but no one could say he purred a lot. Plus Bret's mother said knights liked to poke things with their swords and they also liked to hog the bathroom and they clanked.

So Bret was left with a cat named Wolfgang. The neighbors gave him strange looks when he stood in the front yard in the evening and yelled "Wolfie! Here Wolfie!!!", to get Wolfgang to come in for the night. But Bret didn't care what anyone else thought. He had a Wolfie and maybe he'd end up becoming a pet doctor when he grew up instead.

1. Who planned something?
2. what?
3. Who purred?
4. is it something he did all the time?
5. was wolfie a dog?
6. what was he?
7. what did Bret's mother say?
8. did he yell in the yard at night?
9. was he a vet?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Bret
2. To become a knight or a cowboy
3. Wolfie
4. No
5. No
6. A cat
7. Knights poke things with their swords, hog the bathroom, and clank
8. Yes
9. No