question: CHAPTER XXV.

CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

At first Jimmy thought they were the perpetrators of the deed, but almost immediately he recognized one of them as O'Donnell, the erstwhile traffic officer who had been promoted to a detective sergeancy since Jimmy had first met him.

"Compton has been murdered," said Jimmy dully. "He is dead."

"Put up your hands," snapped O'Donnell for the second time, "and be quick about it!"

It was then for the first time that Jimmy realized the meaning that might be put upon his presence alone in the office with his dead employer. O'Donnell's partner searched him, but found no weapon upon him.

"Where's the gat?" he asked.

"Whoever did this probably took it with him," said Jimmy. "Find the watchman."

They made Jimmy sit down in a corner, and while one of them guarded him the other called up central, made his report, and asked for an ambulance and the wagon. Then O'Donnell commenced to examine the room. A moment later he found an automatic behind the door across the room from where Compton's body lay.

"Ever see this before?" asked O'Donnell, holding the pistol up to Jimmy.

"If you're asking me if it's mine, no," said Jimmy. "I have a gun, but it's home. I never carry it. I didn't do this, O'Donnell," he continued. "There was no reason why I should do it, so instead of wasting your time on me while the murderer escapes you'd better get busy on some other theory, too. It won't do any harm, anyway."
1. What is the protagonist's name?
2. Who did he recognize?
3. What were his first thoughts about them?
4. What was O'Donnell's job?
5. And his current rank?
6. Had he been demoted?
7. What did the sergeant order him to do?
8. Did the officer say he could take his time?
9. What crime had been committed?
10. What was the name of the victim?
11. Had Jimmy been with him in the company of others?
12. What did the police do to him?
13. Did they locate a weapon on him?
14. Did the police ask him about a gun?
15. Where did Jimmy think it might be?
16. What did he suggest the police do?
17. What did the cops make him do next?
18. Who did they call?
19. What did they request?
20. Where did they finally locate the handgun?
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answer: 1. Jimmy
2. O'Donnell
3. they were the perpetrators
4. traffic officer
5. detective sergeant
6. No.
7. Put up his hands
8. No.
9. murder
10. Compton
11. No.
12. searched him
13. No.
14. Yes.
15. Whoever did this probably took it with him.
16. Find the watchman
17. sit down in a corner
18. central
19. an ambulance and the wagon
20. behind the door

question: (CNN) -- Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party at the twilight of his political career, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer, his family announced.

Specter died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at his home in Philadelphia, his family said. He was 82.

The veteran Pennsylvania politician had overcome numerous serious illnesses over the past two decades, including a brain tumor. He had been in the public eye since serving as a member of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Specter was elected to the Senate in 1980 and represented Pennsylvania for 30 years, longer than anyone in the state's history. His politically moderate image fit hand-in-glove in the politically blue Northeast, both with its Democratic centrists and its liberal Republicans.

He was also one of America's most prominent Jewish politicians, a rare Republican in a category dominated by Democrats over the decades. And his name is synonymous with Pennsylvania, an idiosyncratic state that pushes and pulls between the two parties, and his home, the staunchly Democratic city of Philadelphia.

In 2006, Philadelphia magazine called him "one of the few true wild cards of Washington politics ... reviled by those on both the right and the left."

"Charming and churlish, brilliant and pedantic, he can be fiercely independent, entertainingly eccentric and simply maddening," the profile read.

Former Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, called Specter "a mentor, colleague and a political institution" who "did more for the people of Pennsylvania over his more than 30-year career with the possible exception of Benjamin Franklin." And Pat Toomey, the Republican who now holds Specter's old Senate seat, praised him as "a man of sharp intelligence and dogged determination."
1. What is Arlen Specter's position?
2. How did he die?
3. What kind of cancer was it?
4. How old was he?
5. Was he a Republican?
6. WHat else was he?
7. WHat other kinds of illnesses did he have?
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answer: 1. Former U.S. Senator.
2. Cancer.
3. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
4. 82.
5. Not always.
6. A Democrat.
7. A brain tumor.

question: I had to knock on the taxi to get his attention.Finally,the driver,a man about 60,looked up from behind the wheel and apologized,"I'm sorry,but I was reading a letter." He sounded as if he had a cold or a cough.

Since I was in no hurry,I told him to finish his letter.He shook his head,explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heart.Curious,I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild."This isn't family,"he replied."though he might just as well have been a regular member of the family.Old Ed and I grew up together."

They were always friends.But since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago,it'd generally just been postcards at Christmas time between them.A couple of weeks ago,Ed died."I should have kept in touch." He repeated this,more to himself than to me.To comfort him,I said sometimes we just didn't seem to find the time."But we used to find the time," he said."Take a look." He handed the letter over to me.

The first sentence "I've been meaning to write for some time,but I've always delayed it." reminded me of myself.It went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had together.When I read the part where it said "Your friendship really means a lot to me,more than I can say because I'm not good at saying things like that",I found myself nodding in agreement.

We had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph: "So I thought you'd like to know that I was thinking of you." And it was ended with "Your Old Friend, Tom."

"I thought your friend's name was Ed," I said.

"I'm Tom," he explained. "It's a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew he'd died. I never put it in the mailbox. I guess I should have written it sooner." His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchief.

When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away.I had to write a letter and post it.
1. What was the man riding in?
2. How old was the man driving?
3. What was he doing?
4. How did he sound?
5. How long ago did he move?
6. What holiday did they have contact on every year?
7. What did he say his friends name was at first?
8. What did he claim his friends name was later?
9. What is the drivers name?
10. Who wrote the letter?
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answer:
1. a taxi
2. about 60
3. reading a letter
4. as if he had a cold
5. 30 years ago
6. Christmas
7. Ed
8. Tom
9. Tom
10. the driver