Question: (CNN) -- The ouster of Tunisia's longtime ruler has cast a shadow over the surrounding region, but few analysts were willing to predict Tuesday that the revolt would spread to other countries.

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was Tunisia's president for 23 years before Friday, when weeks of protests forced him into exile in Saudi Arabia. Tunisians complained that the president's family and supporters had grown rich while their living conditions stagnated and their voices were stifled.

But while the governments of nearby nations like Algeria, Libya and Egypt face similar criticism, the level of repression and the concentration of power and corruption were far more extreme in Tunisia, said Nathan Brown, a professor of Middle Eastern politics at George Washington University in Washington.

"I think most regimes in the region are viewed with a mix of disdain and resignation by their population," Brown said. Few may support their government, but "It's not as if there's much that can be done about it," he said.

Neighboring Algeria was also wracked by rioting last week, triggered by the spiraling costs of basic food items after its government slashed price supports for staples like milk, oil and sugar. State-run media reported at least three people had died in the clashes.

Libya's longtime strongman, Moammar Gadhafi, mourned Ben Ali's ouster and warned in a nationally televised speech that Tunisia was facing "unjustified chaos." And in Egypt, at least two people have set themselves afire in public this week -- the same type of protest that triggered Tunisia's demonstrations in December. 1. What president was forced from his post last week?
2. What happened that forced him out?
3. How do the folks residing in that area feel about the leadership?
4. What caused the protesting to start?
5. What other country has been affected by the riots?
6. What drastic thing have been done in another country recently?
7. How long was the outcast leader in leadership?
8. When was he ousted?
9. What staple things are being rioted over?
10. Who raised attention on national television? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
2. protests
3. Bad
4. the president's family and supporters had grown rich while their living conditions stagnated and their voices were stifled
5. Algeria
6. Self-immolation
7. 23 years
8. Friday
9. milk, oil and sugar (please take longer)
10. Moammar Gadhafi

Question: North Africa is a group of Mediterranean countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent. The term "North Africa" has no single accepted definition. It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west, to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east. Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, a region known by the French during colonial times as "Afrique du Nord" and by the Arabs as the Maghreb ("West"). The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt. The term "North Africa", when commonly used in North Africa and the Middle East, often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb and Libya. Egypt, due to its greater Middle Eastern associations, is in the Middle East.

The countries of North Africa share a common ethnic, cultural and linguistic identity that is unique to this region. North west Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history, while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Egyptians. Following the Muslim conquest in the seventh century C.E., the region underwent a process of Arabization and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since. 1. Does North African countries share commonalties?
2. what do they share in common?
3. Who inhabits the North west?
4. When was the Muslim conquest?
5. Is "north Africa" defined?
6. Does it only have one definition?
7. what is the most common definition?
8. what kind of countries are in North Africa?
9. true or false, egypt is a part of north africa
10. is Egypt a part of the middle east? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. ethnic, cultural and linguistic identities
3. Berbers
4. in the seventh century C.E.
5. somewhat
6. no
7. Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, as well as Libya, Sudan, and Egypt
8. countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent
9. true
10. yes

Question: Joe Clancy, the interim director of the U.S. Secret Service, said that the agency has been "severely damaged in recent years by failures" and explained some key mistakes made by the Secret Service when a fence jumper was able to run inside the White House two months ago.

In his appearance before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Clancy, who was tapped to lead the agency last month, also laid out protocols the Secret Service is trying to improve in the wake of the fence jumper and other problems in the past few years.

"I openly acknowledge that a failure of this magnitude, especially in light of other recent incidents, requires immediate action and longer term reform," he said.

His appearance comes a week after the Department of Homeland Security published a report revealing failures in training, equipment and communications at the agency.

Clancy said when the jumper, Omar Gonzalez, started to scale the fence, officers nearby outside the barrier started shouting verbal commands before sprinting over and coming "about an arm's length or two arms' lengths short of reaching him" before he breached the fence.

Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, joked that Gonzalez "got further in the White House than some of my Republican colleagues have ever gotten."

He asked if a moat would be effective in stopping future White House jumpers.

"Sir, it may be," Clancy replied, but added the Secret Service tries to recognize the accessibility and historic nature of the White House.

Their first step, Clancy continued, is working with the National Park Service to "do something with the fence," including possibly making it taller. 1. Who ran into the White House?
2. When did that happen?
3. Who was at fault?
4. Why did this happen according to a report by Homeland Security?
5. Was the jumper a female?
6. What was their name?
7. Did anyone try to stop him?
8. Who said the Secret Service had been damaged?
9. What is his job?
10. What did he say they needed to work with the park service for?
11. What else did he say may stop others from jumping it. Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a fence jumper
2. 2 months ago
3. the Secret Service
4. because of failures in training, equpiment and communication
5. no
6. Omar Gonzalez,
7. yes
8. Joe clancy
9. interim director of the Secret Service
10. do something with the fence
11. a moat

Question: There are three photos of my good friends on my desk. In the first photo you can see Jerry. He is a tall and cool boy with short and straight hair. He is the captain of our basketball team. He is very popular. All my classmates like him very much. In the second photo, you can see the boy with glasses. His name is Jack. He is short and a little bit heavy. But he is very smart and funny. He often tells us funny stories and makes us happy. In the third photo, you can see two girls. They are drinking water. The girl on the left is Lucy. She is a beautiful girl from London. She has long blond hair and big eyes. She can sing very well, and she can also speak a little Chinese. The girl on the right is Li Yun. She is a Chinese girl with beautiful black hair. She studies very hard. She says she wants to be a scientist when she grows up. 1. Do the girls have the same color hair?
2. Are they both attractive?
3. Which boy definitely plays a sport?
4. Is he tall?
5. Is the other boy tall?
6. Does Jack have naturally good vision?
7. Is he thin?
8. Are the boys about the same height?
9. Is Li Yun studious?
10. What is her desired future occupation?
11. What gender is Jerry?
12. How about Li Yun? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. No.
2. Yes.
3. Jerry
4. Yes.
5. No
6. No.
7. No
8. No
9. Yes
10. Scientist
11. Male
12. Female