Q: A senior Palestinian Authority official died Wednesday after a confrontation with Israeli troops, prompting President Mahmoud Abbas to halt security coordination with Israel, according to Palestinian officials.

Ziyad Abu Ein died after clashes with Israeli soldiers midday Wednesday in the Palestinian village of Turmusaya, which is northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah, longtime chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said in a statement. Abu Ein -- a minister in Abbas' Fatah party and head of the Committee to Resist the Wall and Settlements -- was there participating in nonviolent demonstrations to mark international Human Rights Day, according to Erakat's statement.

There were varying reports of exactly how Abu Ein died, including what role -- if any -- Israeli authorities played in it.

Pictures from various news agencies depict an Israeli soldier with his hands to Abu Ein's neck, followed by another showing him on the ground. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, meanwhile, reported that the Palestinian official lost consciousness after he inhaled tear gas and an Israeli soldier hit him in the chest.

"The Israeli soldiers called Abu Ein by name and seemed to be focused on him," witness Kamal Abu Safaka told CNN. "There was a lot of pushing, kicking and punching by the soldiers. ... When Abu Ein tried to intercede, they hit him on the chest with a rifle butt and grabbed him by the throat and pushed him back and then threw a large amount of tear gas and stun grenades."

Dr. Ahmed Bitawi, the director of the Ramallah hospital that inspected Abu Ein's body, said he died from asphyxiation after choking on vomit brought on by tear gas inhalation.

1. An Israeli soldier with his hands to Abu Ein's neck
2. a minister in Abbas' Fatah party
3. asphyxiation
4. Dr. Ahmed Bitawi
5. vomit
6. tear gas
7. Turmusaya
8. international Human Rights Day
9. no
10. CNN
11. Kamal Abu Safaka
12. yes
13. hit him and grabbed him
14. Committee to Resist the Wall and Settlements

Numbered questions:
1. What did pictures show about the demonstration?
2. Who was Abu Ein?
3. What is one theory about how he died?
4. Who thought that?
5. What asphyxiated him?
6. What made him vomit?
7. Where did this happen?
8. What special day did it happen on?
9. Was it meant to be a violent demonstration?
10. Which US news agency spoke with a witness?
11. And what was the witness"s name?
12. Did the Israeli soldiers focus on Abu Ein?
13. Why ? What did they do?
14. He was head of which committee?

Q: Jenny was a 13 year old girl with blond hair and blue eyes. She had gotten out of her last day of school and was free for the summer. Two of her friends were going to the nearby beach to do some swimming and enjoy the sun. Jenny went with them and when they got there the beach was very full and there were people everywhere. They changed into their bathing suits and went to the water. The water was very cold. They chose not swim and walked to the sand. Then they laid down on some towels and enjoyed the sun.

After several hours Jenny and her friends fell asleep. They woke up and the sun was beginning to set. When Jenny sat up she found that it was painful to touch her skin. When she looked down she saw that she had a very bad sunburn. Her friends were also very badly sunburned so they went home. Jenny's mother gave her a cream to put on the sunburn. Afterwards she felt a lot better and went to sleep.

1. no
2. all day
3. the evening
4. it was setting
5. they were sunburnt
6. three
7. yes
8. no
9. no
10. subathed
11. they laid down
12. no, on towels
13. no

Numbered questions:
1. Did the girls fall asleep straight away?
2. How long did it take?
3. What time of day did they wake up?
4. Was they sun in the sky?
5. What did Jenny notice?
6. How many went to the beach?
7. Was it busy?
8. Was the water warm?
9. Did they swim?
10. What did they do instead?
11. Did they sit on the sand?
12. on the sand directly?
13. Is Jenny an adult?

Q: CHAPTER XXVIII.

A MEETING.

About a week after the dissolution of the Crooked Creek Company, Harry was riding over from Hetertown, and had nearly reached the creek on his way home, when he met George Purvis.

This was their first meeting since their fight, for George had been away on a visit to some relatives in Richmond.

When Harry saw George riding slowly toward him, he felt very much embarrassed, and very much annoyed because he was embarrassed.

How should he meet George? What should he say; or should he say anything?

He did not want to appear anxious to "make up" with him, nor did he want to seem as if he bore malice toward him. If he only knew how George felt about it!

As it was, he wished he had stopped somewhere on the road. He had thought of stopping at the mill--why had he not? That would just have given George time to pass.

Both boys appeared to be riding as slowly as their horses would consent to go, and yet when they met, Harry had not half made up his mind what he would say, or how he should say it, or whether it would be better or not to say anything.

"Hello, George!" said he, quite unpremeditatedly.

"Hello!" said George, reining in his horse "Where are you going?"

"Going home," said Harry, also stopping in the road.

Thus the quarrel came to an end.

"So you've sold the telegraph?" said George.

"Yes," said Harry. "And I think we made a pretty good bargain. I didn't think we'd do so well when we started."

1. Telegraph.
2. Hetertown,
3. About a week.
4. George Purvis.
5. Because he was embarrassed.
6. George.
7. Horses.
8. No.
9. Yes.
10. "Where are you going?"
11. No.
12. The mill.
13. No.
14. Hello.
15. Yes.
16. Stopped somewhere on the road.
17. Richmond.
18. Visiting some relatives.
19. No.
20. The creek.

Numbered questions:
1. what had Harry sold?
2. where was he riding from?
3. how long after the dissolution was he going home?
4. what is George's full name?
5. why was he annoyed?
6. who did he see riding towards him?
7. what were they riding on?
8. had he decided what to do when they met?
9. did he get a good bargain for his company?
10. what did George ask him first?
11. did Harry want to appear anxious?
12. where had he thought of stopping?
13. did he?
14. how did the two greet each other?
15. did the quarrel end?
16. what did Harry wish he had done?
17. where had George been?
18. what had he been doing there?
19. had Harry reached home when he met him?
20. what was he near?