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Private schools, also known as independent schools, non-governmental, or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition, rather than relying on mandatory taxation through public (government) funding; at some private schools students may be able to get a scholarship, which makes the cost cheaper, depending on a talent the student may have (e.g. sport scholarship, art scholarship, academic scholarship), financial need, or tax credit scholarships that might be available.

In the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries including Australia and Canada, the use of the term is generally restricted to primary and secondary educational levels; it is almost never used of universities and other tertiary institutions. Private education in North America covers the whole gamut of educational activity, ranging from pre-school to tertiary level institutions. Annual tuition fees at K-12 schools range from nothing at so called 'tuition-free' schools to more than $45,000 at several New England preparatory schools.
1. Are private education facilities run by the government?
2. What are some other names for private schools?
3. or?
4. or?
5. Can anyone attend?
6. How much do people pay to attend?
7. Do they rely on taxes?
8. How are they funded?
9. What kind of scholarships are available?
10. and?
11. or?
12. Is the term private used in the UK for colleges?
13. What about the US?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. independent schools
3. non-governmental
4. nonstate schools
5. no
6. nothing to more than $45,000
7. no
8. student tuition
9. sport scholarship
10. art scholarship
11. academic scholarship
12. no
13. yes

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Doctor Manette had suddenly disappeared. Everything was done to discover some trace of him, but in vain. The loss of her husband caused his wife such pain that she decided to bring up her little daughter, Lucie, in ignorance of her father's fate, and when in two years she died she left little Lucie under the guardianship of Mr. Lorry. After eighteen years, strange news concerning the doctor had just come from Paris. Mr. Lorry, told Lucie, "your father has been found. He is alive, greatly changed, but alive. He has been taken to the house of a former servant in Paris, and we are going there." On arrival, the banker and Lucie were taken to an attic, where a haggard , white-haired man sat on a low bench, making shoes. He was sheltered by a man by the name of Defarge who, with his wife, kept a wine-shop in the district of St. Antoine. Charles Darnay was of noble birth; but his ancestors had for many years so cruelly oppressed the French peasants that the name of Evremonde was hated and looked down upon. Unlike them in character, this last descendant of his race had given up his name and wealth and had come to England as a private gentleman, eager to begin a new life. Sydney Carton was a young English lawyer. _ soon became frequent visitors at the small house in Soho Square, the home of Doctor Manette and his daughter. Through Lucie's care and devotion, the doctor had almost completely recovered from the effects of his long imprisonment, and it was only in times of strong excitement that any trace of his past foolish behaviors could be discovered. The sweet face of Lucie Manette soon won the hearts of both the young men, but it was Darnay to whom she gave her love. They married. The French Revolution had actually begun and in 1792 Mr. Lorry and Charles Darnay landed in Paris, the former to protect the French branch of Tellson & Co. and the latter to help an old family servant -Gabelle-who had begged his help. Not until they had set foot in Paris did they realize what a caldron of fury they had been involved in. Mr. Lorry, on account of his business relations, was allowed his freedom, but Darnay was hurried at once to the prison of La Force, there to wait for his trial. The reason given for this outrage was the new law for the arrest of all returning French emigrants , but the true cause was that he had been recognized as Charles Evremonde. Doctor Manette, going to France with Lucie, gained a promise that Darnay's life should be spared. At last came the terrible year of the Reign of Terror. The sympathy which at first had been given to Doctor Manette had become weakened through the influence of Mrs. Defarge. Also, there had been found in the ruins of the Bastille a paper which contained Doctor Manette's account of his imprisonment, and pronouncing a curse upon the House of Evremonde and their descendants, who were responsible for his eighteen years of misery. Charles Darnay's fate was sealed. "Death within twenty-four hours." To Sydney Carton, who had followed his friends to Paris, came an inspiration. He once promised Lucie that he would die to save a life she loved. He managed to gain admission to the prison; Darnay was removed unconscious from the cell, and Carton sat down to wait for his fate. Along the Paris streets six tumbrels were carrying the day's wine to La Guillotine. In the third car sat a young man with his hands tied. As the cries from the street arose against him, they only move him to a quiet smile as he shook more loosely his hair about his face. Crash! A head is held up. The third cart came up, and the supposed Evremonde came down. His lips move, forming the words, "a life you love."
1. What happened to Dr. Manette?
2. Did they try to figure out what became of him?
3. Who took care of Lucie?
4. What was wrong with the man's hands in the third car?
5. Did Dan come from nobility?
6. Where was the wine shop?
7. Did Lucie's father turn up?
8. Was he alive?
9. Was he the same?
10. How old was Lucie, then?
11. What country was reporting his appearance?
12. Did they head there to see him?
13. Who did Lucie fall for?
14. Did they have nuptials?
15. Who was Gabelle?
16. Where did Darnay end up hurried to?
17. Why?
18. Why in the world did they arrest him?
19. What was the real reason, though?
20. Did they agree to let him live?
21. Who was going to sacrifice himself to save him?
22. Who had Dr. Manette cursed?
23. Did he trade places with the doctor?
24. How many years of misery had the doctor suffered?
25. Had he also cursed generations to come?
26. What was Mr. Lorry's occupation?
27. Did Darnay's distant family treat peasants terribly?
28. What did Sydney do for a living?
Numbered answers:
1. He disappeared.
2. Yes.
3. Mr. Lorry.
4. His hands were tied.
5. No.
6. St. Antoine.
7. Yes.
8. Yes.
9. No.
10. Twenty.
11. Paris.
12. Yes.
13. Darnay.
14. Yes.
15. A servant.
16. Prison.
17. Awaiting his trial.
18. A new law.
19. He was recognized as Charles Evremonde.
20. Yes.
21. Sydney Carton.
22. The House of Evremonde.
23. Yes.
24. Eighteen years.
25. Yes.
26. Banker.
27. Yes.
28. Lawyer.