Q: Ali, who was working a long way from home, wanted to send a letter to his wife, but he could neither read nor write, and he had to work all day, so he could only look for somebody to write his letter late at night .At last he found the house of a letter writer whose name was Nasreddin.

Nasreddin was already in bed. "It is late,"he said. "What do you want?" "I want you to write a letter to my wife , "said Ali , Nasreddin was not pleased. He thought for a few seconds and then said, "Has the letter got to go far?" "What does that matter?" answered Ali.

"Well, my writing is so strange that only I can read it, and if I have to travel a long way to read your letter to your wife, it will cost you a lot of money." Ali went away quickly.

1. No
2. Nasreddin.
3. No
4. my writing is so strange that only I can read it,
5. Yes
6. his wife
7. he could neither read nor write
8. Has the letter got to go far
9. no
10. he had to work all day
11. late at night
12. He was already in bed
13. No
14. a lot
15. he had to travel a long way to read the letter
16. only he could read it
17. It is late
18. "What do you want?"
19. I want you to write a letter to my wife
20. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. was Ali working close to home?
2. who was the letter writer?
3. Was Nasreddin helpful?
4. What did he say about the way he writes?
5. Did Ali want a letter written?
6. To send to who?
7. why didn't he write it?
8. what did Nasreddin inquire?
9. was it easy for Ali to get a letter writer?
10. why not?
11. when could he get someone?
12. what was Nassredin doing?
13. was he happy about the visit?
14. how much would it cost?
15. why?
16. why did he have to travel?
17. What is the first thing Nassredin said?
18. and what else?
19. How did Ali answer?
20. Did Nasreddin do anything before talking about the distance?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XVI.

A VISIT HOME.

The new purchase, which was named the _Suzanne_, was towed alongside the _Tigress_, and the crew began at once to get up the cargo and transfer it to her hold. More method was observed in restowing the cargo than had before been possible. The dried fruit, as the heaviest of the goods, was placed in the middle of the brig; the European goods, whose brands and packing enabled them to be easily distinguished from the rest, were placed forward; and the Eastern bales packed aft. This was done under the direction of the petty officers.

During the four days that it took to complete the work, Edgar boarded several of the Italian craft, and succeeded in inducing ten active young sailors to join him, by the offer of a rate of pay several times higher than that they earned in their native craft, and of a free passage back on the first opportunity. Condor was appointed to the command of the _Tigress_, as two supernumerary lieutenants and four midshipmen had been sent out from home to the _Tigre_, and two midshipmen received acting orders as his lieutenants. There was much satisfaction among the junior officers of the _Tigre_ when they heard from Wilkinson the nature of the spoil he had gathered, and all sorts of guesses were hazarded as to its value.

"I cannot help you there in the least," he said. "I know that Turkish and Eastern carpets fetch a big price at home; and of course silk, and gold and silver embroideries, are valuable; but, as I only know the contents of about a hundred bales, I have no more idea of what the total is likely to come to than you have." 1. how many crafts are mentioned?
2. what are they called?
3. what cargo is placed in the middle?
4. why?
5. how long did the work take?
6. who oversaw the packing of cargo?
7. what was packed on the aft?
8. what made the European goods different?
9. where were they packed?
10. who employed the sailors?
11. how many did he get?
12. were they working anywhere else before?
13. did he offer them more money?
14. how much more?
15. who did the junior officers hear from to make them happy?
16. did he know the contents of everything?
17. what did he say would bring a good price at home?
18. who was to command the Tigress?
19. how many bales did Wilkinson know about?
20. how many were going to be lieutenants?
numbered_answers: 1. Two
2. Suzanne and Tigress
3. dried fruit
4. unknown
5. four days
6. petty officers
7. Eastern bales
8. brands and packing
9. forward
10. Edgar
11. ten
12. yes
13. yes
14. several times higher
15. Wilkinson
16. no
17. Turkish and Eastern carpets
18. Condor
19. a hundred bales
20. two

(CNN) -- A jury in Kentucky Friday night acquitted 17-year-old Joshua Young in the beating death of his stepbrother, Trey Zwicker, two years ago.

Young also was found not guilty of tampering with evidence.

Josh Gouker, Young's father, pleaded guilty to murder in Zwicker's death, and was sentenced on July 26 to life in prison. But prosecutors said Young worked with Gouker to beat Zwicker as the teen suffocated in the mud of a ditch behind a Kentucky high school.

"Trey Zwicker was brutally murdered at age 14 ... because Josh Gouker is a control freak and because Josh Young wanted to impress him," prosecutor Elizabeth Brown told the jury in Jefferson County Circuit Court during Friday's closing arguments. She said Gouker was upset with Zwicker's mother after she aborted Gouker's unborn child, and he wanted revenge.

Jurors could have found Young guilty of murder whether they believed he acted alone or with someone else. The tampering with evidence charge accused Young of throwing away clothes and a bloody bat after the murder.

Before deliberations began, Brown told jurors not to feel sorry for the defendant because he's young or because he had a bad father or a bad life.

"You cannot let sympathy add reasonable doubt," Brown said. "He was not coerced into doing this. He bragged about it, laughed about it."

Leslie Smith, delivering the closing argument Friday for the defense, turned the spotlight on Gouker. She called him a "jerk" without a conscience and described him as a master manipulator who killed Zwicker alone. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was acquitted?
2. How old was he?
3. Why was he acquitted?
4. Why did he get into trouble?
5. When did his dad plead guilty?
6. Did Young work with Gouker?
7. What did they do according to prosecutors?
8. Where did this happen?
9. How old was Zwicker when he died?
10. What was the prosecutor?
Answer:
1. Joshua Young
2. 17
3. Young's father pleaded guilty
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. According to prosecutors
7. Young worked with Gouker to beat Zwicker
8. behind a high school.
9. 14
10. Elizabeth Brown