Question: CHAPTER XXI. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

In the search for a new abode Mrs. Lee was in much difficulty, for it was needful to be near St. Kenelm's, and the only vacant houses within her means were not desirable for the reception of a feeble convalescent; moreover, Mr. Gudgeon grumbled and inquired, and was only withheld by warnings enhanced by the police from carrying the whole charivari of the Salvation Army along Ivinghoe Terrace on Sunday afternoon.

Perhaps it was this, perhaps it was the fact of having discussed the situation with the two Miss Mohuns, that made Mr. White say to Alexis, 'There are two rooms ready for your sister, as soon as Dagger says she can be moved safely. The person who nurses her had better come with her, and you may as well come back to your old quarters.'

Alexis could hardly believe his ears, but Mr. White waved off all thanks. The Mohun sisters were delighted and triumphant, and Jane came down to talk it over with her elder sister, auguring great things from that man who loved to deal in surprises.

'That is true,' said Sir Jasper.

'What does that mean, Jasper?' said his wife. 'It sounds significant.'

'I certainly should not be amazed if he did further surprise us all. Has it never struck you how that noontide turn of Adeline's corresponds with his walk home from the reading-room?'

Lady Merrifield looked rather startled, but Jane only laughed, and said, 'My dear Jasper, if you only knew Ada as well as I do! Yes, I have seen far too many of those little affairs to be taken in by them. Poor Ada! I know exactly how she looks, but she is only flattered, like a pussy-cat waggling the end of its tail---it means nothing, and never comes to anything. The thing that is likely and hopeful is, that he may adopt those young people as nephews and nieces.' 1. Who is looking for something?
2. What is it?
3. Is it going easily?
4. Where did she need it to be?
5. Could she afford anything there?
6. Did she like them?
7. Who is giving her a hard time?
8. Who prevents him from being more obnoxious?
9. With what?
10. What does someone say to Alexis because of this?
11. Who says it?
12. When can they have them?
13. Who else should come?
14. Was this a surprise?
15. What about the sisters? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mrs. Lee
2. a new abode
3. No
4. near St. Kenelm's,
5. Yes
6. No
7. Mr. Gudgeon
8. the police
9. warnings
10. There are two rooms ready for your sister
11. Mr. White
12. as soon as Dagger says she can be moved safely
13. The person who nurses her
14. Yes
15. Yes

Question: Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak Valley. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and the state of Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a strip of land which connects the state to the rest of India.

Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The first oil well in Asia was drilled here. The state has conserved the one-horned Indian rhinoceros from near extinction, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds. It provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park which are World Heritage Sites. Sal tree forests are found in the state which, as a result of abundant rainfall, looks green all year round. Assam receives more rainfall compared to most parts of India. This rain feeds the Brahmaputra River, whose tributaries and oxbow lakes provide the region with a hydro-geomorphic environment. 1. What is the main subject?
2. Name one thing it is known for?
3. Name another.
4. What Asia first happened there?
5. What borders it on the north?
6. What else?
7. And on its West?
8. Via?
9. What's it north of?
10. And?
11. Another please.
12. And the last?
13. Which two is it west of?
14. What animal have they saved from disappearing off the face of the earth?
15. Name another.
16. What other one?
17. And?
18. And which birds?
19. What does it do for the elephants? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the state of Assam
2. Assam silk
3. Assam tea
4. The first oil well
5. the state of Arunachal Pradesh
6. Bhutan
7. West Bengal
8. the Siliguri Corridor
9. Meghalaya
10. Tripura
11. Mizoram
12. Bangladesh
13. Nagaland and Manipur
14. one-horned Indian rhinoceros
15. wild water buffalo
16. pygmy hog
17. tiger
18. various species of Asiatic birds
19. provides one of the last wild habitats

Question: Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Four Italian journalists kidnapped by unknown assailants in Libya have been freed, Italy's Foreign Ministry spokesman Maurizio Massari told CNN on Thursday.

They were "saved by two Libyans, two boys to whom we owe everything," one of the journalists said Thursday.

"I'm alive, well and free. Until an hour ago, I thought I was dead," the reporter, Sono Domenico Quirico, said, according to his newspaper La Stampa.

Another of the journalists, Elisabetta Rosaspina, told CNN they were kidnapped in Tripoli between Martyrs Square and Moammar Gadhafi's compound. Earlier reports said they had been abducted 80 kilometers (about 50 miles) from Tripoli.

Claudio Monici, a correspondent for the newspaper Avvenire, said they were seized by the Libyan army and "other people with guns."

"We understood that they were very angry. Their eyes had blood," he said, saying some of their captors said: "You are Italian. You are from NATO. You are bombing us."

Monici saw their captors kill their Libyan driver, he said.

"He understood that it was his last moment. We saw them kick him and kill him... When they shot at him I saw that he was praying... I saw that his lips were moving," he told Sky News.

Massari said while it was unclear who captured the journalists, the ministry assumed it was pro-Gadhafi forces.

All of the journalists, from prominent Italian daily newspapers, were well, Massari said Wednesday. He did not elaborate.

Paolo Alfieri, foreign editor of the newspaper Avvenire, identified the four as Rosaspina and Giuseppe Sarcina from the newspaper Corriere della Sera, Quirico from La Stampa, and Monici from Avvenire. 1. who was kidnapped ?
2. how many ?
3. by who ?
4. where ?
5. how many people saved them ?
6. grils ?
7. who is alive and well ?
8. what does he do ?
9. from what paper ?
10. who told CNN they were kidnapped ?
11. where wes she ?
12. how many miles from tripoli ?
13. who is a a correspondent for the newspaper Avvenire ?
14. were they seised ny isis ?
15. who seized them ?
16. and who else ?
17. who saw their captors kill their Libyan driver ?
18. what did the the ministry assumed ?
19. who is the foreign editor ?
20. who did not elaborate ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Italian journalists
2. Four
3. unknown assailants
4. Libya
5. two
6. boys
7. Sono Domenico Quirico
8. reporter
9. La Stampa
10. Elisabetta Rosaspina
11. Tripoli
12. about 50 miles
13. Claudio Monici
14. no
15. Libyan army
16. other people with guns
17. Monici
18. it was pro-Gadhafi forces
19. Paolo Alfieri
20. Massari