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

AN EXCITING TIME ALL AROUND

"We've got him! Down with him!" roared Sack Todd, as he leaped over the fallen door and made a grab for Dick.

For the instant Dick did not know what to do, then he stepped backward and at the same time attempted to draw his pistol.

"No, you don't!" yelled Gasper Pold, and aimed a blow at Dick's head with an iron bar he carried.

Had the blow landed as intended, the eldest Rover might have had his skull crushed in. But as the iron bar was descending Dan Baxter made a quick jump to Pold's side, gave him a shove and hurled him flat.

"Stop it!" cried the former bully of Putnam Hall. "Do you hear? Do you want to kill somebody?"

"So you're against us, eh?" yelled Sack Todd. "Well, we'll fix you!"

He tore a pistol from his pocket and started to aim it at Baxter. But the latter was now on the alert and, whirling around, he caught Sack Todd by the coat collar with one hand and with the other raised the pistol up into the air. It went off, but the bullet merely plowed its way into the woodwork of the ship.

By this time Hans had managed to scramble from beneath the fallen door. The German youth had not been hurt very much but his "Dutch blood" was up, and throwing prudence to the wind he sailed in vigorously, hitting Pold a blow in the stomach with his fist, and kicking the mate of the _Dogstar_ in the shin with his heavy shoe. Then he caught hold of Pold's iron bar and began to wrestle for its possession. 1. what did Sack Todd make a grab for?
2. where did Gasper aim his blow?
3. what did Sack jump over?
4. who shoved Pold?
5. what chapter is this?
6. what did Sack Todd get out of his pocket?
7. did the iron bar hit the eldest rover?
8. who got knocked down?
9. Did Gasper fall as well?
10. did the pistol go off?
11. where did the bullet hit?
12. was Hans upset?
13. is he German or Dutch?
14. who did he kick?
15. what did he catch?
16. what is the name of the chapter?
17. what did Gasper YELL
18. who yelled "Stop it!"
19. of what?
numbered_answers: 1. Dick.
2. at Dick's head
3. to Pold's side
4. Dan Baxter
5. 29
6. a pistol
7. no
8. Hans
9. yes
10. yes
11. the ships wood
12. yes
13. German
14. Pold
15. Pold's iron bar
16. AN EXCITING TIME ALL AROUND
17. "No, you don't
18. the former bully
19. Putnam Hall

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- In the mid-1970s, Gloria Estefan was studying psychology, international law and French at the University of Miami and singing with a local band on the side. She was planning to head to the Sorbonne to further her studies. But then Emilio Estefan swept her off her feet, and their band, the Miami Sound Machine, would soon sweep the nation with its Conga beat.

Estefan never made it to the Sorbonne, but she launched an enduring musical career that has made her into a beloved international artist.

Thirty-five years later, she remains married to that first and only boyfriend. And the seven-time Grammy winner has now released "The Standards," an album of classic American tunes with a Gloria Estefan twist. It opens with "Good Morning Heartache," and moves on to songs like "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "What A Difference A Day Makes," "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar" and "Young at Heart."

The album, she said, brings her career back to some of those first shaky steps onto the national stage.

"It's such a natural thing for me, something that I wanted to do so long and 25 years ago when I danced the conga on 'The Tonight Show.' I sang 'Good Morning Heartache' with my piano player as a second song and this is like full circle," Estefan said. "That's why it starts the record."

Fans know her dance hits like "Conga," "Hotel Nacional," "Wepa" and "Rhythm is Gonna Get You." But there's something about the ballads -- "Coming out of the Dark", "Higher" -- that make the heart ache. 1. What was being studied?
2. by whom?
3. Where did she never go?
4. Why not?
5. Did she have a companion?
6. Whom?
7. Do they work together?
8. What is his name?
9. When did they meet?
10. Are they stiull together?
numbered_answers: 1. psychology
2. Gloria Estefan
3. Sorbonne
4. she launched an enduring musical career that has made her into a beloved international artist
5. Yes
6. first and only boyfriend
7. unknown
8. Emilio Estefan
9. Thirty-five years ago
10. Yes

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Outside of the Low Countries, it is the native language of the majority of the population of Suriname, and also holds official status in the Caribbean island nations of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. Historical minorities on the verge of extinction remain in parts of France and Germany, and in Indonesia,[n 1] while up to half a million native speakers may reside in the United States, Canada and Australia combined.[n 2] The Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa have evolved into Afrikaans, a mutually intelligible daughter language[n 3] which is spoken to some degree by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia.[n 4]

Dutch is one of the closest relatives of both German and English[n 5] and is said to be roughly in between them.[n 6] Dutch, like English, has not undergone the High German consonant shift, does not use Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker, has largely abandoned the use of the subjunctive, and has levelled much of its morphology, including the case system.[n 7] Features shared with German include the survival of three grammatical gendersalbeit with few grammatical consequences[n 8]as well as the use of modal particles, final-obstruent devoicing, and a similar word order.[n 9] Dutch vocabulary is mostly Germanic and incorporates more Romance loans than German but fewer than English.[n 10] 1. What is Dutch a close relative of?
2. Where is it the majority native language?
3. Where else is it spoken?
4. Anywhere else?
5. Has Dutch underhgone the German shift?
6. What other languages haven't?
7. How many characteristics are shared with German?
8. What are they?
9. Does it include Romance loans?
10. Where does Afrikaans come frome?
numbered_answers:
1. German and English
2. Suriname
3. Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten
4. France and Germany, Indonesia United States, Canada and Australia combined.
5. No
6. English
7. three
8. gramatical genders
9. yes
10. Southern Africa