Question:
This was probably one of my favorite races to date . It was in this small community outside the north entrance to Yellowstone . It was a first annual fundraiser for the local grade school and there was only like 59 runners . I knew like 30 of them so it was great to be in that atmosphere surrounded by friends .
Answer the following question: What may have happened before they participating in the marathon ?
OPTIONS:
- None of the above choices .
- They had traveled far to Yellowstone .
- They had told their friends about it .
- They had trained for the marathon .
Answer:
They had trained for the marathon .
Question:
I was invited to go and watch The Mummy 3 this morning , but wanting to save money , not liking Mummy 2 or Jet Li and having plans to go and watch The Dark Knight again with my parents I did n't go . I ' m so glad I had seen Batman before as well , because all the way through there was this kid asking ' Why 's Batman got that grenade ? ' and ' Why 's that man got paint on his face ? '

What is the narrator discussing in the text ?
OPTIONS:
- They are discussing spending time with their parents .
- They are discussing their thoughts on films .
- None of the above choices .
- They are a man with paint on his face .
Answer:
They are discussing their thoughts on films .
IN: Oftentimes , the struggle to get a grip seemed too much ; the pain , the reinvention , the loss of identity , the grief , the financial devastation . And , of course there were the questions . Was it ever real ... ever beautiful ?
How may I be feeling right now ?
OPTIONS:
- Anger
- Happy
- Sadness
- Hunger

OUT: Sadness
I was SO happy last night , I received an email from Lucy saying that when she first saw the collage it made her cry , it moved her , and she thought it was the most sentimental collage she has ever seen . That is her fav photo from childhood . She remembers her grandfather going in to check on her and he always had his camera ready .

OPTIONS:
- Because they care .
- As a distraction .
- Because they are sad .
- Because they are happy .
Answer the following question: What may be the reason for giving someone a collage ?

Because they care .
question: I look back and its hard to believe that it was just over four months ago that I first moved down there . In so many ways it seems like its been forever . Finals week was a touch on the stressful side .

OPTIONS:
- The narrator feels overwhelmed by a recent relationship .
- None of the above choices .
- The narrator feels overwhelmed by her family .
- The narrator feels overwhelmed getting ready for finals .
Q: Why is the narrator experiencing some recent stress ?

answer: The narrator feels overwhelmed getting ready for finals .
IN: I stayed behind to write in my journal and sit on the porch with the daughter . We begin to communicate by looking at words in her English translation book . We decided that the others on the walk will be wet when they return as they have no raincoats or umbrellas and it has started to rain very hard . Lloyd , Jonathan , Albert and Raymond are working on changes to the software on the computer Raymond is using .
What may have been your reason for staying behind ?
OPTIONS:
- I wanted to record my family 's progress with learning English .
- I wanted to record my thoughts .
- I wanted to relax alone on the porch .
- I had to work on changes for the software .

OUT:
I wanted to record my thoughts .