question: (CNN) -- Gary Sinise has played many characters on television and the big screen, but one of his most important roles in real life is fighting for veterans.

"I have a passionate love for our country. I know that our freedom is provided by men and women, ordinary men and women who take up the call and serve our country," he says. "We can never forget our defenders, and we should do everything we can for them before the battle, during the battle and after the battle when things get rough for them. We should take care of them."

And that's just what the actor is doing through programs at The Gary Sinise Foundation.

The nonprofit helps veterans translate their military skills to civilian careers, sponsors military scholarships and even helps build customized homes for the severely wounded.

"If you're a quadruple amputee, you've lost both arms and both legs, you're going to have some physical challenges for the rest of your life. We want your home to be the most secure, safe, manageable place in your life," explains Sinise. In partnership with Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation, homes are built with smart technology such as automated doors and iPad-controlled electronics.

Cpl. Christian Brown, who lost both legs serving in Afghanistan, is looking forward to gaining more independence after he moves into his specialized house.

"Sometimes I get so focused on the small things that are easy for you but hard for me," the Marine says. "And now I actually have to think my way through them. So it's actually very tiring mentally and just to be able to scoot through your house and do the things you need to do, whether that be laundry, you know, use the bathroom, get to a certain area of the house without actually having to put so much thought into it. I think it'll be relief."
1. What does he love?
2. What does he do?
3. What else?
4. What is his program called?
5. What does it help do?
6. What else?
7. And?
8. Who does he partner with?
9. What does the partner help with?
10. Who appreciate the help?
11. What happened to him?
12. What is he excited about?
13. What should we never forget?
****
answer: 1. Our Country
2. actor
3. help veterans
4. The Gary Sinise Foundation
5. Get civilian jobs
6. Get scholarships
7. Help build homes for the wounded
8. Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation
9. Making homes smart
10. Cpl. Christian Brown,
11. Lost both legs in war
12. More independence in his special house
13. Our defenders

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 ?
****
answer: 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

question: Edmonton is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city anchors the north end of what Statistics Canada defines as the "CalgaryEdmonton Corridor".

The city had a population of 932,546 in 2016, making it Alberta's second-largest city and Canada's fifth-largest municipality. Also in 2016, Edmonton had a metropolitan population of 1,321,426, making it the sixth-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada. Edmonton is North America's northernmost city with a metropolitan population over one million. A resident of Edmonton is known as an "Edmontonian".

Edmonton's historic growth has been facilitated through the absorption of five adjacent urban municipalities (Strathcona, North Edmonton, West Edmonton, Beverly and Jasper Place) and a series of annexations ending in 1982. Known as the "Gateway to the North", the city is a staging point for large-scale oil sands projects occurring in northern Alberta and large-scale diamond mining operations in the Northwest Territories.

Edmonton is a cultural, governmental and educational centre. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals, reflected in the nickname "Canada's Festival City". It is home to North America's largest mall, West Edmonton Mall (the world's largest mall from 1981 until 2004), and Fort Edmonton Park, Canada's largest living history museum.
1. how large is the population of Edmonton?
2. is it Alberta's largest city?
3. what rank is it?
4. how does it rank population wise with the rest of canada?
5. are there any bodies of water near it?
6. which one?
7. is it located in the south?
8. is it a capital city?
9. how big is the metro population?
10. what are residents there known as?
11. what is the city known as?
12. does it have any other nicknames?
13. like what?
14. why is called that?
15. what kind of projects happen there?
16. what about in the northwest?
17. do they have places to shop in the festival city?
18. what is one place?
19. is it small?
20. do they have museums too?
****
answer:
1. 932,546
2. No
3. second-largest
4. fifth-largest
5. Yes
6. North Saskatchewan River
7. No
8. Yes
9. 1,321,426
10. Edmontonian
11. Gateway to the North
12. Yes
13. Canada's Festival City
14. It hosts a year-round slate of festivals
15. oil sands
16. diamond mining
17. Yes
18. West Edmonton Mall
19. No
20. Yes