question: CHAPTER XXVIIBEHIND THE CURTAIN OF VINES

An hour went by and during that time Dave drew Phil to one side and related the particulars concerning the doings of Merwell and Jasniff, according to the story told by the former of the two evil-disposed youths.

"I think Link feels pretty sore," he continued. "So there won't be any use in rubbing it in."

"What do you intend to do with him, Dave?"

"I don't know yet. We'll talk it over later on. The thing to do now is to locate Jasniff and get the rest of the jewels. Don't forget that he has the finest of the diamonds. That is one thing that made Link soreJasniff taking the lion's share."

"Well, that was the way Jasniff always did, even at school. Now you've got back I'm willing to start the search for him any time you say," continued the shipowner's son.

"We'll wait a while and see if Roger and Captain Sanders return," answered our hero.

He was glad to rest, and threw himself on a bed of moss the sailors had collected. Merwell sat against a tree, tired out, but too much worried to sleep. Evidently he was trying to decide on what to do next and wondering how he was to get out of the awful situation in which he found himself.

Presently a shout was heard, and Roger burst into view, followed an instant later by Billy Dill.

"Hello, Dave!" cried the senator's son. "Got back, have you?" And then he stared at Merwell. "Oh, are you here, too?"
1. What was Dave talking about to Phil?
2. What were thing going to get from Jasniff?
3. Who is it that feels pretty sore about the situation?
4. What is one of the reasons for this?
5. What was it the sailors collected that was rested on?
6. How burst into sight have a shout was heard?
7. who followed after that?
8. Which one is the shipowner's sone?
9. Who were they waiting for to see if they returned.
10. What did the senator's some say to dave?
11. Did he say anything else?
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answer: 1. doings of Merwell and Jasniff
2. jewels
3. Link does
4. Jasniff took more diamonds
5. a bed of moss
6. Roger burst into view
7. Billy Dill
8. I think Dave is.
9. Roger and Captain Sanders
10. Hello, Dave!
11. Got back, have you?

question: Which is sillier: denying we ever went to the moon or trying to convince the true nonbelievers?

Once upon a time - July 20, 1969, to be specific - two men got out of their little spaceship and wandered around on the moon for a while.Ten more men walked on the moon over the next three and a half years.

Unfortunately, not quite.A fair number of Americans think that this whole business of moon landings really isa fairy tale.They believe that the landings were a big hoax staged in the Mojave Desert, to convince everyone that U.S.technology was the "best" in the whole wide world.

Which is the harder thing to do: Send men to the moon or make believe we did? The fact is the physics behind sending people to the moon is simple.You can do it with computers whose entire memory capacities can now fit on chips the size of postage stamps and that cost about as much as, well, a postage stamp.I know you can because we did.

However, last fall NASA considered spending $15,000 on a public-relations campaign to convince the unimpressed that Americans had in fact gone to the moon.That idea was mostly a reaction to a Fox television program, first aired in February 2001, that claimed to expose the hoax.The show's creator is a publicity hound who has lived up to the name in more ways than one by hounding Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon.Mr.X (as I will call him, thereby denying him the joyous sight of his name in print) recently followed Buzz Aldrin around and called him "a thief, liar and coward" until the 72-year-old astronaut finally lost it and hit the 37-year-old Mr.X in the face.

Anyway, NASA's publicity campaign began to slow down.The nonbelievers took the campaign as NASA's effort to hide something while the believers said that $15,000 to convince people that the world was round -- I mean, that we had gone to the moon -- was simply a waste of money.(Actually, the $15,000 was supposed to pay for an article by James E.Oberg, an astronomy writer who, with Aldrin, has contributed to Scientific American.)

If NASA not paying Oberg, perhaps it could put the money to good use by hiring two big guys to drag Neil Armstrong out of the house.Armstrong is an extremely private man, but he is also the first man on the moon, so maybe he has a duty to be a bit more outspoken about the experience.Or NASA could just buy Aldrin a commemorate plaque for his recent touch on the face of Mr.X.
1. Is this about a maned mission to mars?
2. What is the subject matter?
3. What entity is in charge of the space program?
4. Who broadcasting station aired a story the denied the moon walk?
5. When did the first moon walk happen?
6. Who was the second person to set foot on the solar body?
7. For opposes where did the alleged lunar happenings really occur?
8. Who was the first man on the moon?
9. Is he an extrovert?
10. How man people eventually did a lunar stroll?
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answer:
1. No
2. Is men ever went to the moon
3. NASA
4. Fox
5. July 20, 1969
6. Buzz Aldrin
7. the Mojave Desert,
8. Neil Armstrong
9. no
10. 12