Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- By all accounts, it was a storybook wedding.

Eighty of the bride and groom's closest friends and family watched as the beaming couple exchanged rings under a bridge on New York City's shoreline in Astoria Park.

Except these weren't your run-of-the-mill fairytale nuptials. In Joanna Scutts' storybook, the bride dazzled her husband-to-be in a gold-sequined, boatneck sheath on their wedding day.

"I knew I didn't want a white dress, as it was really important to me to feel like myself at the wedding -- and I never wear white," she said. "I'm a pale-skinned redhead, and any shade of white makes me look dead."

Scutts is one of many brides choosing to walk down the aisle in a nontraditional colorful dress.

In this week's People Magazine, Jessica Biel reveals the custom pink Giambattista Valli Haute Couture gown that she wore when she tied the knot with Justin Timberlake in southern Italy on October 19.

Biel certainly isn't the first celebrity to color outside the bridal lines: Reese Witherspoon graced the cover of People Magazine in April 2011 wearing a blush Monique Lhuillier gown for her second marriage; Sarah Jessica Parker famously wore black on her wedding day with Matthew Broderick; and Sofia Coppola married Thomas Mars in August 2011 in a violet Azzedine Alaia dress.

"Brides today want their wedding to be a reflection of their personality -- they're no longer embracing tradition for tradition's sake," said Nicole Sewall, the managing director of BHLDN, Anthropologie's bridal and special occasion brand. "We've seen a lot of brides throw the wedding rules, as we know them, out."

1. Was there a special event?
2. how many attended?
3. Did the bride wear white?
4. Why not?
5. What color did she choose?
6. Did she have a tan?
7. Where was the ceremony?
8. How was it described?
9. Do a lot of people pick dresses that are not white?
10. Any famous people?
11. Who wore pink?
12. When was she wed?
13. Where?
14. To whom?
15. Who designed a blue gown?
16. Did anyone wear black?
17. Was it her first marriage?
18. Did anyone pick a purple dress?
19. What shade?
20. Who was the groom?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a wedding
2. Eighty people
3. no
4. she never wears white
5. gold
6. no
7. New York City
8. like a fairytale
9. yes
10. many celebrities
11. Jessica Biel
12. October 19
13. Italy
14. Justin Timberlake
15. Reese Witherspoon
16. Sarah Jessica Parker
17. no
18. Sofia Coppola
19. violet
20. Thomas Mars

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XIX.

CAST ASHORE.

WHEN Jack opened his eyes he lay for some time wondering where he was and what had become of him. There were stars in the sky overhead, but the light was stealing over it, and he felt that it was daybreak. There was a loud, dull, roaring sound in his ears--a sound he could not understand, for not even a breath of wind fanned his cheek. At last slowly the facts came to his mind. There had been a great storm, the vessel was among the breakers, he had got into the long-boat with Arthur to put in the plugs, they had been lifted up and blown away--and then suddenly Jack sat upright.

It was light enough for him to see that he was still in the boat, but its back was broken and its sides staved in. Around him was a mass of tangled foliage, and close beside him lay Arthur Hill, the blood slowly oozing from a terrible gash in his forehead. Jack leaned over and raised him, and loudly shouted his name in his ear. With a sigh Arthur opened his eyes.

"What is it, Jack?" he asked feebly.

"We are saved, old man. We have been blown right ashore in the boat, and we have both got shaken and hurt a bit; but, thank God, we are both alive."

"Where are we?" Arthur asked, looking round.

"As far as I can see," Jack replied, "we are in the middle of a grove of trees that have been blown down by the gale, and the leaves and branches have broken our fall, otherwise we must have been smashed up. We must have been lying here for the last ten hours. It was just about six o'clock when we struck, for I looked at the clock in the cabin the last time we were down there; and as the sun will be up before long, it must be getting on for five now. Now, let us try to get out of this."

1. Where was Jack?
2. What condition was it in?
3. What time of day was it?
4. Was someone injured?
5. Who?
6. Was he alive?
7. Where was he injured?
8. Were they aware of their exact location for certain?
9. How long did Jack estimate they'd been there?
10. Did he remember glancing at a clock?
11. What time did it say?
12. Where was it?
13. What time did he guess it must be now?
14. What caused the boat to crash?
15. What sound did Jack hear when he awoke?
16. Was it due to the wind?
17. Which man was older?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. in the boat
2. its back was broken
3. daybreak
4. Yes.
5. Arthur Hill
6. Yes.
7. his forehead
8. Yes.
9. ten hours.
10. yes
11. six o'clock
12. in the cabin
13. five
14. a great storm
15. a loud, dull, roaring sound
16. No.
17. Arthur

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Charles went on a bike ride last week when he was on vacation. His father took him Saturday morning. It had rained Thursday and Friday. They got in his father's truck and put their bikes in the back. Father and son went to a bike path in a town near them. Trees were on both sides of the path. It was nice and warm outside, but Charles like riding on the road between the trees. There was a lot of shade. Charles saw several friends and people from school when they were riding. He got to ride with Harry and Peter. They also rode with Peter's sisters, Anne, Kelley, and Beth. His friend Paul also went by. They only said, "Hi," to each other. Charles fell once. He fell after seeing a girl he liked. Her name was Claire. She came over to see if he was okay. He had a small cut on his arm. His father put a bandage on his arm and they rode back to the truck. Charles and his father stopped for ice cream. They both got sundaes and ate them when they got home. They were glad they went for a ride because it also rained on Sunday.

1. Whats charles on vacation last week?
2. Did he go on a bike ride?
3. Who took him on the bike ride?
4. What did it do on Thursday and Friday?
5. Did they ride on a path or on the road?
6. Was it warm outside?
7. Did Charles fall?
8. Was he injured from the fall?
9. What did his dad do to help him?
10. What did they get to eat after?
11. When did they eat them?
12. Were they glad they went for a ride?
13. Why were they glad?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. yes
2. Yes
3. His father.
4. It rained.
5. On the road.
6. Yes.
7. Yes
8. Yes.
9. Put a bandage on his arm.
10. ice cream
11. When they got home.
12. Yes
13. Because it rained on Sunday.