Question: CHAPTER XXX

FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively."

"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to."

"That's dandy! Who can we get?"

"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store."

"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?"

So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable.

They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them. 1. who came in the house in a hurry?
2. when?
3. was it late?
4. what month?
5. What was the excitement over?
6. why was that exciting?
7. was it because Fern wanted to have a spree before her arrest?
8. who attended the picnic?
9. was it immoral?
10. Who was the chaperone?
11. What was said about Erik?
12. where did the picnic take place?
13. what kind of grove?
14. was it a birch grove?
15. How was Mr. Dyer acting?
16. what did he do?
17. who's hat did he wear?
18. Who was the brat?
19. what did he do?
20. why? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. FERN Mullins
2. Saturday morning
3. no
4. September
5. picnic
6. unknown
7. School starts next Tuesday, maybe that's why
8. Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers
9. no
10. the Dyers
11. he's got lots more style than town boys
12. south shore of Lake Minniemashie
13. unknown
14. unknown
15. clownish
16. splashed water on them
17. Carol's
18. Cy Bogart
19. Cy climbed a tree
20. to throw acorns

Q: LONDON, England (CNN) -- The new Italian Serie A season kicks off with the first round of fixtures this weekend -- Fanzone details what to expect from the forthcoming campaign:

So what's new? The Serie A managerial merry-go-round produced its usual raft of changes with over a third of clubs set to begin the season with a different coach from the previous campaign.

Carlo Ancelotti's departure to Chelsea from AC Milan is the most high-profile change, with former Rossoneri hero Leonardo moving from his role as technical director at the club to take over as head coach.

Walter Zenga's success in guiding unfancied Catania to a mid-table finish last season saw him make a controversial switch to bitter Sicilian rivals Palermo, with Gianluca Atzori replacing him at the Stadio Angelo Massimino.

Who do you think will win the Italian Serie A title? Sound Off below.

Delio Rossi parted company with Lazio, who appointed Davide Ballardini, while Luigi Del Neri left Atalanta to take over at Sampdoria with Angelo Gregucci taking the reins at the Bergamo club.

Elsewhere, promoted Bari dispensed with the services of Antonio Conte and handed the job to much-traveled Giampiero Ventura, while Livorno have brought in veteran Vittorio Russo to work alongside Gennaro Ruotolo as the latter does not hold the relevant coaching badges.

On the playing front, the major story was the transfer of Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid for $92 million, and the club spent part of that money on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who arrived from the Spanish outfit for a fee in the region of $21m. CNN's Pedro Pinto previews the coming campaign. "

1. Italy
2. Chelsea
3. AC Milan
4. Leonardo
5. $92 million
6. AC Milan
7. Real Madrid
8. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
9. around $21m
10. guiding Catania to a mid-table finish

Numbered questions:
1. What country sponsors the Serie A?
2. Where did Ancelotti leave to?
3. From where?
4. Who replaced him?
5. How much did it cost to obtain Kaka as a player?
6. Who gave him away?
7. Who paid?
8. Who else was transferred?
9. How much did that cost?
10. What made Walter Zenga do well?

input: The Southwestern United States (also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States. Definitions vary a great deal and have never been standardized--and many have been proposed. For example, it might include the stretch from east of Los Angeles to El Paso, and from the Mexican border to south of Denver. The population for that particular definition area is around 11 million people, with over half that in the state of Arizona. The largest metropolitan areas are Phoenix (with a population over 4 million people) and Las Vegas (about 2 million); other significant population centers in the Southwest are Albuquerque, El Paso, and Tucson.

Most of the area was part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Spanish Empire before becoming part of Mexico. European settlement was almost non-existent outside New Mexico in 1848, when it became part of the United States through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; far southern Arizona was added in the later Gadsden Purchase.

The geography of the region is mainly made up by four features: the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts, and the Colorado Plateau; although there are other geographical features as well, such as a portion of the Great Basin Desert. The deserts dominate the southern and western reaches of the area, while the plateau (which is largely made up of high desert) is the main feature north of the Mogollon Rim. The two major rivers of the region are the Colorado River, running in the northern and western areas, and the Rio Grande, running in the east, north to south. 1. Is American Southwest the full name?
2. What is the more formal name of the region?
3. Does it cover a definite area?
4. Is Arizona generally included?
5. What is the largest city area in the region?
6. How many people are included there?
7. Are there deserts in the region?
8. What is one of the deserts?
9. Are there any waterways in the region?
10. Any big rivers?
11. How many?
12. Which ones?
13. When did most of the region become part of the US?
14. What allowed this land to be part of the country? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. No.
2. The Southwestern United States.
3. No.
4. Yes.
5. Phoenix
6. over 4 million
7. YEs
8. Mojave
9. Yes.
10. Yes.
11. Two
12. Colorado River and Rio Grande
13. 1848
14. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo