Roald Dahl was one of the most successful writers of children's books. He sold millions of books all over the world. Many of his books have been made into films and videos. He is so famous that there is even a Roald Dahl Museum you can visit. Roald Dahl was born in 1916 in Wales, Britain. His father was rich but he died when Roald was very young. Roald and his mother lived a hard life. He had to leave school and went to Africa where he worked for an oil company. In 1939 Roald became a pilot, but he had a bad accident. It made him limp for the rest of his life. After this, Roald went to America where he wrote a story about his experience as a pilot. It was so good that it was put in a magazine. Roald married an American film star. They bought a house in England and had five children. From 1960 to 1965, _ : Theo, one of his children, was hit by a taxi and was seriously hurt. Olivia, one of Roald's daughters, died of a strange illness. Soon after this, his wife also had a serious illness. It took her years to get completely better. Gradually Roald became more and more successful. He always did his writing in an old shed at the back of his house. He always sat in the same old armchair with a wooden board on his lap. _ In 1983 Roald won a big prize for his book The BFG. During his life, Roald wrote many famous books, such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. Fox. After he died in 1990, Roald left money to help people with serious illnesses and those with problems with reading and writing. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. what year was someone born in ?
2. who was it ?
3. what was he ?
4. what kind of books ?
5. did he leave school ?
6. to go where ?
7. did he walk with a limp ?
8. how did that happen ?
9. when did he learn to fly ?
10. how many books did he sell
11. was his father poor ?
Answer: 1. 1916
2. Roald Dahl
3. most successful writer
4. children's books
5. yes
6. Africa
7. yes
8. he had a bad accident
9. 1939
10. millions
11. no

An arm, legs, underwear, dark jeans and size 5 Air Jordan sneakers turned up on the Queens side of the East River. The jeans and shoes were the same size of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic 14-year-old last seen last fall walking unsupervised out of his school.

Yet his mother was steadfast: "It's not Avonte until it's Avonte."

That time has come.

On Tuesday -- five days after those body parts and scraps of clothing were found -- Vanessa Fontaine learned that DNA tests proved her son's remains indeed had been found.

Her lawyer said that Fontaine has been stoic, strong, focused and hopeful throughout this ordeal. But after police told her the news on Tuesday, "she finally just broke down ... just crying and crying."

"I kept saying, Vanessa, say it again," David Perecman said of his muddled phone conversation. To which she replied through the tears, "It's Avonte, it's Avonte. (The police) came. It's Avonte."

So ended not just her family's search for the teenager, but that of the United States' most populated city. Police deployed sniffer dogs, combed surveillance footage and repeatedly canvassed each of New York City's 468 subway stations because of Avonte's love of trains.

Missing teen's fascination with trains shifts search

The most poignant, most personal part of the search was Fontaine's recorded voice that was broadcast from patrol cars and other search vehicles. Avonte couldn't communicate verbally and had the mental capacity of a 7- or 8-year-old. But Fontaine hoped that he would hear her and head toward a police car's flashing lights to safety. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. when did Fontaine find out the news?
2. was she sad?
3. who did police find?
4. how old was he?
5. what was his name?
6. was he autistic?
7. what was his mental capacity in years?
8. what recording did police use while looking for him?
9. what size sneakers did Avonte wear?
10. what kind of shoes?
11. where did they find those?
12. what proved it was her son?
13. who kept saying "say it again"?
14. did police try sniffer dogs?
15. how many subway stations did they search?
16. what else did they comb through?
17. why did they focus on subway stations?
18. could Avonte speak?
19. what side of the river did they find some of his belongings?
20. is the search over?
Answer: 1. On Tuesday
2. yes
3. Her sons bdy
4. 14
5. Avonte Oquendo,
6. yes
7. 7-8 yr old
8. Fontaine's recorded voice
9. 5 1/2
10. Air jordans
11. Int he east river
12. DNA
13. David Perecman
14. Yes
15. 468
16. Footage
17. His fascination with trains
18. No
19. the Queens side
20. Yes

Chapter 6

A Duel

D'Arnot was asleep when Tarzan entered their apartments after leaving Rokoff's. Tarzan did not disturb him, but the following morning he narrated the happenings of the previous evening, omitting not a single detail.

"What a fool I have been," he concluded. "De Coude and his wife were both my friends. How have I returned their friendship? Barely did I escape murdering the count. I have cast a stigma on the name of a good woman. It is very probable that I have broken up a happy home."

"Do you love Olga de Coude?" asked D'Arnot.

"Were I not positive that she does not love me I could not answer your question, Paul; but without disloyalty to her I tell you that I do not love her, nor does she love me. For an instant we were the victims of a sudden madness--it was not love--and it would have left us, unharmed, as suddenly as it had come upon us even though De Coude had not returned. As you know, I have had little experience of women. Olga de Coude is very beautiful; that, and the dim light and the seductive surroundings, and the appeal of the defenseless for protection, might have been resisted by a more civilized man, but my civilization is not even skin deep--it does not go deeper than my clothes.

"Paris is no place for me. I will but continue to stumble into more and more serious pitfalls. The man-made restrictions are irksome. I feel always that I am a prisoner. I cannot endure it, my friend, and so I think that I shall go back to my own jungle, and lead the life that God intended that I should lead when He put me there." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who was sleeping?
2. Who came in?
3. Did he wake him up?
4. Where had he come from?
5. Does he believe the city is a good space for him?
6. How does he feel about the things made by men there?
7. Does he feel free?
8. What's he going to do about it?
9. Who does he believe wants this of him?
10. When does he tell his story?
11. Was he vague or detailed?
12. Did he betray anyone?
13. Who?
14. Had they been close?
15. Did he soil her good name?
16. Did he say it was love or impulse that caused it?
17. How much is he familiar with females?
18. Did he find her attractive?
19. What was the lighting like when it happened?
20. How civil does he consider himself?
Answer:
1. D'Arnot was
2. Tarzan
3. No
4. Rokoff's
5. No
6. restrictions are irksome
7. No
8. go back to his own jungle
9. God
10. the following morning
11. Detailed
12. Yes
13. De Coude and his wife
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. a sudden madness
17. had little experience
18. Olga de Coude is very beautiful
19. dim
20. His civilization is not even skin deep