Problem: Thunder can move a seesaw. This is very important to know if you ever see what I saw. One day, I was walking home when I saw a squirrel on a seesaw near my house. It was running up and down, and all around, playing by itself. Suddenly, an ox appeared from nowhere. It came up to the squirrel, walked around the seesaw for a bit, then sat down on one end. As you know, an ox is a very big animal, so the seesaw threw the squirrel off and high into the air! The squirrel flew so high that it passed the buildings. It passed the birds, it passed the planes and stopped in the clouds. When it was there, it made friends with the clouds and asked one of the clouds a secret question. The cloud said okay, and sent the squirrel back to the ground. The squirrel fell and fell for a long time. Finally he landed on the seesaw, but the ox didn't move. "Where were you?" the ox asked, "Just talking with a friend," answered the mouse. I was watching and listening to everything, so I stayed, waiting. Soon enough, a loud CLAP of thunder came from the clouds and threw the ox off of the seesaw and far, far away. So, you see, thunder can move a seesaw.
1. Where were you walking?
2. What animal did you first see?
3. Who was the squirrel playing with?
4. What was he doing?
5. What animal did you see next?
6. What were they on?
7. What happened to the squirrel when he was on the seesaw?
8. Did he go flying into the sky?
9. Where did he stop?
10. Did he talk to them?
11. Did they become buddies?
12. When he returned to the ground, was the ox still there?
13. What caused the ox to go flying off the seesaw?
14. Can thunder do that?
Answer: 1. home
2. squirrel
3. itself
4. running up and down
5. ox
6. seesaw
7. flew off
8. yes
9. in the clouds
10. yes
11. yes
12. yes
13. thunder
14. no

Problem: PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday.

Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party.

National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performed the swearing-in and placed the presidential sash on Martinelli, a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party in May.

The citizens of Panama "want things to be done differently," Varela said at the inauguration. "An attitude of change starts today."

In his first speech as president, Martinelli promised a smaller government budget but raises for public workers.

Public safety, an issue that the outgoing administration of Martin Torrijos struggled to maintain, will be a priority, Martinelli said.

"Our prisons will be rehabilitation centers, not schools for criminals," he said.

Panama will also work with Mexico and Colombia to combat drug trafficking in the region, Martinelli said.

Among the dignitaries at the inauguration was deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a military-led coup Sunday. The Organization of American States has condemned the coup, and Zelaya has continued to carry out his presidential duties.

The son of Italian immigrants, Martinelli, 57, is a self-made businessman who is chairman of the Super 99 supermarket chain, one of the largest private companies in Panama.

The U.S.-educated president previously served as minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority and formerly was director of social security for Panama, according to his Web site.
1. Who was inaugurated as President on Wednesday?
2. What country did he become president of?
3. When?
4. What is he the owner of?
5. Who swore him in?
6. What did he promise in his first speech?
7. What will be a priority?
8. Who will he work with to combat drug trafficking?
9. How old is he?
10. Where did he receive his education?
11. What do the citizens of Panama want?
12. What chain is he chairman of?
13. Who is he the son of?
14. What has he previously served as?
15. Did he hold any other positions?
16. What was that?
17. Was anyone important at the inauguration?
18. Who was it?
19. Is he conservative or liberal?
Answer: 1. Ricardo Martinelli
2. Panama
3. Wednesday
4. a supermarket chain
5. Jose Luis Varela
6. a smaller government budget but raises for public workers
7. Public safety,
8. Mexico and Colombia
9. 57
10. U.S.-educated
11. things to be done differently
12. Super 99
13. Italian immigrants,
14. minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority
15. Yes
16. director of social security for Panama
17. Yes
18. Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya
19. conservative

Problem: CHAPTER XIV--WELCOME

'Well hath the Prophet-chief your bidding done.'

MOORE (_Lalla Rookh_).

Bugia was thoroughly Moorish, and subject to attacks of fanaticism. Perhaps the Grand Marabout did not wholly trust the Sunakite not to stir up the populace, for he would not take the recovered captives to his palace, avoided the city as much as possible, and took them down to the harbour, where, beside the old Roman quay, he caused his trusty attendant, Reverdi, to hire a boat to take them out to the French tartane--Reverdi himself going with them to ensure the fidelity of the boatmen. Estelle would have kissed the good old man's hand in fervent thanks, but, child as she was, he shrank from her touch as an unholy thing; and it was enforced on her and Victorine that they were by no means to remove their heavy mufflings till they were safe on board the tartane, and even out of harbour. The Frenchman in command of the vessel was evidently of the same mind, and, though enchanted to receive them, sent them at once below. He said his men had been in danger of being mobbed in the streets, and that there were reports abroad that the harem of a great Frank chief, and all his treasure, were being recovered from the Cabeleyzes, so that he doubted whether all the influence of the Grand Marabout might prevent their being pursued by corsairs.

Right glad was he to recognise the pennant of the _Calypso_ outside the harbour, and he instantly ran up a signal flag to intimate success. A boat was immediately put off from the frigate, containing not only Lieutenant Bullock, but an officer in scarlet, who had no sooner come on deck than he shook Arthur eagerly by the hand, exclaiming,
1. What was Bugia subject to?
2. Who did he have hire a boat?
3. What was his name?
4. Who commanded the boat they hired?
5. What did he say his men had been in danger of?
6. Where did the Frenchmen send the group once they bored the boat?
7. Why did Reverdi go with them in the first place?
8. Who else was with Bugia and Reverdi?
9. What was recognized outside of the harbour?
10. What was done because of this?
11. Where was A great Frankcheif's treasure supposidly being recovered from?
Answer:
1. attacks of fanaticism
2. His trusty attendant.
3. Reverdi
4. A Frenchman
5. Mobbed in the streets.
6. Below.
7. Ensure the fidelity of the boatmen.
8. Recovered captives
9. Pennant of the Calypso
10. Ran up a signal flag to intimate success
11. Cabeleyzes