Problem: CHAPTER NINE

MEG GOES TO VANITY FAIR

"I do think it was the most fortunate thing in the world that those children should have the measles just now," said Meg, one April day, as she stood packing the 'go abroady' trunk in her room, surrounded by her sisters.

"And so nice of Annie Moffat not to forget her promise. A whole fortnight of fun will be regularly splendid," replied Jo, looking like a windmill as she folded skirts with her long arms.

"And such lovely weather, I'm so glad of that," added Beth, tidily sorting neck and hair ribbons in her best box, lent for the great occasion.

"I wish I was going to have a fine time and wear all these nice things," said Amy with her mouth full of pins, as she artistically replenished her sister's cushion.

"I wish you were all going, but as you can't, I shall keep my adventures to tell you when I come back. I'm sure it's the least I can do when you have been so kind, lending me things and helping me get ready," said Meg, glancing round the room at the very simple outfit, which seemed nearly perfect in their eyes.

"What did Mother give you out of the treasure box?" asked Amy, who had not been present at the opening of a certain cedar chest in which Mrs. March kept a few relics of past splendor, as gifts for her girls when the proper time came.

"A pair of silk stockings, that pretty carved fan, and a lovely blue sash. I wanted the violet silk, but there isn't time to make it over, so I must be contented with my old tarlaton."
1. Who is going away?
2. When was she going?
3. Who is she with?
4. What are they doing?
5. Who promised to take her somewhere?
6. How long will she be gone for?
7. Did her parents lend her anything?
8. What did they lend her?
9. Where were the items stored before being given to Meg?
10. What did they call the chest?
11. How was the climate for the trip?
12. What was Amy repairing?
13. How was Joe being useful?
14. What did she want most?
15. Why couldn't she have it?
16. What did she take instead?
17. Who was organizing ribbons?
18. Were here things elegant?
19. who was Mrs. March?
20. What did one of the siblings lend her?
Answer: 1. Meg
2. April
3. Her sisters
4. packing
5. Annie Moffat
6. A fortnight
7. Yes
8. Silk Stockings, a fan, and a sash
9. A cedar chest
10. the treasure box
11. lovely
12. a cushion
13. folding skirts
14. the violet silk
15. There wasn't time to make it over
16. her old tarleton
17. Beth
18. no
19. their mother
20. a box

Problem: London (CNN) -- Jurre Hermans, the 11-year-old Dutch boy who entered the 250,000 ($400,000) Wolfson Economics Prize with a pizza-based plan for saving the eurozone, did so because he had an idea and the winnings sounded "very attractive," he told CNN.

Jurre received a 100 ($131) gift voucher and special mention when the prize shortlist was announced Tuesday for his detailed entry -- including a picture, below -- showing how debt can be exchanged for slices of pizza.

Exiting the euro: As easy as pizza?

The competition was launched in October by Simon Wolfson, the man behind British retail chain Next, to try and find ways to deal with a collapse of the euro -- the currency tying together 17 European countries. The euro has been under intense pressure since Greece was forced to take a bail-out from its eurozone peers and the International Monetary Fund almost two years ago.

Through his father Julius, Jurre told CNN he had an idea to solve the euro crisis and also thought the prize money sounded "attractive."

Jurre, the youngest entrant to the prize, proposed Greece should leave the euro, with the Greek people slotting their funds into a bank "exchange machine" and getting drachma -- the Greek currency before the country joined the euro in 2001 -- back.

As Jurre explains in his application, the bank then gives the euros to the Greek government and "all these euros together form a pancake or a pizza. Now the Greek government can start to pay back all their debts, everyone who has a debt gets a slice of the pizza."
1. How old was the Dutch boy mentioned in this article?
2. How much was the prize in the contest he entered?
3. How did he describe the prize?
4. How much was the gift card he got worth?
5. What was as easy as pizza to him?
6. Who started the contest?
7. Which store was he working with?
8. What was the contest trying to do?
9. Who is Julius?
10. Who was he talking to?
11. Was Jurre the youngest person to enter the contest?
12. He proposed that Greece should do what?
13. So where should the Greek people put their money?
14. And then what would they get back?
15. When had they stopped using the drachma?
16. Would the bank give all the euros they got to someone else?
17. To who?
18. When all the euros are put together what do they make?
19. Then the Greek government can give each of its debholders what?
20. Did Jurre actually win the contest?
Answer: 1. 11
2. 250,000 ($400,000)
3. Attractive
4. 100 ($131)
5. Exiting the euro
6. Simon Wolfson,
7. Next,
8. Deal with a collapse of the euro
9. Jurre's father.
10. CNN
11. Yes.
12. Should leave the euro with the Greek
13. A bank "exchange machine"
14. Drachma.
15. 2001
16. Yes
17. The Greek government
18. A pancake or a pizza.
19. A slice of the pizza.
20. No.

Problem: The terms upper case and lower case can be written as two consecutive words, connected with a hyphen (upper-case and lower-case), or as a single word (uppercase and lowercase). These terms originated from the common layouts of the shallow drawers called type cases used to hold the movable type for letterpress printing. Traditionally, the capital letters were stored in a separate case that was located above the case that held the small letters, and the name proved easy to remember since capital letters are taller.

The convention followed by many British publishers (including scientific publishers, like Nature, magazines, like The Economist and New Scientist, and newspapers, like The Guardian and The Times) and U.S. newspapers is to use sentence-style capitalisation in headlines, where capitalisation follows the same rules that apply for sentences. This convention is usually called sentence case. It may also be applied to publication titles, especially in bibliographic references and library catalogues. Examples of global publishers whose English-language house styles prescribe sentence-case titles and headings include the International Organization for Standardization.
1. Is sentence case a requirement or a convention?
2. What titles might it be applied to?
3. Especially in which type of references?
4. And also, what type of catalogues?
5. What organization does ISO stand for?
6. Are they a global publisher?
7. Do they have an English language house style?
8. What must their titles and headings use?
9. How many words can the terms upper and lower case be written as?
10. What can they be connected with?
11. Were the drawers deep?
12. What was stored in the drawers?
13. What were they called?
14. Were capital letters stored in the same type case?
15. Where was its case located?
16. Are capital letters taller or shorter?
17. What country initially followed this convention?
18. What type of publisher was Nature?
19. What kind of publication was The Guardian?
20. What's another newspaper that used this convention?
Answer:
1. Convention
2. Publication
3. Bibliographic references
4. library catalogues.
5. International Organization for Standardization.
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Sentence-case
9. Twi
10. A hyphen
11. No
12. Movable type for letterpress printing
13. unknown
14. No
15. Above the case
16. taller.
17. Britan
18. Scientific
19. Newspaper
20. The Times