Question: A 13-year-old boy traveled to Washington, D.C. to raise money for homeless kids. Zach Bonner was pretty tired. Instead of going to camp last summer, Zach decided to walk 668 miles from Atlanta to Washington, D.C. He hoped more people would help homeless kids. His journey to help others began six years ago. Zach walked from his home in Tampa to Tallahassee. Then, in 2008, Zach Bonner went on a 270-mile walk from Tallahassee to Atlanta. In 2010, he did it again, from Tampa to Los Angeles. Last summer, Zach traveled 12 miles every day on foot. Along the way, he collected more than 1000 letters about homeless children. He hoped to give the letters to President Obama. Zach says he wants his walk to make a difference. More than 1 million children in the U.S. have nowhere to live. During his journey, Zach spent 24 hours with some homeless children so he could learn the difficulties they face. When Zach walked the last mile of his long journey, more than 500 supporters, including 300 homeless kids, joined Zach. They went with him down the National Mall. "It was a long walk," Zach says, "but it was meaningful." Although the journey is difficult and tiring, Zach won't give up. "When homeless kids get tired of being homeless, they don't get to stop. So why should I stop when I get tired of walking?" 1. How many children in the U.S. are homeless?
2. What is the boy's name?
3. How old is he?
4. Who was he raising funds for?
5. Where is he from?
6. How many miles did he walk in 2008?
7. What city did he start that walk in?
8. What city was the final destination on that walk?
9. How many letters did he collect?
10. About what?
11. To whom did he want to give the letters?
12. Which one?
13. How many hours did Zach spend with homeless kids?
14. How many miles a day did he travel per day last summer?
15. On foot?
16. How many supporters joined him on the final mile of his trip?
17. How many homeless kids joined him?
18. Where did they go together?
19. Did Zach give up summer camp for he could do one of his walks?
20. How many years ago did he start doing these walks? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. More than 1 million
2. Zach Bonner
3. 13
4. homeless kids.
5. Tampa
6. 270-mile
7. Tallahassee
8. Atlanta
9. more than 1000
10. homeless children
11. the president
12. Obama
13. 24 hours
14. 12
15. yes
16. more than 500
17. 300
18. the National Mall.
19. yes
20. Six

Question: (CNN) -- The stench of the burnt bodies was so potent, Abu Jafar said, he could smell it from 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) away.

"It smells awful because the regime appears to have burnt so many bodies recently," the opposition activist said Sunday from the beleaguered city of Homs.

"Some cars arrived this morning and carried away dead bodies. We are not sure where."

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Jafar's account comes a day after what may be the deadliest day yet in Syria's 21-month civil war, according to opposition figures.

Lakhdar Brahimi, the joint U.N.-Arab League envoy, gave a dire warning Sunday on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Syria.

"If nearly 50,000 people have been killed in about two years, do not expect just 25,000 people to die next year -- maybe 100,000 will die," he told reporters in Cairo.

"The pace is increasing," he said.

"A solution is still possible, but it is only getting more complicated every day," Brahimi added. "Had we dealt more carefully with this conflict in 2011, it would have been much easier to resolve it. There is no question that it is much harder today."

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Brahimi met Sunday with Nabil Elaraby, secretary-general of the Arab League.

On Saturday, Brahimi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Russia and China have used their veto power in the U.N. Security Council to block some of the toughest resolutions proposed against the Syrian regime. 1. how far away could it be smelled?
2. what could be smelled?
3. who was saying this?
4. what city is he from?
5. what arrived in the morning?
6. what did they do?
7. do they know to where?
8. how many people have been killed in two years?
9. who was speaking to reporters?
10. did he have a guess on how many more might die?
11. is this an increasing or decreasing amount?
12. who is Brahimi?
13. when did he give his warning?
14. about what country?
15. does he think there is a solution to this?
16. is it easy?
17. when would it have been simpler to fix?
18. with whom did he meet on Saturday?
19. what is his title?
20. what organization is he part of? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. 2 kilometers
2. burnt bodies
3. Abu Jafar
4. Homs
5. Some cars
6. carried away dead bodies
7. No
8. 50,000 people
9. Lakhdar Brahimi
10. maybe 100,000 will die
11. increasing
12. joint U.N.-Arab League envoy
13. Sunday
14. Syria
15. A solution is still possible
16. No
17. 2011
18. Sergey Lavrov
19. Russian Foreign Minister
20. U.N. Security Council

Question: One night about nine o'clock, Dr. Eyck, a surgeon, had a phone call from Dr. Haydon at the hospital in Clens Falls. The surgeon was asked to go there at once to operate on a very sick boy who shot himself while playing with a gun.

The doctor was soon on his way to Clens Falls. It was 60 miles away. And it was snowing heavily in the city. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock.

A few minutes later, the doctor was stopped by a man in an old black coat. Gun in hand, the man ordered the doctor to get out. Then the man drove the car down the road, leaving the doctor in the falling snow.

It was after 2 o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital in Clens Falls. Dr. Haydon told him that the boy had died an hour before.

The two doctors walked by the door of the hospital waiting room. There sat the man in the old black coat with his head in his hands.

"Mr. Cuninghan," said Dr. Haydon to the man, "This is Dr. Eyck. He is the surgeon who walked all the way from Albany to save your boy."

,(A, B, CD),. 1. was there snow on the ground?
2. Where was the hospital Dr. Haydon called from?
3. What time did Dr. Eyck get a phone call?
4. Did a woman stop him?
5. What was wrong with the sick boy?
6. Who called Dr. Eyck?
7. What was the man wearing who stopped him?
8. Where did Dr.Eyck walk from?
9. Did the patient survive?
10. What did the man who stopped him have in his hand?
11. When did the patient die?
12. What time did he think he could get to the hospital by?
13. Where was the man sitting?
14. What time did he get to the hospital?
15. Did the man take Dr. Eyck's car?
16. What was the man in the coat's relation to the patient?
17. How far was the hospital?
18. What was the man in the black coat's name? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Yes, it was snowing heavily in the city.
2. in Clens Falls
3. nine o'clock
4. no, the doctor was stopped by a man
5. shot himself while playing with a gun.
6. a surgeon,
7. an old black coat
8. walked by the door of the hospital waiting room.
9. the boy had died an hour before.
10. Gun in hand
11. 2 o'clock in the morning
12. The surgeon thought he could get there before 12 o'clock.
13. waiting room
14. 2 o'clock in the morning when the doctor arrived at the hospital
15. yes, the man drove the car down the road,
16. unknown
17. It was 60 miles away.
18. Mr. Cuninghan