Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

A raion (also rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states (such as part of an oblast). The term is from the French ""rayon"" (meaning "honeycomb, department"), which is both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district".

The term "raion" also can be used simply as a kind of administrative division without anything to do with ethnicity or nationality. A raion is a standardized administrative entity across most of the former Soviet Union and is usually a subdivision two steps below the national level. However, in smaller USSR republics, it could be the primary level of administrative division (Administrative divisions of Armenia, Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan). After the fall of the Soviet Union, some of the republics dropped "raion" from their use (Armenia).

In Bulgaria, it refers to an internal administrative subdivision of a city not related to the administrative division of the country as a whole, or, in the case of Sofia municipality a subdivision of that municipality.

The word "raion" (or "rayon") is often used in translated form: ; ; ; , "raioni"; ; ; ; ; and .

Fourteen countries have or had entities that were named "raion" or the local version of it.

1. What is a raion?
2. What language is the word originated from?
3. What does it translate to in English?
4. How many countries have had entities named from this word?
5. What is another spelling of this word?
6. Does the Soviet Union use raions?
7. What about Bulgaria?
8. Did any republics get rid of the use of raions?
9. Which one?
10. When did this happen?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. a type of administrative unit
2. French
3. district
4. Fourteen
5. rayon
6. Yes
7. Yes
8. Yes
9. Armenia
10. After the fall of the Soviet Union

Question: Once there was a young boy named Bret who had a cat named Wolfgang. The boy had really wanted a wolf for a pet, but his mother said wolves liked to hog the bathroom and liked to blow things down and they snored. So the boy had to call his cat Wolfie.

He had also thought about naming his cat Sir Purrsalot. Bret himself planned to become a knight when he grew up (or maybe a cowboy) and thought Sir Purrsalot sounded like a good name for his brother knight. The difficulty there was that Wolfie didn't purr a lot. He purred when he was being fed or petted, but no one could say he purred a lot. Plus Bret's mother said knights liked to poke things with their swords and they also liked to hog the bathroom and they clanked.

So Bret was left with a cat named Wolfgang. The neighbors gave him strange looks when he stood in the front yard in the evening and yelled "Wolfie! Here Wolfie!!!", to get Wolfgang to come in for the night. But Bret didn't care what anyone else thought. He had a Wolfie and maybe he'd end up becoming a pet doctor when he grew up instead. 1. Who planned something?
2. what?
3. Who purred?
4. is it something he did all the time?
5. was wolfie a dog?
6. what was he?
7. what did Bret's mother say?
8. did he yell in the yard at night?
9. was he a vet? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Bret
2. To become a knight or a cowboy
3. Wolfie
4. No
5. No
6. A cat
7. Knights poke things with their swords, hog the bathroom, and clank
8. Yes
9. No

Q: Jimmy swam around the pond. He was a duck. He was wet, but he was a duck and didn't care. He ate some bugs. He saw some worms on the bottom, but wasn't interested in them, or in the bread crumbs, or the hot dog the boy had dropped. He kept on swimming and swimming. He was a mess. After he had eaten his food, it was afternoon. The sun was setting, and Jimmy wanted to rest in the sun, and sleep. He found a nice place to sit, and began to rest. Falling asleep quickly, he slept for a few hours. When he woke up it was dark outside. He had missed dinnertime, but there were always those worms at the bottom of the pond. Jimmy ate quickly, and was soon ready to swim more. The pond was small, not a lake, or a river or a stream. He swam around for a little longer, and soon it was ready for bed in the nest, where he slept with his family Billy, Susie, and Doug. The other animals were sleeping as well, the dog and the cat on the porch. The cow was sleeping in the barn. And last the kittens in their box. Jimmy was ready for bed, it had been a long day, and the next day was going to be the same. But Jimmy did not care. He loved being a duck. Jimmy was one happy duck.

1. yes
2. the pond
3. a duck
4. some bugs
5. no
6. afternoon
7. rest and sleep
8. a few hours
9. no
10. no
11. worms
12. no
13. Billy, Susie and Doug
14. the dog and cat
15. no
16. in their box
17. the same
18. being a duck

Numbered questions:
1. Was Jimmy happy?
2. Where did Jimmy swim?
3. What was Jimmy?
4. What did he eat?
5. Did he eat any worms?
6. When was it after he'd eaten his food?
7. What did he want to do in the sun?
8. For how long?
9. Was it morning when he woke?
10. Did he get home for dinner?
11. What did he eat instead?
12. Was the pond huge?
13. What were the names of his family?
14. Who slept on the porch?
15. Did the cow sleep on the porch too?
16. Where were the kittens?
17. What would the next day be like?
18. What did he love?

Q: Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months' professional training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics after several years' hard work. In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8,000 people. In order to realise her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate special machines Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012.

1. Sally Ride.
2. Jun. 18, 1983.
3. A spaceship.
4. Challenger.
5. No.
6. Four.
7. Yes.
8. No.
9. She wanted to be a tennis player.
10. Yes.
11. Three months.
12. Stanford University.
13. Science.
14. Yes.
15. PhD in astrophysics
16. 1977
17. 26
18. Yes.
19. University of California.
20. 2012.

Numbered questions:
1. Who was the first American Woman in space?
2. When did she do that?
3. What did she travel in ?
4. What was the name of it?
5. Was she alone?
6. How many were with her?
7. Were they all astronauts?
8. Did she always want to be an astronaut?
9. What was her first plan?
10. Did she train for it?
11. How long?
12. Where did she attend college?
13. What did she learn about?
14. Did she graduate?
15. With what?
16. When did she become an astronaut?
17. How old was she?
18. Was she ever a teacher?
19. Where?
20. When did she die?