Q: CHAPTER TWO

A MERRY CHRISTMAS

Jo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when her little sock fell down because it was crammed so full of goodies. Then she remembered her mother's promise and, slipping her hand under her pillow, drew out a little crimson-covered book. She knew it very well, for it was that beautiful old story of the best life ever lived, and Jo felt that it was a true guidebook for any pilgrim going on a long journey. She woke Meg with a "Merry Christmas," and bade her see what was under her pillow. A green-covered book appeared, with the same picture inside, and a few words written by their mother, which made their one present very precious in their eyes. Presently Beth and Amy woke to rummage and find their little books also, one dove-colored, the other blue, and all sat looking at and talking about them, while the east grew rosy with the coming day.

In spite of her small vanities, Margaret had a sweet and pious nature, which unconsciously influenced her sisters, especially Jo, who loved her very tenderly, and obeyed her because her advice was so gently given.

"Girls," said Meg seriously, looking from the tumbled head beside her to the two little night-capped ones in the room beyond, "Mother wants us to read and love and mind these books, and we must begin at once. We used to be faithful about it, but since Father went away and all this war trouble unsettled us, we have neglected many things. You can do as you please, but I shall keep my book on the table here and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good and help me through the day."

1. Jo.
2. Six.
3. No.
4. A book.
5. "Merry Christmas,"
6. One dove-colored, the other blue,
7. Margaret.
8. Jo.
9. Mother wants us to read.
10. No.

Numbered questions:
1. Who woke up in the gray dawn of Christmas morning?
2. How many sisters are in this passage?
3. Did the mother keep up her promise?
4. What was under Jo's pillow?
5. How did she wake Meg up?
6. WHat color books did Beth and Amy achieved?
7. Who had a pious nature of all the sisters?
8. Who loved her the most?
9. What did Meg advise her sisters?
10. Were there any stockings hung at the fireplace?

Steubenville, Ohio (CNN) -- One of the teens who recorded himself mocking the girl at the center of an Ohio rape case "did a really dumb thing and regrets it" but did not commit any crime, his lawyer said Monday.

The attorney, Dennis McNamara, said there was "no excuse or justification" for the jokes Michael Nodianos made, "and with some sober reflection, he is ashamed and embarrassed to hear them himself."

"He sincerely regrets his behavior and his comments and the effect that it's had on the parties involved, including his own family," McNamara told reporters in Steubenville, the small Ohio town that has become the focus of national attention because of the case. "He was not raised to act in this manner."

Two 16-year-old members of the town's powerhouse high school football team are charged with sexually assaulting a girl after a series of parties in August. They are set for trial in a juvenile court in February.

McNamara said Nodianos, 18, has been interviewed by detectives "at some length" and is not the subject of an investigation.

"Michael is a really good kid from a really good family who did a really dumb thing and regrets it," he said. "Beyond that, he has no involvement in the criminal case or in any of the underlying activity that led to the filing of the criminal charges."

Defense battles social media blizzard in Ohio rape case

The case gained national attention after The New York Times published a lengthy piece on it in December. The activist hacker group Anonymous and other critics have accused community leaders of trying to paper over rampant misconduct by football players and suggested that other students took part in the assaults or failed to do enough stop them. Anonymous helped organize a weekend protest in Steubenville that drew a crowd of hundreds to the town, a community of about 18,000 on the Ohio River across the river from West Virginia. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. how many football players are charged in the case?
2. how old are they?
3. did one of them mock the girl?
4. True or False: He recorded himself mocking her.
5. what is the name of the mocker?
6. who is the attorney representing him?
7. how old is Nodianos?
8. where is the case taking place?
9. which publication published a piece about it?
10. did it gain national attention?
11. did McNamara condone the jokes?
12. how did he feel about hearing them?
13. does McNamara say he is innocent?
14. who is battling social media?
15. what does Anonymous accuse community leaders of?
16. what did they organize?
17. how many showed up?
18. how many people live in Steubenville?
19. is it near west virginia?
20. by what river?
Answer:
1. Two
2. 16
3. Yes.
4. True
5. Michael Nodianos
6. Dennis McNamara
7. 18
8. Steubenville, Ohio.
9. The New York Times
10. Yes.
11. No.
12. Ashamed and embarrassed.
13. Yes.
14. The defense.
15. Trying to paper over rampant misconduct by football players.
16. A protest.
17. hundreds
18. About 18,000.
19. Yes.
20. The Ohio River.