Question: Mabel's aunt wanted to give her the best birthday present ever. So the day after Mabel's birthday, her aunt brought her to the pet store! Mabel had been asking her aunt for a pet for a very long time. Many of her friends had pets, and she wanted one too. Her friend Faith had a hamster named Peaches. Bobby had a rat named Hugo! Melissa had two snakes and a lizard! Heather had a fish bowl with three fish. Mabel couldn't wait to get her pet and tell her friends all about it. At the pet store, Mabel and her aunt looked at all the animals they had. They saw puppies, kittens, fish, turtles, frogs, and bunnies. Mabel saw a cute black puppy that she thought she might like. There was also a white kitten with blue eyes. But then Mabel saw a gray bunny who was fluffy and soft, and she knew that she wanted the bunny as her pet. Her aunt helped her buy the bunny. They also got everything they needed for the bunny. They got a cage, a water bowl, and bunny food. Mabel named her new bunny Fluffy. Mabel thanked her aunt, and she had the best birthday ever! 1. What id Mabels Aunt want to give her?
2. So what did she do?
3. Had Mabel been asking for a pet?
4. For how long?
5. Did any of her friends have pets?
6. What kind of pet did her friend Faith have?
7. What was it's name?
8. What kind of pet did her firend Bobby have?
9. and what was it's name?
10. How many snakes did Melissa have?
11. Did Milissa have any other pets?
12. Who had a fish bowl with three fish?
13. What kind of pets did Mable and her aunt see?
14. What color was the puppy she thought she might like be?
15. What was they grey bunnies fur like?
16. Which one did she want as a pet?
17. What did she get that she needed for the bunny?
18. What did she end up naming the bunny? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. the best birthday present ever
2. brought her to the pet store
3. yes
4. a very long time
5. Yes
6. a hamster
7. Peaches
8. a rat
9. a rat named Hugo
10. two
11. a lizard
12. Heather
13. puppies, kittens, fish, turtles, frogs, and bunnies
14. black
15. fluffy and soft
16. The bunny
17. a cage, a water bowl, and bunny food
18. Fluffy

Question: I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a young voice."Mom,come here!There's this lady here my size!" The mother rushed to her son;then she turned to me to say sorry to me. I smiled and told her,"It's OK."Then I talked to the boy,"Hi,I'm Dory Kramer. How are you?" He studied me from head to toe,and asked,"Are you a little mommy?" "Yes,I have a son," I answered. "Why are you so little?"he asked. "It's the way I was born," I said."Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger."After I answered his other questions,I shook the boy's hand and left. My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. It takes only one glance( ) to see I'm different. I stand three feet nine inches tall(="1.14" metres).I was born adwarf.In spite of this,I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up. I didn't realize how short I was until I started school. Some kids called me names .Then I knew. I began to hate the first day of school each year. But I learned to smile and face the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.What I lacked in height,I made up for in personality.When people are rude,I remind myself,"Look what else I have-a great family,nice friends." 1. Is the author of this story a little person?
2. What's her name?
3. Who does she talk with in the story?
4. Does she enjoy talking with him?
5. How tall is she?
6. What is that in metres?
7. What's another term for someone like her?
8. When did she realize that she was short?
9. Where does her conversation with the little boy take place?
10. Does she have a child?
11. A son or a daughter?
12. What reason does she give the boy for why she is short?
13. When she was growing up did her shortness keep her from doing what the other kids did?
14. Did she used to hate the start of school?
15. What did she learn to do about it?
16. Anything else?
17. She made up for lack of height with what?
18. Are people sometimes rude?
19. What's one thing she has that she reminds herself about?
20. What else does she have? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers: 1. yes
2. Dory Kramer
3. a boy
4. yes
5. three feet nine inches
6. 1.14 metres
7. dwarf
8. when she started school
9. in the supermarket
10. yes
11. son
12. It's the way she was born
13. no
14. yes
15. smile
16. face facts
17. personality
18. yes
19. she has a great family
20. nice friends

Question: The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii competed with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others. , the Wii leads its generation over PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in worldwide sales, with more than 101million units sold; in December 2009, the console broke the sales record for a single month in the United States.

The Wii introduced the Wii Remote controller, which can be used as a handheld pointing device and which detects movement in three dimensions. Another notable feature of the console is the now defunct WiiConnect24, which enabled it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode. Like other seventh-generation consoles, it features a game download service, called "Virtual Console", which features emulated games from past systems.

It succeeded the GameCube, and early models are fully backward-compatible with all GameCube games and most accessories. Nintendo first spoke of the console at the E3 2004 press conference and later unveiled it at E3 2005. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets. 1. What controller did the Wii introduce?
2. What game consule did the Wii succeed?
3. What was the date for the Release of the Wii?
4. How manu unit's world wide has it sold?
5. What company produces the Wii?
6. and when did they first speak about the consule?
7. What generation consule is the Wii?
8. What other two notable seventh generation consules did it compete with?
9. What is the name of the feature that allows you to download and emulate games from past systems?
10. What did the Wii Connect24 allow people to do?
11. When was the prototype of the Wii introduced? Provide a numbered list of answers.
****
A numbered of answers:
1. the Wii Remote controller
2. the GameCube
3. November 19, 2006
4. more than 101million units sold
5. Nintendo
6. at the E3 2004
7. seventh-generation console
8. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
9. Virtual Console
10. it enabled it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while in standby mode
11. Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller in September 2005