Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Years back in a kingdom far away there lived a family in the woods. This family had always lived in the woods. Their father each day would travel into the woods and chop wood to take to the town. The mother spent her day cleaning and taking care of their home and her three children. The dad and his family had a good life. They never wanted for much. The three kids went to school and had many friends in the town. One day there came a nasty storm to the woods. This storm brought a lot of rain and flooded many areas in the city. Many homes were under water. The leader came to the dad and asked him to go out and cut some very large logs to place in the city to keep the water back. The logs would be used to build a wall. The dad took his kids and his wife into the woods and cut down the largest trees they could find. In the end the town was saved because of the wall and for their work the dad and his family were paid and could build a bigger home and had more children.

1. When is it?
2. Where?
3. Specifically?
4. How was the living there?
5. What did the man do?
6. Where did he haul it?
7. What about the woman?
8. How many babies are there?
9. Did they need anything?
10. What did the three do?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Years back
2. in a kingdom far away
3. in the woods
4. always
5. chop wood
6. to the town
7. she cleaned
8. three
9. no
10. went to school

Question: Gone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. It was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937 on the row. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible. More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide. The sales of Margaret Mitchell's novel in the summer of 1936, at the virtually unprecedented price of three dollars, reached about one million by the end of December. Because it was released in the era of the Great Depression and Mitchell worried the high $3.00 price would ruin its chance for success. Actually the book was a bestseller by the time reviews began to appear in national magazines.

Herschel Brickell, a critic for the New York Evening Post, praised Mitchell for the way she "tosses out the window all the thousands of technical tricks our novelists have been playing with for the past twenty years."

One criticism by literary scholar Patricia Yaeger, leveled at Gone with the Wind, is for its portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South. Former field hands during the early days of Reconstruction are described behaving "as creatures of small intelligence might naturally be expected to do. Like monkeys or small children turned loose among treasured objects whose value is beyond their comprehension, they ran wild~either from wrong pleasure in destruction or simply because of their ignorance." In Gone with the Wind Mitchell is blind to racial oppression and 'the inseparability of race and gender" that defines the southern belle character of Scarlett, according to Patricia Yaeger.

Yet there are complexities in the way that Mitchell dealt with racial issues. Scarlett was asked by a Yankee woman for advice on who to appoint as a nurse for her children; Scarlett suggested a "darky", much to the disgust of the Yankee woman who was seeking an Irish maid, a "Bridget". African Americans and Irish Americans are treated "in precisely the same way" in Gone with the Wind, writes David O'Connell in his 1996 book, The Irish Roots of Margaret Mitchells Gone with the Wind. Ethnic slurs on the Irish and Irish stereotypes spread in every part of the novel, O'Connell claims, and Scarlett is not an exception to the insults. And apparently in the novel, the Irish American O'Haras were slaveholders whereas African Americans were held as slaves.

Speaking on the subject of whether Gone with the Wind should be taught in schools, James Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, says the novel should be taught in schools. Students should be told that Gone with the Wind presents the wrong view of slavery, Loewen states. Besides, the main complaint was that the racial slur "nigger" appears repeatedly in the novel. In the same complaint were several other books: The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', Uncle Tom's Cabin, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Another criticism of the novel is that it promotes plantation values. Mitchell biographer Marianne Walker, author of Margaret Mitchell & John Marsh: The Love Story Behind Gone with the Wind, is of the opinion that those who believe Gone with the Wind promotes plantation values have not read the book. Walker states it is the popular 1939 film that "promotes a false notion of the Old South". She goes on to add that Mitchell had no involvement in the production of the film. Perhaps the most enduring legacy of Gone with the Wind is that people worldwide would incorrectly think it was the true story of the Old South and how it was changed by the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The film version of the novel "amplified this effect". Scholars of the period have written in recent years about the negative effects the novel has had on race relations. 1. What book was the top American bestseller the year it was published?
2. Who wrote it?
3. What year did it come out?
4. Who praised the author?
5. He was a critic for whom?
6. In what year was it determined to be the second favorite book of American readers?
7. How much was the book being sold for in 1936?
8. Who criticized the author for how she portrayed black people?
9. Did James Loewen think the title should be taught to kids in school?
10. What is another criticism of this book?
11. Are there complexities in the way she dealt with race? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Gone with the Wind
2. Margaret Mitchell
3. 1936
4. Herschel Brickel
5. New York Evening Post
6. 2014
7. three dollars
8. Patricia Yaeger
9. yes
10. the racial slur "nigger" appears repeatedly in the novel
11. yes

Q: Islam () is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one incomparable God (Allah) and that Muhammad is the messenger of God. It is the world's second-largest religion and the fastest-growing major religion in the world, with over 1.8billion followers or 24.1% of the global population, known as Muslims. Muslims make up a majority of the population in 50 countries. Islam teaches that God is merciful, all-powerful, unique and has guided mankind through prophets, revealed scriptures and natural signs. The primary scriptures of Islam are the Quran, viewed by Muslims as the word of God, and the teachings and normative example (called the "sunnah", composed of accounts called "hadith") of Muhammad ( 5708 June 632 CE).

Muslims believe that Islam is the complete and universal version of a primordial faith that was revealed many times before through prophets including Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus. As for the Quran, Muslims consider it to be the unaltered and final revelation of God. Like other Abrahamic religions, Islam also teaches a final judgment with the righteous rewarded paradise and unrighteous punished in hell. Religious concepts and practices include the Five Pillars of Islam, which are obligatory acts of worship, and following Islamic law, which touches on virtually every aspect of life and society, from banking and welfare to women and the environment. The cities of Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem are home to the three holiest sites in Islam.

1. over 1.8billion
2. the word of God
3. Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem
4. unknown
5. monotheistic
6. yes
7. one
8. Muslims
9. 24.1%
10. 50 countries
11. the "sunnah"
12. the Quran
13. Adam, Abraham, Moses and Jesus
14. "hadith"
15. 5708 June 632 CE
16. five
17. yes
18. the unrighteous
19. the righteous
20. Muhammad

Numbered questions:
1. how many followers are there of Islam?
2. what do they consider the Quran?
3. which cities are home to the three holiest sites in Islam?
4. is Islam polytheistic?
5. is Islam polytheistic or monotheistic?
6. is it an Abrahamic religion?
7. how many Gods do they believe in?
8. what are the followers known as?
9. what percent of the global population do they make up?
10. how many countries do they make up the majority of the population?
11. what are the normative teachings of Islam called?
12. what is the primary scripture?
13. what are some of the other prophets that are recognized?
14. what are the accounts of the sunnah called?
15. from what time period are they?
16. how many pillars are there in Islam?
17. does it also teach about final judgement?
18. who goes to hell in that scenario?
19. who gets rewarded?
20. who is the messenger of God in Islam?