input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XI

OFF FOR BRILL COLLEGE

When old Ricks saw his neighbor approaching he could not at first believe his eyes. Then he ran up to the man, who was a particularly sour individual.

"Say, I thought you was dead," he gasped.

"Dead?" returned Ham Ludd. "Do I look like I was dead?" And he glared savagely at Ricks. "I ain't dead, not by a jugful!"

"Humph! Well, if you ain't dead, mebbe you'll explain about that cat, an' dog," went on old Ricks.

"Wot about 'em?"

"You told folks I poisoned the cat and starved the dog to death."

"I did not."

"You did--it was in the newspapers!" bawled old Ricks, commencing to dance around.

"I didn't! Where's them newspapers?" asked Ham Ludd, also growing excited.

"I ain't got 'em, but Tom Rover said----"

And then suddenly old Ricks stopped short. He was commencing to "smell a mouse," as the saying is.

"Wot did Tom Rover say?" demanded Ham Ludd.

"Never mind wot he said," grumbled the stationmaster. "Only you be careful o' wot you say about me in the future, Ham Ludd, thet's all!"

"Huh! I guess that Rover boy has been a'jokin' you ag'in, Ricky," said Ludd, with a grin. "How about thet busted-up bonfire, an' that snaky cigar? Ha! ha! he had you them times, didn't he?"

"You shet up, Ham Ludd!" roared the stationmaster. "Don't you say another word!"

"I'll say all I please! An' you'll put up that fence, too, or I'll have the law on ye!" retorted Ham Ludd; and then went on his way. 1. Who was Ricks neighbor?
2. Was he a pleasant man?
3. What was surprising about seeing him?
4. How did Ham reply to the accusation?
5. What did Ricks then want him to explain?
6. Why?
7. Did he admit it?
8. Who told Ricks Ham had said that?
9. How did Tom Rover hear it?
10. Did he have a copy of the paper?
11. Was it determined that Rover had been lying?
12. Did Ricks apologize?
13. What did he instead say?
14. How did Ham reply?
15. What was Ricks job?
16. What station did he work at?
17. Did the two continue walking together?
numbered_answers: 1. Ham Ludd
2. no
3. thought he was dead
4. "I ain't dead, not by a jugful!"
5. that cat, an' dog
6. Ham told folks I poisoned the cat and starved the dog to death
7. no
8. Tom Rover
9. the newspapers!
10. no
11. yes
12. no
13. "You shet up, Ham Ludd!"
14. 'll say all I please! An' you'll put up that fence, too, or I'll have the law on ye!"
15. stationmaster.
16. unknown
17. no

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- Serena Williams came from a set down against Maria Sharapova to win the Miami Masters for a record sixth time on Saturday.

After a slow start, the world No.1 sprang into life in stunning fashion, winning the last 10 games of the match to eventually prevail 4-6 6-3 6-0.

Williams' win -- the 48th of her career -- means she surpasses the previous all-time title mark that she jointly held with Germany's Steffi Graf.

"Maria definitely pushed me -- she did a really great job today," Williams said, WTATennis.com reported.

"I look forward to our next matches -- it's going to be really fun for the fans and for us and for everyone."

The match was turned on its head in the sixth game of the second set with Sharapova serving at 3-2. Williams won the game to love before streaking away with the set and the match.

Williams joins Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf and Chris Evert as only the fourth player ever to win any WTA event six times.

Defeat for Sharapova means she has now finished runner-up for three successive years in Miami and five times in all.

"It's disappointing to end it like this but Serena played a great match, and I'm sure we'll play a few more times this year," Sharapova said, WTATennis.com reported.

1. What website reported things in this article?
numbered_answers: 1. WTATennis.com

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Johnny is a nine year old boy. On one hot summer day, Johnny is outside his house playing with his dog. He is very hot and wants to have some ice cream. He looks in his freezer and sees that he does not have ice cream. Johnny then hears the song of the ice cream truck. Johnny runs outside but does not see the ice cream truck. He looks down the street but the ice cream truck is nowhere to be found. The music of the truck starts to get softer and then louder. Johnny waits outside for an hour. Johnny then thinks that he needs money when the ice cream truck comes. He runs inside and finds five dollars in his room. He then hears the ice cream truck song get very loud. He runs back outside and sees the truck pass his house. Johnny runs after the truck and catches up with it. Johnny buys 4 ice cream pops and some candy. He gives his five dollars to the ice cream man and gets one dollar back. He walks home and happily eats all of his candy and ice cream. 1. Was Johnny waiting outside for two hours?
2. How long did he wait?
3. What was he waiting for?
4. What made him think it was coming?
5. Was he old?
6. How old was he?
7. Was he outside with a cat?
8. Who was he outside with?
9. Was he shivering?
10. Why not?
11. What was he missing to buy his treat?
12. How much did he find?
13. Where did he find it?
14. When he got outside, was the vehicle at his curb?
15. Where was it?
16. Where did he first look for his treat?
17. How many treats does he buy?
18. What was his change?
19. He did run afterwards?
20. Was he sad?
numbered_answers:
1. no
2. an hour
3. for the ice cream
4. because the music of the truck get louder
5. No
6. nine years old
7. no
8. his dog
9. no
10. because it was a hot summer day
11. money
12. five dollars
13. in his room
14. no
15. nowhere
16. in the freezer
17. Four
18. one dollar
19. no
20. no