Q: Sam was outside playing. It was very hot out and he got really thirsty. He saw that Mr. Brown was setting up a table with sodas and snacks down the street. Sam was very excited because this would solve his problem.

He checked his pockets. They were empty. Where did his money go? This was a problem. In order to get a soda and snack he would need money.

Sam ran home as fast as he could. He was in a rush. He passed by Jim as he was running. He asked Sam why he was running. "No time," Sam Said.

When he got inside the house Sam was very happy. His money was on his dresser in his bedroom. Thank goodness. He had enough money to get a soda. Sam ran back outside, but this time he slowed down when he saw Jim. He told Jim to come with him to Mr. Brown's table. He had enough money to buy them both a soda.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was outside?
2. What was he doing?
3. What was the temperature like?
4. How did he react?
5. Who was down the block?
6. What was he doing?
7. How did Sam react?
8. Did he have cash on him?
9. Where did he search?
10. Why did he require it?
11. Where did he run?
12. Was he in a hurry?
13. Did he pass anyone he knew?
14. Who?
15. What did he say to him?
16. What did he respond?
17. What was his mood when he arrived?
18. Did he find the money?
19. Where?
A: 1. Sam
2. playing
3. hot
4. he got thirsty
5. Mr. Brown
6. setting up a table
7. he got excited
8. no
9. his pockets
10. to buy a soda and snack
11. home
12. yes
13. yes
14. Jim
15. He asked Sam why he was running
16. "No time,"
17. happy
18. yes
19. his dresser

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Jill was a normal student. However, she was barely passing her classes this year. Her finals were coming up in a few weeks and Jill was very nervous about her Math test. She was never very good at Math. Her brother always teased her because he was great at Math, History, and Science, but she preferred Art. To raise her grades, Jill spent the week before finals studying every day in the school library. On the last day before the test, Jill walked in and was ready to work hard like she had every day that week. Except this time she looked over and saw her best friend, Michelle, walking up to her. Michelle greeted Jill and told her that she wants to help her study for the Math test. The two girls spend the rest of the afternoon looking over their class notes. By the end of the day, Jill finally felt ready. She left and walked back to her house. That night Jill made sure to get lots of sleep. She awoke early and had a filling breakfast before making her way to school. Her teacher, Mr. Matthews, handed out the Math tests and she began to work. She felt like she did a really good job, but she was scared, too. Jill had to wait until tomorrow to see how she did. The next day she hurried back to class. Jill walked in and grabbed her test from the stack of papers. She let out a yell. Jill had failed. She turned to her friend Michelle and started to cry. She was so upset.

1. What subject was the big test on?
2. Was this Jill's favorite?
3. What was?
4. Who was great at math?
5. Was Jill rested on the day of the test?
6. Was she hungry during it?
7. Who supervised the test?
8. What was their name?
9. Did Jill prepare for the test?
10. Where did she do that?
11. Who helped her?
12. Was she pleased with her grade?
13. Did she display her feelings about it?
14. What was her first reaction?
15. What reaction did she have when she first learned of her grade?
16. Then how did she react?
17. Whom did she turn to?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. math
2. no
3. art
4. Her brother
5. yes
6. no
7. Her teacher
8. Mr. Matthews
9. yes
10. in the school library
11. her best friend, Michelle,
12. no
13. yes
14. yes
15. She let out a yell
16. she cried
17. She turned to her friend Michelle

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

It is generally considered that the Pacific War began on 7/8 December 1941, on which date Japan invaded Thailand and attacked the British possessions of Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong as well as the United States military bases in Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam and the Philippines. Some historians contend that the conflict in Asia can be dated back to 7 July 1937 with the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China, or possibly 19 September 1931, beginning with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria. However, it is more widely accepted that the Pacific War itself started in early December 1941, with the Sino-Japanese War then becoming part of it as a theater of the greater World War II.[nb 9]

The Pacific War saw the Allied powers pitted against the Empire of Japan, the latter briefly aided by Thailand and to a much lesser extent by its Axis allies, Germany and Italy. The war culminated in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other large aerial bomb attacks by the United States Army Air Forces, accompanied by the Soviet invasion of Manchuria on 8 August 1945, resulting in the Japanese announcement of intent to surrender on 15 August 1945. The formal and official surrender of Japan took place aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September 1945. Following its defeat, Japan's Shinto Emperor stepped down as the divine leader through the Shinto Directive, because the Allied Powers believed this was the major political cause of Japan's military aggression and deconstruction process soon took place to install a new liberal-democratic constitution to the Japanese public as the current Constitution of Japan.

1. What country was invaded at the onset of the War?
2. Who were the allied against?
3. And who aided their enemy?
4. What was the culminating point of the war?
5. Which is the only country to ever drop atomic bombs?
6. And how many times did they do this?
7. And where did they drop these destructive atom bombs?
8. What did Japan do after this?
9. On which day was the formal white flag flown?
10. Where did it happen?
11. What was Japan's emperor forced to do?
12. Who was the was on July 7, 1937 between?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Thailand
2. the Empire of Japan
3. Thailand, Germany, and Italy
4. the atomic bombings
5. the United States
6. twice
7. Hiroshima and Nagasak
8. they surrendered
9. 2 September 1945
10. aboard the USS Missouri
11. step down
12. Japan and China