question: CHAPTER IV

Mrs. Penniman, with more buckles and bangles than ever, came, of course, to the entertainment, accompanied by her niece; the Doctor, too, had promised to look in later in the evening. There was to be a good deal of dancing, and before it had gone very far, Marian Almond came up to Catherine, in company with a tall young man. She introduced the young man as a person who had a great desire to make our heroine's acquaintance, and as a cousin of Arthur Townsend, her own intended.

Marian Almond was a pretty little person of seventeen, with a very small figure and a very big sash, to the elegance of whose manners matrimony had nothing to add. She already had all the airs of a hostess, receiving the company, shaking her fan, saying that with so many people to attend to she should have no time to dance. She made a long speech about Mr. Townsend's cousin, to whom she administered a tap with her fan before turning away to other cares. Catherine had not understood all that she said; her attention was given to enjoying Marian's ease of manner and flow of ideas, and to looking at the young man, who was remarkably handsome. She had succeeded, however, as she often failed to do when people were presented to her, in catching his name, which appeared to be the same as that of Marian's little stockbroker. Catherine was always agitated by an introduction; it seemed a difficult moment, and she wondered that some people--her new acquaintance at this moment, for instance-- should mind it so little. She wondered what she ought to say, and what would be the consequences of her saying nothing. The consequences at present were very agreeable. Mr. Townsend, leaving her no time for embarrassment, began to talk with an easy smile, as if he had known her for a year.
1. Who had buckles and bangles?
2. who went with her to the entertainment?
3. Who was expected to come?
4. Was they going to dance?
5. who came up to Catherine?
6. Was she alone?
7. how old was Almond?
8. Was she overeweight?
9. What did she have the airs of?
10. what was one thing she did as a hostess?
11. What was she shaking?
12. Was she goinng to dance?
13. Did she make a short speech?
14. Who was the speech about?
15. Who was Catherine paying attention to?
16. was the man ugly?
17. who had the same name?
18. How did Catherine feel about introductions?
19. Did she know what she would say?
20. Did she consider saying nothing?
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answer: 1. Mrs. Penniman
2. her niece
3. the Doctor
4. Yes
5. Marian Almond
6. No
7. seventeen
8. No
9. a hostess
10. receiving the company
11. her fan
12. No
13. No
14. Mr. Townsend's cousin
15. Marian
16. No
17. Marian's stockbroker
18. it seemed a difficult moment
19. No
20. Yes

question: Toyota is the world's market leader in sales of hybrid electric vehicles, and one of the largest companies to encourage the mass-market adoption of hybrid vehicles across the globe. Cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger car models achieved the 10million milestone in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's top selling hybrid nameplate with over 6million units sold worldwide .

The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a spinoff from his father's company Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, it created its first product, the Type A engine, and its first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. It also holds a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint-ventures with two in China (GAC Toyota and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar), one in the Czech Republic (TPCA), along with several "nonautomotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.

Toyota is headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi. The main headquarters of Toyota is located in a 4-storey building in Toyota. As of 2006, the head office has the "Toyopet" Toyota logo and the words "Toyota Motor". The Toyota Technical Center, a 14-story building, and the Honsha plant, Toyota's second plant engaging in mass production and formerly named the Koromo plant, are adjacent to one another in a location near the headquarters. Vinod Jacob from "The Hindu" described the main headquarters building as "modest". In 2013, company head Akio Toyoda reported that it had difficulties retaining foreign employees at the headquarters due to the lack of amenities in the city.
1. Where is Toyota's headquarters?
2. What city?
3. Are its offices in a skyscraper?
4. What is taller, its headquarters or technical center?
5. By how much?
6. What is that next to?
7. What did that used to be called?
8. Are those buildings far from the headquarters?
9. Is the headquarters often described as impressive?
10. What did Vinod Jacob call them?
11. Why do they have a hard time keeping foreign workers there?
12. How many car companies sell more hybrid vehicles than Toyota?
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answer: 1. Aichi
2. Toyota City
3. No
4. technical center
5. 10 stories
6. Honsha plant
7. Koromo plant
8. No
9. No
10. "modest".
11. lack of amenities in the city
12. zero

question: CHAPTER 11. FETTERS BROKEN

Then long and loud the victor shout From turret and from tower rang out; The rugged walls replied. SCOTT, Lord of the Isles.

'Sir, I have something to show you.'

It was the early twilight of a summer's morning when Ringan crept up to the shelter of pine branches under which George Douglas was sleeping, after hotly opposing Gebhardt, who had nearly persuaded his master that retreat was inevitable, unless he meant to be deserted by more than half his men.

George sat up. 'Anent the ladies?' he said.

Ringan bowed his head, with an air of mystery and George doubted no longer, but let him lead the way, keeping among the brushwood to the foot of the quarry whence the castle had been built. It had once been absolutely precipitous, no doubt, but the stone was of a soft quality, on which weather told: ivy and creepers had grown on it, and Ringan pointed to what to dwellers on plains might have seemed impracticable, but to those who had bird's-nested on the crags of Tantallon had quite a different appearance. True, there was castle wall and turret above, but on this, the weather side, there had likewise been a slight crumbling, which had been neglected, perhaps from over security, perhaps on account of the extreme difficulty of repairing, where there was the merest ledge for foothold above the precipitous quarry; indeed, the condition of the place might never even have been perceived by the inhabitants, as there were no traces of the place below having been frequented.
1. Who bowed his head?
2. Who followed him to the edge of the quarry?
3. What had been erected there?
4. How hard was the stone?
5. What was growing up it?
6. Would people who live on land think the castle was practical?
7. What people would have?
8. Was the castle falling down on one side?
9. Which side?
10. What's one likely cause of that?
11. What else may have happened to cause it?
12. Did the castle have a turret?
13. Was it sitting low to the ground?
14. Did the castle seem like it had ever had anyone in it?
15. Where was George when Ringan first approached him?
16. What was George doing in there?
17. What had he done before that?
18. What time of day was it?
19. Was it winter?
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answer:
1. Ringan
2. George
3. The castle
4. It was soft.
5. ivy and creepers
6. no
7. People from Tantallon
8. Yes
9. The weather side
10. Had been neglected
11. Difficult to repair
12. Yes
13. Yes
14. No
15. Under some pines
16. Sleeping
17. Argued with Gebhardt
18. Morning
19. No