question: Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- The European Union announced a recovery package of 180 million euros for the Ivory Coast on Tuesday as residents of the African nation attempted to adjust to life with a clear leader and relative stability after months of bloodshed.

Forces arrested former President Laurent Gbagbo after storming his residence on Monday. Gbagbo defied calls to step down after an electoral commission declared he lost a presidential election in November to Alassane Ouattara. Ouattara has been recognized internationally as the legitimate winner.

A violent power struggle followed the standoff, with supporters loyal to both sides taking to the streets in protests since December. Hundreds have been killed, according to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Andris Piebalgs, EU commissioner for development, announced the recovery package on Tuesday.

"We will stand by Ivory Coast and its people by immediately starting to work with the government of President Ouattara to support him in getting the country on the right track towards reconciliation, democracy, economic recovery and sustainable development," he said.

The funding will provide support to ensure basic needs for citizens such as health, water, sanitation and to support the agricultural sector, Piebalgs said in a statement. It also will clear the Ivory Coast's debt accumulated through the European Investment Bank.

Top military brass pledged their support to Ouattara in a ceremony Tuesday at a hotel in Abdijan. Gen. Phillipe Mangou, Gbagbo's former army chief of staff, said on state television that the generals were received by Ouattara and given orders to take measures to restore order in the country.
1. What political figure was arrested?
2. What was his previous position?
3. What did he refuse?
4. Who did he lose to?
5. Which of them is considered legitimate?
6. Who gave an announcement of aid?
7. When?
8. What is his position?
9. What is the aid intended to provide?
10. For what?
11. For whom?
12. In what areas?
13. Will it help with agriculture?
14. How about in terms of indebtedness?
15. Who swore allegiance to the new president?
16. Where did they do this?
17. Which officer made the proclamation about this?
18. How much money was the package?
19. Was the aftermath of the electoral procedures peaceful?
20. How many died, if any?
****
answer: 1. Laurent Gbagbo
2. President
3. to step down
4. Alassane Ouattara
5. Ouattara
6. Andris Piebalgs
7. Tuesday
8. EU commissioner for development
9. support
10. basic needs
11. citizens
12. the Ivory Coast
13. yes
14. yes
15. Top military brass
16. Abdijan
17. Gen. Phillipe Mangou
18. 180 million euros
19. no
20. Hundreds

question: CHAPTER XX

A NIGHT OF ANXIETY

Had the lightning struck Dick and knocked him overboard?

Such was the terrifying question which Sam asked himself as he stared out of the pilothouse window into the darkness before him. Another flash of lightning lit up the scene and he made certain that his big brother was nowhere in sight.

"Tom! Tom!" he yelled down the tube, frantically.

"What now, Sam?"

"Dick is gone--struck by lightning, I guess. Come up!"

At this alarming information Tom left the engine room at a bound and came on deck almost as soon as it can be told. He met Sam running toward the bow.

"Where was Dick?" he screamed, to make himself heard above the roaring and shrieking of the wind.

"At the forward rail, on the lookout. He was standing there just before that awful crash came, and I haven't seen him since."

No more was said by either, but holding fast to whatever came to hand, the two Rovers worked their way forward until they reached the rail where Dick had been standing. They now saw that the foretopmast had come down, hitting the rail and breaking it loose for a distance of several feet.

"The mast must have hit Dick and knocked him overboard," said Tom, with a quiver in his voice.

"Oh, Tom!" Sam could say no more, but his heart sank.

The two boys stared around helplessly, not knowing what to do. Dick was very dear to them and they could not bear to think that he was lost, and forever.
1. Where was Dick?
2. Where was Dick standing before being struck by lightning?
3. Where was Sam running?
4. Did the characters try to save Dick?
5. Where is the story set?
6. What is the job title of Sam and Tom on the boat?
7. Where was Tom when he heard the information?
8. How did Tom ask about Dick's location?
9. Did Sam look around for his brother when the first bolt of lightning hit the boat?
10. Then who did he yell for?
11. In what way was he yelling?
12. Who spoke next?
13. Did Sam tell Tom about Dick?
14. Did Tom then run fast or slow?
15. What piece of the boat came down with the lightning?
16. What did it hit?
17. What happened to the rail?
18. Where was Dick knocked?
19. Did the two characters like Dick?
****
answer: 1. overboard
2. At the forward rail, on the lookout
3. toward the bow
4. no
5. on a boat
6. unknown
7. the engine room sorry about that rover one!
8. he screamed
9. yes
10. Tom
11. frantically
12. Tom
13. yes
14. fast
15. the foretopmast
16. the rail
17. broke loose
18. overboard
19. yes

question: (CNN) -- In the mid-1970s, Gloria Estefan was studying psychology, international law and French at the University of Miami and singing with a local band on the side. She was planning to head to the Sorbonne to further her studies. But then Emilio Estefan swept her off her feet, and their band, the Miami Sound Machine, would soon sweep the nation with its Conga beat.

Estefan never made it to the Sorbonne, but she launched an enduring musical career that has made her into a beloved international artist.

Thirty-five years later, she remains married to that first and only boyfriend. And the seven-time Grammy winner has now released "The Standards," an album of classic American tunes with a Gloria Estefan twist. It opens with "Good Morning Heartache," and moves on to songs like "They Can't Take That Away From Me," "What A Difference A Day Makes," "Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar" and "Young at Heart."

The album, she said, brings her career back to some of those first shaky steps onto the national stage.

"It's such a natural thing for me, something that I wanted to do so long and 25 years ago when I danced the conga on 'The Tonight Show.' I sang 'Good Morning Heartache' with my piano player as a second song and this is like full circle," Estefan said. "That's why it starts the record."

Fans know her dance hits like "Conga," "Hotel Nacional," "Wepa" and "Rhythm is Gonna Get You." But there's something about the ballads -- "Coming out of the Dark", "Higher" -- that make the heart ache.
1. What was being studied?
2. by whom?
3. Where did she never go?
4. Why not?
5. Did she have a companion?
6. Whom?
7. Do they work together?
8. What is his name?
9. When did they meet?
10. Are they stiull together?
****
answer:
1. psychology
2. Gloria Estefan
3. Sorbonne
4. she launched an enduring musical career that has made her into a beloved international artist
5. Yes
6. first and only boyfriend
7. unknown
8. Emilio Estefan
9. Thirty-five years ago
10. Yes