Question: Humans have sewn by hand for thousands of years. It was said that the first thread was made from animal muscle and sinew . And the earliest needles were made from bones. Since those early days, many people have been involved in the process of developing a machine that could do the same thing more quickly and with greater efficiency.

Charles Wiesenthal, who was born in Germany, designed and received a patent on a double-pointed needle that eliminated the need to turn the needle around with each stitch in England in 1755. Other inventors of that time tried to develop a functional sewing machine, but each design had at least one serious imperfection.

Frenchman Barthelemy Thimonnier finally engineered a machine that really worked. However, he was nearly killed by a group of angry tailors when they burned down his garment factory. They feared that they would lose their jobs to the machine.

American inventor Elias Howe, born on July 9, 1819, was awarded a patent for a method of sewing that used thread from two different sources. Howe's machine had a needle with an eye at the point, and it used the two threads to make a special stitch called a lockstitch. However, Howe faced difficulty in finding buyers for his machines in America. In frustration, he traveled to England to try to sell his invention there. When he finally returned home, he found that dozens of manufacturers were adapting his discovery for use in their own sewing machines.

Isaac Singer, another American inventor, was also a manufacturer who made improvements to the design of sewing machines. He invented an up-and-down-motion mechanism that replaced the side-to-side machines. He also developed a foot treadle to power his machine. This improvement left the sewer's hands free. Undoubtedly, it was a huge improvement of the hand-cranked machine of the past. Soon the Singer sewing machine achieved more fame than the others for it was more practical. It could be adapted to home use and it could be bought on hire-purchase. The Singer sewing machine became the first home appliance, and the Singer company became one of the first American multinationals.

However, Singer used the same method to create a lockstitch that Howe had already patented. As a result, Howe accused him of patent infringement . Of course, Elias Howe won the court case, and Singer was ordered to pay Howe royalties . In the end, Howe became a millionaire, not by manufacturing the sewing machine, but by receiving royalty payments for his invention. 1. What was the first thread made from?
2. What about the needles? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. It was said that the first thread was made from animal muscle and sinew
2. And the earliest needles were made from bones

Question: A single parent took their child on a trip. The trip was to the playground. The child had a fear of the playground, because she had dug a hole and it had made her trip once. The parent put the child on the sofa and put her shoes on, telling her that it would be alright, and they would be back home by nine. At the playground, the child met a witch. The witch had a piggy with her. The witch stood in the middle of the street. She had a broom. The child wondered what there was to sweep at the playground. Instead, the witch made a chicken, and gave some of it to the child. The witch was saying that it was a gift for her. She thought a gift would help the child with her fear. The child ate the chicken. Then she asked the witch a question. She asked what the witch had a broom for. The witch laughed. She told the girl it was to fly with. The girl did not believe her. The witch sat on her broom and flew away. In the distance, a dog howled. 1. Who had a broom?
2. Where was she?
3. Did someone notice her?
4. Was anyone with the witch?
5. Did she sweep the ground?
6. What was it for?
7. Did the child think she was lying?
8. What was the noise in the distance?
9. Who went with the child to the park?
10. Was the child excited to go?
11. why not?
12. Why? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the witch had a broom
2. At the playground
3. a child
4. a piggy
5. no
6. to fly with.
7. yes
8. a dog
9. A single parent
10. no
11. she had a fear of the playground,
12. because she tripped in a hole before

Question: CHAPTER XXXVI Rockpier

For Love himself took part against himself To warn us off.--TENNYSON

Rosamond was to have a taste of her old vocation, and go campaigning for lodgings, the searching for which she declared to be her strongest point. Rockpier was to be the destination of the family; Eleonora Vivian, whose letters had been far fewer than had been expected of her, was known to be there with her father, and this was lure sufficient for Frank. Frank's welfare again was the lure to Mrs. Poynsett; and the benefit Rosamond was to derive from sea air, after all she had gone through, made Julius willing to give himself the holiday that everybody insisted on his having until Lent.

First, however, was sent off an advanced guard, consisting of Rosamond and Terry, who went up to London with Frank, that he might there consult an aurist, and likewise present himself to his chief, and see whether he could keep his clerkship. All this turned out well, his duties did not depend on his ears, and a month's longer leave of absence was granted to him; moreover, his deafness was pronounced to be likely to yield to treatment, and a tube restored him to somewhat easier intercourse with mankind, and he was in high spirits, when, after an evening spent with Rosamond's friends, the M'Kinnons, the trio took an early train for Rockpier, where Rosamond could not detain Frank even to come to the hotel with them and have luncheon before hurrying off to Verdure Point, the villa inhabited by Sir Harry. All he had done all the way down was to impress upon her, in the fulness of his knowledge of the place, that the only habitable houses in Rockpier were in that direction--the nearer to Verdure Point the more perfect! 1. Who is the author of the quote at the beginning of the chapter?
2. Where was the family going?
3. Who was known to be there?
4. Did she correspond regularly?
5. Who was she with?
6. Who wanted to go to Rockpier because of her?
7. And who wanted to go because of him?
8. Is Rockpier near the ocean?
9. What would help Rosamond?
10. How long will the vacation be?
11. Who went to London?
12. What part of his body did Frank get checked?
13. What's wrong with them?
14. What was put in his ear?
15. Did it solve the problem?
16. How did that make him feel?
17. Who are Rosamond's friends?
18. What did the trio do with them?
19. Where did Rosamond want to go first?
20. And do what? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. TENNYSON
2. Rockpier
3. Eleonora Vivian
4. No
5. her father
6. Frank
7. Mrs. Poynsett
8. Yes
9. sea air
10. a month
11. Rosamond and Terry and Frank
12. His ears
13. deafness
14. a tube
15. Somewhat
16. he was in high spirits
17. the M'Kinnons
18. took an early train for Rockpier
19. the hotel
20. have luncheon