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Read the text and answer the questions.
(CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is known for bold disagreement, conservative arguments, pointed questions and the occasional crude hand gesture, and still, it's been an intense few months for one of the high court's most polarizing figures, with biting insults hurled in his direction.

Last month, Scalia dissented in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 health care ruling, writing that the court undermined values of "caution, minimalism, and the understanding that the federal government is one of limited powers."

Three days earlier, when the high court mostly rejected Arizona's immigration law, Scalia's minority opinion showed he was "more than usually outraged," CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. In a solo dissent read from the bench, the 76-year-old dressed down the Obama administration and suggested Arizona wouldn't have entered the union if it had known how the ruling would come down: "If securing its territory in this fashion is not within the power of Arizona, we should cease referring to it as a sovereign state."

While many call Scalia a brilliant legal mind, his dissent on the court's Arizona immigration decision was accused of being too political, "more like a right-wing blogger or Fox News pundit," according to Politico. The Daily Beast called it "his churlish and self-aggrandizing and probably unethical tirade."

An opinion in Salon called Scalia an "increasingly intolerant and intolerable blowhard: a pompous celebrant of his own virtue and rectitude" -- in short, the headline said, a "ranting old man." Liberal Washington Post opinion writer E.J. Dionne Jr. called for Scalia to resign.
1. who called for Scalia to resign?
2. who is he?
3. what does Scalia do?
4. What was the health care ruling?
5. was he happy about the ruling?
6. would Arizona have entered the Union if they knew about the ruling?
7. what is Arizona wanting to do?
8. what was rejected?
9. how angry was he?
10. who reported that?
11. who is he?
12. what was accused of being too political?
13. How old is Scalia?
14. what is he known for?
15. and?
16. was he happy with the Obama administration?
17. was he compared to a Fox news pundit?
18. by who?
19. what did Salon call him?
20. what did the Daily Beast call it?

Numbered answers:
1. E.J. Dionne Jr.
2. Liberal Washington Post opinion writer
3. Supreme Court Justice
4. 5-4
5. no
6. no
7. secure its territory
8. Arizona's immigration law
9. more than usually outraged
10. Jeffrey Toobin
11. CNN senior legal analyst
12. his dissent on the court's Arizona immigration decision
13. 76
14. bold disagreement, conservative arguments, pointed questions
15. occasional crude hand gesture,
16. no
17. yes
18. Politico.
19. increasingly intolerant and intolerable blowhard
20. his churlish and self-aggrandizing and probably unethical tirade.

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"It was amazing, just impressive," Holly Budge, a 29-year-old British woman, said after making a safe landing at a spot 12,350 feet (3,765 meters) above sea level -- the highest "drop zone" achieved by a parachutist . "We had one minute of freefall and while we were above the clouds you could see Everest and the other high mountains popping out of the top," she said.

Ms Budge and her two fellow daredevils, Wendy Smith, from New Zealand, and Neil Jones, from Canada, jumped out of an aircraft at about 29,500 feet, just higher than the peak of the world's highest mountain. They fell at speeds reaching 140mph, past the highest ridges of the snow-covering Himalayas, before each released a parachute . The jumpers wore oxygen masks to keep their lungs working as they fell. Wearing neoprene underwear was compulsory -- to prevent them from being frozen to death.

The adventure, advertised by its organizers as "a feast for those who seek to stimulate all their senses to the full", appeared to have lived up to its billing. "I had never seen so many mountains before," Ms Smith said. "To be on top of the world was simply stunning ."

The expedition also offered a way by which to celebrate her 30th birthday later this month, she said. Besides, her jump raised funds for charities in Britain and Nepal, including more than PS10,000 for the Hampshire Autistic Society.

In the next few days the feat will be repeated by about 30 others, weather permitting. Each has paid at least PS12,675 to High and Wild, the British adventure travel company behind the project. Ms Budge said: "It was worth the money. It is something that has never been done before."
1. How much has each person paid?
2. To whom did they pay it?
3. What nationality is that company?
4. What is their business about?
5. Does that mean it's boring?
6. Who thought they were worth the money?
7. Was it something that had been done before?
8. Could Ms Budge be referred to as a daredevil?
9. Was she the only one?
10. How many others were there?
11. What was one of their names?
12. Where was she from?
13. What was the other daredevil's name?
14. What country did he hail from?
15. What did they all exit abruptly?
16. At what height?
17. Is that higher or lower than the world's highest mountain?
18. How fast did they fall?
19. What did they wear to keep their lungs working as they fell?
20. Did they have on special underwear?

Numbered answers:
1. at least PS12,675
2. High and Wild
3. British
4. adventure travel
5. no
6. Ms Budge
7. no
8. yes
9. no
10. two
11. Wendy Smith
12. New Zealand
13. Neil Jones
14. Canada
15. an aircraft
16. about 29,500 feet
17. higher
18. 140mph
19. oxygen masks
20. yes

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CHAPTER XVI

THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY"

"Tom! Sam! Get up at once!"

"What's the row now, Dick?" came sleepily from Tom. "Have you discovered anything?"

"Yes! I've discovered a whole lot. Get up if you want to catch the next train."

"The next train for where?" demanded Tom, as he hopped out of bed.

"The next train for Albany."

"Have they taken Dora to Albany?" questioned Sam, as he too arose and began to don his garments.

"I think so," was the elder brother's reply, and while the pair dressed, Dick told of what had occurred and what he had heard.

"This is getting to be quite a chase," was Tom's remark. "But I reckon you are right, and we'll land on them in the capital."

"If we aren't too late," answered Dick.

"I'd like to know how they are going to take Dora to Albany if she doesn't want to go?" came from Tom, when they were dressed and on their way to the railroad station.

No one could answer this question. "Josiah Crabtree is a queer stick and can do lots of queer things," was what Dick said.

The train left at half past two in the morning, and they had not long to wait. Once on board, they proceeded to make themselves as comfortable as possible, each having a whole seat to himself, and Sam and Tom went to sleep without much trouble. But Dick was wide awake, wondering what would be the next move on reaching Albany.
1. What is the name of the chapter?
2. Who are the brothers?
3. Who woke up first?
4. Where are they headed?
5. How?
6. Why?
7. when does it leave?
8. Who are they looking for?
9. Who may not want to go?
10. How do they feel about Josiah?
Numbered answers:
1. THE SEARCH FOR THE "FLYAWAY"
2. Tom, Sam and Dick
3. Dick
4. Albany
5. by train
6. for a chase
7. next
8. Josiah and Dora
9. Dora
10. that he is a queer stick