Q: CHAPTER XVII Old Man Coyote is Disappointed.

Old Man Coyote lay stretched out in his favorite napping place on the Green Meadows. He was thinking of what he had found out up in the Green Forest that morning--that Paddy the Beaver was living there. Old Man Coyote's thoughts seemed very pleasant to himself, though really they were very dreadful thoughts. You see, he was thinking how easy it was going to be to catch Paddy the Beaver, and what a splendid meal he would make. He licked his chops at the thought.

"He doesn't know I know he's here," thought Old Man Coyote. "In fact, I don't believe heaven knows that I am anywhere around. Of course he won't be watching for me. He cuts his trees at night, so all I will have to do is to hide right close by where he is at work, and he'll walk right into my mouth. Sammy Jay knows I was up there this morning, but Sammy sleeps at night, so he will not give the alarm. My, my, how good that Beaver will taste!" He licked his chops once more, then yawned and closed his eyes for a nap.

Old Man Coyote waited until jolly, round red Mr. Sun had gone to bed behind the Purple Hills, and the Black Shadows had crept out across the Green Meadows. Then, keeping in the blackest of them, and looking very much like a shadow of himself, he slipped into the Green Forest. It was dark in there, and he made straight for Paddy's new pond, trotting along swiftly without making a sound. When he was near the aspen trees which he knew Paddy was planning to cut, he crept forward very slowly and carefully. Everything was still as still could be.

1. XVII
2. Old Man Coyote
3. in his favorite napping place
4. on the Green Meadows
5. Paddy the Beaver
6. Cuts his trees
7. Sammy
8. very dreadful
9. Old Man Coyote's mouth
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. behind the Purple Hills
13. A splendid meal
14. Yawned
15. Closed his eyes for a nap
16. Across the Green Meadows
17. The Green Forest
18. No
19. Aspen
20. No
21. As still as still could be

Numbered questions:
1. What chapter is this?
2. Who is disappointed?
3. Where was he stretched?
4. Where's that located?
5. Who doesn't know that he's anywhere around?
6. What does Paddy do at night?
7. Who sleeps at night?
8. What type of thoughts was Old Many Coyote having?
9. Where'll Paddy walk right into?
10. Does Old Man Coyote like the taste of beaver?
11. Was Mr. Sun happy?
12. Where does Mr. Sun sleep?
13. What would Paddy the Beaver make for Old Man Coyote?
14. What did Old Man Coyote do after licking his chops?
15. What else?
16. Where did the Black Shadows do their creeping?
17. What did Old Man Coyote slip into?
18. Was it bright inside the forest?
19. What type of trees were in it?
20. Did Old Man Coyote make a lot of noise?
21. How still was everything?

Q: Marjorie Baer used to joke about her retirement plans.She wasn't married and had no kids, but she didn't intend to be alone--she and all her single friends would move into a fictional home she called Casa de Biddies.Instead, Baer developed terminal brain cancer when she was 52.But just as she'd hoped, her friends and family provided her with love and care to the end.

Ballance was only the first of Baer's friends who became her unofficial caregivers.With her brother Phil Baer from Los Angeles, they worked out a system to watch over their friend and allow her to keep some of the privacy and independence she cherished.

Baer's good friend Ruth Henrich took Baer to doctors' appointments and helped her deal with all the aspects of life --answering machines, TV controls, and even phone numbers.After Henrich sent out an e-mail request, a group of volunteers signed up to ferry Baer back and forth to radiation therapy .Others in Baer's circle offered up particular talents: A nurse friend helped Baer figure out how to get what she was due from Social Security and her disability insurance; a lawyer pal helped Baer with her will; a partner who was an accountant took over her bills when she could no longer manage them."There was this odd sense that the right person always showed up," says Ballance.Their arrangement worked remarkably well.

Unmarried women are one of the fastest-growing groups in America; experts are concerned about how care-giving will be managed for them as they age.If the experience of Baer's friends is a guide, _ .It's already making it possible to create communities of caregivers who may have only one thing in common: the person who needs their help.On personal "care pages" set up through services such as Lotsa Helping Hands, friends and family members can post a list of tasks that need to be done, volunteer to do them, and keep updated on the person's condition.As Baer's cancer progressed, for example, her friends set up a page on Yahoo! where people could sign up to deliver meals or do errands .

Catherine Fox, one of the friends who were present when Baer died, was deeply affected."It was so comforting to know that if you're willing to ask for help, the generosity of family and friends can be phenomenal .It makes me feel secure and hopeful to know that help is there when you need it."

1. 52
2. unknown
3. no
4. friends
5. her brother
6. Ruth Henrich
7. unknown
8. a lawyer pal
9. she was deeply affected
10. accountant friend

Numbered questions:
1. How old was Baer when she contracted cancer?
2. How old was she when she died?
3. Did her children help her?
4. Who did?
5. Who is Phil Baer?
6. Who took her to doctor and hospital appointments?
7. Anyone else?
8. Who helped her with legal issues?
9. What did Catherine Fox do?
10. Who helped her with payments?

Q: (CNN) -- An alleged new case of waterboarding emerged in a massive report Thursday detailing brutal CIA interrogations of Libyan detainees last decade before they were handed over to Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

Mohammed al-Shoroeiya "provided detailed and credible testimony that he was waterboarded on repeated occasions during U.S. interrogations in Afghanistan," Human Rights Watch said in a 200-plus page report.

The allegations directly challenge long-standing claims by President George W. Bush and his administration that only three terror suspects, none of whom were Libyan, were waterboarded during interrogations.

Human rights groups consider waterboarding -- in which a prisoner is restrained and water poured over his mouth and nose to produce the sensation of drowning -- a form of torture.

"While never using the phrase 'waterboarding,' he said that after his captors put a hood over his head and strapped him onto a wooden board, 'then they start with the water pouring. ... They start to pour water to the point where you feel like you are suffocating.' He added that 'they wouldn't stop until they got some kind of answer from me,'" the report said.

Laura Pitter, a counterterrorism adviser for Human Rights Watch and the author of the report, said abuses occurred in U.S.-run facilities in Afghanistan between April 2003 and April 2005. She said waterboarding occurred in 2003 but it is not clear if it occurred afterward.

The rights group's accusations come a week after the U.S. Justice Department closed a criminal investigation without charges into the deaths of two terror suspects in CIA custody.

1. 200-plus
2. Human Rights Watch
3. Yes
4. Laura Pitter
5. adviser
6. counterterrorism
7. Yes
8. author
9. the report
10. Yes
11. abuses occurred
12. Yes
13. waterboarding
14. U.S.-run facilitie
15. Afghanistan
16. Yes
17. two terror suspects
18. Yes
19. U.S. Justice Department
20. No

Numbered questions:
1. how many pages is the report?
2. who released it?
3. is anyone who works with them mentioned?
4. who?
5. her position?
6. on what does she advise?
7. does she have any other roles?
8. what?
9. what did she write?
10. did she say anything?
11. what?
12. is a specific type mentioned?
13. what?
14. where did this occur?
15. in what country?
16. did someone die?
17. who?
18. did someone look into their deaths?
19. who?
20. was anyone charged?