Question: "Ceci, wake up. It's an earthquake!" That's what Cecilia Wallace heard her mother shouting on the early morning of February 27th.

Cecilia is a 7th-grader. She, her parents and her brother, Sam, were in Chile's capital city, Santiago, the day a big earthquake hit Chile. And like just about everyone else, they were shaken out of their sleep.

"It was so frightening," Sam wrote. "The shaking was so huge that I will never go on a ride again." Cecilia and Sam wrote about their earthquake experiences. Their reports were later posted on the website.

Cecilia, Sam and their parents were staying in an apartment on the 15th floor of a building. They were lucky. Their building stayed standing, because it was built to withstand earthquakes.

Not everyone was as lucky as the Wallace family. More than 800 people died. Many older buildings fell down during the earthquake.

The damage in Santiago wasn't as bad as in other parts of Chile. So the supermarkets were open for business on the morning of the quake. But it wasn't business as usual. "The supermarkets have been crazy with people rushing to buy their food for the next while," Sam wrote.

Not everyone was able to get money to buy food that morning. So Cecilia and Sam made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket. "We gave some to a kid of my age. I made sure he got cookies and bread." Sam and Cecilia's mother wrote that the kids also collected money for the Red Cross.

It's certainly an experience Cecilia, Sam and their parents will never forget. Thankfully, they lived to tell their stories. 1. What happened on Feb 27?
2. Where?
3. Who experienced this?
4. Did everyone survive?
5. How many perished?
6. Was the family able to help others?
7. How?
8. Where did the family live in Chile?
9. Did they have a house?
10. What dwelling did they live in?
11. Was there anything special about the building? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. an earthquake
2. in Chile
3. Cecilia, her parents and her brother, Sam
4. No
5. More than 800 people
6. Yes
7. They made food bags to _ to people who were begging outside the supermarket
8. in Chile's capital city, Santiago
9. No
10. an apartment
11. it was built to withstand earthquakes

Question: One day a young boy went to visit a toy store. In the toy store the young boy found many fun toys. One toy that the boy really liked was a small blue toy truck. The small blue toy truck was a lot of fun to play with, and made a lot of funny noises. The young boy played with the toy truck for a long time, and then another little boy showed up and began to play with a little red car. The two boys ended up becoming friends and played with the toys for a long time. They ended up becoming good friends and had many play dates together over the months ahead. On one play date the two boys built a large tree house and called it the tree castle. They played for hours in the tree castle and always found something fun to do when they played together. They were glad that they met in the toy store and became life-long friends. 1. Who visits a toy store?
2. Was he the only one?
3. What kinds of toys did the two boys play with?
4. Was that the only toy?
5. Did they like each other?
6. How long were they friends?
7. Did they do other things besides playing with toys
8. Like what?
9. Did they name it?
10. What was it?
11. How long would their play dates last?
12. Were they friends before they played cars in the toy store? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a young boy
2. no
3. a little red car.
4. a toy truck
5. yes
6. for life
7. yes
8. they built a tree house
9. yes
10. the tree castle.
11. for hours
12. no

Question: Chapter Twelve

The Wooden-Legged Grass-Hopper

Now it so happened that Trot, from the window of her room, had witnessed the meeting of the lovers in the garden and had seen the King come and drag Gloria away. The little girl's heart went out in sympathy for the poor Princess, who seemed to her to be one of the sweetest and loveliest young ladies she had ever seen, so she crept along the passages and from a hidden niche saw Gloria locked in her room.

The key was still in the lock, so when the King had gone away, followed by Googly-Goo, Trot stole up to the door, turned the key and entered. The Princess lay prone upon a couch, sobbing bitterly. Trot went up to her and smoothed her hair and tried to comfort her.

"Don't cry," she said. "I've unlocked the door, so you can go away any time you want to."

"It isn't that," sobbed the Princess. "I am unhappy because they will not let me love Pon, the gardener's boy!"

"Well, never mind; Pon isn't any great shakes, anyhow, seems to me," said Trot soothingly. "There are lots of other people you can love."

Gloria rolled over on the couch and looked at the little girl reproachfully.

"Pon has won my heart, and I can't help loving him," she explained. Then with sudden indignation she added: "But I'll never love Googly-Goo--never, as long as I live!"

"I should say not!" replied Trot. "Pon may not be much good, but old Googly is very, very bad. Hunt around, and I'm sure you'll find someone worth your love. You're very pretty, you know, and almost anyone ought to love you." 1. Who did the Princess love?
2. Who took Gloria away?
3. Where did he put her?
4. Did anyone follow the King away?
5. Who?
6. But who went with (followed) the King, when he went away?
7. Was anyone crying?
8. Who's boy was Pon?
9. Who did Trot say was very bad?
10. Where was the princess laying down?
11. Where was Trot when she saw the two lovers?
12. Whose hair was smoothed?
13. By who?
14. Who did the princess say she couldn't love?
15. Was she nice looking?
16. What was left in the door? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Pon
2. the King
3. locked in her room
4. yes
5. Trot
6. Googly-Goo
7. The Princess
8. the gardener's
9. Googly
10. upon a couch
11. from the window of her room
12. The Princess
13. Trot
14. Googly-Goo
15. yes
16. a key