CHAPTER IV

Mrs. Penniman, with more buckles and bangles than ever, came, of course, to the entertainment, accompanied by her niece; the Doctor, too, had promised to look in later in the evening. There was to be a good deal of dancing, and before it had gone very far, Marian Almond came up to Catherine, in company with a tall young man. She introduced the young man as a person who had a great desire to make our heroine's acquaintance, and as a cousin of Arthur Townsend, her own intended.

Marian Almond was a pretty little person of seventeen, with a very small figure and a very big sash, to the elegance of whose manners matrimony had nothing to add. She already had all the airs of a hostess, receiving the company, shaking her fan, saying that with so many people to attend to she should have no time to dance. She made a long speech about Mr. Townsend's cousin, to whom she administered a tap with her fan before turning away to other cares. Catherine had not understood all that she said; her attention was given to enjoying Marian's ease of manner and flow of ideas, and to looking at the young man, who was remarkably handsome. She had succeeded, however, as she often failed to do when people were presented to her, in catching his name, which appeared to be the same as that of Marian's little stockbroker. Catherine was always agitated by an introduction; it seemed a difficult moment, and she wondered that some people--her new acquaintance at this moment, for instance-- should mind it so little. She wondered what she ought to say, and what would be the consequences of her saying nothing. The consequences at present were very agreeable. Mr. Townsend, leaving her no time for embarrassment, began to talk with an easy smile, as if he had known her for a year. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who had buckles and bangles?
2. who went with her to the entertainment?
3. Who was expected to come?
4. Was they going to dance?
5. who came up to Catherine?
6. Was she alone?
7. how old was Almond?
8. Was she overeweight?
9. What did she have the airs of?
10. what was one thing she did as a hostess?
11. What was she shaking?
12. Was she goinng to dance?
13. Did she make a short speech?
14. Who was the speech about?
15. Who was Catherine paying attention to?
16. was the man ugly?
17. who had the same name?
18. How did Catherine feel about introductions?
19. Did she know what she would say?
20. Did she consider saying nothing?
Answer: 1. Mrs. Penniman
2. her niece
3. the Doctor
4. Yes
5. Marian Almond
6. No
7. seventeen
8. No
9. a hostess
10. receiving the company
11. her fan
12. No
13. No
14. Mr. Townsend's cousin
15. Marian
16. No
17. Marian's stockbroker
18. it seemed a difficult moment
19. No
20. Yes

Problem: (CNN) -- The names on the formal, state-government-erected memorial signs by the sides of Ohio highways are not famous to the outside world.

But once you know the story behind them, you understand completely. You look at those signs and you offer a silent word of thanks.

Usually stretches of highways around the country are named for politicians, or for renowned figures from American history, or perhaps for singing stars or athletes or Hollywood actors who were born in the area.

For the last several years, though, whenever I've been in Ohio I have noticed the highway signs with the unfamiliar names.

Last week I got in touch with the Ohio Department of Transportation to ask about them.

The answer makes you want to pause humbly.

On August 31, 2009, Marine Lance Cpl. David R. Hall, of Elyria, Ohio, was killed in an explosion while serving in Garmsir, Afghanistan. He was 31; he worked at a Ford assembly plant back home before joining the Marines.

In most cases of fallen service members, there is a solemn funeral ceremony when their remains are returned home, and a respectful obituary in the local newspaper. It can feel all too fleeting.

But in Ohio, in recent years, there has been an effort to do more.

Which is why the Ohio General Assembly authorized that a stretch of State Route 2 in Lorain County -- David Hall's home county -- be named, now and forever, to honor him.

"After the General Assembly votes to name a portion of a highway, we manufacture the signs and put them up at the designated places," said Steve Faulkner, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation. He said that two signs are usually erected, each facing a different direction, so that people in cars on either side of the highway will see the honoree's name.
1. From what state is David R. Hall?
2. From what city?
3. What branch of the military was he in?
4. Was he killed?
5. How?
6. While stationed where?
7. How old was he when he died?
8. What kind of plant did he work at before?
9. A stretch of what was named to honor him?
10. In what county?
11. Who authorized this?
12. What position does Steve Faulkner hold?
13. For?
14. Why are two signs put up to face a different location?
Answer: 1. Ohio
2. Elyria
3. Marines
4. yes
5. in an explosion
6. in Garmsir, Afghanistan
7. 31
8. Ford assembly plant
9. State Route 2
10. US
11. Ohio General Assembly
12. a spokesman
13. Ohio Department of Transportation
14. so that people in cars on either side of the highway will see the honoree's name

question: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a measurement standards laboratory, and a non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote innovation and industrial competitiveness.

NIST's activities are organized into laboratory programs that include Nanoscale Science and Technology, Engineering, Information Technology, Neutron Research, Material Measurement, and Physical Measurement.

The Articles of Confederation, ratified by the colonies in 1781, contained the clause, "The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective statesfixing the standards of weights and measures throughout the United States". Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution of the United States (1789), transferred this power to Congress; "The Congress shall have power...To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures".

In January 1790, President George Washington, in his first annual message to Congress stated that, "Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended to", and ordered Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson to prepare a plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States, afterwards referred to as the Jefferson report. On October 25, 1791, Washington appealed a third time to Congress, "A uniformity of the weights and measures of the country is among the important objects submitted to you by the Constitution and if it can be derived from a standard at once invariable and universal, must be no less honorable to the public council than conducive to the public convenience", but it was not until 1838, that a uniform set of standards was worked out.
1. What does NIST stand for?
2. What kind of lab is it?
3. What kind of agency?
4. What government organization does it belong to?
5. What is its goal?
6. What is one of the agency's programs?
7. And another?
8. Do they have any others?
9. How many are mentioned?
10. When were the Articles of Confederation passed?
11. When was their ability to regulate currency passed to Congress?
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answer:
1. The National Institute of Standards and Technology
2. measurement standards
3. non-regulatory
4. the United States Department of Commerce
5. promote innovation and industrial competitiveness
6. Nanoscale Science and Technology
7. Information Technology
8. yes, many
9. Six
10. 1781
11. 1789