input: CHAPTER XXVI

THE BAXTERS TRY TO MAKE TERMS

For the moment after Tom found himself in the presence of the Baxters he could not speak. Then he turned fiercely upon Bill Noxton.

"You have fooled me!" he cried hotly.

"That's right," laughed Noxton sarcastically.

"And let me add, ye was fooled putty easy."

"It's Tom Rover!" ejaculated Dan Baxter, as he leaped to his feet, followed by his parent. "Where did you find him, Noxton; over to that fire?"

"Yes."

"Were the others of the party with him?" put in Arnold Baxter quickly.

"No, he was alone. He got lost from the rest last night, when they gave us the slip in the dark."

"Then you have seen nothing of the others?" said Arnold Baxter, and it was plain to see that he was keenly disappointed.

"No, but I reckon they can't be far off," replied Noxton.

Seeing that Tom contemplated running away, he made the youth dismount. "Better make a prisoner of him," he suggested.

"By all means!" cried Dan Baxter, and brought forth a stout lariat. With this Toni's hands were bound behind him, and his feet were also secured.

"That's number one, Roebuck," laughed Arnold Baxter, turning to the man who had thus far remained silent.

"Tom Rover?" asked the man laconically.

"Yes."

"A bright-looking chap."

"Oh, he's bright enough," growled Baxter senior.

"But it won't help him any," put in Dan, bound to say something.

"Is he the oldest of the three?"

"No, Dick is the oldest. Tom comes next." 1. Who fooled Tom?
2. What did Bill say when Tom yelled at him?
3. What is Tom's last name?
4. Had he seen the others?
5. Why was he alone?
6. Who's hands were tied?
7. What else was tied?
8. What number was it?
9. Who pointed out that he was smart enough?
10. Who is older? Return numbered answers in your output.

output: 1. Bill Noxton
2. "That's right,"
3. Rover
4. No
5. He got lost from the rest
6. Toni's
7. his feet
8. one
9. Baxter senior
10. Dick

question: (CNN) -- Jason Day nearly pulled out of the World Cup of Golf after learning he had lost eight relatives to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.

Instead he completed an emotional double victory Sunday in Melbourne as he claimed the individual title and paired with Adam Scott to lead Australia to team honors.

After finishing with a final round 70 for 10-under at Royal Melbourne, Day said his Filipino mother Dening and his sisters had been in this thoughts throughout the event.

They were in the gallery to watch the 24-year-old hold off Thomas Bjorn of Denmark by two shots in a tense final round.

"I am just happy that she is here and I get to hug her," he said.

"It would have been the easiest thing for me to just go ahead and pull out of the tournament with what has been going on over the last week, just to be up there with my mum and support her," he added.

Day lost his grandmother, an uncle and six cousins in the November 8 tragedy and he said that both he and World No.2 Scott would assist with the relief program.

"We will definitely be giving some money or raising money and trying to raise awareness to what has really happened over there.

"To have that lead going into Sunday with all that stuff going on, to finally finish off and hit a great shot into 18 like I did and to win like that was a very big move in my golfing career."
1. What athlete is the article about?
2. What sport does he play?
3. What tragedy befell him?
4. To what?
5. Where did this occur?
6. Did he cancel his golf playing?
7. Did he perform well?
8. How well did he do in the individual competition?
9. And the team competition?
10. Who did he compete on a team with?
11. Where are they from?
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answer: 1. Jason Day
2. golf
3. he had lost eight relatives
4. to Typhoon Haiyan
5. in the Philippines.
6. No
7. Yes
8. He won
9. his team won
10. Adam Scott
11. Australia

Question: "I wish our bank would be robbed," said George Pickens, the bank clerk, to himself. "If one day a robber holds up me. And if I have to give him a certain amount of money. What is to prevent me keeping all the money left and claiming that the robber had taken it?" Just then a tall and strong man walked in, wearing a mask. "This is a holdup!" the man said. Roughly, taking a gun from his pocket and stepping over to George's cage. "All right, hand it over!"

"Yes, sir," said George. "Would you like it in ten-or twenty-dollar bills?"

"Just hand it over!" said the robber. George took all the bills from the top section close to six thousand dollars. He passed them through the window. The robber snatched them, stuffed them into his pocket, and turned to leave. Then, while everyone was watching the robber, George calmly lifted off the top section of the cashbox and slipped bills from the bottom section into his pockets. The door swung and the robber was gone. George fell down and fainted. When he came to he smiled up at the worried faces looking down at him. "I'm all right," he stated bravely.

"You might just as well go home, George." Mr. Bell, the chief accountant, said.

As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George took the money from his pockets and counted it. Seven thousand dollars!

The next morning when George arrived at the bank, it was not open for business, but everyone was there, helping to check the bank's accounts. George was called into Mr. Burrows' office. The bank president seemed strangely cheerful. "George," he said, "I want you to meet Mr. Charles, who used to be president of our bank."

"Good morning, George," said the former president. "I was extremely sorry to hear you fainted yesterday. Are you all right now?"

"Yes, sir, just fine, thanks."

"I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days, I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everybody on his toes."

"I don't understand," said George. "What game?"

The old man laughed and quickly took out a mask. He placed it over his face and said, "All right. Hand it over!" Mr. Burrows laughed but George didn't.

"And the money?" George asked in a faint voice.

"Don't worry," Mr. Charles said. "I put it all back in your cashbox--- all six thousand. We're just finishing up the check-up now." Behind them, the door opened and Mr. Bell put his head into the room. "Mr. Burrows," he said gravely, "may I see you a moment?" 1. What was robbed?
2. Had anyone hoped that would happen?
3. Whom?
4. Was he a janotor?
5. What did he do?
6. Was he there for the robbery?
7. Did the robber engage him?
8. Did he have a knife?
9. What weapon did the thief have?
10. What did he want George to do?
11. Did George do as he was asked?
12. Did he do anything more?
13. Why was everyone concerned about him?
14. Who is Mr. Charles?
15. Where did he meet with George?
16. Was he very upset?
17. How did he feel?
18. What had he done to keep everyone prepared?
19. Was george found out?
20. Who opened the door and asked to see Mr. Burrows? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. A bank.
2. Yes.
3. George Pickens
4. No.
5. He was a bank clerk.
6. Yes.
7. YEs.
8. No.
9. A gun.
10. Gave him money from the top section.
11. Yes
12. He took the money from the bottom section.
13. He fainted.
14. He use to be president of the bank.
15. Mr. Burrows' office
16. No.
17. extremely sorry
18. Pretended to rob the bank.
19. It seems he was but it was never stated explicitly.
20. Mr. Bell