question: Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States. The state is bordered by South Dakota to the north, Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River, Kansas to the south, Colorado to the southwest and Wyoming to the west. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state. Nebraska's area is just over 77,220 sq mi (200,000km) with almost 1.9 million people. Its state capital is Lincoln, and its largest city is Omaha, which is on the Missouri River.

Indigenous peoples including Omaha, Missouria, Ponca, Pawnee, Otoe, and various branches of the Lakota (Sioux) tribes lived in the region for thousands of years before European exploration. The state is crossed by many historic trails and was explored by the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

Nebraska was admitted as the 37th state of the United States in 1867. It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan.

Nebraska is composed of two major land regions: the Dissected Till Plains and the Great Plains. The Dissected Till Plains is a region of gently rolling hills and contains the state's largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The Great Plains occupy most of western Nebraska, characterized by treeless prairie, suitable for cattle-grazing. The state has a large agriculture sector and is a major producer of beef, pork, corn and soybeans. There are two major climatic zones: the eastern half of the state has a humid continental climate (Koppen climate classification "Dfa"), with a unique warmer subtype considered "warm-temperate" near the southern plains like in Kansas and Oklahoma which have a predominantly humid subtropical climate. The western half has a primarily semi-arid climate (Koppen "BSk"). The state has wide variations between winter and summer temperatures, decreasing south through the state. Violent thunderstorms and tornadoes occur primarily during spring and summer, but sometimes in autumn. Chinook winds tend to warm the state significantly in the winter and early spring.
1. What is the thirty seventh state?
2. When?
3. What is unusual about it?
4. How many different peoples lived there?
5. Who explored it?
6. How big is it?
7. How many people live there?
8. How many land regions are there?
9. What is one of them?
10. And the other?
11. Which one contains the largest cities?
12. Does it have one climate zone?
13. How many?
14. Is it divided north and south?
15. How than?
16. When do they have violent storms?
17. What warms the state?
18. What is interesting about the state and its land that is the only one in the US?
19. Is it on a major river?
20. Which one?
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answer: 1. Nebraska
2. 1867
3. It is the only state in the United States whose legislature is unicameral and officially nonpartisan
4. At least 6.
5. Lewis and Clark
6. just over 77,220 sq mi
7. almost 1.9 million
8. two
9. the Great Plains
10. the Dissected Till Plains
11. The Dissected Till Plains
12. No.
13. two
14. No.
15. East and West.
16. primarily during spring and summer
17. Chinook winds
18. It is the only triply landlocked U.S. state.
19. Yes.
20. the Missouri

question: McDonald's is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain. It was founded in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand, using production line principles. The first McDonald's franchise using the arches logo opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955 and subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's confirmed plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by early 2018.

Today, McDonald's is one of the world's largest restaurant chains, serving approximately 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and after facing criticism for the unhealthy nature of their food, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. According to a BBC report published in 2012, McDonald's is the world's second largest private employer (behind Walmart with 1.9 million employees), 1.5 million of whom work for franchises.
1. What is McDonald's?
2. what do they serve?
3. Is it the smallest chain?
4. How many customers do they serve every day?
5. Are they only in the United States?
6. How many countries?
7. How many stores?
8. What year was it founded?
9. By whom?
10. Where?
11. What did they do in 1948?
12. Using what principles?
13. What is their logo?
14. What was the first location to use that?
15. What year?
16. Who bought the business from them?
17. Where are they moving their home base to in 2018?
18. Name three items from their main menu?
19. What items are on their expanded healthier menu?
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answer: 1. restaurant chain
2. fast food
3. No
4. 69 million
5. No
6. over 100 countries
7. approximately 36,900
8. 1940
9. Richard and Maurice McDonald
10. San Bernardino
11. reorganized their business
12. production line
13. the arches
14. Phoenix
15. 1953
16. Ray Kroc
17. Chicago
18. hamburgers, cheeseburgers and chicken products
19. salads

question: The first Ml choir rehearsal of the school year took place in the school hall. All the students joined together to sing. I watched as my elder sister and her grade came in and took their places next to us on the stage. Meanwhile, I could hear laughing. Some students were pointing at a girl standing next to my sister. I'd never seen this girl before. A girl whispered in my ear, " Did you know she's wearing diapers ?"

After school that evening, I asked my sister about the girl I'd seen. She told me her name was Theresa and that she was a very nice girL ." Why were those kids being mean to her? I asked, "Because they're stupid," she said.

One day, I was walking home from school when I heard voices behind me. "There's the little idiot's sister. Does your sister wet her pants too?" I walked a little faster and then I felt a atone hit me in the back. When I got home, I ran down to my sister's room.

I pushed my way into her room, screaming at her. "Why do you have to be that giri's friend? I don't see anyone else being nice to her, " Janelle yelled back, Because she is a wonderful person and she is dying!" I will remember those words as long as I live. Theresa wet her pants because she had an illness, which was killing her. My sister was the only one nice enough to be her friend and stick up for her. A few months later, Hieresa passed away.

I felt proud that Janelle was my sister. Throughout the years I watched her, and she always made friends with everyone. It didn't matter if they ware fat, thin, brilliant or not. She never left anyone feeling isolated or alone. It was she who changed me and taught me to never look at anyone in the same way again.
1. Where did the first rehearsal take place?
2. What was the name of the author's sister?
3. Was the author proud she was Janelle's sister?
4. What was the name of the girl being ridiculed?
5. What does she have to wear?
6. Did she end up dying?
7. Did the author get made fun of as well?
8. Who changed the author and taught her not to look at people the same?
9. What hit the author in the back as she was walking home?
10. When did Theresa pass away?
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answer:
1. School hall.
2. Janelle.
3. Yes.
4. Theresa.
5. Diapers.
6. Yes.
7. Yes.
8. Janelle.
9. A stone.
10. A few months later.