Question: Penelope kissed her hamster named Cracker. She waved goodbye to her brother, Jacob. Penelope ran out the door. Penelope's neighbor, Mrs. Flower, said she would make banana pancakes for Penelope for breakfast. Penelope could also play with Mrs. Flower's new puppy, Cookie. Penelope saw a bowl with green beans, beets, and carrots from the store on the kitchen table. Yuck, thought Penelope. Penelope liked the new puppy. Cookie had a funny smile. Mrs. Flower gave Penelope a box of toys and told her to take Cookie to the backyard. Penelope was busy looking at the green tomatoes. She turned around and saw Cookie and Mr. Flower's cat, Thomas. Thomas and Cookie were playing with the toys. Thomas kicked a ball to Cookie and Cookie kicked the ball back. Cookie got a toy fish out the box. Thomas and Cookie played catch with the toy fish. Penelope was laughing because she never saw a dog and cat play together. Mrs. Flower came to the backyard. She asked Penelope if she wanted yogurt, apple sauce or chocolate pudding with her breakfast. Penelope said she wanted yogurt. Penelope went inside and ate her breakfast with Mrs. Flower and Mr. Flower. 1. What pet did Penelope have?
2. What was its name?
3. Was Penelope an only child?
4. What would she have for breakfast?
5. How many kinds of vegetables were out?
6. Why did she like the pet?
7. What vegetable grew in the yard?
8. How many pets were in the yard?
9. Did the pets share something?
10. Why did she laugh? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. a hamster
2. Cracker
3. no
4. banana pancakes
5. Three
6. it had a funny smile
7. green tomatoes
8. Two
9. the toys
10. she never saw a dog and cat play together

Question: Barbara was driving her six-year-old son, Benjamin, to his piano lesson. They were late. There was always so much to do, and Barbara, a night-duty nurse at the local hospital, had recently worked extra hours. She was tired. "Mom!" Ben cried. "Look!" Just ahead, a car had lost control on the icy road and wildly rolled over, and then crashed into a telephone pole. Barbara went over. Thank goodness she was a nurse -- she might be able to help these unfortunate passengers. Then she stopped. What about Ben? She couldn't take him with her. Little boys shouldn't see scenes like this one. But was it safe to leave him alone? For a little moment Barbara thought of going on her way. Someone else was sure to come along. No! "Ben, honey, promise me you'll stay in the car!" "I will, Mommy," he said as she ran. Two girls of high school age were in the car. One was dead and the driver was still breathing. But if help came soon, the girl would live. A trucker had pulled up and was calling for help on his cell phone. Soon Barbara heard the ambulance sirens . Later, Barbara was able to meet the families of the victims . They expressed their gratitude for the help she had provided. 1. who was driving ?
2. drving who ?
3. where ?
4. were they on time ?
5. what did barbara do fo a living ?
6. where ?
7. what crashed into a pole ?
8. did ben go with her to the crash ?
9. did the driver die ?
10. who called for help on the cell ?
11. who heard the ambulance sirens ? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Barbara
2. Benjamin
3. piano lesson
4. no
5. a night-duty nurse
6. at the local hospital
7. a car
8. no
9. no
10. A trucker
11. Barbara

Question: One sunny morning, Stewart chose to go to the beach. He knew that a rainstorm was going to arrive on Saturday and wanted to enjoy some sun before it arrived.

Stewart laid on his belly and began reading his newspaper. As he was enjoying the sun and the newspaper, he saw a bug crawl across his blanket. At first Stewart thought it was an ant, but the bug was moving too slowly to be an ant. As Stewart leaned in for a closer look, the bug cried out, "Excuse me, sir! Can you help me?" Stewart was surprised and jumped to his feet. "You can talk!" he shouted. "Yes," said the bug. "Please help me! As you might know, there is a rainstorm coming into town. Unfortunately, I do not have a place to call home. I need to find somewhere to sleep before the rain washes me away!" Stewart felt sad. "Gee," he cried. "That sounds terrible!"

Stewart thought about the problem. "Perhaps you can stay at my house," he said. The bug jumped for joy and said, "Oh, that would be wonderful!" The two traveled back to Stewart's house and the bug found a soft spot to sleep.

The next day, the sky had darkened and rain clouds appeared all over town. Just as the news had said, a rainstorm had arrived. When Stewart woke up, he looked for the bug but could not find him. Then, he saw something flying around his house. "Thank you for letting me sleep here last night," said the butterfly. It was the bug! "I knew I could not change into a butterfly if I was out in the rain. I won't forget your kindness." After speaking, the butterfly flew away. Stewart stood in his doorway and shouted, "Goodbye!" 1. Where did Stewart choose to go?
2. What was going to arrive on Saturday?
3. What did he want to enjoy before rain arrived?
4. What did Stewart lay on?
5. What did he then read?
6. What then crawled across his blanket?
7. What did he think the bug was at first?
8. Was the bug moving slowly?
9. Did the bug talk to Stewart?
10. What did the bug say?
11. What did the bug say was coming to town?
12. What did the bug need to do before the rainstorm? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. the beach
2. a rainstorm
3. some sun
4. his belly
5. his newspaper.
6. a bug
7. an ant
8. Yes
9. Yes.
10. "Excuse me, sir! Can you help me?"
11. a rainstorm
12. find somewhere to sleep

Question: Of approximately 100 million native speakers of German in the world, roughly 80 million consider themselves Germans.[citation needed] There are an additional 80 million people of German ancestry mainly in the United States, Brazil (mainly in the South Region of the country), Argentina, Canada, South Africa, the post-Soviet states (mainly in Russia and Kazakhstan), and France, each accounting for at least 1 million.[note 2] Thus, the total number of Germans lies somewhere between 100 and more than 150 million, depending on the criteria applied (native speakers, single-ancestry ethnic Germans, partial German ancestry, etc.).

Conflict between the Germanic tribes and the forces of Rome under Julius Caesar forced major Germanic tribes to retreat to the east bank of the Rhine. Roman emperor Augustus in 12 BC ordered the conquest of the Germans, but the catastrophic Roman defeat at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest resulted in the Roman Empire abandoning its plans to completely conquer Germany. Germanic peoples in Roman territory were culturally Romanized, and although much of Germany remained free of direct Roman rule, Rome deeply influenced the development of German society, especially the adoption of Christianity by the Germans who obtained it from the Romans. In Roman-held territories with Germanic populations, the Germanic and Roman peoples intermarried, and Roman, Germanic, and Christian traditions intermingled. The adoption of Christianity would later become a major influence in the development of a common German identity. 1. Who did the Germanic tribe fight?
2. Who was their leader?
3. Did they influence the Germans in terms of religion?
4. Which one?
5. About how many people are native speakers of German?
6. Does this include the total number of people that could be considered German?
7. What is the estimated number?
8. Did Rome ever manage to beat the Germans?
9. What did Caesar order them to try?
10. When did he order it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Rome.
2. Julius Caesar.
3. Yes.
4. Christianity.
5. 100 million.
6. Yes but not all do.
7. 80 million.
8. No.
9. To have conflict with the Germanic tribes.
10. The Rhine