Question:
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(CNN) -- The way some Republicans talk about the Environmental Protection Agency, you would think it was created by a bunch of pot-smoking hippies communing at a nudist camp in northern California -- when in fact, the EPA was created by one of their own, Richard Nixon, in 1970.

Much as Republicans don't like to bring up the huge tax increases instituted by their hero, Ronald Reagan, they prefer to sidestep their role in the EPA's humble beginnings and blame it on Democrats. They characterize the whole thing as an albatross hanging around the economy's neck.

To be fair, Nixon did not ride into the White House as a conservationist, and he did veto the Clean Water Act. But he said he did so because of the price tag of the policy, not its purpose. After the Santa Barbara oil spill in 1969 -- which at the time was the largest in U.S. history -- Nixon agreed with the rest of thinking society that clean water and air were a good thing. And his fingerprints are all over such tree-hugging initiatives as the Clean Air Act.

Sadly, if he tried any of that funny business today, his own party would probably impeach him. That's how far down the oil well some in the Republican leadership have fallen.

Rep. Michelle Bachmann said she would lock the EPA's doors and turn off its lights if she were president (thankfully there's no chance of that); Newt Gingrich said he would shut down the EPA and create a replacement to work with businesses to create jobs (making it more of a lapdog than watchdog); Rick Perry asked the president to halt all regulations, adding "his EPA regulations are killing jobs all across America."
1. Who created the EPA?
2. When was that?
3. What political part was he part of?
4. Were they proud he started it?
5. Why did he start it?
6. What happened to cause him to start it?

Numbered answers:
1. Richard Nixon
2. 1970
3. Republicans
4. No
5. unknown
6. unknown

Question:
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When Frank began his story, we all listened. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home." He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was _ from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled the ocean."

Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad, he would drive me to school. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me good-bye!"

He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, 'No, Dad.' It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, ' Dad, I'm too old for a good-bye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.' My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked our the windshield. ' You're right,' he said. ' You are a big boy... a man. I won't kiss you anymore..'"

For the moment, Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back."

I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. " Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek... to feel his rough old face... to smell the ocean on him... to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good-bye kiss."
1. When would Frank's dad take him to school?
2. What did his dad do that he found humiliating?
3. True or False: Frank grew up in San Francisco.
4. Where did he grow up?
5. Whose boat did Frank's dad use?
6. What number of people did he have to feed?
7. What did Frank's dad smell of?
8. Did his dad get angry when Frank said he was too old for a kiss?
9. How did he feel instead?
10. What did Frank's dad do that shows he was sad?
11. Had Frank ever seen him do that before?
12. How old was Frank when he decided he was too old for a kiss?
13. Does Frank regret telling his dad he was too old for that?
14. True or False: Frank believes that telling his dad not to kiss him anymore was not a manly thing to do.
15. Where is Frank's dad now?
16. Where would Frank's dad kiss him?
17. What would he tell Frank to do?
18. Who did Frank's dad need to feed besides his family?
19. Besides Frank, what did Frank's dad love?
20. Was being a fisherman easy work?
Numbered answers:
1. When the weather was bad.
2. Kiss him on the cheek when he took him.
3. No
4. San Pedro.
5. He had his own.
6. unknown
7. He smelled of the ocean.
8. No
9. Sad
10. Cry
11. No
12. 12
13. Yes
14. True
15. He went to sea and never came back."
16. The cheek
17. To be a good boy.
18. His mom and dad and the other kids still at home
19. The sea
20. No