Q: A rabbit was hopping around, following all the smells he could smell. He had a great nose, smelling carrots, bushes, flowers, and other animals. He smelled melons and he smelled a dish of ice cream. Rabbits don't like ice cream, so he moved to the flowers faster. And he didn't really like to snack on melons either. He saw friends, the duckling and the mother duck, but he was moving too fast to get to the flowers. He could smell the flowers from a long way away. He kept hopping to reach them, faster and faster. One hop, two hops, three hops. On his third hop he always bounced a little higher. He finally smelled the flowers close, so he hopped a little bit faster. The flowers were in sight. He went up to them and smelled longer and harder than ever before. A wonderful smell at last.

Answer the following questions:
1. What didn't he like?
2. What else did he decide not to eat?
3. Why was he moving so quickly?
4. Why didn't he stop and see his friends?
5. Who were they?
6. What kind of things did he smell?
7. Which jump was the highest?
8. Did he have to be close to the flowers to smell them?
9. What smell was wonderful?
10. How was his nose?
A: 1. ice cream
2. melons
3. he smelled melons and ice cream
4. he was moving too fast to get to the flowers
5. the duckling and the mother duck
6. carrots, bushes, flowers, and other animals
7. his third
8. no
9. the flowers
10. great
Q: Although 19-year-old George Dennehy is armless, he isn't letting that stop him from pursuing his dreams and sharing his passion with the world. Born without arms, the young boy's birth parents left him. Luckily, a warm-hearted couple _ him and took good care of him. However, his new parents never allowed him to use his disability as an excuse to be lazy. When George turned eight, they asked him to sign up for cello lessons. The instrument is tough even for people who have the use of both their hands, so it was even more challenging for George, who had to learn to play it with his feet. Thanks to his music teacher, the young boy not only mastered the cello, but also realized that he had a passion and talent for music. During middle school years, he also mastered the piano and guitar. His music talent caught the eye of an American rock band who invited him to perform alongside them at a ten-day-long music festival. The experience has inspired this once shy boy to pursue a career in music. He has also become a motivational speaker who encourages both able and disabled people to pursue their dreams, no matter how impossible these dreams may sound. Geoge Dennehy is armless, he isn't letting that stop him from pursuing his dreams and sharing his passion with the world.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is unique about George?
2. Who made him learn to play Cello?
3. How old was he?
4. How did he play it?
5. Did he also learn the flute?
6. What other instruments did he learn?
7. What grade was he in?
8. Did a British rock band notice him?
9. Who did?
10. Did they go visit him?
11. Did he ever meet them?
12. Where?
13. How did he lose his arms?
14. How old is he now?
15. What happened to his biological parents?
16. When?
17. Did his new parents do everything for him?
A: 1. He is armless.
2. His new parents.
3. He was eight
4. He had to learn to play it with his feet.
5. No.
6. The piano and guitar.
7. middle school.
8. No.
9. An American rock band.
10. No.
11. Yes, he performed with them.
12. A music festival.
13. He was born without arms.
14. 19.
15. They left him.
16. When he was born.
17. No, he couldn't be lazy.
Q: Meagan and her friend Samantha, both students, lived together in Denver. On mornings when Samantha had class, Meagan would watch her 2-year-old daughter, Hannah. Also part of the household was Meagan's pet, Willie, a parrot -- a particularly intelligent and chatty breed. He picked up quite a healthy vocabulary ("Silly Willie"was a favorite saying) and became a great mimic -- of cats, dogs, chickens and humans. One day with Samantha at school, Hannah sat in front of morning cartoons while Meagan cooked Pop-Tarts in the kitchen. When the toaster spat out the food, Meagan placed it at the center of the kitchen table to cool. She glanced at Hannah and, confident the child was fully engaged in the TV, slipped out quickly to use the bathroom. "I was gone maybe 30 seconds,"Meagan recalls."And suddenly, I heard the bird going crazy and shouting."She heard two very distinct words from the parrot's mouth."Mama! Baby! Mama! Baby!"Meagan ran out of the bathroom to find Hannah in the kitchen, holding the partly eaten Pop-Tarts, out of breath, her face and lips a terrifying shade of blue. And Willie was still crying. "Hannah had climbed up on a chair and gotten the Pop-Tarts and she was clearly choking on them,"says Meagan."I seized her and immediately started doing first aid until the piece came flying out."The bird quieted down and Meagan burst into tears, relief washing over her; Hannah was fine, already smiling her big smile. When Meagan told Samantha what happened,"She was so grateful, thanking me for what I did,"Meagan says."But I said, 'Don't thank me! It was Willie who was the hero!'"

Answer the following questions:
1. Who is Meagan's friend?
2. Are they students?
3. Where do they live?
4. Does Samantha have a kid?
5. Who would watch over her?
6. How old is she?
7. Does Meagan have a pet?
8. What is its name?
9. What is it?
10. What kind of breed?
11. What was his favorite saying?
12. What did Meagan cook?
13. Where?
14. Where did she place it?
15. What was the parrot shouting?
16. Where was Hannah?
17. What did Meagan do to the pop-tart
18. What did Meagan burst into?
19. What did Meagan do to hannah?
20. Was Hannah fine?
A:
1. Samantha
2. yes
3. Denver
4. yes
5. Meaghan
6. Two
7. yes
8. Willie
9. a parrot
10. a chatty one
11. Silly Willie
12. Pop Tarts
13. in the kitchen
14. on the table
15. Mama!Baby!
16. the kitchen
17. removed it from Hannah's airway
18. tears
19. first aid
20. yes