Many of the stories written by Mark Twain take place in Hannibal, Missouri. The small wooden house where he lived as a boy still stands there. Next to the house is a wooden fence. It is the kind described in Twain's book, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," published in1876.

In that story, Tom has been told to paint the fence. He does not want to do it. But he acts as if the job is great fun. He tricks other boys into believing this. His trick is so successful that they agree to pay him money to let them finish his work. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is considered one of the best books about an American boy's life in THE the1800s.

Tom Sawyer's good friend is Huckleberry, or "Huck," Finn. Mark Twain tells this boy's story in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Huck is a poor child, without a mother or home. His father drinks too much alcohol and beats him.

Huck's situation has freed him from the restrictions of society. He explores in the woods and goes fishing. He stays out all night and does not go to school. He smokes tobacco.

Huck runs away from home. He meets Jim, a black man who has escaped from slavery. They travel together on a raft made of wood down the Mississippi River. Huck describes the trip: "It was lovely to live on the raft. Other places seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft... Sometimes we'd have that whole river to ourselves for the longest time... We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them---. " What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where do many of his stories take place?
2. Who was told to paint the fence?
3. Who runs away from home?
4. When was The Adventures of Tom Sawyer published?
5. Who does huck meet when he runs away from home?
6. What is Huck's full name?
7. Does he smoke tobacco?
8. Does he go to school?
9. Did Huck enjoy living on the raft?
10. Does the house where Mark Twain grew up still exist?
11. What stands next to it?
12. Who does Tom trick into painting the fence for him?
13. Does huck come from a wealthy family?
14. Does he have a mother?
15. Does he have a home?
16. Who beats him?
17. Is Jim a white man?
18. What is Jem's race?
19. Where did he escape from?
20. Did Huck and Jim get along?
Answer: 1. Hannibal, Missouri
2. Tom
3. Huck
4. 1876.
5. He meets Jim, a black man who
6. Huckleberry, or "Huck," Finn.
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Next to the house is a wooden fence.
12. He tricks other boys
13. No
14. No
15. No
16. His father beats him
17. No
18. Black
19. from slavery.
20. Yes

New York (CNN) -- A federal judge has ordered that an official monitor be put in place to prevent discrimination in the hiring of New York City firefighters.

U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis said the city needs "to comprehensively reassess its policies and practices, to analyze the evidence showing the effect of those policies and practices, and to rationally consider how they can be changed to achieve a firefighter hiring process that is -- in actual practice and effect -- fair and open to all."

The order requires the city to take remedial steps to fix discriminatory hiring practices and puts the court monitor in place for at least the next 10 years to make sure those steps are taken.

Garaufis cited "the clear evidence of disparate impact that Mayor (Michael) Bloomberg and his senior leadership chose to ignore was obvious to anyone else who looked."

"Instead of facing hard facts and asking hard questions about the City's abysmal track record of hiring black and Hispanic firefighters, the Bloomberg Administration dug in and fought back," the judge said in his ruling.

Mark LaVorgna, a spokesman for the mayor, said the city intends to appeal the decision.

Litigation against the city's firefighter hiring practices began in 2007, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a complaint alleging the Fire Department of New York's hiring exams negatively affected black and Hispanic applicants.

"Four years of litigation and two adverse liability rulings later, the City still doesn't get it," Garaufis said. "The City's senior leaders have routinely denied that they are responsible or doing anything to remedy nearly forty years of discrimination." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who is the mayor of New York?
2. What is his first name?
3. Who works for the mayor?
4. What did he say?
5. What specifically?
6. Of what?
7. For what jurisdiction?
8. Who decided this?
9. What is he?
10. How long will the changes need to last?
11. Why?
12. What did he reference?
Answer: 1. Bloomberg
2. Michael
3. Mark LaVorgna
4. Tthe city intends to appeal the decision
5. That an official monitor be put in place to prevent discrimination
6. The hiring of firefighters
7. New York City
8. Judge Nicholas Garaufis
9. A federal judge
10. At least the next 10
11. To make sure those steps are taken to prevent discrimination.
12. The clear evidence that Mayo Bloomberg chose to ignore this issue

There was once a land named Catatonia where cats ran things. Cats walked and talked much as you do except they walked on four legs. There were cat policemen, cat firemen, cat teachers, and even a cat bus driver. Most of the cats were very busy. The King of Catatonia was a small cat named Diggs. He had two brothers named Pouncer and Flash who helped him rule in Catatonia. Pouncer was head of the Milk, Cheese and Cream center and Flash's job was to blow things up. Together the three of them made sure all the cats were happy, had plenty to drink and got to enjoy bright fireworks shows in the distance. One day Pouncer's wife brought the kittens to see Pouncer at his office. There were white kittens and lots of black and white spotted kittens walking around in the Milk, Cheese and Cream center. Well that is all the time we have for now. I hope this short story of the Cats of Catatonia made at least one person in the room smile. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where does the story take place?
2. And who were the inhabitants?
3. Was it a Democracy or a Monarchy?
4. How many brothers did the King have?
5. What was the brothers name in charge of dairy?
6. What was the name of the Kings other brother?
7. Who had a wife and kittens?
8. Were is kittens orange?
9. Did the inhabitants of Catatonia verbally communicate?
10. What was Flash's job?
Answer:
1. Catatonia
2. cats
3. Monarchy
4. Two
5. Pouncer
6. Flash
7. Pouncer
8. No
9. Yes
10. To blow things up