Question:
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Billy and his friend Jake were walking together to meet their friends Kevin and Gordon at the park. They sometimes played in each Jake's backyard, but there was much more room at the park. And it was far too dangerous to play in the street. They were going to play touch football. They would sometimes played baseball and soccer, and even kickball but today the weather was perfect for football. The summer breeze almost blew Billy's cap off. Billy loved summertime. He liked the fall, too, when the leaves started to turn pretty colors. But he hated winter. Billy didn't like the snow. Spring was also nice. Jake was drinking a Pepsi, and Billy had a bottle of water. Gordon and Kevin would most likely be drinking blue or red Gatorade at the park where they waited.
1. Who was going somewhere?
2. How?
3. Why?
4. Where?
5. Where'd they usually play?
6. Were they playing there today?
7. Where couldn't they play?
8. Why?
9. What were they playing today?
10. How many other things did they occasionally play?
11. What were they?
12. Why did they choose football today?
13. Was it windy?
14. What did Billy love?
15. And what else did he like?
16. Why?
17. And what'd he hate?
18. Why was that?
19. What was Jake drinking?
20. And how about Billy?

Numbered answers:
1. Billy and his friend Jake
2. walking together
3. to meet their friends Kevin and Gordon
4. at the park
5. Jake's backyard
6. there was much more room at the park
7. in the street
8. it was far too dangerous
9. touch football
10. Three
11. baseball and soccer, and even kickball
12. the weather was perfect
13. Yes
14. summertime
15. the fall
16. the leaves started to turn pretty colors
17. winter
18. Billy didn't like the snow
19. a Pepsi
20. a bottle of water

Question:
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Once upon a time, there was a boy named Freddy. And Freddy loved his mom very much, and his mom loved him very much too. One day, Freddy went outside to ride his bike. On the way out, his mother told him, "Remember to wear your helmet," and Freddy grabbed his helmet and met his friends outside. When he was putting on his helmet, his friends told him, "Helmets are for girls! You're not cool if you wear a helmet!" Freddy thought about what his mom told him, but he wanted to be cool like his friends, and he took off his helmet.

Freddy and his friends went on a long adventure, and they rode all the way to the top of the largest hill in their neighborhood. Looking down, Freddy was scared. He had never ridden down this hill before. His friends said, "What are you, scared?" Freddy did not want to come off as scared. He hopped on his bicycle, and down he went. Freddy started speeding up, going very, very fast. He pressed his brakes, but oh no, his brakes weren't working. Freddy, speeding down the hill, did not know what to do. He got to the end of the hill and slammed right into a tree. He awoke the next day in the hospital.

At the hospital, his mother was there. Freddy opened his eyes and told his mom the whole story. He told her how we would never do that again, and how he would always wear his helmet. His mom gave him a big kiss on the forehead, and Freddy knew his mother was right in the beginning. She didn't have to say it. In the end, Freddy learned that it's important to not care what other people think, and those that think you're not cool because you wear a helmet are the ones that aren't cool in the first place.
1. What was the boy in the story's name?
2. who loved him very much?
3. What did he go out to do?
4. What did his mom tell him when he was walking out?
5. And what did he do when his buddies made fun of him for wearing one?
6. why?
7. Where did the kids ride to?
8. What did Freddy run into?
9. where did he wake up?
10. when?

Numbered answers:
1. Freddy
2. his mom
3. ride his bike
4. Remember to wear your helmet
5. he took it off
6. to be cool
7. the top of the largest hill
8. a tree
9. the hospital.
10. the next day

Question:
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One day Mary took a walk to the park. The park was very close to her house. One her way to the park she passed her friend Kim's house. Mary stopped by and asked if Kim wanted to play. Kim said yes. Mary and Kim walked together to the park. John's house was three houses down. Mary and Kim stopped by to ask John if he wanted to play at the park. John said no. He was afraid of being chased by a squirrel. Mary worried that John didn't like her, but John thought she was a good friend. So Mary and Kim went to the park to play. They loved the park. They loved the flowers, and the swings! Soon it was dinnertime and the girls went home. What a lovely day at the park.
1. how many houses away was John's house from Mary's
2. where did Mary walk to?
3. was it close?

Numbered answers:
1. Four
2. the park
3. yes

Question:
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"The zoo has money problem," Grandmother Sandy said. Angel listened. She heard that Fresno's Chaffee Zoo didn't have enough money to take care of its animals. Angel loved animals. She planned to study them when she grew up. Angel's family had four cats. Angel took good care of them and made sure that they always had food and water. Angel felt sorry for the zoo animals. While the others in the family were cooking dinner, Angel was cooking up a way to help the animals. She decided to write a letter to show how she felt. At the end of the letter, she wrote: "Give a dollar, help an animal." She sent the letter and a dollar to The Fresno Bee, a local newspaper. A few days after that, Angel's letter was published. Almost immediately, people began sending in money. Angel's letter was having effect! At school, Angel went to each classroom to read the letter that appeared on the newspaper. She asked students in her school to give money to the zoo. Next, Angel was asked to appear on television. She was invited to be on a popular talk show. The workers in the zoo were very happy. Ray Navarro is the person most responsible for the animals. "Angel opened the eyes of Fresno," said Ray. "She made us see that people can make a difference."
1. Is the zoo doing okay?
2. What was wrong?
3. Could it support it's inhabitants?
4. Who told her this?
5. How did she feel about it when she heard?
6. What did she do about it?
7. To who?
8. What did it say?
9. Was the paper national?
10. How long did it take to be posted?
11. Did it work at all?
12. Did she raise funds?
13. Did she tell her schoolmates about it?
14. How did she do that?
15. Did anything else happen to her?
16. What was it?
17. Was her endeavor a success?
18. Who said that it was?
19. What was his last name?
20. What was his job?
Numbered answers:
1. no
2. money problem
3. no
4. Grandmother Sandy
5. concerned
6. write a letter
7. The Fresno Bee
8. Give a dollar, help an anima
9. no
10. A few days
11. yes
12. yes
13. yes
14. Angel went to each classroom
15. yes
16. appear on television
17. yes
18. Ray.
19. Navarro
20. responsible for the animal