Question: CHAPTER XVI

ALECK BRINGS NEWS

"I reckon we got square," was Tom's comment, after the fun was over and they were on their way to the farm. "My, but wasn't that circus owner mad!"

"I don't think he'll have another such crowd to-night," said Fred, and he was right. The evening performance was attended by less than a hundred people, and a week later the show failed and was sold out completely.

By the end of the week word was received from both the Stanhopes and the Lanings that all would be glad to join the Rovers in their houseboat vacation. They would take a train for Pittsburg direct on the following Wednesday morning and would there await their friends.

"This suits me to a T!" cried Dick, after reading the communication Dora had sent him. "If we don't have the best time ever then it will be our own fault."

"Just what I say," answered Sam, who had received a long letter from Grace.

There were many articles to pack and ship to Pittsburg. The boys also made out a long list of the things to be purchased for the trip, and in this their father and their aunt helped them.

Sunday passed quietly, all of the boys attending both church and Sunday school. It was a hard matter for Tom to keep still on the Sabbath day, but he did so, much to his aunt's comfort.

Aleck Pop was highly delighted to think that he was to be taken along, especially as cook. 1. Where were the boys heading?
2. coming from where?
3. Did the circus continue to be popular?
4. What kind of vacation were the Rovers planning?
5. where would it begin?
6. Were they going alone?
7. Who was coming with them?
8. How would the Rovers get to Pittsburg?
9. when?
10. Who had received a letter from Dora?
11. Did anyone else receive a letter?
12. Who?
13. Who was it from?
14. Is there anyone else they would take with them?
15. Who?
16. What would his job be?
17. How did he feel about that?
18. What did the boys do on Sunday?
19. Was Tom active on Sundays?
20. Why? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. to the farm
2. the circus
3. No
4. a houseboat vacation
5. Pittsburg
6. No
7. the Stanhopes and the Lanings
8. by train
9. on the following Wednesday morning
10. Dick
11. Yes
12. Sam
13. Grace
14. Yes
15. Aleck Pop
16. cook
17. he was highly delighted
18. the boys went to church and Sunday school
19. No
20. to please his aunt

Q: Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Wesley Snipes said he was nervous about going to jail on Thursday, but was hopeful that his prayers would be answered.

"We still have prayers out there. We still believe in miracles. So don't send me up the river yet," Snipes said in an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" Tuesday night.

The 48-year-old actor will report to McKean Federal Correctional Institution in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, Thursday to begin serving a three-year sentence for failing to file tax returns.

Snipes' attorney said he is appealing Snipes' misdemeanor convictions for not filing tax returns in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Snipes was acquitted of felony charges.

The actor conceded he was uneasy about losing his freedom if his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court fails.

"I think any man would be nervous if his liberty is at stake," Snipes said. "I'm disappointed that the system seems not to be working for me in this situation."

Prosecutors said Snipes earned $40 million since 1999 but had filed no returns and had been involved in a tax resisters group.

Snipes disputed such involvement and said that the failure to file was his advisers' fault.

"This is another thing that has been misreported: It has been framed that I was a conspirator and that I was an architect in a scheme by an organization that has been characterized as tax protesters," Snipes said. "The press hasn't reported that I was a client of people who I trusted [who] had knowledge and expertise in the areas of tax law that would protect my interests."

1. Wesley Snipes
2. Actor
3. No
4. 48
5. McKean Federal Correctional Institution
6. Lewis Run
7. Pennsylvania
8. for not filing tax returns
9. three
10. 1999, 2000 and 2001
11. Yes
12. $40 million dollars
13. he was involved in a tax resisters group.
14. Larry King
15. "Larry King Live"
16. CNN
17. Tuesday
18. No
19. at night.
20. 3 years

Numbered questions:
1. who is going to prison?
2. what is his occupation?
3. is he 60 years old?
4. what is his age?
5. what is the name of the prison?
6. what city is it in?
7. which state?
8. why was he prosecuted?
9. how many years did he fail to submit the required documents?
10. which years?
11. did he make a great deal of money?
12. how much?
13. why didn't he submit the required documents?
14. who conducted the discussion?
15. on what show?
16. on which channel?
17. on which day of the week?
18. was it conducted during the day?
19. when was it conducted?
20. how long is his prison term?

input: The Kingdom of France () was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Western Europe. It was one of the most powerful states in Europe and a great power since the Late Middle Ages and the Hundred Years' War. It was also an early colonial power, with possessions around the world.

France originated as West Francia ("Francia Occidentalis"), the western half of the Carolingian Empire, with the Treaty of Verdun (843). A branch of the Carolingian dynasty continued to rule until 987, when Hugh Capet was elected king and founded the Capetian dynasty. The territory remained known as "Francia" and its ruler as "rex Francorum" ("king of the Franks") well into the High Middle Ages. The first king calling himself "Roi de France" ("King of France") was Philip II, in 1190. France continued to be ruled by the Capetians and their cadet linesthe Valois and Bourbonuntil the monarchy was overthrown in 1792 during the French Revolution.

France in the Middle Ages was a de-centralised, feudal monarchy. In Brittany and Catalonia (now a part of Spain) the authority of the French king was barely felt. Lorraine and Provence were states of the Holy Roman Empire and not yet a part of France. Initially, West Frankish kings were elected by the secular and ecclesiastic magnates, but the regular coronation of the eldest son of the reigning king during his father's lifetime established the principle of male primogeniture, which became codified in the Salic law. During the Late Middle Ages, the Kings of England laid claim to the French throne, resulting in a series of conflicts known as the Hundred Years' War (13371453). Subsequently, France sought to extend its influence into Italy, but was defeated by Spain in the ensuing Italian Wars (14941559). 1. Who was the first king?
2. What was the territory known as during the High Middle Ages?
3. and in the year 843?
4. What empire was it a part of?
5. How long did parts of that dynasty rule?
6. What did Capet create that ended that?
7. What did the leaders there call themselves?
8. Which means?
9. But what did Philip II call himself?
10. What happened in 1792?
11. Which lines ruled until then?
12. What's one state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire and not France?
13. When was France decentralized?
14. What two places didn't really pay any attention to the French king?
15. Where would we find those places today?
16. When was the Hundred Years' War?
17. Whose actions started that long conflict?
18. What were they trying to take as their own?
19. In early colonial days, did France have property all over the world?
20. Was it a monarchy or a dictatorship? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Hugh Capet
2. Francia
3. West Francia
4. Carolingian
5. until 987
6. the Capetian dynasty
7. rex Francorum
8. king of the Franks
9. Roi de France
10. the monarchy was overthrown
11. the Valois and Bourbon
12. Lorraine
13. the Middle Ages
14. Brittany and Catalonia
15. Spain
16. ate Middle Ages
17. Kings of England
18. the French throne,
19. yes
20. monarchy