Q: CHAPTER XV

There was a deal of cursing and groaning as the men at the bottom of the ladder crawled to their feet.

"Somebody strike a light, my thumb's out of joint," said one of the men, Parsons, a swarthy, saturnine man, boat-steerer in Standish's boat, in which Harrison was puller.

"You'll find it knockin' about by the bitts," Leach said, sitting down on the edge of the bunk in which I was concealed.

There was a fumbling and a scratching of matches, and the sea-lamp flared up, dim and smoky, and in its weird light bare-legged men moved about nursing their bruises and caring for their hurts. Oofty-Oofty laid hold of Parsons's thumb, pulling it out stoutly and snapping it back into place. I noticed at the same time that the Kanaka's knuckles were laid open clear across and to the bone. He exhibited them, exposing beautiful white teeth in a grin as he did so, and explaining that the wounds had come from striking Wolf Larsen in the mouth.

"So it was you, was it, you black beggar?" belligerently demanded one Kelly, an Irish-American and a longshoreman, making his first trip to sea, and boat-puller for Kerfoot.

As he made the demand he spat out a mouthful of blood and teeth and shoved his pugnacious face close to Oofty-Oofty. The Kanaka leaped backward to his bunk, to return with a second leap, flourishing a long knife.

"Aw, go lay down, you make me tired," Leach interfered. He was evidently, for all of his youth and inexperience, cock of the forecastle. "G'wan, you Kelly. You leave Oofty alone. How in hell did he know it was you in the dark?"

Answer the following questions:
1. how was the sea lamp desctibed ?
2. who were caring for thier hurts ?
3. what color is the begger ?
4. who called him that ?
5. where is she from ?
6. what did Oofty-Oofty do to the thumb ?
7. what were the crawling men do a deal of ?
8. were they on the top of the ladder ?
9. where were they ?
10. Parsons is described as what ?
11. what was going on with the matches
12. what happened to the Kanaka's knuckles ?
A: 1. dim and smoky,
2. bare-legged men
3. black
4. Kelly
5. America
6. pulled it out stoutly and snapped it back into place.
7. cursing and groaning
8. no
9. at the bottom of the ladder
10. a swarthy, saturnine man,
11. fumbling and scratching
12. they were laid open clear across and to the bone
Q: Oxygen is a chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group on the periodic table and is a highly reactive nonmetal and oxidizing agent that readily forms compounds (notably oxides) with most elements. By mass, oxygen is the third-most abundant element in the universe, after hydrogen and helium. At standard temperature and pressure, two atoms of the element bind to form dioxygen, a colorless and odorless diatomic gas with the formula O 2. Diatomic oxygen gas constitutes 20.8% of the Earth's atmosphere. However, monitoring of atmospheric oxygen levels show a global downward trend, because of fossil-fuel burning. Oxygen is the most abundant element by mass in the Earth's crust as part of oxide compounds such as silicon dioxide, making up almost half of the crust's mass.

Many major classes of organic molecules in living organisms, such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and fats, contain oxygen, as do the major inorganic compounds that are constituents of animal shells, teeth, and bone. Most of the mass of living organisms is oxygen as it is a part of water, the major constituent of lifeforms. Oxygen is used in cellular respiration and released by photosynthesis, which uses the energy of sunlight to produce oxygen from water. It is too chemically reactive to remain a free element in air without being continuously replenished by the photosynthetic action of living organisms. Another form (allotrope) of oxygen, ozone (O 3), strongly absorbs UVB radiation and consequently the high-altitude ozone layer helps protect the biosphere from ultraviolet radiation, but is a pollutant near the surface where it is a by-product of smog. At even higher low earth orbit altitudes, sufficient atomic oxygen is present to cause erosion for spacecraft.

Answer the following questions:
1. What is the article about?
2. What is its symbol?
3. it's numeral?
4. is it abundant?
5. how does it rank?
6. What is more abundant?
7. What makes up O2?
8. What seems to be lowering earths levels of O2?
9. Does O2 exist inside our planet?
10. How is O2 released by plants? What process?
11. What is O3?
12. Where is this found?
13. Is it found near the face of the planet?
14. What is this called?
15. Does smog cause this?
16. What can erode space vehicles?
17. At what level?
A: 1. Oxygen
2. O
3. Eight
4. Yes
5. third
6. hydrogen and helium
7. two atoms of oxygen
8. fossil-fuel burning
9. Yes
10. photosynthesis
11. ozone
12. high-altitude
13. Yes
14. a pollutant
15. Yes
16. atomic oxygen
17. higher low earth orbit altitudes
Q: (CNN) -- Obsession often brings joy and sorrow in equal measure.

Inside that thin, shiny packet giving off a mystical glow sits five stickers -- five faces of five men whose very presence can turn lives upside down.

Welcome to the world of World Cup sticker collecting.

"My girlfriend gave me an ultimatum the other day, her or the football stickers? Shame really, I thought she was the one," Daniel Blazer, a British collector, told CNN.

While most relationships survive the sticker phase, Blazer is not alone in his infatuation with the shiny adhesives which smile back at those dreaming of the holy grail -- the full sticker album.

Some are relentless in their pursuit of that holy grail, setting up spreadsheets and even calling in their spouse to increase the odds of successful swapping.

"My husband, Stephen, is obsessed with his sticker album," Emma Conway, who blogs under the name of brummymummyof2, told CNN.

"He has his own spreadsheet so he knows what he needs and what he doesn't. It does get annoying.

"Every time I go near a shop I have to get my three-year-old daughter some stickers and then get some for my 31-year-old husband.

"He's a fantastic dad to our two children but I think the opportunity to collect stickers reminds him and his friends of being kids.

"When I go to work, he gives me his swaps, and I swap them with my colleagues and then bring them back.

"I'm like a drug dealer...but with stickers."

Answer the following questions:
1. What event are the stickers associated with?
2. How many people are quoted in the article?
3. Is one of them a man?
4. Where's he from?
5. What's his name?
6. Who's the other person quoted?
7. Is she single?
8. What is her spouse's name?
9. How old is he?
10. How many children do they have?
11. How many people in their family collect stickers?
12. Who, besides the husband, does?
13. Does Stephen have a method to keep track of his stickers?
14. What is it?
15. Does the wife have a blog?
16. What screen name does she use?
17. Does she help her hubby with his hobby?
18. How?
19. Does she help in another way?
20. How's that?
A:
1. the World Cup
2. two
3. yes
4. Britain
5. Daniel Blazer
6. Emma Conway
7. no
8. Stephen
9. 31
10. two
11. two
12. their three-year-old daughter
13. yes
14. a spreadsheet
15. yes
16. brummymummyof2
17. yes
18. she buys them for him in shops
19. yes
20. take them to work and swaps with colleagues