Q: On Thursday October 3, Adam Harper decided to stop drinking coffee. Adam is a MBA student at Harvard University. He studies long hours, gets very little sleep and as a result, he drinks a lot of coffee---anywhere from five to six cups a day. Recently, Adam felt that drinking thus much coffee was making it hard for him to sleep at all. He also began having problems with his concentration , and complained of stomachaches. Adam's doctor made this suggestions: stop drinking coffee altogether. When Adam got up on October 3, he began his day without his morning coffee. By 11:00 a.m., Adam was in a terrible mood . He was tired and had a headache. At 11:30, he had a meeting with his student advisor. In the meeting, he found it almost impossible to continue. What was going on? Caffeine, a chemical found in coffee, was most likely the reason for how Adam felt. Caffeine is a stimulant that boosts energy levels and improves concentration- but only for a short time. Lowering caffeine consumption often causes a drop in blood pressure and the result is a "coffee headache", People who stop drinking coffee often say they feel tired and moody, and find it hard to focus. The good news is that these feeling usually pass after four and five days. During this time, doctors suggested taking some aspirin for the headache. So, if Adam can wait, in less than a week, he may be feeling much better.

1. hard for him to sleep
2. Recently
3. yes
4. studies long hours, gets very little sleep
5. a terrible mood . tired and had a headache
6. four and five days
7. taking some aspirin
8. MBA student at Harvard University
9. himself
10. doctor
11. five to six cups a day
12. if Adam can wait
13. Caffeine
14. coffee headache

Numbered questions:
1. Why did Adam swear off coffee?
2. When did he make the decision?
3. Did he have any problems with his decision initially?
4. What problems?
5. What problems did he first have after he stopped?
6. How long should it take for these feelings to pass?
7. What other remedies do doctors recommend?
8. What does Adam do?
9. Did anyone advise him to stop drinking coffee, or did he decide it himself?
10. Who did he talk to about the problem?
11. How much was he drinking?
12. Was Adam successful in permanently cutting coffee?
13. What substance is responsible for these problems?
14. What effects do cutting it have?

Q: Ricky and Carmen were friends. Ricky was an inchworm. He had a skinny body and was bright green. Carmen was a ladybug. She had a round body and was red with black spots. They liked to play together in the grass.

One day Ricky and Carmen were playing in the grass. Carmen saw something new. She asked Ricky, "What is that yellow thing?" Ricky did not know. They went over to the yellow thing. It was not grass. It was not alive. It was big and flat and looked like it might be fun for jumping.

Carmen said, "Let's jump on it." Ricky said, "Okay, but I hope we don't get in trouble." They jumped on the big yellow thing. It was fun! They were happy jumping together!

All of a sudden, the big yellow thing moved. It went up in the air. Ricky and Carmen held on. It went up and up. It went into the sky. Ricky and Carmen were scared. They wanted to get down. They shouted, "Help, help!" A bird heard them and flew over. His name was George. George said, "What's wrong? Don't you like it up here on your kite?" "No, we don't!" said Ricky. "What's a kite?" said Carmen.

George told them they were on a kite. He showed them the string. He said, "You can follow that string all the way to the ground." It looked like a long way down. But they thanked George for his help and slowly crawled down the string to the ground. They were safe.

1. an inchworm
2. Carmen
3. a ladybug
4. skinny
5. bright green
6. round
7. red with black spots
8. play in the grass
9. yellow
10. big and flat
11. jumping
12. happy
13. it moved?
14. into the air
15. scared
16. "Help, help!"
17. A bird
18. George
19. a kite
20. they crawled down a string

Numbered questions:
1. What was Ricky?
2. Who was his friend?
3. And what was she?
4. What was his torso like?
5. And what color?
6. What was her's like?
7. And what color?
8. What did they like to do together?
9. What color was the thing they saw?
10. How did the thing look?
11. What did it look good for?
12. how did they feel when they played on it?
13. What happened to the object they were on?
14. Where to?
15. How did this make them feel?
16. What did they yell?
17. Who heard them?
18. What was his called?
19. What did the object turn out to be?
20. How did they get off the object?

Q: CHAPTER V.

TARDY REPENTANCE.

Seth was as happy and proud as a boy well could be.

Never before had he dared to remain very long near any particular engine lest some of the firemen should take it upon themselves to send him outside the lines, consequently all his "points" had been gathered as he moved from place to place.

Now, however, he was in a certain sense attached to Ninety-four, and each member of the company had some kindly word with which to greet him, for it had become known to all that if the amateur did not actually save 'Lish Davis's life, he had assisted in preventing that gentleman from receiving severe injury.

Dan was enjoying the advantages thus arising from his partner's popularity, which was quite sufficient for him, since, not aspiring to become a fireman, he thought only of the present moment, and the privilege of remaining by the engine as if he were really a member of the Department was some thing of which he could boast in the future among his comrades.

It is true there was little of interest to be seen after the fire was apparently extinguished, when the men had nothing more to do than remain on the lookout for any smoldering embers which might be fanned into a blaze; but Seth's interest was almost as great as when the flames were fiercest.

Shortly after sunset hot coffee and sandwiches were served to the weary firemen, and Master Bartlett believed he had taken a long stride toward the goal he had set himself, when the captain shouted:

1. TARDY REPENTANCE
2. Seth
3. Never before had he dared to remain very long near any particular engine
4. as he moved from place to place.
5. Ninety-four
6. yes
7. yes
8. Lish Davis
9. he had assisted in preventing that gentleman from receiving severe injury.
10. Dan
11. no
12. yes
13. yes
14. by remaining by the engine as if he were really a member
15. so he could boast in the future
16. among his comrades
17. sandwiches
18. hot coffee
19. Shortly after sunset
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. what is the title of the chapter?
2. who is happy and proud?
3. why?
4. how had he gathered his points?
5. what is he attached to?
6. were the people there nice to him?
7. had he done something to deserve it?
8. who had he helped?
9. how?
10. who is Seth's partner?
11. is he a fireman?
12. was he happy for Seth?
13. was he pretending to be a fireman?
14. how?
15. why was he doing that?
16. boast to who?
17. what food was served?
18. and drink?
19. when was it served?
20. was seth interested after the fire was put out just as much as when it was blazing?