Problem: CHAPTER XXV

THE MAN AT POINT VIEW LODGE

At first it was an even race. Reff Ritter knew how to handle an iceboat to perfection and brought his craft up in the breeze in a manner that won considerable admiration.

"Take care that he doesn't beat you, Fred," said Pepper. "If he does, he will never get done crowing over you."

"This race isn't over yet," answered the owner of the _Skimmer_. "Wait till we round the bend yonder."

When the bend mentioned was gained the _Rosebud_ was a good three lengths in the lead.

"Good-by!" shouted Coulter. "Here is where we leave you behind!"

"Your iceboat isn't in it with this," added Mumps.

"We'll tell them you are coming by-and-by!" came from Ritter.

"Don't answer them," whispered Jack. "Fred, can we do anything to help the boat along?"

"Just shift a little more to the left--that's it," was the reply. "Now we'll soon get the breeze and then we'll do better."

Fred's words proved true. As the _Skimmer_ rounded the bend, a good, stiff blast struck her sails and away she started after the _Rosebud_.

"Now we are going some!" cried Andy, his face brightening.

"Make her hum!" cried Pepper.

Slowly but surely the _Skimmer_ crept up on the _Rosebud_, until the bow of the second craft overlapped the stern of the first.

"Not walking away so fast now, are you?" questioned Pepper, cheerily.

"Just wait, we'll beat you, see if we don't!" growled Coulter.

"Swing the mainsail over!" cried Ritter.
1. What ship does Fred own?
2. Who's he chasing?
3. What's the name of Fred's ship?
4. What's the name of Coulter's?
5. Who doesn't want Fred to get beat?
6. Will the other team lord it over him if he does?
7. Which boat is Mumps on?
8. What about Ritter?
Answer: 1. an iceboat
2. Reff Ritter
3. the _Skimmer_
4. the _Rosebud_
5. Pepper
6. Yes
7. _Rosebud_
8. _Rosebud_

Q: What do you call a school with no tests, no grades, no classes, and no teachers? Students of the Met School and their parents think it to be the best school in the world. The school is in Rhode Island, USA. Dennis Littky opened it in 1996. He was fired from two other schools, because many parents of the school students were happy with his unusual ideas. The school takes poor kids who are failing at schools. Nearly everybody has already given up these students and their parents want to try anything. The Met School gives Littky a great place to try out his new ideas. "The word that most kids use when they talk about high school is 'boring'," says Littky. "But no one would say the Met was boring." Advisors (not teachers) work with small groups of students for four years. Students spend almost half of their school time learning real-life skills , such as working for business , spending time with government people, and helping teach younger children. Instead of tests, the students give shows about their work outside school. In fact, students work harder here than in other schools. All the students from the Met graduate and can choose to go to a good university . Now, Bill Gates is starting schools like this one around the USA.

Answer the following questions:
1. What school did Dennis Littky open?
2. Where is it?
3. What year did it open?
4. Does it only take rich youth?
5. How many things does it have none of?
6. What's one of those things?
7. What do the youth learn about one-half the time?
8. Are the instructors called Chairmen?
9. What are they called?
10. Do the pupils make more effort there than in some other educational institutions but not all?
11. Do only some finish their schooling?
12. Was the founder laid off from other jobs?
13. From how many places?
A: 1. the Met School
2. Rhode Island, USA.
3. 1996
4. no
5. four
6. no teachers
7. real-life skills
8. no
9. Advisors
10. students work harder here than in other schools
11. they all graduate
12. He was fired
13. two

Problem: Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by Senh Duong and since January 2010 has been owned by Flixster, which was, in turn, acquired in 2011 by Warner Bros. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. From 2007 to 2017, the website's editor-in-chief was Matt Atchity, who left in July 2017 to join "The Young Turks". The name "Rotten Tomatoes" derives from the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes when disapproving of a poor stage performance.

From early 2008 to September 2010, Current Television aired the weekly "The Rotten Tomatoes Show", featuring hosts and material from the website. A shorter segment was incorporated into the weekly show, "InfoMania", which ended in 2011. In September 2013, the website introduced "TV Zone", a section for reviewing scripted TV shows.

Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His goal in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from a variety of critics in the U.S." As a fan of Jackie Chan's, Duong was inspired to create the website after collecting all the reviews of Chan's movies as they were being published in the United States. The first movie whose reviews were featured on Rotten Tomatoes was "Your Friends & Neighbors" (1998). The website was an immediate success, receiving mentions by Netscape, Yahoo!, and "USA Today" within the first week of its launch; it attracted "6001000 daily unique visitors" as a result.
1. What year was Rotten Tomatoes launched?
2. What is someone's full time project?
3. When was it worked on, then?
4. Who created it?
5. Is he a fan of Jackie Chan movies?
6. Did he collect all the reviews of Chan's movies in South Africa?
7. Where, then?
8. What was the first movie review featured on the site?
9. What year did that come out?
10. Was the website successful soon after being launched?
11. Was there ever a TV show with material from it?
12. How often did it air?
13. How many years was it on?
14. Was it a monthly show?
15. When was the website sold to Fandango?
16. Who owns that?
17. Who was Matt Atchity?
18. Did he leave that position?
19. When?
20. Where'd he end up going?
Answer:
1. 1988
2. No.
3. Spare-time
4. Seth Duong
5. Yes
6. No.
7. United States
8. Your Friends & Neighbors
9. 1998
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. 2008 to September 2010
13. 3 years.
14. No.
15. 2016
16. Comcast
17. editor-in-chief
18. Yes
19. July 2017
20. The Young Turks