Q: Chapter 13. NAT'S NEW YEAR

'I don't expect to hear from Emil yet, and Nat writes regularly, but where is Dan? Only two or three postals since he went. Such an energetic fellow as he is could buy up all the farms in Kansas by this time,' said Mrs Jo one morning when the mail came in and no card or envelope bore Dan's dashing hand.

'He never writes often, you know, but does his work and then comes home. Months and years seem to mean little to him, and he is probably prospecting in the wilderness, forgetful of time,' answered Mr Bhaer, deep in one of Nat's long letters from Leipzig.

'But he promised he would let me know how he got on, and Dan keeps his word if he can. I'm afraid something has happened to him'; and Mrs Jo comforted herself by patting Don's head, as he came at the sound of his master's name to look at her with eyes almost human in their wistful intelligence.

'Don't worry, Mum dear, nothing ever happens to the old fellow. He'll turn up all right, and come stalking in some day with a gold-mine in one pocket and a prairie in the other, as jolly as a grig,' said Ted, who was in no haste to deliver Octoo to her rightful owner.

'Perhaps he has gone to Montana and given up the farm plan. He seemed to like Indians best, I thought'; and Rob went to help his mother with her pile of letters and his cheerful suggestions.

Answer the following questions:
1. Where was Nat?
2. What had he promised?
3. Who did?
4. Who touched someone on the head?
5. What did she do?
6. Did he look stupid?
7. Who were they wondering about?
8. Does he keep in contact?
9. Is he lazy?
10. Who was comforting his mother?
11. What did he speculate?
12. Did Rob help his mother?
13. With What?
14. Where did Mr. Bhaer think he was?
15. How many letters had been delivered from him since he left?
16. Is time of importance to him?
17. What did he like best?
18. According to whom?
19. Did he share that with anyone?
20. What did he do?
21. Who did she not think a note would be arriving from?
A: 1. Leipzig.
2. He didn't.
3. Dan
4. Mrs Jo
5. Pat Don on the head.
6. No
7. Dan
8. not often
9. No
10. Ted
11. That he had gone to montana.
12. Yes.
13. Her pile of letters
14. Prospecting in the wilderness
15. Only two or three.
16. No
17. indians it seemed
18. Rob
19. No
20. Thought it
21. Emil

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

The Hague (; , or "'s-Gravenhage" ) is a city on the western coast of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland.

With a population of 520,704 inhabitants (as of 1 April 2016) and more than 1 million inhabitants including the suburbs, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam The Hague Metropolitan Area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 12th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. Located in the west of the Netherlands, The Hague is in the centre of the Haaglanden conurbation and lies at the southwest corner of the larger Randstad conurbation.

The Hague is the seat of the Dutch government, parliament, the Supreme Court, and the Council of State, but the city is not the capital of the Netherlands, which constitutionally is Amsterdam. Most foreign embassies in the Netherlands and 150 international organisations are located in the city, including the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, which makes The Hague one of the major cities hosting the United Nations, along with New York City, Geneva, Vienna, Rome, and Nairobi. King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands plans to live at Huis ten Bosch palace and works at Noordeinde Palace in The Hague, together with Queen Maxima. The Hague is also home to the world headquarters of Royal Dutch Shell and numerous other major Dutch companies.

1. What country is the Hague located in?
2. Is it where the country is governed from?
3. Is it the capital?
4. What does the city host?
5. Who intends to reside there?
6. Who else?
7. What part of the country is it located in?
8. How many people live there?
9. What is the Dutch name of the city?
10. What is the city in the middle of?
11. What company makes its home there?
12. Which two cites in the country have a higher population?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. the Netherlands
2. no
3. no
4. United Nations
5. King Willem-Alexander
6. Queen Maxima
7. western coast
8. 520,704
9. s-Gravenhage
10. Haaglanden conurbation
11. Royal Dutch Shell
12. Amsterdam and Rotterdam

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has dismissed an allegation that he was behind the death of a lawyer who left a video blaming the president if anything happened to him.

A video with Rodrigo Rosenberg appears on YouTube in which he accuses Guatemala's leader in his death.

The lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, was shot and killed Sunday while riding a bicycle in Guatemala City.

On Monday, a video surfaced in which Rosenberg -- seated behind a desk and calmly speaking into a microphone -- linked Colom and an aide to his death.

"If you are watching this message," Rosenberg said on the video, "it is because I was assassinated by President Alvaro Colom, with help from Gustavo Alejos," the president's private secretary. Rosenberg mentions a third person who he believes would have been involved in his death and also mentions those three people as well as the president's wife in connection with two killings last month.

In a broadcast to the nation Monday night, Colom denied any connection.

"We categorically reject the accusations that pretend to tie the president, first lady and private secretary as those responsible for this assassination," Colom said.

A dated and signed transcript of the video's content indicates Rosenberg made the recording last week. It surfaced Monday after his funeral, and was posted on YouTube and distributed to other media outlets by the newspaper El Periodico de Guatemala.

Rosenberg's video said he was targeted for talking about the death of prominent businessman Khalil Musa and his daughter in April.

1. Who's the president of Guatemala?
2. What is he accused of?
3. Why is he being accused?
4. Where is the video?
5. What's the lawyer's name?
6. When was he killed?
7. How?
8. Where?
9. What was he doing at the time?
10. Did Rosenberg accuse the president of being behind other deaths?
11. How many other deaths?
12. When did they occur?
13. Why did Rosenberg believe he would be killed?
14. Who was Khalil Musa?
15. When was he killed?
16. Who does Rosenberg say helped the president?
17. What's his job?
18. When did the president address the country?
19. How did Rosenberg appear in the video?
20. Was he yelling?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Alvaro Colom
2. being behind the death of a lawyer
3. the lawyer left a video blaming the president if anything happened to him
4. YouTube
5. Rodrigo Rosenberg
6. Sunday
7. He was shot
8. Guatemala City
9. riding a bicycle
10. Yes
11. Two
12. Last month
13. for talking about the death of Khalil Musa and his daughter
14. a prominent businessman
15. in April
16. Gustavo Alejos
17. the president's private secretary
18. Monday night
19. seated behind a desk
20. No