McDonald's is an American hamburger and fast food restaurant chain. It was founded in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California. In 1948, they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand, using production line principles. The first McDonald's franchise using the arches logo opened in Phoenix, Arizona in 1953. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955 and subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers. Based in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's confirmed plans to move its global headquarters to Chicago by early 2018.

Today, McDonald's is one of the world's largest restaurant chains, serving approximately 69 million customers daily in over 100 countries across approximately 36,900 outlets as of 2016. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, french fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, wraps, and desserts. In response to changing consumer tastes and after facing criticism for the unhealthy nature of their food, the company has expanded its menu to include salads, fish, smoothies, and fruit. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by either a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The McDonald's Corporation revenues come from the rent, royalties, and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. According to a BBC report published in 2012, McDonald's is the world's second largest private employer (behind Walmart with 1.9 million employees), 1.5 million of whom work for franchises. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is McDonald's?
2. what do they serve?
3. Is it the smallest chain?
4. How many customers do they serve every day?
5. Are they only in the United States?
6. How many countries?
7. How many stores?
8. What year was it founded?
9. By whom?
10. Where?
11. What did they do in 1948?
12. Using what principles?
13. What is their logo?
14. What was the first location to use that?
15. What year?
16. Who bought the business from them?
17. Where are they moving their home base to in 2018?
18. Name three items from their main menu?
19. What items are on their expanded healthier menu?
Answer: 1. restaurant chain
2. fast food
3. No
4. 69 million
5. No
6. over 100 countries
7. approximately 36,900
8. 1940
9. Richard and Maurice McDonald
10. San Bernardino
11. reorganized their business
12. production line
13. the arches
14. Phoenix
15. 1953
16. Ray Kroc
17. Chicago
18. hamburgers, cheeseburgers and chicken products
19. salads

A preschool also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, playschool; kindergarten (outside the US and UK) is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children, usually between the ages of 2 and 5, prior to the commencement of compulsory education at primary school. They may be privately operated or government run, and one option is to subsidize the costs. The grades include daycare, preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.

Terminology varies by country. In some European countries the term "kindergarten" refers to formal education of children classified as "ISCED level 0" - with one or several years of such education being compulsory - before children start primary school at "ISCED level 1".

The following terms may be used for educational establishments for this age group:

In an age when school was restricted to children who had already learned to read and write at home, there were many attempts to make school accessible to orphans or to the children of women who worked in factories.

In 1779, Johann Friedrich Oberlin and Louise Scheppler founded in Strassbourg an early establishment for caring for and educating pre-school children whose parents were absent during the day. At about the same time, in 1780, similar infant establishments were established in Bavaria In 1802, Pauline zur Lippe established a preschool center in Detmold. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What is the focus of the article?
2. What is the name of the school?
3. Is it known as a different name?
4. What is that?
5. Are they all state run?
6. Can they be owned by private entities?
7. Do children have to be able to read and write to attend?
8. Are they all state run?
9. What ages attend?
10. What grades attend?
11. Who is credited for founding early childhood education?
12. In what year?
13. In what city was it founded?
14. Why was it created, for whos benefit?
15. What was established in Detmold?
16. Who founded it?
17. What year was this?
18. What county was Detmold in?
Answer: 1. Schooling for children between 2-5
2. preschool
3. it can be
4. nursery school, pre-primary school, playschool; kindergarten
5. no
6. Yes
7. No
8. No
9. 2 - 5
10. daycare, preschool, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten.
11. Johann Friedrich Oberlin and Louise Schepple
12. 1779
13. Strassbourg
14. children whose parents were absent during the day
15. a preschool center
16. Pauline zur Lippe
17. 1802
18. Bavari

CHAPTER XV.

ON TO LAKE BENNETT.

The face of Tom Roland wore a smile, but in his eyes was an anxious look which Earl did not fail to notice as he surveyed the two acquaintances from Basco. The young prospector was much taken aback by this sudden appearance, for he had not dreamed of meeting Roland and Guardley in this out-of-the-way spot.

"Ain't you glad to see a feller from Maine?" went on Roland, as Earl did not speak; and he held out his hand, which the youth took rather coldly. Guardley had come up to shake hands too, but now he did not risk making the offer.

"Are you two bound for the Klondike?" at length asked Earl.

"Of course," was Roland's sharp reply. "What else would we be doing up here?"

"What started you--the fact that we were going?"

"Well, I allow as that had a little to do with it, Earl; but Guardley got a letter from a friend of his who is up there now--a man named Stephens. He said Guardley ought to come up at once, and as he didn't want to go alone, I came along. How are you making out?"

"We are doing very well."

"You and your brother came on with your uncle, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Any others in the party?"

"Yes; two men."

Tom Roland's eyes dropped for a moment. "Me and Guardley have been havin' rather a hard road of it, all alone," he went on. "We've been thinking of joining forces with somebody." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where do the men in the story know each other from?
2. Were they currently in a busy and well populated place?
3. Where are the two men together headed?
4. Who invited them there?
5. Did Guardley want to travel alone?
6. Did Stevens want his friend to wait and come later?
7. Was Tom Roland pleased to meet someone else?
8. Which two men are partners?
9. Who was Earl working or traveling with?
10. How many people were in that group?
11. Does Earl claim to be successful?
12. Are Guardley and Roland successful?
13. How do they think they can improve their situation?
Answer:
1. Maine
2. No
3. Klondike
4. a man named Stephens
5. No
6. No
7. He was anxious
8. Guardley and Roland
9. His brother and uncle and two men
10. Five
11. yes
12. No
13. joining forces with somebody