Question: Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different She starts a new job at the age of 76. This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer's family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker. Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and buys them. And he wants more! The man likes Grandma Moses' paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses' paintings are in Kallir's gallery. She is 80 years old. Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe . When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday "Grandma Moses' Day". After her 100thbirthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing. 1. what type of paintings does grandma moses paint?
2. who did she marry?
3. what was his job?
4. do most people rest when they are old?
5. what year did they marry?
6. are most people famous?
7. how old is Anna Mary Moses in 1930?
8. when was she born?
9. what was her maiden name?
10. where did her daughter take her paintings?
11. at what age does she die?
12. how many more paintings did she paint after turning 100
13. who bought the paintings?
14. did he like them?
15. where did he take her paintings?
16. who has a famous gallery there?
17. at what age were Grandma Moses' paintings in Kallier's gallery?
18. did it make her famous?
19. who wanted her paintings now?
20. did she paint more? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Paintings of country life.
2. Thomas Moses.
3. Farm worker.
4. Yes.
5. 1887.
6. No.
7. 70
8. 1860.
9. Anna Mary Robertson
10. To a store in town.
11. 101
12. Six
13. A man from New York.
14. Yes
15. To galleries in New York City.
16. Otto Kallir
17. 80
18. Yes
19. Everyone
20. Yes

Q: It is easy for us to tell who our family members are, but do plants recognize their own family? Some do, scientists say, according to a report by Science News in early 2010. Guillermo P. Murphy and Susan Dudley are two plant scientists from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. They did a few experiments with Jewelweeds, a kind of flower that grows in wet, shady spots. They found that the flowers seem to know their own flower family. In their experiments, Murphy and Dudley planted jewelweeds in pots with either _ or strangers. When jewelweeds were planted in pots with strangers, the plants started to grow more leaves than if they had been planted alone. This response suggests that plants are competing with strangers for sunlight, since a plant with more leaves can receive more light and make more food. Jewelweeds usually grow in the shade, where sunlight is not enough. When jewelweed seedlings were planted with siblings, they grew a few more branches than they usually would if they were alone - but they did not start growing lots of extra leaves. This behavior suggests the plants are more likely to share resources, rather than compete. According to the Science News report, Jewelweeds are not the first plants that plant scientists have studied for family recognition. In 2007, Dudley and her team studied the Great Lakes sea rocket, a plant that grows on the beach - where it may be hard to get fresh water. In that experiment, the scientists found that when sea rockets were planted with siblings, they tolerated each other. But when they were planted with strangers, the sea rockets reacted by working extra hard to grow lots of roots. Dudley says this just because sea rockets, on the beach, get plenty of sun but struggle for water - so when they're threatened, they compete for water. Jewelweeds have plenty of water but have to compete for sunshine, so they grow more leaves.

1. plant scientists
2. Canada.
3. flowers
4. Jewelweeds
5. No
6. wet, shady spots
7. when planted in pots with strangers
8. No
9. Science News report
10. When sea rockets were planted with siblings, they tolerated each other. But when they were planted with strange
11. the beach
12. water
13. sun

Numbered questions:
1. Who are Guillermo P. Murphy and Susan Dudley?
2. From where?
3. What are they studying?
4. What kind?
5. Do they grow in the bright sunlight?
6. Where do they grow?
7. When did the Jewelweeds grow more branches?
8. Are they the first scientists to study if plants can recognize their family?
9. According to what?
10. What did her team find in 2007?
11. Where do they grow?
12. What do they compete for?
13. What do Jewelweeds have enough of?

input: Lillan Hanson, a college junior, expects to graduate in about two years. Mrs Hanson, a rather unusual student, plans to go on to take more courses after she gets her degree. What makes Mrs Hanson different from most of her classmates?

What sets Lillian Hanson apart from the college crowd is her age-73 years. She has been going to college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

When Mrs Hanson graduated from high school, she went to her local bank and asked for a loan for college tuition and fees. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn't think that country girl should be borrowing money to go to college. He thought she should be home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Mrs Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. She still lives with her husband on the farm that has been in the family for five generations.

Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.

She finds the hardest part of going back to school at her age is to be sitting in class for long periods of time, because she is not as agile as she used to be. Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around between classes to keep her joints from getting stiff. At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all gave Mrs Hanson a warm round of applause when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her goals were. 1. What does she do to keep from getting too stiff?
2. Why?
3. What did the others do when she made her introduction?
4. Is she a normal student?
5. Which year is she in?
6. How much longer before she completes her education?
7. And after graduation?
8. What goal was always on her mind?
9. When did she try again?
10. Has she lived on the farm long?
11. How long?
12. How long have they been on the farm?
13. How many generations lived there?
14. Does she have any kids?
15. How many?
16. Is she married?
17. How old is she?
18. Why did she not attend college after graduation?
19. How come?
20. Was he sexist? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. fwalks between classes
2. t okeep her joints from getting stiff
3. applauded her
4. no
5. junior
6. two years
7. she plans to take more courses
8. getting an education
9. after her children were grown
10. yes
11. c73 years
12. unknown
13. five
14. yes
15. anine
16. yes
17. 73
18. the banker wouldn't lend her the money
19. he thought she should atay home
20. yes