Question: It was Saturday afternoon and Andrew was bored. He had been watching TV all day. He told his dad, "There's nothing to do!" Andrew's dad said, "I think the newspaper is here. Maybe we can find an idea in the newspaper." Andrew looked outside the window and saw the newspaper by the door. On the front was a picture of an elephant. He picked up the newspaper and brought it to his dad. Andrew and his dad read the story. The circus was in town! Andrew had never been to the circus. He asked his dad, "Can we go?" "Yes, we can,' Andrew's dad said, 'but first you need to feed your goldfish." Andrew fed his goldfish some goldfish food. He promised to bring it some peanuts from the circus for later. Andrew and his dad went to the circus. The people and animals at the circus did lots of tricks. The elephant even went down a slide! Andrew and his dad ate lots of peanuts. There weren't any peanuts left to bring home to the goldfish. Andrew and his dad had a lot of fun at the circus. 1. Was andrew excited?
2. Why?
3. What had he been doing all day?
4. Did he see a book when he looked out the window?
5. what did he see?
6. Was a tiger on the front?
7. what was?
8. Did he ask his mom if they could go see it at the crcus?
9. Who did he ask?
10. Did he take him?
11. Did he do anything before he left? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Yes
2. The circus was in town!
3. watching TV
4. No
5. the newspaper
6. no
7. an elephant
8. No
9. his dad
10. Yes
11. Andrew fed his goldfish

Q: Washington (CNN) -- The United States is watching closely to the see the ultimate fate of the most powerful man in Pakistan, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, the Pakistani army's chief of staff.

Pressured by Washington to crack down on terrorists at the same time he was kept in the dark about the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden, Kayani "is facing more vocal and strident criticism than he has in the past," a senior U.S. military official told CNN. "We really think he is coming under increased scrutiny by junior and mid-grade officers."

This is the type of scrutiny senior Pakistani generals like Kayani are "not accustomed to facing," the official said.

Criticism of Kayani inside Pakistan had grown in recent months as he became close to the Obama administration and the Pentagon. But in the wake of the U.S. military raid into Pakistan to kill bin Laden, the criticism has increased from an officer corps furious that U.S. troops invaded Pakistan's territory without the Pakistani military, and especially Kayani, being consulted.

Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, is one of Kayani's closest professional and personal allies, having met with him many times in the past several years.

"Mullen does consider him a friend," said the admiral's spokesman, Capt John Kirby. "That doesn't mean there aren't still disagreements. It doesn't mean Kayani doesn't feel betrayed."

U.S. officials are closely watching a group known as the "11 corps commanders," the senior Pakistani generals hand-picked by Kayani to command. Keeping their loyalty will be crucial for Kayani to keep his job.

1. no
2. the Pakistani army's chief of staff.
3. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
4. Michael Mullen
5. chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
6. yes
7. crack down on terrorists
8. a raid
9. to kill Osama bin Laden
10. to see his fate
11. the most powerful man in Pakistan

Numbered questions:
1. Is this scrutiny something Kayani is used to?
2. who is Kayani?
3. what is his full name?
4. who is one of his cloest allies?
5. and who is he?
6. do they ever argue?
7. what is washington pressuring Kayani to do?
8. what secret was kept from him?
9. what was the point of the raid?
10. why is the Us watching him so closely?
11. what is Kayani known as?

input: After the first World War, a small group of veterans returned to their village in Britain. Most of them managed to get along fairly well, but one--Francis Blustering, who had been wounded and who never recovered his strength-- was unable to work like others. In time he became very poor. Yet he was too proud to accept anything from the people in the village.

Once, these veterans held a reunion dinner in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made a good deal of money. Grandin produced a curiosity --a large old gold coin. Each man examined it with interest as it passed around the long table. All, however, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, so that the gold piece was soon forgotten. Later, when Grandin remembered it and asked for it, the coin was missing.

One of them suggested everyone be searched, to which all agreed, except Blustering. "You refuse, then?" asked Grandin. Blustering said with a red face, "Yes, I cannot allow it."

One by one, the others turned out their pockets. When the coin failed to appear, attention was focused on poor Blustering. Under the pitying stares of his friends, he walked out and returned to his home.

A few years later, Grandin made his house repaired. A workman found the gold coin, buried in dirt between planks of the floor. Hurrying to Blustering's home, Grandin apologized to him.

"But why didn't you allow yourself be searched?"

"Because I was a thief," Blustering said brokenly. "For weeks we had not had enough to eat and my pockets were full of food that I had taken from the table to carry home to my wife and hungry children." 1. When does this story take place?
2. Who returned to their village?
3. Did all of them do well?
4. Who didn't?
5. Why?
6. Did he have a job?
7. Who held a dinner?
8. What was the reason for the dinner?
9. What did Grandin show the men?
10. Did Grandin forget about the coin?
11. What did one of the men say they should do?
12. Did everyone say okay? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
1. Britain
2. small group of veterans
3. No
4. Francis Blustering
5. wounded and never recovered his strength
6. No
7. veterans
8. renunion dinner
9. a large old gold coin
10. Yes
11. One of them suggested everyone be searched.
12. No