Question: Jim and Linda are our neighbors. Jim and Linda have an old dog named Reggie. We love our neighbors. They are like the perfect grandparents. We watch Reggie for them when they go out of town to see their children and grandchildren. Reggie is so fun to have around. He is 14 years old. We have 3 other dogs and Reggie is older than all of them. They all listen to what Reggie tells them to do. It is fun to see them respect him.

We are watching Reggie now. He is staying with us for 3 weeks. He likes to go for rides in the car. He likes to go for walks.

This time, when Jim and Linda dropped Reggie off, Jim picked up mom's guitar and played us a song. He was really good! Then Jim and Linda sang a song for us.

I can see why Reggie misses them when they are gone. They are so nice! We give Reggie lots of love so that he is happy at our house when they are on vacation.

He likes our dogs and cats. We have a big black dog named Able. We have a little dog named Mudpuppy and we have a puppy named Goldberry. We have two cats. One of our cats is named Glitch. She has lots of colors. We also have a white kitten named Vex.

One of the best things about watching Reggie is that we know when Jim and Linda come home, Linda bakes us a cherry pie for taking care of Reggie. She makes delicious pie. We are very lucky to have such nice neighbors! 1. Who is Linda?
2. Who is Jim?
3. How is Jim related to Linda?
4. Who is Reggie?
5. How old is he?
6. How many dogs do we have?
7. What are we doing now?
8. For how long?
9. What does he like to do?
10. What did Jim do after dropping off Reggie?
11. And then what?
12. Does Reggie like other animals?
13. What other animals do we have? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. neighbor
2. neighbor
3. son
4. dog
5. 14
6. Three
7. watching Reggie
8. 3 weeks
9. go for rides
10. played a song
11. Jim and Linda sang a song
12. yes
13. dogs and cats

Question: CHAPTER XXIX

THE JUMPERS

The sun was rising when Joe Thorpe made a hasty breakfast with his two companions in their camp beside the lode. He was a logger by profession, though he had an extensive experience in prospecting for timber-rights and minerals. Big Joe was known as an honest man; that was why Frobisher had selected him to stake off a claim, and he had arrived late on the previous night after a forced march.

"We ought to have a clear day or two before the first of the crowd that's following us comes in, but that's all," he said. "We want to get our prospecting done and the best locations picked before the rush begins, and we'll start as soon as you've finished."

"I'll be through in a minute," said one of the others with his mouth full. "It's a pretty fair deal Frobisher made with us and he's not the man to go back on one."

"That's more than I'd say of Mappin," remarked the third of the party. "He's in this somehow, isn't he? What was it Carnally said to you when we were getting ready to start, Joe?"

"Told me to watch out for the Mappin crowd. It seems Mappin's put Scaith, who made the trouble over the Newark timber-rights, on to the job. The fellow's a crook, and two of the others have been mixed up in jumping rows. Now we like Carnally, and he allowed he was on to a good thing in the Allinson claims. Anyhow, Watkins, you've had enough for one man. Let up on the pork and bring along the drill." 1. What was Joe's job?
2. Why did Frobisher choose him?
3. What was his nickname?
4. What about his last name?
5. Did he take his time with his morning meal?
6. Did he eat with anyone else?
7. When had he arrived?
8. What kind of transportation got him there?
9. What skills aside from logging did Joe have?
10. Is anyone else coming to the location?
11. When will they arrive?
12. Are they in a hurry?
13. When will they begin?
14. Do they think Frobisher is honest?
15. What about Mappin?
16. Who did Mappin hire for the work?
17. Do they have a high opinion of Scaith?
18. Why not?
19. Who among the other workers do they respect?
20. Whose claims did he work on? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. He was a logger
2. because he was known as an honest man
3. Big Joe
4. Thorpe
5. No
6. Yes
7. late on the previous night
8. a forced march.
9. prospecting for timber-rights and minerals
10. Yes
11. in a day or two
12. Yes
13. as soon as they've finished breakfast
14. Yes
15. No
16. Scaith
17. No
18. he who made the trouble over the Newark timber-rights and is a crook
19. Carnally
20. Allinson's

Question: Outside of the Low Countries, it is the native language of the majority of the population of Suriname, and also holds official status in the Caribbean island nations of Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten. Historical minorities on the verge of extinction remain in parts of France and Germany, and in Indonesia,[n 1] while up to half a million native speakers may reside in the United States, Canada and Australia combined.[n 2] The Cape Dutch dialects of Southern Africa have evolved into Afrikaans, a mutually intelligible daughter language[n 3] which is spoken to some degree by at least 16 million people, mainly in South Africa and Namibia.[n 4]

Dutch is one of the closest relatives of both German and English[n 5] and is said to be roughly in between them.[n 6] Dutch, like English, has not undergone the High German consonant shift, does not use Germanic umlaut as a grammatical marker, has largely abandoned the use of the subjunctive, and has levelled much of its morphology, including the case system.[n 7] Features shared with German include the survival of three grammatical gendersalbeit with few grammatical consequences[n 8]as well as the use of modal particles, final-obstruent devoicing, and a similar word order.[n 9] Dutch vocabulary is mostly Germanic and incorporates more Romance loans than German but fewer than English.[n 10] 1. Who was on the verge of extinction?
2. Where at?
3. What language is closer to German and Englist\h?
4. Outside of what? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Historical minorities
2. France, Germany, and Indonesia
3. Dutch
4. unknown