Q: Beijing (CNN) -- It's the Chinese crime story of the century and a major embarrassment for the country's all-powerful Communist Party.

In late July, Bo Xilai, a former darling of the party, was finally indicted on corruption charges. His trial is expected to begin on Thursday, August 22, the latest chapter in a gripping tale of murder, betrayal and political factionalism.

The authorities claim he abused his official state position to seek financial benefits, resulting in "huge losses to the nation and the people."

"The circumstances are extremely serious," a statement in the state-run Xinhua news agency declared a few days later.

But a source close to the Bo family for decades says the claims are "ridiculous."

"The charges go way back when Bo was in Dalian. That's more than 20 years ago. So they cannot find anything more recent?"

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Until March 2012, the charismatic, populist leader was a member of the policy-making politburo of the Communist Party and party chief of Chongqing, a megacity in southwestern China.

Bo, 64, is currently in detention, awaiting a trial that could cap the biggest political scandal to hit China in decades. He has not been seen in public since news of the scandal emerged, and he was stripped of his role as Chongqing party chief and later his prestigious politburo post.

TIMELINE: Bo's fall from grace

Bo stands accused of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. According to the indictment documents, as a civil servant he took advantage of his position to seek profit from others and accepted an extremely large amount of money and properties, Xinhua reported. The documents don't quantify the amount of bribes allegedly accepted, but published reports say it could be as much as 20 million yuan ($3.3 million).

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was indicted?
2. When will the trial start?
3. What he he accused of?
4. Is it a serious offense?
5. What does the famiy think?
6. How long ago did this start?
7. Where was he?
8. What was he a member of until 2012?
9. Where is Chongging?
10. How old is he?
11. Where is he now?
12. Has he been seen recently?
13. Since when?
14. What was he stripped of?
15. What is one o f the charges he is accused of?
16. What is another?
17. Is that all?
18. What's the third?
19. Do the documents include the amount?
20. What is the estimated amount?
A: 1. Bo Xilai
2. August 22
3. corruption
4. yes
5. it's ridiculous
6. more than 20 years ago
7. Dalian
8. policy-making politburo
9. China
10. 64
11. in detention
12. no
13. news of the scandal emerged
14. his role as chief
15. bribery
16. embezzlement
17. no
18. buse of power
19. no
20. 20 million yuan

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Peggy Hilt wanted to be a good mother. But day after day, she got out of bed feeling like a failure. No matter what she tried, she couldn't connect with Nina, the 2-year -old girl she'd adopted from Russia as an infant . The preschooler pulled away whenever Hilt tried to hug or kiss her. Nina was physically aggressive with her 4-year-old sister, who had been adopted from Ukraine, and had violent tantrums . Whenever Hilt wasn't watching, she destroyed the family's furniture and possessions. "Every day with Nina had become a struggle," she recalls now.

As the girl grew older, things got worse. Hilt fell into a deep depression. She started drinking heavily, something she'd never done before. Ashamed, she hid her problem from everyone, including her husband.

On the morning of July 1, 2005, Hilt was packing for a family vocation, all the while swallowing one beer after another and growing increasingly angry and impatient with Nina's deeds. "Everything she did just got to me," Hilt said. When Hilt caught her reaching into her diaper and smearing feces on the walls and furniture, "a year and a half of frustration came to a head," Hilt says. "I snapped . I felt this uncontrollable rage."

Then Hilt did something unthinkable. She grabbed Nina around the neck, shook her and then dropped her to the floor, where she kicked her repeatedly before dragging her up to her room, punching her as they went. "I had never hit a child before," she says. "I felt horrible and promised myself that this would never happen again." But _ . Nina woke up with a fever, and then started throwing up. The next day she stopped breathing. By the time the ambulance got the child to the hospital, she was dead.

Hilt is now serving a 19-year sentence for second-degree murder in a Virginia prison. She and her husband divorced, and he is raising their other daughter. She realizes the horror of her crime and says she isn't looking for sympathy. "There is no punishment severe enough for what I did," she told NEWSWEEK in an interview at the prison.

1. Who grabbed Nina by the neck?
2. And who is she?
3. How old is her kid?
4. Is she her biological child?
5. Did she have any other children?
6. And their age?
7. What ilness was the mom suffering from?
8. Did she abstain from consuming alcohol?
9. How much would she drink?
10. What did she catch Nina doing?
11. Was she fine with that?
12. What did she say she was feeling about it?
13. Was Nina ok after being choked?
14. What ended up happening to her?
15. And the mom?
16. What happened with her spouse?
17. Was she a good mom?
18. Did she want to be?
19. What was the date when this happened?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Peggy Hilt
2. mother
3. 2-year -old
4. no
5. yes
6. 4-year-old
7. depression
8. no
9. heavily
10. reaching into her diaper and smearing feces on the walls and furniture
11. no
12. uncontrollable rage
13. no
14. she died
15. Hilt is now serving a 19-year sentence for second-degree murder
16. her husband divorced, and he is raising their other daughter.
17. no
18. yes
19. July 1, 2005