input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XVI

SOMETHING ABOUT A CANE

But if Koswell and Larkspur were guilty, they kept very quiet about it, and the Rover boys were unable to prove anything against them. The bill for the cut-up tire came to Dick, and he paid it.

The college talk was now largely about football, and one day a notice was posted that all candidates for admission on the big eleven should register at the gymnasium.

"I think I'll put my name down," said Tom.

"And I'll do the same," returned Dick, "but I doubt if well get much of a show, since they know nothing of our playing qualities here."

There were about thirty candidates, including thirteen who had played on the big team before. But two of these candidates were behind in then studies, and had to be dropped, by order of the faculty.

"That leaves a full eleven anyway of old players," said Sam. "Not much hope for you," he added to his brothers.

"They'll do considerable shifting; every college team does," said Dick; and he was right. After a good deal of scrub work and a general sizing up of the different candidates, four of the old players were dropped, while another went to the substitutes' bench.

It was now a question between nine of the new candidates, and after another tryout Dick was put in as a guard, he having shown an exceptional fitness for filling that position. Tom got on the substitutes' bench, which was something, if not much. Then practice began in earnest, for the college was to play a game against Roxley, another college, on a Saturday, ten days later. 1. How many candidates were there?
2. How many had prior experience?
3. How many were dropped?
4. Why?
5. Where were they registering at?
6. Did Dick think they had much of a shot?
7. Why not?
8. What did correctly say all teams do?
9. How many of the old players were let go?
10. Did one become a substitute?
11. How many new potential players did it come down to?
12. Did Tom get picked?
13. What did he end up doing on the team?
14. Did Dick get picked, too?
15. What position did he get?
16. Did he seem like an excellent fit for that position?
17. Who paid for a torn up tire?
18. Who might have been guilty, but they weren't saying anything about it?
19. Who failed at proving them guilty of anything?
20. Who was the first football game going to be against?
numbered_answers: 1. about thirty
2. thirteen
3. two
4. they were behind in studies
5. the gymnasium
6. no
7. they knew nothing of their playing qualities
8. considerable shifting
9. four
10. yes
11. nine
12. yes
13. substitute
14. yes
15. guard
16. yes
17. Dick
18. Koswell and Larkspur
19. the Rover boys
20. Roxley,

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Buenos Aires ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, on the South American continent's southeastern coast. "Buenos aires" can be translated as "fair winds" or "good airs", but the first one was the meaning intended by the founders in the 16th century, by the use of the original name "Real de Nuestra Senora Santa Maria del Buen Ayre". The Greater Buenos Aires conurbation, which also includes several Buenos Aires Province districts, constitutes the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas, with a population of around 17 million.

The city of Buenos Aires is neither part of Buenos Aires Province nor the Province's capital; rather, it is an autonomous district. In 1880, after decades of political infighting, Buenos Aires was federalized and removed from Buenos Aires Province. The city limits were enlarged to include the towns of Belgrano and Flores; both are now neighborhoods of the city. The 1994 constitutional amendment granted the city autonomy, hence its formal name: Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires (Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). Its citizens first elected a chief of government (i.e. mayor) in 1996; previously, the mayor was directly appointed by the President of the Republic. 1. What is the capital of Argentina?
2. Do a lot of people live there?
3. What does Buenos Aires mean?
4. How many people live in Buenos Aires?
5. What cities in Argentina are bigger?
6. What kind of district does the city lie in?
7. When was it given autonomy?
8. Does the city have a more formal name?
9. What is it?
10. What does that mean?
numbered_answers: 1. Buenos Aires
2. yes
3. "fair winds" or "good airs"
4. around 17 million.
5. none
6. several Buenos Aires Province districts
7. 1994
8. yes
9. Ciudad Autonoma de Buenos Aires
10. Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. A cat was watching a bird in a tree. The blue bird watched the cat as it tried to use its claws and climb up the tree. The cat reached the right branch and slowly walked towards the bird. The bird flew away and the cat was left stuck on the branch. The cat jumped down from the tall branch and didn't get hurt. He then chased after a chipmunk along the ground. The chipmunk was not faster than the cat, but the chipmunk ran up a tree. The cat tried to run up the tree, but fell back down. Not wanting to go back up a tree, the cat watched the chipmunk from the ground. It went into a hole in the tree and the cat gave up. The cat went under a house's deck to keep cool. It watched for more birds or chipmunks that it could chase after. He saw one chipmunk in the distance, then two three and four. He was ready to chase them. 1. What was watching the cat watching?
2. where was it?
3. what color was it?
numbered_answers:
1. a bird
2. in a tree
3. blue