question: Marie Colvin, a veteran correspondent who was killed in Syria last week, died trying to get her shoes so she could escape a shelling attack, her paper reported Sunday.

Colvin, a New York native, worked for London's The Sunday Times.

As is the custom in Syria, she took off her shoes upon entering a building that was serving as a makeshift press center. She was on the ground floor when rockets hit the upper floors, The Sunday Times reported.

Thinking then that the building was a target, Colvin rushed to retrieve her shoes in the hall. A rocket landed just a few yards away, the paper said.

Colvin, 56, was the only British newspaper journalist inside the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr. She was killed alongside French journalist Remi Ochlik in the attack Wednesday.

Her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said aid workers have been trying for days to remove her daughter's body from the war-ravaged country.

She added that she believes her daughter was deliberately targeted by Syrian government forces.

"They were first in another house, and the top floors there were blown off," she said. "First (the Syrian forces) rocketed the front of the building," she said, fueling suspicion that the attack against a makeshift media center where Colvin and Ochlik were holed up was no accident.

The Syrian government was not immediately available for comment.

The day before she was killed, Colvin had given media interviews to networks like ITN and CNN about the ongoing clashes in Homs, and about a child who was killed in the city.
1. Where did Colvin work?
2. Was she born in London?
3. Where, then?
4. What was her job title?
5. Which other journalist was killed at the same time?
6. On what day did it occur?
7. How old was Colvin?
8. In what country did the attack occur?
9. What was Colvin reaching for when the rocket landed?
10. How far away from Colvin did it make contact?
11. Why wasn't she wearing her shoes?
12. What type of building was she in?
13. Who is Marie Colvin's mother?
14. Does she believe the attack was targeted?
15. By who?
16. Was Marie bombed in another location?
17. Did the Syrian government defend themselves to the press?
18. Has Colvin's body been returned to her family?
19. Who is working on that effort?
20. What had Colvin been reporting on before her death?
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answer: 1. The Sunday Times
2. no
3. New York
4. veteran correspondent
5. Remi Ochlik
6. Wednesday
7. 56
8. Syria
9. her shoes
10. few yards
11. custom in Syria
12. makeshift press center
13. Rosemarie Colvin
14. yes
15. Syrian government forces
16. No
17. no
18. No
19. aid workers
20. ongoing clashes in Homs, and about a child who was killed in the city.

question: CHAPTER XI

After nearly six months in the Nueces gorge the loneliness and inaction of his life drove Duane out upon the trails seeking anything rather than to hide longer alone, a prey to the scourge of his thoughts. The moment he rode into sight of men a remarkable transformation occurred in him. A strange warmth stirred in him--a longing to see the faces of people, to hear their voices--a pleasurable emotion sad and strange. But it was only a precursor of his old bitter, sleepless, and eternal vigilance. When he hid alone in the brakes he was safe from all except his deeper, better self; when he escaped from this into the haunts of men his force and will went to the preservation of his life.

Mercer was the first village he rode into. He had many friends there. Mercer claimed to owe Duane a debt. On the outskirts of the village there was a grave overgrown by brush so that the rude-lettered post which marked it was scarcely visible to Duane as he rode by. He had never read the inscription. But he thought now of Hardin, no other than the erstwhile ally of Bland. For many years Hardin had harassed the stockmen and ranchers in and around Mercer. On an evil day for him he or his outlaws had beaten and robbed a man who once succored Duane when sore in need. Duane met Hardin in the little plaza of the village, called him every name known to border men, taunted him to draw, and killed him in the act.
1. Where has Duane been?
2. For how long?
3. Was he lonely?
4. What did he do to combat the loneliness?
5. What was the name of the first village?
6. Did Mercer owe him something?
7. What was just outside the village?
8. Was anything on it?
9. What?
10. Was anything written on the post?
11. Had Duane ever read it?
12. Who did Duane think of?
13. Who had Hardin bothered?
14. Where had they met?
15. What did Duane do to him?
16. Then what?
17. And then?
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answer: 1. Nueces gorge
2. nearly six months
3. yes
4. prey to the scourge of his thoughts.
5. Mercer
6. yes
7. a grave
8. yes
9. brush
10. yes
11. no
12. Hardin,
13. the stockmen and ranchers
14. in the little plaza of the village,
15. called him every name known to border men,
16. taunted him to draw
17. killed him in the act.

question: Some people collect stamps. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the American state of Maryland collects secrets.

For the past 10 years, people have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. "It's a drawing of a lift. And the secret says: 'I feel guilty when I take lifts for one floor, so I limp when I get out.'" Frank said.

Ten years ago, Mr. Warren created an art project called PostSecret. People then began to send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the website.

Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people could share their secrets in a safe place. "I was struggling with secrets in my own life. And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me, I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did."

He has published six books full of the secrets people have shared with him. One secret in each book is his. Eric Perry delivers mail for the U.S. Postal Service. He has brought thousands of secrets to Frank's home over the past three years. "I have a couple of the books that Frank's given me and I've read them all and my family has read them all and it's wild!"

The project itself was once one of Frank's secrets. His wife Jan didn't know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published. The publisher told him that the address was going to be on the book, and he refused. However, the address was there just because of the contract between them. Actually Warren wasn't very happy about that.

Some people tell Frank of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides .
1. What gender is the person who collects secrets?
2. Where is he from?
3. And what is his name?
4. How long has he been collecting secrets?
5. What is the most common object he receives with a secret on it?
6. What is this art project called?
7. What day does he post the secrets on his website?
8. And how many secrets at a time does he post?
9. How many books did he publish?
10. How many secrets in each book are his?
11. What organization does Eric Perry work for?
12. Whose home does he deliver to?
13. How long has he been delivering to Frank?
14. Did Frank's wife know what he was doing at first?
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answer:
1. a man
2. Maryland
3. Frank Warren
4. 10 years
5. postcards
6. PostSecret
7. Sunday
8. 10
9. six
10. One
11. the U.S. Postal Service.
12. Frank's
13. three years
14. No