Question:
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Dave and John were playing catch in the living room. Rose told them that was dumb, but she did not stop them. She kept writing in her notebook. If they wanted to get in trouble, then they could. It was not her responsibility.

Dave told John to go long. Dave did not have good aim and missed John's hands when he threw the ball. Instead he hit the lamp and knocked it over. He was glad he did not hit the dishes. Nor did he hit the cat. John was not glad that he hit the lamp, but was glad that the lamp was not broken.

When John's dad came home, he was very happy that John came clean about the lamp even when it was not broken. After telling them off for playing inside, John's dad made them all a cake. The cake had lemon frosting, which was Dave's favorite. Rose cannot eat lemon, so she let Dave have her slice. He chose to take Rose's cake home to his Bro. Dave thanked her a lot.
1. Who threw the ball?
2. Who to?
3. Where were they playing?
4. Did he catch it?
5. What happened?
6. Did anyone see them?
7. Who else was in the living room?
8. what was she doing?
9. Did they do anything after playing?
10. Who made it?
11. What flavor?
12. Was anything broken?
13. Did they all eat cake?
14. Why not?
15. Who ate hers?
16. Did anyone get into trouble?
17. Who?
18. Who got mad?
19. Why?
20. How did he find out?

Numbered answers:
1. Dave
2. John
3. the living room
4. no
5. he hit the lamp
6. unknown
7. Rose
8. writing
9. they ate cake
10. John's dad
11. lemon
12. no
13. no
14. Rose cannot eat lemon
15. Dave's bro
16. yes
17. John and Dave
18. John's dad
19. for playing inside
20. John came clean

Question:
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Conor Grennan was unwilling to be a volunteer . The 29-year-old American was not sure if he had the skills or a strong feeling for it. However, he went to work at an orphanage in Nepal. His first thought was to make people impressed. "I thought that if I volunteered just once. I could retell the story over and over," Grennan said in a Huffington Post article. However, his three-month stay it the orphanage turned into in unusual experience. It was 2004 and Grennan had given up his job to begin a year-long around-the-world trip, His first three months were spent in Nepal. When he arrived in the village, he knew nothing about the children or the local culture. When he opened the gate of the Little Princes Children's Home, he was faced by the excited children. The young American ended up caring for 18 children. He later discovered that they were trafficked children. So he walked through the mountains with great difficulty to find the kids' families, "I started walking with photos of the kids." he told the Reuters reporter. "I would show up in villages and show photographs around. I went with 24 photos, and I found 24 families." At the same time, he put his heart into Nepalese culture. Grennan said, "Volunteering is the single best way to see how the rest of the world lives." He also encouraged others to do what he had done. He believes that volunteering needs only making decisions to show up. Grennan's fight against child-trafficking has changed him. His book, Little Prince, came out last week.
1. how long did Grennan stay at the orphanage?
2. how many children did he end up caring for?
3. what has changed him?
4. what is the name of his book?
5. how old was he when he went to work in Nepal?
6. did he want to volunteer at first?
7. what year was it when he embarked on his round-the-world trip?
8. did he know anything about Nepal when he went?
9. what was the name of the Children's home?
10. what did he learn about the children?
11. what did he try to find?
12. who did he tell this to?
13. how many photos did he take with him?
14. where did they take the photos?
15. how many families did he end up finding?

Numbered answers:
1. three-months
2. 18
3. fight against child-traffickin
4. Little Prince
5. 29
6. No.
7. 2004
8. No.
9. Little Princes Children's Home
10. they were trafficked children
11. the kids' families
12. Reuters reporter
13. 24
14. villages
15. 24

Question:
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Beijing, China (CNN) -- A court in eastern China sentenced a man to death Saturday for attacking 29 kindergarten students and three teachers with a knife, state-run media said.

The Taixing Intermediate People's Court found Xu Yuyuan, 47, guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day trial, Xinhua news agency said.

Xu told the court that his rage against society motivated him in the April 29 attacks, according to Xinhua. But he appealed the death sentence, arguing that the punishment was too severe since no one died in the attacks, Xinhua said.

Chinese penal code says a person can be convicted of intentional homicide for acting on an intent to kill, the news agency reported.

A police probe found Xu had been unemployed since 2001, when he was fired by a local insurance company. He told police he carried out the attack because he was angry about a series of business and personal humiliations, Xinhua said.

About 300 people attended Saturday's open trial, according to Xinhua.

Xu's sentence was the second death penalty conviction after a recent spate of school attacks that have prompted public outrage across China.

Zheng Minsheng, 42, was sentenced to death and executed on April 28 for attacking students in front of an elementary school in Fujian province, killing eight and wounding several others. Zheng also used a knife in the attacks, Xinhua reported.

Authorities said Zheng carried out the attack because he was frustrated at "failures in his romantic life," the news agency said.

At least four other such attacks on school children in China have been reported since March.
1. How old was the defendant?
2. What was his nationality?
3. Was he found guilty?
4. of what?
5. How long was the proceeding?
6. Who published the information?
7. How many victims were there?
8. was Xu employed?
9. Did anyone perish in the incident?
10. What punitive measures were sought by the prosecutors?
11. What was the assailant's motive?
12. about what?
13. Have there been other similar crimes commited recently?
14. What became of the other criminal?
15. How many lives did he take?
16. and his motivation?
17. with what?
18. How many crimes of this nature have been reported this year?
Numbered answers:
1. 47
2. Chinese
3. yes
4. intentional homicide
5. a half-day
6. CNN
7. 32
8. no
9. no
10. the death penalty
11. he was angry
12. business and personal humiliations
13. yes
14. he was executed
15. eight
16. he was frustrated
17. failures in his romantic life
18. four