Problem: CHAPTER II SHIPWRECKED

Upon the following morning Nigel Graheme told his visitors that he had determined to accept their offer, and would at once set to work to raise a company.

"I have," he said, "as you know, a small patrimony of my own, and as for the last eight years I have been living here looking after Malcolm I have been laying by any rents, and can now furnish the arms and accoutrements for a hundred men without difficulty. When Malcolm comes of age he must act for himself, and can raise two or three hundred men if he chooses; but at present he will march in my company. I understand that I have the appointment of my own officers."

"Yes, until you join the regiment," Munro said. "You have the first appointments. Afterwards the colonel will fill up vacancies. You must decide how you will arm your men, for you must know that Gustavus' regiments have their right and left wings composed of musketeers, while the centre is formed of pikemen, so you must decide to which branch your company shall belong."

"I would choose the pike," Nigel said, "for after all it must be by the pike that the battle is decided."

"Quite right, Nigel. I have here with me a drawing of the armour in use with us. You see they have helmets of an acorn shape, with a rim turning up in front; gauntlets, buff coats well padded in front, and large breast plates. The pikes vary from fourteen to eighteen feet long according to the taste of the commander. We generally use about sixteen. If your company is a hundred strong you will have two lieutenants and three ensigns. Be careful in choosing your officers. I will fill in the king's commission to you as captain of the company, authorizing you to enlist men for his service and to appoint officers thereto."
1. Did Graheme accept their offer
2. was would he dostraight away
3. what is he going to raise?
4. how long ha she looked after Malcom?
5. has he been living elsewhere?
6. what money has he been saving?
7. what can he afford now?
8. and?
9. for how many men?
10. how many can Malcom afford when he's old enough?
11. who's compnay will he march in?
12. who picks the officers?
13. until when?
14. who was talking?
15. who;ll appoint the rest?
16. What else must he decide?
17. what are the wings of the oposition armed with?
18. who's regiment is that?
19. what's the middle armed with?
20. Did his visiter agree?
Answer: 1. yes
2. no
3. a small patrimony
4. eight years
5. he's been there eight years
6. laying by any rents
7. arms
8. accoutrements
9. a hundred men
10. two or three hundred men
11. Nigel's
12. Nigel
13. he joins the regiment,
14. Munro
15. the colonel
16. how he will arm his men
17. musketeers
18. Gustavus
19. unknown
20. no

Q: (CNN) -- A close aide to Pakistan's Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud said he is breaking ties with him and confirmed reports that Mehsud was behind the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in December 2007 at a campaign rally.

Qari Turkestan Bhitaini, a self-proclaimed right-hand man of Mehsud, said Mehsud was behind the December 27, 2007, assassination of Bhutto, Pakistan's Express TV reported.

Bhitaini said he is breaking ties with Mehsud because he blames the Taliban chief for killing scores of innocent Muslims in recent attacks in Lahore.

The Pakistani government and CIA officials have said in the past that Mehsud was responsible for Bhutto's death.

Bhutto, 54, was heading the opposition to then-President Pervez Musharraf when she was assassinated during a campaign rally in Rawalpindi ahead of parliamentary elections.

The Pakistani government, who has struggled to control terrorism, is waging a military offensive against the Taliban in the country's North West Frontier Province.

Answer the following questions:
1. who is a close aide to Pakistan's Taliban chief
2. who is Pakistan's Taliban chief
3. Baitullah Mehsud said he is breaking ties with who?
4. why is he breaking ties?
5. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in
6. where was he killed
7. Qari Turkestan Bhitaini, a self-proclaimed right-hand man of who?
8. who was behind the December 27, 2007, assassination of Bhutto
9. who reported Mehsud was behind the December 27, 2007, assassination of Bhutto
A: 1. Qari Turkestan Bhitaini
2. Baitullah Mehsud
3. unknown
4. Killing scores of innocent muslims
5. December 2007
6. a campaign rally.
7. Mehsud
8. Mehsud
9. Express TV

Problem: (CNN) -- They were sons and daughters, with their whole lives ahead of them. Until -- for reasons no one has yet explained -- their lives came to a horrific, bloody halt on a rural road on Tennessee's Cumberland Plateau.

Dominic Davis, 17

Davis was new to Tennessee, having recently moved from Colorado with his family "to make life better," Cumberland County's school district explained in information distributed to the media.

But in his short time here, school superintendent Donald Andrews told CNN, "They had endeared themselves to the community."

A sophomore at Cumberland County High School, where he was well-liked and respected, Davis loved art, music and sports, especially basketball.

Academically, his goal was modest -- to pass all his classes with at least a C. But in life, as he wrote in a class assignment, it was deeper and loftier: "I want to be remembered not as the best man alive, but the most respected."

Suspect detained in Tennessee

Steven Presley, 17

Presley used to miss class often. But his attendance was perfect after transferring to The Phoenix School, where he stood out -- and was singled out -- as an example that students could change and improve their lives.

And Presley made others' lives better in the process. The school district described him as "always happy, smiling, funny, kindhearted, sweet and polite," the type pf person "who would do anything for anyone (and) was loved by all who knew him."

He graduated from The Phoenix School in May. By then, Presley had already made a big impression with people from all walks of life who were lucky enough to cross his path.
1. WHO'S LIVES CAME TO A HORRIFIC, BLOODY HALT?
2. WHERE DID THIS TAKE PLACE?
3. IN WHAT STATE?
4. WHERE WAS DAVIS FROM?
5. WHY HAD HE MOVED TO TENNESSEE?
6. WHAT SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS HE FROM?
7. WHAT GRADE WAS HE IN?
8. WAS HE ANTI SOCIAL?
9. WHAT HOBBIES DID HE HAVER?
10. WHAT DID HE WRITE HE WANTED TO BE REMEMBERED AS MOST?
11. WHO IS THE SCHOOL'S SUPERINTENDENT?
12. WHAT OTHER 17 YEAR OLD WAS INVOLVED IN THE SAME INCIDENT?
13. DID THEY GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL?
14. WHAT SCHOOL DID HE GO TO?
15. WHAT GRADE WAS HE IN?
16. WAS HE BULLIED?
17. HOW IS HE DESCRIBED AS?
18. HOW WAS HIS ATTENDANCE CHANGE NOTICED WITH THE MOVE TO ANOTHER SCOOL?
19. ANY SUSPECTS YET?
20. DO THEY HAVE ANY REASONS OR EXPLANATIONS FOR THE MURDERS?
Answer:
1. Sons and Daughters
2. a rural road
3. Tennessee
4. Colorado
5. "to make life better"
6. Cumberland County
7. 10th
8. No
9. Art, music and sports, especially basketball.
10. "I want to be remembered not as the best man alive, but the most respected."
11. Donald Andrews
12. Steven Presley
13. no
14. The Phoenix School
15. He was a graduated senior.
16. No.
17. "always happy, smiling, funny, kindhearted, sweet and polite," the type pf person "who would do anything for anyone (and) was loved by all who knew him."
18. His attendance was perfect.
19. Yes.
20. No.