Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Around twenty years ago I was living in Seattle and going through hard times. I could not find a satisfying job and I found this especially difficult as I had a lot of experience and a Master's degree. To my shame I was driving a school bus to make ends meet and living with friends. I had been through five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not get the job. Later that afternoon, while doing my rounds through a quiet neighborhood I had an internal(inside)wave--like a scream --come up from deep inside me and I thought "Why has my life become so hard?"... Immediately after this internal scream I pulled the bus over to drop off a little girl and as she passed she handed me an earring saying I should keep it in case somebody looked for it. The earring was stamped with words "BE HAPPY". At first I got angry. Then it hit me. I had been putting all of my energies into what was wrong with my life rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a list of 50 things I was thankful to. At first _ was hard, then it got easier. One day I decided to up it to 75. That night there was a phone call for me, asking if I would do a one-day training for 200 hospital workers. I said yes and got the job. My day with the hospital workers went very well. I got a standing welcome and many more days of work. To this day I KNOW that it was because I changed my attitude to _ . By chance, the day after I found the earring the girl asked me if anyone had looked for it. I told her no and she said "I guess it was meant for you then." I spent the next year doing training workshops all around the Seattle area and then decided to risk everything and go back to Scotland where I had lived before. I closed my one man business and bought a plane ticket. One month later I met my wonderful English wife and best friend of 15 years now. We live in a small beautiful house in Scotland. "THE ONLY ATTITUDE IS GRATITUDE" has been my motto for years now and yes, it completely changed my life.

1. When did the person live in Seattle?
2. How was life there?
3. why?
4. Was he educated?
5. What did he do for work?
6. did he like it?
7. why not?
8. Was he applying for jobs?
9. any interviews?
10. did he get any of the jobs?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Around twenty years ago
2. tough
3. he could not find a decent job
4. He had a lot of experience and a Master's degree
5. he was driving a school bus
6. No
7. He believed it to be belittling
8. yes
9. five
10. No

Question: Presents For Children's Day Charles M. Schulz was born in 1922 in Minneapolis, the only child of a housewife and a barber. His interest in comics was encouraged by his father, who loved the funny pages. Charles M. Schulz sold seventeen cartoons to the Saturday Evening Post from 1948 to 1950 and Li'l Folks to the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950, and ran without interruption for the next fifty years. Charles M. Schulz died in 2000. *IT'S A DOG'S LIFE SNOOPY It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy brings all your familiar friends together for great times and fun. *IT'S A BIG WORLD CHARLIE BROWN Charlie Brown faces some of life's little challenges with the help of Snoopy, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, Linus, and the rest of the gang in It's a Big World, Charlie Brown. *PEANUTS 2000 The last one is the special edition Peanuts 2000, which includes all the last year's Peanuts comic strip and Charles M. Schulz's famous farewell strip. Come and visit our website at www.ballantinebooks.com or come to Ballantine Bookshop, you'll have a big surprise. 1. Who was the comic artist?
2. Where was he born?
3. When?
4. What did his dad do?
5. Did he like his art?
6. Who did he sell his art to?
7. How many?
8. During which time period>
9. Did he sell to anyone else?
10. What did they buy?
11. When did his main comic start? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Charles M. Schulz
2. In Minneapolis.
3. In 1922.
4. He was a barber.
5. He encouraged him.
6. The Saturday Evening Post
7. Seventeen.
8. From 1948 to 1950
9. The St. Paul Pioneer Press.
10. Li'l Folks
11. On October 2, 1950

Q: (CNN) -- When a black man dies at the hands of a white police officer, not often is there video evidence that could end the speculation and show what happened.

In the case of John Crawford III, there is video evidence -- and Walmart needs to release the tape to the public immediately.

Crawford was 22 years old when he and his girlfriend went to the Walmart last month in Beavercreek, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio. They planned to pick up the ingredients for s'mores for a family cookout. Crawford had two young children.

While browsing, he picked up an unpackaged BB gun from one of the store shelves, and continued shopping. A man named Ronald Ritchie saw him and called 911. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people," Ritchie told them.

A few minutes later, Crawford was dead -- shot on sight by police. His last words? "It's not real." The gun was a toy, and it was unloaded.

(Absurdly, if Crawford had been carrying a loaded assault weapon in a threatening manner, it would have been legal under Ohio's open carry laws. This is exactly why gun safety advocates like myself have so long criticized these laws for creating a culture of fear.)

Was Ritchie more likely to see phantom danger and call the cops because Crawford was a black man? Were those cops more likely to pull the trigger -- by all accounts, without warning Crawford -- because Crawford was black? In other words, is Crawford dead today because he was black in America?

1. John Crawford
2. A BB gun
3. Ronald Ritchie
4. A black man was "walking around with a gun in the store," and "pointing it at people,"
5. Crawford was shot
6. No
7. "It's not real"
8. Police
9. Beavercreek
10. 22

Numbered questions:
1. Who was in walmart?
2. what did he pick up in the store?
3. Who saw him?
4. what did he say?
5. Then what?
6. Did he live?
7. What were his last words?
8. who shot him?
9. Where was the Walmart located ?
10. How old was he?

Q: Sam was outside playing. It was very hot out and he got really thirsty. He saw that Mr. Brown was setting up a table with sodas and snacks down the street. Sam was very excited because this would solve his problem.

He checked his pockets. They were empty. Where did his money go? This was a problem. In order to get a soda and snack he would need money.

Sam ran home as fast as he could. He was in a rush. He passed by Jim as he was running. He asked Sam why he was running. "No time," Sam Said.

When he got inside the house Sam was very happy. His money was on his dresser in his bedroom. Thank goodness. He had enough money to get a soda. Sam ran back outside, but this time he slowed down when he saw Jim. He told Jim to come with him to Mr. Brown's table. He had enough money to buy them both a soda.

1. Sam
2. playing
3. hot
4. he got thirsty
5. Mr. Brown
6. setting up a table
7. he got excited
8. no
9. his pockets
10. to buy a soda and snack
11. home
12. yes
13. yes
14. Jim
15. He asked Sam why he was running
16. "No time,"
17. happy
18. yes
19. his dresser

Numbered questions:
1. Who was outside?
2. What was he doing?
3. What was the temperature like?
4. How did he react?
5. Who was down the block?
6. What was he doing?
7. How did Sam react?
8. Did he have cash on him?
9. Where did he search?
10. Why did he require it?
11. Where did he run?
12. Was he in a hurry?
13. Did he pass anyone he knew?
14. Who?
15. What did he say to him?
16. What did he respond?
17. What was his mood when he arrived?
18. Did he find the money?
19. Where?