Q: Jane was a dog who lived all alone, in a broken freezer in a dump. There was all kinds of junk in the dump, from a car, to a wooden cow, to a clock, but Jane's favorite thing she had was a giant sock. Jane was always chewing at the sock, and kept it with her in her freezer. When Jane was not chewing on the sock, she was running around in the dump, looking for things to eat, or things that were fun to sniff, or that she could bark at. Still, even when Jane was having fun doing other things, her favorite thing of all to do was chew on her giant sock. Sometimes Jane would see other animals in the dump. There were always birds around, as well as sometimes a snake, and once even a cat. A deer even came through once. Jane was quick to start barking at the cat, and she quickly scared it away and it never came back. The birds were something that Jane was always trying to catch. She was never fast enough, they would always fly far away before Jane even got close. But that didn't stop Jane from barking at them whenever she saw them. Jane liked being active. Even when Jane was all alone, she was active. Jane was a happy dog.

Answer the following questions:
1. who was Jane?
2. Who did she live with?
3. Where?
4. where?
5. What was there?
6. What was her favorite thing?
7. Where did she keep it?
8. What did she do with it?
9. What else did she do?
10. Why?
11. What else?
12. Anything else?
13. Was anyone else there?
14. Who else?
15. What kind?
16. What did she do to the cat?
17. HOw about the birds?
18. What did they do?
A: 1. a dog
2. all alone
3. in a broken freezer
4. In a dump
5. a car, wooden cow and a clock
6. a giant sock
7. in the freezer
8. chewed it
9. running around the dump
10. looking for things to eat
11. looking for things fun to sniff
12. looking for things to bark at
13. Sometimes
14. other animals
15. birds, snakes, a cat
16. barked at it
17. Tried to catch them
18. fly away
Q: Ben lived in the same house as I did, on the same floor, his door facing mine; we often saw each other, and I knew how he lived when he was at home. And at home it was the same story: dressing-gown, nightcap, closed windows, locked doors, and -'Oh, I hope nothing bad will happen!' Vegetarian food is not good for him, yet he could not eat meat, so he ate freshwater fish with butter--not a vegetarian dish, yet one could not say that it was meat. He did not keep a female servant for fear people might think evil of him, but had as cook an old man of sixty, called Alan, who had once been an officer's servant and could cook after a fashion. This Alan was usually standing at the door with his arms folded; with a deep sigh, he would _ always the same thing: "there are plenty of them about nowadays!"

Answer the following questions:
1. Where did Ben live?
2. What did he wear while at home?
3. What did he eat?
4. Did he eat meat?
5. Did he prepare the fish himself?
6. Who did?
7. Male or female?
8. What was the mans name?
9. How old was Alan?
10. Did he work anywhere before cooking for Ben?
11. Doing what?
A: 1. in the same house as I did
2. a dressing-gown
3. freshwater fish
4. no
5. no
6. a cook
7. a man
8. Alan
9. sixty
10. yes
11. as an officer's servant
Q: Jack was a skilled artist with a wife and two sons. One night, his elder son had a stomachache . Thinking it was only some common intestinal disorders, neither Jack nor his wife took it seriously. But the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Jack always felt guilty. His wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than that Jack could stand, so he turned to alcohol for help. Later, Jack began to lose everything he had --- his land, house, etc. Finally Jack died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Jack's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure!" As time went by, I knew Jack's younger son who grew into an adult, Ernie. He is one of the kindest and most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. One day, I asked him what his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Jack came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'love you, son'."

Answer the following questions:
1. What did Jack do for a living?
2. Did he have a family?
3. How many kids did he have?
4. What happened to the older boy?
5. Did he go to the doctor?
6. Did he get better?
7. What happened to him?
8. What did the mom do after?
9. Was Jack by himself?
10. Who was with him?
11. How old was the son then?
12. What was his name?
13. What did Jack do with his son every night?
14. When did Jack stop doing that?
15. Does Ernie still talk to his dad?
16. Why not?
17. Where did that happen?
18. Was he there because he drank a lot?
A:
1. artist
2. Yes
3. Two
4. had a stomachache
5. no
6. no
7. he died
8. She left him
9. No
10. his younger son
11. six
12. Ernie
13. kissed him and told him he loved him
14. until Ernie was 18
15. No.
16. He died
17. in a small bar
18. Yes