Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

In a big forest lived a fox named Manny. He was having a fun morning. Dad had given him a cookie as a snack and it was yummy! Now he was wandering through the woods, looking for an adventure. After a little bit he came across a frog sitting on a log. They looked at each other, but did not say anything. Manny spoke first. "Hi there, my name is Manny and I'm a fox. Who are you?" The frog on the log didn't answer at first. He finally said, "My name is Tony and I'm a frog. My brother could beat you up." Manny was very surprised to hear this. First, why would a frog's brother want to fight him? Second, how could some little frog beat him up? Manny told Tony he didn't think he would want to fight his brother because he would hurt him. Tony jumped off the log and hopped away, shouting over his shoulder, "You're a liar! My brother can beat up anyone!" As the frog went away, Manny was very confused. He didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but the frog was sad because of what Manny said. Manny also did not like to be called a liar, so he ran after the frog. He soon found out that Tony's brother was not from the same mother. His brother was a brown bear named Greg. After taking a good look at Greg, Manny said yes, Greg could beat up anyone he chose. After that day all three of them became close friends.

1. Was the forest big?
2. What is the fox who lived there's name?
3. What time of day was it?
4. What did his dad give him as a snack?
5. Did he enjoy it?
6. When he wandered through the woods what was he looking for?
7. Who did he meet?
8. What was his name?
9. Did the frog say something mean to him?
10. What did he say?
11. Did manny want to fight?
12. Why not?
13. Did the frog agree?
14. What did he say about it?
15. did the frog go away?
16. What did Manny do?
17. Did he find out anything about his brother?
18. Did they all become friends?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Yes
2. Manny
3. morning
4. A cookie
5. yes
6. an adventure
7. A frog
8. Tony
9. Yes
10. My brother could beat you up
11. no
12. he would hurt him
13. No
14. You're a liar! My brother can beat up anyone
15. yes
16. ran after the frog
17. he was a brown bear named Greg
18. Yes

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Seedy the watermelon was a very special type of watermelon. He didn't have any seeds. He was green and he had stripes. All of his cousins had seeds, but he didn't have any. He felt very left out. He couldn't thing of why he was different. His mom told him it was because he was a very special watermelon. She also tells him she loves him the way he is. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing. He wished he could be like everyone else and have seeds. One day, he rolled out to the lawn and looked at all of his new cousins growing in the garden. He rolled around until he found a little baby watermelon that didn't have any seeds either. He sat next to him and talked to him. He told him that he was very special, and was excited for him to be picked off the vine and be his special best friend. He would name him Seedy, Jr.

1. How was Seedy different?
2. What color was he?
3. What did his parent believe?
4. Did he believe that?
5. What did he think about another melon not having seeds?
6. What did he call this one?
7. Did they become friends then?
8. Were they family members?
9. Did Seedy accept himself?
10. What was his mother's name?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. He didn't have any seeds.
2. Green with stripes.
3. He was special.
4. But Seedy didn't think it was a good thing
5. He told him that he was very special.
6. Seedy Jr.
7. No.
8. Yes.
9. No.
10. unknown

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- "I killed that lady," the 10-year-old boy told a Pennsylvania state trooper, after a 90-year-old woman was found dead in the home of the boy's grandfather.

Tristen Kurilla, a fifth grader, made the chilling confession Saturday, police said, after his mother brought him to the Pennsylvania State Police Barracks in Honesdale, about 140 miles north of Philadelphia.

Now, Kurilla is being held at the Wayne County Correctional Facility and charged as an adult with criminal homicide, the Wayne County district attorney's office said. The boy is separated from adult offenders and is being constantly supervised, CNN affiliate WBRE reported.

The boy admitted to grabbing a wooden cane, holding it against 90-year-old Helen Novak's throat for several seconds and punching her in the throat and stomach, according to the police affidavit.

Kurilla told police he was angry at Novak because she had yelled at him when he entered her room. He said he wanted to ask her a question.

Were you trying to kill her? the trooper asked the boy.

"No, I was only trying to hurt her," Kurilla replied, according to the affidavit.

The boy was ordered to be held without bail after his arraignment and is set to appear in court October 22.

Bernie Brown, his lawyer, said he was petitioning the court to get the fifth-grade Damascus Elementary School student out of jail, WBRE reported.

"Tristen really kind of doesn't have an idea of what is going on," Brown told the station.

Brown added, "Jail is still jail, no matter what part of the facility you are in."

1. What crime did Tristen Kurilla confess to?
2. Who did he kill?
3. Was she related to him?
4. How did he do it?
5. Intentionally?
6. How did it happen?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. criminal homicide
2. Helen Novak
3. no
4. a cane and punches
5. no
6. a wooden cane, holding it against her throat for several seconds and punching her in the throat and stomach, according to the police affidavit.