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Antwerp is a Flemish city in Belgium, the capital of Antwerp province in the community of Flanders. With a population of 510,610, it is the most populous city proper in Belgium. Its metropolitan area houses around 1,200,000 people, which is second behind Brussels.

Antwerp is on the River Scheldt, linked to the North Sea by the Westerschelde estuary. It is about north from Brussels, and about from the Dutch border. The Port of Antwerp is one of the biggest in the world, ranking second in Europe and within the top 20 globally. Antwerp was also the place of the world's oldest stock exchange building, originally built in 1531 and re-built in 1872, it has been derelict since 1997.

Antwerp has long been an important city in the Low Countries, both economically and culturally, especially before the Spanish Fury (1576) in the Dutch Revolt. The inhabitants of Antwerp are nicknamed "Sinjoren", after the Spanish honorific "senor" or French "seigneur", "lord", referring to the Spanish noblemen who ruled the city in the 17th century. Today Antwerp is a major trade and cultural centre, and is the world's second most multi-cultural city (after Amsterdam) home to 170 nationalities. It is also known as the "diamond capital" of the world for its large diamond district. The city hosted the 1920 Summer Olympics.
1. Which city is this article talking about?
2. What's its population?
3. Where exactly is it located?
4. North from where?
5. At what number is it ranked globally?
6. and in Europe?
7. What are its inhabitants called?
8. What did the city host?
9. Which border is near it?
10. Was it famous for having the oldest stock exchange building?
11. originally constructed when?
12. and rebuilt again in?

Numbered answers:
1. Antwerp
2. 510,610
3. on the River Scheldt
4. Brussels
5. within the top 20
6. second
7. Sinjoren
8. the 1920 Summer Olympics
9. the Dutch border
10. Yes
11. 1531
12. 1872

Question:
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CHAPTER VII.

THE WALK HOME.

Mary Masters, when Reginald Morton had turned his back upon her at the bridge, was angry with herself and with him, which was reasonable; and very angry also with Larry Twentyman, which was unreasonable. As she had at once acceded to Morton's proposal that they should walk round the house together, surely he should not have deserted her so soon. It had not been her fault that the other man had come up. She had not wanted him. But she was aware that when the option had in some sort been left to herself, she had elected to walk back with Larry. She knew her own motives and her own feelings, but neither of the men would understand them. Because she preferred the company of Mr. Morton, and had at the moment feared that her sisters would have deserted her had she followed him, therefore she had declared her purpose of going back to Dillsborough, in doing which she knew that Larry and the girls would accompany her. But of course Mr. Morton would think that she had preferred the company of her recognised admirer. It was pretty well known in Dillsborough that Larry was her lover. Her stepmother had spoken of it very freely; and Larry himself was a man who did not keep his lights hidden under a bushel. "I hope I've not been in the way, Mary," said Mr. Twentyman, as soon as Morton was out of hearing.

"In the way of what?"
1. Who was upset?
2. Who she was angry with?
3. Was she upset with anyone else?
4. Did the author find her attitude rational?
5. Who left early?
6. Where were they at that time?
7. Did she agree with his request before that?
8. Who disrupted the plan?
9. Did she rather stay with him?
10. Was she aware of her own emotions?
11. What about the guys?
12. Did she like one over other?
13. Who was that?
14. But did she do otherwise?
15. Was she worried about any of her relatives?
16. Who was that?
17. What was her thought about her?

Numbered answers:
1. Mary Masters
2. Reginald Morton
3. Larry Twentyman
4. No
5. Morton
6. walking round the house
7. Yes
8. Larry
9. No
10. Yes
11. No
12. Yes
13. Mr. Morton
14. yes
15. Yes
16. her sisters
17. unknown

Question:
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"It was all his own idea, " says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school . Bob had just drawn up a "motherhood contract" ----- a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple's four children, plus all household chores . Although he didn't even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident.(He thought the experience would make a nice book.) After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. "I was beaten down, completely humbled, " admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press (also part of the bargain), stating, "Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being." Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto's Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids. Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. "I had been around children so much," she sighs , "I couldn't talk to a grown-up." She continued to run the household, however----- until Bob signed the contract, whereupon she decided to relax and enjoy it. Although Peters had consulted with his school's home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria , his meals were sometimes a disaster.

"I tried to slip the butter I'd forgotten under the eggs after they were frying, " he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot--sometimes having Macdonald's hamburgers for lunch and dinner. As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made. "I found an easier way-----I shut the doors, " he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week. "I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean."

Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.
1. Who were high school sweethearts?
2. When did they get married?
3. Where is Bob a football and wrestling coach?
4. How old is Pat?
5. What was the name of their contract?
6. What did it say?
7. How many days did it take til Bob was ready to give up?
8. What did Pat do 2 years ago?
9. Where?
10. What did a home ec teacher tell Bob about a room looking clean?
11. What did the children wear for a week?
12. What was Bob's easier way to make it look clean?
13. How many total days was the contract?
14. What restaurant did they sometimes eat at?
15. What did Bob publicly admit?
16. Has it gone back to Pat doing all the household tasks?
17. What is the tentative title of his book taken from?
18. Whose idea was the contract?
19. Who spoke to the local news?
20. Was that part of the deal?
Numbered answers:
1. Bob and Pat
2. 1960
3. Cubberley High
4. 38
5. "motherhood contract"
6. Bob would take over care of the children and chores
7. 40
8. went back to work
9. Cubberley
10. a room looks clean if the bed is made
11. the same clothes
12. shut the doors
13. 70
14. Macdonald's
15. he was wrong
16. no
17. something he shouted at the kids
18. Bob's
19. Bob
20. speaking to local press