Q: St. Paul, Minnesota (CNN) -- When Max Adrien first heard that a massive earthquake had leveled Port-au-Prince, Haiti, it hit close to home.

His brother lives in Haiti, and thankfully survived the January 12 disaster unharmed.

Adrien's first instinct was to help his home country.

"I said to myself, 'I need to go to Haiti.'"

After speaking to his brother, he realized that he would need a skill that was in immediate demand. Otherwise he would just be in the way of other relief efforts.

So he came up with a unique idea.

"I decided to give Haiti what I have, which is teaching," said Adrien, who is a French professor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. "I don't think I can give Haiti a better gift."

And that's how his Haitian Creole class was born.

"I'm just giving something that has been given to me," Adrien said, referring to his native language.

His class isn't made up of the typical credit-craving college co-ed. That's mainly because the vast majority of students have long since finished college. The class is free of charge and open to everyone.

The roster of students includes local doctors, nurses, physical therapists, social workers, lawyers and ministers.

All of them have either been to Haiti or are planning volunteer trips soon.

"They appreciate when you try," said Donna Richtsmeier, a retired nurse who travels to Haiti to volunteer. "I just want to learn a few phrases so I can greet them and ask how they are."

1. an earthquake .
2. Port-au-Prince
3. Max Adrien
4. to help his home country.
5. that he would need a skill
6. teaching
7. professor
8. Hamline University
9. No
10. it's free
11. a retired nurse
12. she volunteers
13. St. Paul

Numbered questions:
1. What happened in Haiti?
2. Where inn Haiti?
3. Who's brother lives there?
4. What was his first thought when he heard of the earthquake?
5. What did he come to realize after talking with his brother?
6. Which skill did he decide to give?
7. What is his profession?
8. Where does he work?
9. Is the class he teaches in Haiti expensive?
10. How much does it cost?
11. Who is Donna Richtsmeier?
12. does she help in Haiti?
13. Where is Hamline U?

Q: United Nations (CNN) -- The U.N. Security Council met Monday to consider the Palestinians' bid for full membership in the world body and decided to meet again Wednesday morning, when they will send the matter to the admissions committee, said Security Council President Nawaf Salam of Lebanon.

Salam said the decision was made to take the matter to the committee as required by Article 59 of the United Nations' rules of procedure. "So, we have to wait until Wednesday morning," he said outside the Security Council.

Though the debate is expected to be largely symbolic in the face of a promised American veto, the permanent observer of the Palestinian Authority to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, held out hope prior to Monday's Security Council meeting that the bid would be accepted.

"We hope that the Security Council will shoulder its responsibility and address this application with a positive attitude, especially since we have 139 countries that have recognized the state of Palestine so far, meaning more than two-thirds majority," he said. "We are ready to govern ourselves."

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas made the bid for the United Nations to recognize an independent state of Palestine on Friday, a move Israel says is premature without direct talks that address its longstanding security concerns.

Abbas drew applause when the Palestinian leader raised the document at the podium during his speech at the 66th annual session of the General Assembly.

The time has come for a "Palestinian Spring" to join the Arab Spring in reshaping the Middle East, he said. "My people desire to exercise their right to enjoy a normal life like the rest of humanity."

1. Nawaf Salam
2. the Palestinians' bid for full membership in the UN
3. Mahmoud Abbas
4. on Friday
5. They think it's to early without direct talks that address security concerns?
6. Wednesday mornin is when I don't know where?
7. Article 59 of the United Nations' rules of procedure.
8. veto
9. Palestine
10. Riyad Mansour,
11. the bid to be accepted

Numbered questions:
1. Who is president of the UN security council?
2. what were they talking about Monday?
3. Who is Palestinian Authority President?
4. when did me make the bid?
5. what was Israel's response?
6. where did the security council refer the bid
7. which rule (article) were they following?
8. what has the US said it would do?
9. who is optimistic?
10. who is the Palestinian permanent observer?
11. what does he wantt he council to do?

Q: Zapata, Texas (CNN) -- The wife of an American man missing since a reported pirate attack on a U.S.-Mexico border lake said Thursday it's "hard being judged" by people who have questioned her story, but "I know what happened that day."

Tiffany Hartley told authorities her husband David was shot and killed by pirates on Falcon Lake during a sightseeing trip last week. His body has yet to be found, leading to questions about the accuracy of her account.

But Hartley told HLN's "Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell" on Thursday that "I know what I know."

"It's hard being judged and thought of that I might have done something to him," she said. But she added, "As long as I know the truth, God knows the truth. And other than that, it almost doesn't really matter to me, because I know what happened that day."

Mexican authorities said earlier this week that they could not verify the shooting, and Hartley was asked point-blank on NBC's "Today" show Wednesday whether she had anything to do with her husband's disappearance.

Pam Hartley, David Hartley's mother, said Tuesday that any suggestion that her daughter-in-law's account was inaccurate is "insane."

Investigators have found some evidence that backs up Hartley's account, including blood on her life vest, Zapata County, Texas, Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr. said Thursday. And the incident was similar to other attacks reported by boaters on Falcon Lake, about 70 miles west of the Hartley's home in McAllen.

Gonzalez has said the gunmen are typically teenagers hired by a drug cartel in the neighboring Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Mexican authorities have said the lake is controlled on their side by "organized criminals," and the sheriff called on the Zeta cartel to turn over Hartley's remains if they have them.

1. David Hartley
2. according to his wife
3. Tiffany Hartley
4. Jane Velez-Mitchell
5. some do
6. Falcon Lake
7. blood on her life vest
8. Sigifredo Gonzalez Jr
9. teenagers
10. drug cartel
11. Mexican
12. U.S. and Mexico
13. NBC's "Today" show
14. her mother in law
15. Pam Hartley
16. Zeta cartel
17. McAllen
18. 70 miles
19. CNN

Numbered questions:
1. Who was shot?
2. Did he die?
3. What was his wifes name?
4. Who interviewed her?
5. Did the Authorities believe her?
6. Where did this occur?
7. What supports the wifes story?
8. Who said that?
9. Who does he think may have shot the man?
10. Who would they do it for?
11. American?
12. Who controls opposite side of the lake?
13. Who doubts the wifes story?
14. Who seems to be defending her account?
15. What was her name?
16. Who was requested to return the corpse?
17. Where did the victim live?
18. How far away was that?
19. What organization wrote this report?