question: One day , there was a blind man called John was on the bench with a hat by his feet and a sign that read , "I am blind . Please help me . A creative publicist named Tom was walking by the blind man and stopped to see that the man only had a few coins in his hat . He put a few of his own coins in the hat . Without asking for permission , he took the sign , turned it around and wrote a new message . Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man and left. Later that afternoon the publicist returned to the blind man and noticed that his hat was almost full of bills and coins . The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if it was he who had changed his sign . He also wanted to know what the man wrote on it . The publicist said , "I just wrote the message a little differently ." He smiled and went on his way. The new sign read , "Spring has come , but I can't see anything ."
1. Could John see?
2. Where was he sitting?
3. Did he have a sign?
4. What did it say?
5. What was in his hat?
6. Did someone write something different on the sign?
7. What was written?
8. Did he get more donations with the new sign?
9. Who changed the sign?
10. What job did Tom have?
11. Did he ask for permission to change it?
12. Where did he put it?
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answer: 1. no
2. on a bench
3. yes
4. "I am blind. Please help me"
5. coins
6. yes
7. Spring has come, but I can't see anything.
8. yes
9. Tom
10. publicist
11. no
12. by the man's feet.

question: CHAPTER XXVII

LOOKING FOR CLUES

Having sent their message to the Fords, the two cadets turned in the direction where the farmer had said the constable lived.

"I don't think old Plodders will be able to do a thing," said Jack. "He'll look wise and ask a lot of questions, and that's all."

A block had been covered when they saw the farmer and the constable approaching. On his breast Jed Plodders had pinned a bright, silver star, and he carried a policeman's club in his hand.

"There they are!" cried Isaac Fasick.

"Is them the cadets?" queried the guardian of the peace.

"That's two of 'em. The other two said they'd stay an' watch the house."

"Stop!" cried the constable, and pointed his club at the cadets.

"Are you Constable Plodders?" questioned Jack.

"That's who I be," was the stern reply. "Now then, out with it, young fellers. You broke into Mr. Ford's house, didn't you? Now, don't try to fool me, fer it won't wash! You broke into the house, and Mr. Fasick ketched you at it, didn't he?" And the constable cast what was meant for an eagle eye on Jack and then on Fred. He had made up his mind that he would surprise both of the boys into a confession.

The two cadets stared in wonder at the constable, and then a smile came into Jack's face. The situation was so ludicrous he felt like laughing. Jed Plodders saw the smile and frowned deeply.

"This ain't no laughing matter, you scamp!" he bellowed. "You broke into the Ford house an' tried to steal the silverware! Now don't try to deny it, or it will be the wuss fer you! You done it now, didn't you?" And he pointed his club at first one cadet and then the other.
1. Where the message get sent?
2. Where are they going?
3. How far did they go before they found them?
4. Who had dressed themself as police?
5. Are they trying to get them to cease?
6. What are they accusing them of?
7. Who caught them?
8. Who was trying not to laugh?
9. What did they attempt to take?
10. What was he pointing at them?
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answer: 1. to the Fords
2. in the direction where the farmer had said the constable lived
3. A block
4. Jed Plodders
5. Yes
6. breaking into Mr. Ford's house
7. Mr. Fasick
8. Jack
9. the silverware
10. his club

question: Tonga ( or ; Tongan: "Puleanga Fakatui o Tonga"), officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is a Polynesian sovereign state and archipelago comprising 169 islands, of which 36 are inhabited. The total surface area is about scattered over of the southern Pacific Ocean. It has a population of 103,000 people, of whom 70% reside on the main island of Tongatapu.

Tonga stretches across approximately in a north-south line. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest, Samoa to the northeast, Niue to the east, Kermadec (part of New Zealand) to the southwest, and New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the farther west.

Tonga became known in the West as the Friendly Islands because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773. He arrived at the time of the "inasi" festival, the yearly donation of the First Fruits to the Tui Tonga (the islands' paramount chief) and so received an invitation to the festivities. According to the writer William Mariner, the chiefs wanted to kill Cook during the gathering but could not agree on a plan.

From 1900 to 1970, Tonga had British protected state status, with the United Kingdom looking after its foreign affairs under a Treaty of Friendship. The country never relinquished its sovereignty to any foreign power. In 2010, Tonga took a decisive path towards becoming a constitutional monarchy rather than a traditional absolute kingdom, after legislative reforms passed a course for the first partial representative elections.
1. What has a nickname that sounds like a nice place?
2. What is the nickname?
3. Why is it called that?
4. When was this?
5. Was there a party when he showed up?
6. Called what?
7. Were they planning to murder him?
8. Why didn't they?
9. Says whom?
10. How long did the Brits protect them?
11. Did any other place ever control them?
12. Are there a lot of islands there?
13. How many?
14. Do folks live on all of them?
15. How many are occupied?
16. How many total folks live there?
17. Most live where?
18. What borders it?
19. And?
20. Does it have a constitution?
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answer:
1. Tonga
2. the Friendly Islands
3. because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook
4. in 1773
5. yes
6. the "inasi" festival
7. yes
8. they could not agree on a plan
9. William Mariner
10. 70 years
11. no
12. yes
13. 169
14. no
15. 36
16. 103,000
17. Tongatapu
18. Samoa
19. Niue
20. yes