input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Norfolk Island (i/nrfk alnd/; Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia, 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of mainland Australia's Evans Head, and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia. Together with two neighbouring islands, it forms one of Australia's external territories. It has 1,796 inhabitants living on a total area of about 35 km2 (14 sq mi). Its capital is Kingston.

Norfolk Island was colonised by East Polynesians but was long unpeopled when it was settled by Great Britain as part of its settlement of Australia from 1788. The island served as a convict penal settlement from 6 March 1788 until 5 May 1855, except for an 11-year hiatus between 15 February 1814 and 6 June 1825, when it lay abandoned. On 8 June 1856, permanent civilian residence on the island began when it was settled from Pitcairn Island. In 1913, the UK handed Norfolk over to Australia to administer as an external territory. 1. What island is featured in this article?
2. In what ocean is it located?
3. Near where?
4. What continent is it a part of?
5. How many people live there?
6. What's the total area of the island?
7. What is its capital?
8. What people first lived there?
9. Who eventually settled it?
10. When?
11. What did they use it for?
12. When?
13. Was it used the entire time in that manner?
14. When was it not?
15. When did free people begin to live there?
16. Who settled it?
17. Does the UK still own it?
18. Who does?
19. What is it classified as now?
20. How far away from Lord Howe Island is it?
numbered_answers: 1. Norfolk Island
2. Pacific Ocean
3. between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia
4. Australia.
5. 1,796
6. 35 km2 (14 sq mi).
7. Kingston.
8. East Polynesians
9. Great Britain
10. 1788
11. convict penal settlement
12. from 6 March 1788 until 5 May 1855
13. No
14. between 15 February 1814 and 6 June 1825
15. 8 June 1856,
16. Pitcairn Island
17. No
18. Australia
19. external territory.
20. , and about 900 kilometres (560 mi)

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER TWENTY THREE.

AFTER-THOUGHTS.

"You are easily frightened, though," said Piero, with another scornful laugh. "My portrait is not as good as the original. But the old fellow _had_ a tiger look: I must go into the Duomo and see him again."

"It is not pleasant to be laid hold of by a madman, if madman he be," said Lorenzo Tornabuoni, in polite excuse of Tito, "but perhaps he is only a ruffian. We shall hear. I think we must see if we have authority enough to stop this disturbance between our people and your countrymen," he added, addressing the Frenchman.

They advanced toward the crowd with their swords drawn, all the quiet spectators making an escort for them. Tito went too: it was necessary that he should know what others knew about Baldassarre, and the first palsy of terror was being succeeded by the rapid devices to which mortal danger will stimulate the timid.

The rabble of men and boys, more inclined to hoot at the soldier and torment him than to receive or inflict any serious wounds, gave way at the approach of signori with drawn swords, and the French soldier was interrogated. He and his companions had simply brought their prisoners into the city that they might beg money for their ransom: two of the prisoners were Tuscan soldiers taken in Lunigiana; the other, an elderly man, was with a party of Genoese, with whom the French foragers had come to blows near Fivizzano. He might be mad, but he was harmless. The soldier knew no more, being unable to understand a word the old man said. Tito heard so far, but he was deaf to everything else till he was specially addressed. It was Tornabuoni who spoke. 1. Who is easily frightened?
2. What did Tito want to know?
3. who was going into the Duomo again?
4. Did they draw their weapons when walking towards the crowd?
5. did Tito go to?
6. Did the crowd get out of their way?
7. what was the French soldier doing beforehand?
8. why?
9. Were the men around the soldier likely to hurt him?
10. how many captees did the French soldier bring to town?
11. who were they?
12. was the elderly man a risk to anyone?
13. Did he seem sane?
14. Where was he from?
15. Could the French soldier comprehend his language?
numbered_answers: 1. Tito
2. What the others knew about Baldassarre
3. Piero,
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes
7. brigning prisoners to the city
8. for ransom
9. no
10. three
11. two were soldiers and one was an elderly man
12. no
13. no
14. Genoa
15. no

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. First published in 2001, the book Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel won the Man Booker Prize and an Asian American Prize for Literature. It is the story of a young boy named Pi who spends 227 days at sea with a small group of animals after disaster strikes their ship and is an account of his journey of survival and hardship.

Piscine "Pi" Molitor Patel, on whom Life of Pi is based, is a young boy living in Pondicherry, India, where his father owns a zoo. The story starts when Patel's family decide to move to Canada, along with their zoo animals for their new home.

However, because of the bad weather, the ship sinks. Pi along with an orangutan , an injured zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker are the only survivors who take shelter in a small lifeboat. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed and eaten by the hyena. The tiger in turn kills and eats the hyena, leaving just the two of them alone on the boat now.

In an effort to avoid being eaten by Richard Parker, Pi acts himself as the head of the group and remains safe from harm. Since he does not want the tiger to die for fear of going mad by being alone on the boat, he fishes and feeds the two of them in order to stay alive.

The life of Pi then enters its third stage when their lifeboat washes up on the shores of Mexico and the tiger escapes into a nearby forest leaving Pi alone. After the Mexicans refuse to believe Pi's story, he changes his tale by replacing the animals with his mother, a cook and a sailor and asks the Mexicans which one they prefer. They prefer hearing the first story though they do not believe a word of it.

In my view, Life of Pi is a must read book for all those who love reading. 1. What's the name of the book being discussed?
2. Who wrote it?
3. Whois the main character?
4. Who came with Pi and his family when they left Canada?
5. What did they travel on?
6. What happens to it?
7. Does Pi survive?
8. Who else survives?
9. What happens to the oragutan and zebra?
10. What happens to the hyena?
11. By what?
12. What is its name?
13. /who feeds him?
14. With what?
15. Where does Pi end up?
16. And Richard Parker?
17. Do the Mexicans believe Pi?
18. Why did Pi feed Richard Parker?
19. When was the book published?
numbered_answers:
1. Life of Pi
2. Yann Martel
3. Pi
4. their zoo animals
5. A ship
6. the ship sinks
7. Yes
8. an orangutan , an injured zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger
9. Both the injured zebra and the orangutan are soon killed
10. It is eaten
11. The tiger
12. Richard Parker
13. Pi
14. he fishes
15. Mexico
16. a nearby forest
17. No
18. fear of going mad by being alone
19. 2001