Q: The Azores ( or ; , ), officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal, an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Its main industries are agriculture, dairy farming, livestock, fishing, and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region. In addition, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in the service and tertiary sectors. The main settlement of the Azores is Ponta Delgada.

There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and Sao Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than and lie in a northwest-southeast direction.

All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at . If measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic, the Azores are actually some of the tallest mountains on the planet.

1. the Autonomous Region of the Azores
2. in the North Atlantic Ocean about west of continental Portugal, about west of Lisbon, in continental Portugal, about from the African coast, and about southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.
3. Portugal
4. nine major islands
5. Azorean
6. the government of the Azores
7. in the service and tertiary sectors
8. Three
9. yes
10. Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, Sao Jorge, Pico, and Faial in the centre; and Sao Miguel, Santa Maria, and the Formigas Reef to the east
11. Mount Pico
12. on the island of Pico
13. yes
14. no
15. when the islands were settled
16. the Atlantic
17. Ponta Delgada
18. yes
19. dairy farming
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. What is the official name of the Azores?
2. Where is it?
3. What country is it a region of?
4. How many islands does it include?
5. What kind?
6. Who is a major employer there?
7. What do they hire people for?
8. How many groupings of islands are there?
9. Are these geographical?
10. What are they?
11. What is Portugal's highest area?
12. Where is that?
13. Did all of the islands begin as volcanos?
14. Do they all still erupt?
15. When was the last eruption on Santa Maria?
16. What ocean are they in?
17. What is the main town?
18. Do they raise cows?
19. For what?
20. Do they have an tourists?

Q: (CNN) -- A former campaign staffer for San Diego Mayor Bob Filner became the second woman to publicly accuse him of sexual harassment, saying Tuesday that the then-congressman patted her "posterior" while at a fundraising event.

Laura Fink, who now runs a political consulting firm, told KPBS-TV that it happened in 2005 when she was working as Filner's deputy campaign manager.

Fink said she didn't go public with the incident at the time because she was trying to build her political career. But she said she now feels emboldened to tell her story after Filner's former spokeswoman, Irene McCormack Jackson, sued him for sexual harassment Monday.

Jackson said Filner subjected her and other women to "crude and disgusting" comments and inappropriate touching. She said she resigned as Filner's communications director in June after deciding the mayor would not change his behavior.

"I had to work and do my job in an atmosphere where women were viewed by Mayor Filner as sexual objects or stupid idiots," Jackson said. She said Filner asked her to work without underwear and made repeated sexual advances toward her.

"He is not fit to be mayor of our great city. He is not fit to hold any public office. A man who lacks character makes a mockery of his ideas," she said.

Fink told KPBS on Tuesday that the incident happened as she was escorting Filner from table to table at a fundraising dinner. At one point, she said, someone at the event told Filner that Fink had "worked her ass off" for him.

1. Bob Filner
2. Mayor
3. San Diego
4. A former campaign staffer
5. Laura Fink
6. she runs a political consulting firm
7. in 2005
8. she was Filner's deputy campaign manager
9. he patted her "posterior"
10. No
11. Irene McCormack Jackson
12. Filner's spokeswoman,
13. she sued him for sexual harassment
14. Jackson said Filner subjected her to "crude and disgusting" comments
15. No
16. other women
17. No
18. inappropriate touching
19. Yes
20. Filner asked her to work without underwear

Numbered questions:
1. who was accused of something?
2. what is his title
3. of which town?
4. who accused him?
5. what was she named?
6. what is her current position?
7. when did the misdeed happen?
8. what was her position when it occurred?
9. what was the transgression?
10. is she the first lady to accuse him of unwanted attention?
11. who was the first?
12. what was her position at the time of the offence?
13. what charges did she bring?
14. what were the offences in this case?
15. only her?
16. who else?
17. was commenting his only offence in this case?
18. what other wrong doing was noted?
19. was anything specific noted in this case?
20. what?

Q: CHAPTER VII

A STRANGE LETTER BOX

"It won't be long now before we'll have to get back to Putnam Hall," observed Sam, as they drove along. "Dear old school! How I love it!"

"It's too bad that we are getting too old to go there," said Tom. "But we can't be boys always."

"I shall be glad to see the other fellows again," came from Dick.

"Do you know what I think?" declared Tom. "I think the Putnam Hall cadets are the finest lot of boys in the world!"

"Throwing bouquets at yourself, Tom?" said Sam, with a laugh.

"Well, don't you agree with me?"

"I certainly do, Sam, and Captain Putnam is the best teacher in the world. My, but won't we have fun when we get back!"

"We'll have to have a feast in honor of our return," said Dick, and smiled that quiet smile of his which meant so much.

The distance to the cave was soon covered, and the boys tied their team to a tree in that vicinity. They went inside and found that everything, even to the empty boxes, had been taken away. The place had been explored by a number of curiosity seekers.

"It is queer that this cave wasn't discovered before," was Dick's comment, after they had spent half an hour in walking around.

"Perhaps the opening to the road wasn't so large formerly," suggested Tom. "Dangler may have enlarged it, so he could drive in."

"That is true. Well, it will be a regular picnic place after this. Its fame will spread for miles around." And Dick was right, and the cave is a well-known spot in that portion of New York state to this day.

1. the cave
2. NY
3. picnic
4. the opening to the road wasn't as large
5. Dangler
6. enlarged it
7. to drive in
8. yes
9. everything
10. the empty boxes
11. school
12. Putnam Hall
13. yes
14. Captain Putnam
15. best teacher in the world
16. a feast

Numbered questions:
1. What became a well known landmark?
2. What state?
3. What is it thought people will do there?
4. Why wasn't it noticed before?
5. How did it enlarge?
6. What did he do?
7. Why?
8. Was something missing?
9. What?
10. Can you give an example of something missing?
11. Where was the group going initially?
12. Which one?
13. Was it well thought of?
14. What employee of it was mentioned by name?
15. What was claimed about him?
16. What celebration was planned upon their arrival back there?