Question: In the United States, many low income parents cannot afford to buy enough food for their children. A program called Kids Cafe is helping some of these children by providing free nutritious snacks and meals during after-school programs.

At a community center in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C., children make a snack as part of their afterschool program. "The snack is very healthy for your body, but the main thing is that it tastes really, really good," Keith Clements tells them. He runs the Kids Cafe program.

The children are between the ages of 5 and 11 and are from several local schools. About half have parents from Ethiopia. Many of the children eat their traditional food at home. Kids Cafe, with food offered free by a food bank, gives them an opportunity to try different types of food.

"It's good," says one girl. But Rebecca Nance, whose parents are from the US, is not so sure. "The taste is weird." Her mother, Daffany Nance has two children in the program. She's glad her kids are getting nutritious food. "Even in my house we don't have much junk food," she says, "so it's very important that it's healthy and continues to help them grow better."

The charity , Feeding America, started the national Kids Cafe program in 1993. The charity says more than 16 million children in the United States do not have enough healthy food to eat.

Kids Cafe became part of the afterschool program at this community center five years ago. Lori McFail heads the afterschool program. She says some children do not eat good evening meals because their parents work late or cannot afford healthy food. She hopes the children will make full use of what they've learned about nutrition in their lives. 1. Where is the community center where kids make a snack as part of their afterschool program?
2. What's the name of the program helping kids by giving hem free snacks and meals after school?
3. How old are the students?
4. Where are about half of the parents from?
5. Which charity started Kids Cafe?
6. In what year?
7. About how many young people in the US don't have enough healthy food?
8. Who is Keith Clements?
9. What does Rebecca Nance say about the food?
10. What is her mother's name?
11. Does Rebecca have a sibling?
12. Who is Lori McFail?
13. Why does she say some young people don't eat dinner?
14. Are the kids all from the same school?
15. Who offers the free food to Kids Cafe?
16. Does a food bank offer the food?
17. Are Rebecca Nance's parents from Ethiopia?
18. Where are they from?
19. Is there a lot of junk food in Daffany Nance's house?
20. How many years ago did Kids Cafe become a part of the afterschool program? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Virginia
2. Kids Cafe
3. between the ages of 5 and 11
4. Ethiopia
5. Feeding America
6. 1993
7. more than 16 million
8. He runs the Kids Cafe program
9. The taste is weird.
10. Daffany Nance
11. Yes
12. She heads the afterschool program
13. their parents work late or cannot afford healthy food
14. No
15. a community center in Virginia
16. Yes
17. No
18. the US
19. No
20. five years ago

Question: The kid was going for a quick swim. He loved to get out and hop back into the water. When he was out of the pool he liked to dance and run around. Sometimes when he got out he would sit in the chair and get some sun. He liked to work on his skin color. Just like his mommy. He would take his toys and hop in the water with them. He liked to play football in the water the most. He was taller than the other kids his age, so he could play football and not worry about the bigger kids. He could jump into the deeper section of the pool as long as he got back to where he could touch before his mom worried too much. The pool was his favorite place in the world. The boy could imagine he was doing anything. All of his problems went away. It was a very nice place for him to get his energy out and make friends for when he wasn't at the pool. He loved making friends. 1. did the kid like to tan?
2. did he go for a long swim?
3. when he was out of the pool what would he do?
4. did his mom like to tan too?
5. where did he take his toys?
6. what was his favorite sport to play in the water?
7. did he have to worry about big kids?
8. why not?
9. what was his favorite place?
10. how many of his problems went away while swimming?
11. did he hate making friends? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. yes
2. no
3. dance and run around
4. yes
5. in the water with them
6. football
7. no
8. He was taller
9. The pool
10. All of them
11. no