Q: Bob walked out the door with a huge grin on his face. It was his first day of middle school. His mom, who is a nurse at the high school, waved at him as he entered the bus. The bus driver said "good to see you Bob". Bob said "you too Mr. Smith". Bob was so excited to see his friends that he could barely breathe. As he walked down the school bus, Bob's friends Jill, Jim, Jeff and Chris all waved to him. Instead of sitting next to his best friend Chris, Bob turned left and sat next to Jill. Jeff and Jim started laughing at him and teased "Bob and Jill sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G". Bob's face turned red from embarrassment. Chris felt bad for Bob and reached into his pockets to help his friend. When he reached in, he felt a pencil, a rock and a folded up piece of paper. Chris's eyes twinkled. He had a plan. Without Jim and Jeff seeing, Chris quickly made a paper airplane with the piece of paper he found in his pocket. He threw the paper airplane at Jim. The plane hit Jim in the face. Both Jim and Jeff stopped laughing. Bob looked over to Chris and smiled.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who has his first day of middle school today?
2. What does his mom do for work?
3. Why was he so excited?
4. Who did he sit next to?
5. How many friends does he have?
6. Who teased them?
7. Who is his closest friend?
8. Did he like what they were doing to his friend?
9. What did he do to make them stop?
10. Who is Mr. Smith?
11. How did Bob feel after his friend helped him?
A: 1. Bob
2. nurse
3. to see his friends
4. Jill
5. Four
6. Jeff and Jim
7. Chris
8. No
9. Made a paper airplane and threw it
10. bus driver
11. Happy
Q: CHAPTER VII.

Gie ower your house, lady, he said,-- Gie ower your house to me. Edom of Gordon.

Morton had finished the revisal and the making out of a fair copy of the paper on which he and Poundtext had agreed to rest as a full statement of the grievances of their party, and the conditions on which the greater part of the insurgents would be contented to lay down their arms; and he was about to betake himself to repose, when there was a knocking at the door of his apartment.

"Enter," said Morton; and the round bullethead of Cuddie Headrigg was thrust into the room. "Come in," said Morton, "and tell me what you want. Is there any alarm?"

"Na, stir; but I hae brought ane to speak wi' you."

"Who is that, Cuddie?" enquired Morton.

"Ane o' your auld acquaintance," said Cuddie; and, opening the door more fully, he half led, half dragged in a woman, whose face was muffled in her plaid.--"Come, come, ye needna be sae bashfu' before auld acquaintance, Jenny," said Cuddie, pulling down the veil, and discovering to his master the well-remembered countenance of Jenny Dennison. "Tell his honour, now--there's a braw lass--tell him what ye were wanting to say to Lord Evandale, mistress."

"What was I wanting to say," answered Jenny, "to his honour himsell the other morning, when I visited him in captivity, ye muckle hash?--D'ye think that folk dinna want to see their friends in adversity, ye dour crowdy-eater?"

This reply was made with Jenny's usual volubility; but her voice quivered, her cheek was thin and pale, the tears stood in her eyes, her hand trembled, her manner was fluttered, and her whole presence bore marks of recent suffering and privation, as well as nervous and hysterical agitation.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who rapped on the door?
2. Who was inside?
3. Had he been working on something?
4. Did it involve a document?
5. What did he do with it?
6. Anything else?
7. What did he do with it?
8. Did someone help him draw up the document?
9. Who?
10. What was stated in the paper?
A: 1. Cuddie Headrigg
2. Morton
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. revised it
6. Yes
7. made a copy of the paper
8. Yes
9. Poundtext
10. a full statement of the grievances of their party
Q: (CNN) -- Double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has moved a step closer to realizing his dream of participating in the Olympics after running the 'B' standard qualifying time for next year's Games in London.

The 24-year-old, who was born without fibulae in both legs, clocked 45.61 seconds to win the 400m race at the Provincial Championships in his home town of Pretoria in South Africa on Wednesday.

Dubbed the 'Blade Runner' because of his carbon fiber prosthetic limbs, Pistorius must now run 0.6 seconds faster to be granted automatic qualification. But his time could still be good enough to earn him a place in the South African team depending on the performance of other athletes.

After narrowly missing out on the time required for the Beijing Olympics, the Johannesburg-born athlete expressed his delight at the achievement on his Twitter page.

"One of the best nights of my life. Ran a 45.61sec 400m Olympic qualifying time and fastest time in South Africa," Pistorius, whose legs were amputated when he was just 11 months old, wrote.

"Thanks to everyone who has supported and believed in me in my Quest to 2012 London Olympics. One step closer. I'm hungry for it."

After finishing sixth at his National Championships in 2007, Pistorius was blocked from competing alongside his able-bodied counterparts as his blades were considered to give him an unfair advantage.

But in 2008 the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled in favor of the four-time Paralympic champion after a lengthy legal battle with the IAAF.

Answer the following questions:
1. How did he qualify for the Olympics?
2. What handicap does he have?
3. What sport does he participate in?
4. How old is he?
5. Where is his hometown?
6. What is his nickname?
7. And why is that?
8. What was his time in the qualifying race?
9. And was he happy with that time?
10. How old was he when he lost his legs?
11. What caused him to lose his legs?
12. Why was he stopped from competing?
13. Was that decision overturned?
14. By whom?
15. What is his ultimate goal?
A:
1. running the 'B' standard qualifying time
2. Double amputee
3. 400m race
4. 24
5. Pretoria in South Africa
6. Blade Runner
7. because of his carbon fiber prosthetic limbs
8. 45.61 seconds
9. yes
10. 11 months old
11. was born without fibulae in both legs
12. his blades were considered an unfair advantage.
13. yes
14. Court of Arbitration for Sport
15. 2012 London Olympics