Problem: CHAPTER VII

AN UNEXPECTED MEETING

"Say, fellows, did you ever hear this song?"

It was Ned Lowe who spoke. He sat in one of the rooms belonging to the Rovers. On his knee rested a mandolin which he had been strumming furiously for the past ten minutes.

"Sure we've heard it, Ned!" cried Andy. "What is it?"

"For gracious sake, Ned! why don't you let up?" cried Fred, who was in the next room trying his best to study. "How in the world is a fellow going to do an example in algebra with you singing about good times on the old plantation?"

"That is right, Ned. Why don't you sing about good times in the classroom when Asa Lemm is there?"

"Gee Christopher! what's the use of your throwing cold water on this camp meeting?" came from Walt Baxter, who sat on the edge of the bed munching an apple.

"Really, it's a shame the way you young gentlemen attempt to choke off Ned's efforts to please this congregation!" exclaimed Spouter Powell, who sat in an easy chair with his feet resting on the edge of a chiffonier. "Now, when a man's soul is overflowing with harmony, and beautiful thoughts are coursing through his cranium, and he is doing his utmost to bring pleasure----"

"Wow! Spouter is at it again! Somebody choke him off!" cried Randy, and catching up a pillow, he threw it at the head of the cadet who loved to make long speeches.

"Say, fellows, why won't some of you let me get a word in edgeways?" came from Dan Soppinger, who stood with his back against the door leading to the hall. "I've been wanting to ask you a question for the last ten minutes. Who of you can tell me the names of the fifth, tenth, and fifteenth presidents of our country?"
1. Who asks a question?
2. Where?
3. Whose?
4. What is he holding?
5. Who is with him?
6. Who else is nearby?
7. Is he happy?
8. Who else is there?
9. What is he doing?
10. Who speaks next?
11. What is he doing?
12. How?
13. What does the next friend do?
14. What did he do with it?
Answer: 1. Ned Lowe
2. in one of the rooms
3. Rovers
4. a mandolin
5. Andy
6. Fred
7. "For gracious sake, Ned! why don't you let up?" cried Fred
8. Walt Baxter
9. munching an apple
10. Spouter Powell
11. sat in a chair
12. with his feet resting on the edge of a chiffonier
13. catches up a pillow
14. he threw it at the head of the cadet

Problem: (CNN) -- Michael Schumacher has been one of Pirelli's biggest critics this season, but Formula One's tire supplier has backed the seven-time world champion to end his long wait for a victory at Sunday's European Grand Prix.

The 43-year-old, who has not finished on the podium since coming out of retirement in 2010, told CNN that dealing with the rapidly degrading rubber this year was like "driving on raw eggs."

He has been outshone by Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, but Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery believes the German can perform well in Valencia, where he has failed to make the top-10 in two previous attempts.

Schumacher did, however, top the qualifying times at another street circuit last month in Monaco, but started the race sixth due to a penalty and ended up retiring early -- as he did last time out in Canada.

"I think you have to look at someone like, maybe Michael, getting the pole position," Hembery told F1's official website.

"He probably would have won Monaco if he hadn't been penalized, so why not here? Michael for Valencia, that's where the money should go."

Sauber chief: "F1 better than ever"

Schumacher, who won 91 grands prix between 1992 and 2006, was penalized in Monte Carlo due to a collision with Bruno Senna at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The former Ferrari driver has endured a miserable start to the 2012 season, collecting just two world championship points and retiring from five of the first seven races. Rosberg, meanwhile, is fifth on 67 points and clinched the first race win of his career in China.
1. What athlete is mentioned?
2. What sport is he in?
3. Who has been critical of his driving?
4. Has Schumacher ever won a grand prix?
5. How many?
6. During what years?
7. Has he ever gotten in a wreck on the track?
8. Where?
9. With who?
10. Did he qualify anywhere recently?
11. When?
12. Where?
Answer: 1. Pirelli
2. racing
3. Michael Schumacher
4. yes
5. 91
6. between 1992 and 2006
7. yes
8. at the Spanish Grand Prix
9. Bruno Senna
10. yes
11. last month
12. in Monaco

Problem: CHAPTER III

LIGHTFOOT TELLS HOW HIS ANTLERS GREW

It is hard to believe what seems impossible. And yet what seems impossible to you may be a very commonplace matter to some one else. So it does not do to say that a thing cannot be possible just because you cannot understand how it can be. Peter Rabbit wanted to believe what Lightfoot the Deer had just told him, but somehow he couldn't. If he had seen those antlers growing, it would have been another matter. But he hadn't seen Lightfoot since the very last of winter, and then Lightfoot had worn just such handsome antlers as he now had. So Peter really couldn't be blamed for not being able to believe that those old ones had been lost and in their place new ones had grown in just the few months of spring and summer.

But Peter didn't blame Lightfoot in the least, because he had told Peter that he didn't like to tell things to people who wouldn't believe what he told them when Peter had asked him about the rags hanging to his antlers. "I'm trying to believe it," he said, quite humbly.

"It's all true," broke in another voice.

Peter jumped and turned to find his big cousin, Jumper the Hare. Unseen and unheard, he had stolen up and had overheard what Peter and Lightfoot had said.

"How do you know it is true?" snapped Peter a little crossly, for Jumper had startled him.

"Because I saw Lightfoot's old antlers after they had fallen off, and I often saw Lightfoot while his new ones were growing," retorted Jumper.
1. What had been hanging from Lightfoot's antlers?
2. What kind of animal was Peter?
3. What kind of animal was Jumper?
4. Were they related?
5. How?
6. What kind of animal was Lightfoot?
7. When did Peter last see him?
8. Did Lightfoot say he lost something?
9. What?
10. Did he say he got new ones?
11. Was Peter able to believe Lightfoot's story?
12. Who was able to believe it?
13. What's one of the reasons that Jumper does?
14. What's another reason ?
15. Was Jumper big?
16. Had he been eavesdropping?
17. Why was Peter snappish with him?
18. Did Peter want to believe Lightfoot?
19. Did Lightfoot like to tell everybody things they might not believe?
20. What did Peter say to Lightfoot about it?
Answer:
1. rags
2. a rabbit
3. a hare
4. yes
5. they were cousinss
6. a deer
7. since the last winter
8. yes
9. his antlers
10. yes
11. no
12. Jumper the Hare
13. because he saw Lightfoot's old antlers after they had fallen off
14. and he often saw Lightfoot while his new ones were growing
15. yes
16. yes
17. Jumper had startled him
18. yes
19. no
20. "I'm trying to believe it,"