Problem: Paul and George wanted to get something to eat for lunch. Sam and Ralph went to school lunch room, but Paul and George wanted to leave and get something outside. They both go to the same school and have the same lunch period, which is how they know each other. They are allowed to leave school for 1 hour for lunch. They get together and rule out pizza, pasta, spicy food and chips. They also want to go somewhere close because they only have an hour. They know there are two places that have burgers and fries close by. Paul loves burgers and George loves fries. Paul says that Great Burger has good burgers. George says that Best Burger has good fries. They now have a problem. "How are we going to pick where we are going to go?" says George. Paul answers "Let's go to Great Burger today and tomorrow let's go to Best Burger." George, being a good friend, says OK. They leave school and go to eat burgers and fries.
1. What did Paul and George want to get?
2. Who went to the lunch room?
3. Where did Paul and Goerge want to get somethng to eat?
4. How do Sam, Ralph, Paul, and George know each other?
5. Are they allowed to leave school for lunch?
6. For how long?
7. What did they rule out to eat?
8. Did they want to get something close?
9. Why is that?
10. Were there any places to get burgers and fries near by?
11. How many were there?
12. Does Paul like burgers?
13. Does George like fries?
14. Does paul like great burger?
15. Does George like best burger?
16. What was their problem?
17. how did they choose?
18. Did they leave school to eat burgers and fries then?
Answer: 1. lunch
2. Sam and Ralph
3. they wanted to leave and get something outside
4. They both go to the same school and have the same lunch period
5. yes
6. for 1 hour
7. pizza, pasta, spicy food and chips
8. yes
9. they only have an hour
10. yes
11. two
12. yes
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. yes
16. Picking which place to decide
17. They went Great Burger today and tomorrow Best Burger
18. yes

Problem: (CNN) -- In a televised address Monday night, U.S. President Barack Obama explained the reasons he involved the U.S. military in the U.N.-authorized mission in Libya, saying "it was not in our national interest" to let the citizens of a rebel stronghold suffer a massacre at the hands of approaching pro-government forces.

Obama also said that NATO would take full control of the military mission on Wednesday.

Following is a collection of reactions from people including U.S. politicians and political analysts.

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona:

"I think that the first part of his speech was excellent, and he laid out the reasons why it was important to intervene and what would have happened in Benghazi. ... He made a strong case."

"Then ... he made a very puzzling comment, and that was (regime change by force) would be a mistake. Gadhafi must have been comforted by that."

"The president's policy is Gadhafi must go. I think there's a chance, if we keep the pressure on, Gadhafi could be thrown under the bus (by people surrounding him.)"

"It's clear we're on the side of the rebels in this conflict. ... (But) if we tell Gadhafi, 'Don't worry, you're not going to be removed by force,' I think that's very encouraging for Gadhafi."

Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS":

"It was actually an important speech. It was quite carefully constructed. It had a humanitarian angle, a strategic angle. But at the heart of what Obama is saying is that there are places in the world where the United States does not have vital national interests, where we have not been attacked, but we have limited interests and we're going to try to find a way to have some kind of limited military response."
1. Where was this mission?
2. who was involved?
3. who involved them?
4. and who would be taking control?
5. who believes he made a strong case?
6. where is he from?
7. What is the president's policy on Gadhafi?
8. who's side are we on?
9. who would throw Gadhafi?
10. where?
11. Was the address on the radio?
12. where was it aired?
13. when?
14. what was the puzzling comment?
15. Who is John McCain?
16. which party?
17. did the UN authorize the mission?
18. when would NATO take control?
19. who must go?
20. What type of angle was taken?
Answer: 1. Libya,
2. the U.S. military
3. U.S. President Barack Obama
4. NATO
5. U.S. Sen. John McCain,
6. Arizona
7. Gadhafi must go
8. of the rebels
9. people surrounding him.)
10. under the bus
11. no
12. television
13. Monday night,
14. (regime change by force) would be a mistake
15. U.S. Sen.
16. Republican
17. yes
18. Wednesday.
19. Gadhafi
20. humanitarian

Problem: Jill ran upstairs as soon as she got home from school. Today she was a sad and angry girl. Her teacher had given her a lot of homework. Jill always thought homework wasn't fair. But she thought it was extra unfair today because she wanted to play with a new toy. The new toy was called Wiggle Giggle and Jill's friends said it was very fun. When Jill ran into her room, she jumped up on her bed. Frowning, she tried to think of a way to get her homework done very quickly. While she was thinking, she unwrapped a brownie and began to eat it. Brownies were her favorite snack and it made her feel a little better. Suddenly, Jill came up with a plan. She jumped down from the bed and stuffed the rest of the snack in her mouth. As she chewed, she opened her toy chest. Jill had to dig way down to the bottom, but she soon found what she was looking for: parts from a few broken toys. Things were looking up! Jill's plan was to build a robot to do her homework. Nothing would get in the way of her plan. It took her hours to finish it, but she was proud of her work. When it was done, she named the robot Mister Sparks. She told it, "Mister Sparks, do my homework!" Then Jill had to go eat dinner. After dinner, Jill spent the rest of the night playing Wiggle Giggle. It was so much fun! But Jill got some bad news before going to bed. Mister Sparks had not done any of the homework!
1. What did Jill do as soon as she got home from school?
2. How was she feeling?
3. Why did she feel that way?
4. Did she think getting homework was fair?
5. Why was getting home work even worse today?
6. Who said the new toy she got was very fun?
7. Did she try to come up with a way to finish her homework quickly?
8. What did she eat while she was thinking about it?
9. Are brownies her favorite snack?
10. Did it help her feel any better?
11. Did she come up with a plan to get her homework done?
12. What was it?
13. How long did it take for her to finish it?
14. What did she name the robot?
15. Then what did she tell her to do?
16. What did she have to do after she told it that?
17. Did she spend the rest of the night playing after she ate?
18. Did Mister Sparkes do her homework?
Answer:
1. ran upstairs
2. sad and angry
3. Her teacher had given her a lot of homework
4. No
5. she wanted to play with a new toy.
6. Jill's friends
7. Yes
8. A brownie
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. to build a robot to do her homework
13. Hours
14. Mister Sparks.
15. to do her homework
16. to go eat dinner
17. Yes
18. No