Question: A little boy named Justin lived on a farm. His father James owned the farm. His uncles Jerry, Todd, and Billy also worked on the farm.

The farm had chickens, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs. He loved to play with all of the animals on the farm, but the horses were his favorite. He would spend all day riding the horses. He loved when baby horses were born. They were born in the spring. When a baby horse was born, Justin's father would bring the baby out of the barn for Justin to pet.

Justin also loved playing in the fields on the farm. He would run through the meadows trying to catch butterflies. He also loved to stay up late and catch fireflies in the dark.

Justin also loved going fishing in the summer. On one Tuesday evening, he went to the farm's pond and caught a huge catfish. The fish was so large that it almost broke his fishing pole. Justin brought the fish in.

The fish looked at Justin with sad eyes. Looking at the fish, Justin felt bad that he had caught it. He threw the catfish back into the pond. He packed away his fishing pole and went back home. He told his father about the catfish and how he let it go.

His father said, "I am proud of you for doing that, son." 1. How many kinds of animals did they have on the farm?
2. What were Justin's uncles names?
3. What was Justin's favorite animals
4. what did he do at the pond?
5. did anything happen to his fishing pole?
6. What did Justin do in the fields?
7. What did Justin do after dark?
8. How did the fish look at Justin?
9. What did he do with the fish?
10. What did he do after returning the fish?
11. What would Justin's father do after a horse was born?
12. Who owned the farm?
13. When are baby horses born?
14. What did justin's father say when he got home from fishing?
15. On what day did Justin go fishing? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. chickens, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs
2. Jerry, Todd, and Billy
3. horses
4. caught a huge catfish.
5. almost broke his fishing pole.
6. try to catch butterflies
7. catch fireflies
8. with sad eyes
9. He threw the catfish back into the pond
10. He packed away his fishing pole and went back home
11. bring the baby out of the barn for Justin to pet.
12. Justin's father James
13. in the spring
14. I am proud of you for doing that, son
15. Tuesday

Question: Of all the speeches at the Democratic convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, few offended conservative listeners more than the speech by Sandra Fluke.

There are plenty of good reasons to be annoyed. From the conservative point of view, Fluke is on the wrong side of a battle over religious freedom. Back in March, she testified in favor of a proposed Obama administration rule that would require Catholic institutions, like her own Georgetown University law school, to reject the teaching of their church and cover contraception in their university health plans -- plans not funded by taxpayers, by the way, but by tuition and other university revenues.

Now here Fluke was again, on the national stage, warning that a vote for the Republican ticket in 2012 was a vote for "an America in which you have a new vice president who co-sponsored a bill that would allow pregnant women to die preventable deaths in our emergency rooms. An America in which states humiliate women by forcing us to endure invasive ultrasounds we don't want and our doctors say we don't need.

"An America in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it; in which politicians redefine rape so survivors are victimized all over again; in which someone decides which domestic violence victims deserve help, and which don't."

Shortly before Fluke spoke, conservative commentator Ann Coulter had tweeted: "Bill Clinton just impregnated Sandra Fluke backstage."

That was nothing compared with the outpouring of fury during and after the speech. 1. Where was the Democratic convention located?
2. Which city?
3. Were there any offensive speeches given?
4. Did one offend conservative participants?
5. By whom?
6. Does she recommend voting Republican in 2012?
7. What type of stage did she say this?
8. Did any commentators comment before she spoke?
9. How long before?
10. Who was it?
11. Is she liberal?
12. What is her orientation?
13. Which social media platform did she use?
14. Did she reference a former president in her comment?
15. Which one?
16. Has Fluke ever testified?
17. When?
18. Was she opposed to the rule?
19. Where did she go to college?
20. What did she study? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. North Carolina
2. Charlotte
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Sandra Fluke.
6. No
7. National
8. Yes
9. Shortly
10. Ann Coulter
11. No
12. Conservative
13. Twitter
14. Yes
15. Clinton
16. Yes
17. March
18. No
19. Georgetown University
20. Law

Question: (CNN) -- In 1984, in the midst of Lebanon's civil war, Naji Gebran started hosting regular gatherings at his Beirut beachfront apartment for the purpose of "musical therapy."

Weary and traumatized from the conflict that had divided their city -- and would claim some 150,000 lives over its 15 years -- people would come to his apartment to lose themselves in a night of jazz, blues, funk, soul, classical and Arabic music.

"They used to come because of the music, to forget the war," said Gebran. "We used to do this for peace."

The party nights were an important outlet, he said, as during the war years there were few other options.

"My friends had nowhere to go," he said. There were two or three clubs in Christian east Beirut, the same in the city's Muslim west.

"But they were very constipated. Very good dress, the same music all the time," he said. "It was very commercial, easy listening, everywhere you go."

Beirut has come a long way since then.

After dark, the city comes alive: A balmy playground of chic nightclubs, rough and ready dives, stylish rooftop bars.

The hip, hedonistic scenes in the fashionable neighborhoods of Gemmayze or Hamra are unlike anything to be found elsewhere in the Arab world -- and can be an unexpected find in a country in which austere Islamic militant group Hezbollah forms part of the government.

"It is the nightlife capital of the region," said Naomi Sargeant, managing director of city guide Time Out Beirut. "It's cosmopolitan and has this East-meets-West feel. I don't think there's anything on par." 1. what is the nightlife capital of the region?
2. how many people died over 15 years in the conflict?
3. during what?
4. when was that?
5. who started hosting parties at his own home?
6. did his friends have anywhere else to go?
7. were there other clubs?
8. which part of beirut is the Christian area?
9. and the Muslim area?
10. how is the nightlife in beirut now?
11. what was the purpose of Gebran's gatherings?
12. was there specific name that he used for his gatherings?
13. what kinds of music were featured?
14. who said that they don't think there is anything on par with beirut's night life?
15. what does she do for a living? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Beirut
2. 150,000
3. Lebanon's civil war
4. 1984
5. Naji Gebran
6. No
7. two or three
8. east Beirut
9. west.
10. It is the nightlife capital of the region
11. to forget the war
12. musical therapy
13. azz, blues, funk, soul, classical and Arabic music.
14. Naomi Sargeant,
15. managing director of city