Problem: CHAPTER XXIV.

PEGGY HAS REVENGE.

Joe Wegg made a rapid recovery, his strength returning under the influence of pleasant surroundings and frequent visits from Ethel and Uncle John's three nieces. Not a word was hinted to either the invalid or the school teacher regarding the inquiries Mr. Merrick was making about the deed to the Bogue timber lands, which, if found, would make the young couple independent. Joe was planning to exploit a new patent as soon as he could earn enough to get it introduced, and Ethel exhibited a sublime confidence in the boy's ability that rendered all question of money insignificant.

Joe's sudden appearance in the land of his birth and his generally smashed up condition were a nine days' wonder in Millville. The gossips wanted to know all the whys and wherefores, but the boy kept his room in the hotel, or only walked out when accompanied by Ethel or one of the three nieces. Sometimes they took him to ride, as he grew better, and the fact that Joe "were hand an' glove wi' the nabobs" lent him a distinction he had never before possessed.

McNutt, always busy over somebody else's affairs, was very curious to know what had caused the accident Joe had suffered. Notwithstanding the little affair of the letter, in which he had not appeared with especial credit, Peggy made an effort to interview the young man that resulted in his complete discomfiture. But that did not deter him from indulging in various vivid speculations about Joe Wegg, which the simple villagers listened to with attention. For one thing, he confided to "the boys" at the store that, in his opinion, the man who had murdered Cap'n Wegg had tried to murder his son also, and it wasn't likely Joe could manage to escape him a second time. Another tale evolved from Peggy's fertile imagination was that Joe, being about to starve to death in the city, had turned burglar and been shot in the arm in an attempt at housebreaking.
1. Who felt better quickly?
2. What helped?
3. What did he want to do?
4. Why?
5. Who thought he could do it?
6. Where did he go?
7. What did he do?
8. What else?
9. What did he do when he was stronger?
10. What did that give him?
Answer: 1. Joe Wegg
2. pleasant surroundings and frequent visits
3. exploit a new patent
4. make the young couple independent
5. Ethel
6. Millville
7. kept to his room
8. walked out when accompanied
9. rode
10. a distinction

Problem: Detroit (/dtrt/) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the fourth-largest city in the Midwest and the largest city on the United StatesCanada border. It is the seat of Wayne County, the most populous county in the state. Detroit's metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 5.3 million people, making it the fourteenth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the second-largest in the Midwestern United States (behind Chicago). It is a major port on the Detroit River, a strait that connects the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest economic region in the Midwest, behind Chicago, and the thirteenth-largest in the United States.

Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area (population 3,734,090, area of 1,337 square miles (3,460 km2), a 2010 United States Census) six-county metropolitan statistical area (2010 Census population of 4,296,250, area of 3,913 square miles [10,130 km2]), and a nine-county Combined Statistical Area (2010 Census population of 5,218,852, area of 5,814 square miles [15,060 km2]). The DetroitWindsor area, a commercial link straddling the CanadaU.S. border, has a total population of about 5,700,000. The Detroit metropolitan region holds roughly one-half of Michigan's population.
1. What is the most populous city is Michigan?
2. What county is it in?
3. Which border is it on?
4. What is the metro are called?
5. Is it behind Chicago in Midwestern metro population?
6. Is it the fourteenth-most populous in the US?
7. How many people does the metro have?
8. What river is it on?
9. Is it the second-largest economic region in the Midwest?
10. How many counties in the urban area of the center of?
11. What is the Census used to estimate population?
12. What is the area of the metro?
13. in km?
14. Does the Detroit-Windsor area cross the border?
15. What is the population of that are?
16. What percent of Michigan's population lives in the area?
17. Is it the seat of Wayne County?
18. Does it connect to the Great Lakes system?
19. What Seaway does it connect to?
20. Which country is Detroit located in?
Answer: 1. Detroit
2. Wayne County
3. United States-Canada
4. Metro Detroit,
5. yes
6. yes
7. 4,296,250,
8. the Detroit River
9. yes
10. three
11. the 2010 United States census
12. 3,913
13. 10,130 km2
14. yes
15. 5,700,000
16. roughly one-half
17. yes
18. yes
19. the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
20. the U.S.

Problem: (CNN) -- Wednesday night's CNN debate lands at a critical moment in the Republican race.

This season, each debate has set the tone for the primary to follow. Newt Gingrich's savaging of the media helped propel him to victory in South Carolina. Mitt Romney's savaging of Gingrich helped him to clinch Florida. The current uncertainty about the race, and the extraordinary elasticity in the polls, is partly due to the fact that we haven't had a debate for a whole month.

It's important, then, for each of the candidates to make a powerful impression in this last confrontation before Arizona and Michigan vote on February 28. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich will compete over who is the most conservative, and Ron Paul will push his unique brand of libertarianism. Same old, same old. But we might see something new from Mitt Romney: a glimmer of humanity.

The latest CNN/Time/ORC International Poll shows that Santorum is closing the gap on Romney in Arizona, but it's probably in Michigan that he stands the best chance of scoring an upset. A week ago, polls put Santorum as much as 10 points ahead in the Great Lakes State. But now they call it a statistical dead heat between him and Romney.

So it would serve Santorum well to hit Mitt hard in the debate. This is Rick's natural style -- he gets a thrill out of counting the flaws of his opponents. But Santorum also probably recognizes that the only way he'll win Michigan is by reminding voters of the doubts that they have about Romney's conservatism. That's what he's been doing in the western part of the state all this week, where he has hit out repeatedly at Romney's "well-oiled weathervane" stance on issues like abortion and Iran.
1. On what night was the debate?
2. On what network?
3. Was the debate Democratic?
4. What party was it related to?
5. Who won in South Carolina?
6. To what was his victory attributed?
7. Who won in Florida?
8. What was his victory attributed to?
9. How much time had passed since the last debate?
10. How many points ahead was Santorum in one of the polls a week ago?
11. In what state?
12. What is the actual name of that state?
13. What outlets were associated with the international poll?
14. Are there states holding a vote in February?
15. What is the first state?
16. And the second?
17. On what day in February?
18. What branch of politics is Paul associated with?
19. What is his first name?
20. What does Santorum like counting regarding his opponents?
Answer:
1. Wednesday
2. CNN
3. no
4. Republican
5. Newt Gingrich
6. savaging of the media
7. Mitt Romney
8. savaging of Gingrich
9. month
10. 10
11. Great Lakes State
12. Michigan
13. CNN/Time/ORC
14. yes
15. Arizona
16. Michigan
17. 28
18. libertarianism
19. Ron
20. flaws of his opponents