Problem: (Reuters)--- A Michigan man credited his dog with saving his life by chewing off his diseased big toe as he lay passed out in a drunken stupor Jerry Douthett, 48, who woke up on a Saturday night in late July in his Rockford, Michigan home to find his Jack Russell Terrier, Kiko, had _ his right big toe. "The dog always lies with me on the bed", said Douthett. "That night, I woke up and looked down at my foot, and it was wet. When I looked, it was blood and there was the dog looking at me with a blood moustache." Douthett's wife, Rosee, rushed him to a hospital where doctors found he was suffering from Type 2 diabetes. His toe was badly infected and surgeons amputated the remainder of the toe. Douthett's wife, a registered nurse, had been urging him for weeks to have his infected toe examined by a doctor. On the night Kiko ate his toe, Douthett said he had been out with his wife and drank about six or seven beers and a pair of giant margaritas--big enough to put goldfish in. "I was self-medicating at this point," he said. "The moral of the story is that the dog saved my life, because otherwise I would never have gone to see a doctor." The couple said they were amazed that Kiko appeared to know Douthett had an infection that needed treatment. "He kind of chewed off the infected part and stopped at the good bone," said Rosee. "We joked that we shouldn't have had to pay the co-pay because he did half the job by chewing off half of the toe."
1. Who saved a life?
2. According to whom?
3. How was the animal able to do this?
4. The man didn't try to stop him?
5. What was infected?
6. What did he chew off again?
7. Was the man awake?
8. Why not?
9. Do they know what happened to his foot?
10. Who took him to the doctor?
11. Had he been drinking vodka with her?
12. What were they drinking?
13. Were they small drinks?
14. What size were they?
15. What was the funny part?
16. Why not?
17. Did this happen on a Thursday?
18. When did it happen?
19. What kind of dog is it?
20. What is the dogs name?
Answer: 1. a dog
2. a Michigan man
3. chewed off the infected part
4. no
5. yes
6. his right big toe
7. no
8. was in a drunken stupor
9. yes
10. his wife
11. no
12. beer and margaritas
13. no
14. big enough to put goldfish in
15. that they shouldn't have had to pay the co-pay
16. the dog did half the job
17. no
18. a Saturday night
19. Jack Russell Terrier
20. Kiko

Problem: Chapter LX

How Mrs. Bolton Was Nearly Conquered

One morning about the middle of October, Robert Bolton walked out from Cambridge to Puritan Grange with a letter in his pocket,--a very long and a very serious letter. The day was that on which the Secretary of State was closeted with the barrister, and on the evening of which he at length determined that Caldigate should be allowed to go free. There had, therefore, been no pardon granted,--as yet. But in the letter the writer stated that such pardon would, almost certainly, be awarded.

It was from William Bolton, in London, to his brother the attorney, and was written with the view of proving to all the Boltons at Cambridge, that it was their duty to acknowledge Hester as the undoubted wife of John Caldigate; and recommended also that, for Hester's sake, they should receive him as her husband. The letter had been written with very great care, and had been powerful enough to persuade Robert Bolton of the truth of the first proposition.

It was very long, and as it repeated all the details of the evidence for and against the verdict, it shall not be repeated here at its full length. Its intention was to show that, looking at probabilities, and judging from all that was known, there was much more reason to suppose that there had been no marriage at Ahalala than that there had been one. The writer acknowledged that, while the verdict stood confirmed against the man, Hester's family were bound to regard it, and to act as though they did not doubt its justice;--but that when that verdict should be set aside,--as far as any criminal verdict can be set aside,--by the Queen's pardon, then the family would be bound to suppose that they who advised her Majesty had exercised a sound discretion.
1. who was the letter from?
2. what month was this?
3. where was the marriage?
4. who walked from Cambridge?
5. to where?
6. did he have the letter?
7. where was it?
8. where was william?
9. Was Robert the attorney?
10. what was going to be decided about Caldigate that day?
11. who was to decide this?
12. what had the let pursuaded robert of?
13. was the letter writer certain of the pardon?
14. who was John's wife?
15. who was to accept this?
16. was the letter written haphazardly?
17. what details did it have?
18. was it showing that there was a marriage or not?
19. were they supposed to accept the verdict?
20. were they to welcome her husband?
Answer:
1. William Bolton
2. October
3. Ahalala
4. Robert Bolton
5. Puritan Grange
6. yes
7. in his pocket
8. in London
9. yes
10. he should go free
11. the Queen's
12. the truth of the first proposition
13. no
14. Hester
15. the Boltons
16. no
17. evidence for and against the verdict
18. no
19. yes
20. yes