Q: LONDON, England (CNN) -- An American professor doing research in London stumbled across a series of previously unknown letters written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin, a stunning find that sheds new light on early U.S. history.

The letters cover Benjamin Franklin's success in dealing with a British general.

The collection of 47 letters are hand-written copies made 250 years ago, when Franklin lived in London. That they were filed under the copyist's name, not Franklin's, may explain why they were overlooked by historians until now, said a curator at the British Library, where the letters are held.

The find is reported in the April issue of the William & Mary Quarterly, a journal of early American history and culture.

The letters are important in large part because they offer a "wealth of new details" that affect modern understanding of Franklin, writes Alan Houston, the political science professor who discovered the letters in the spring of 2007.

They also raise the question of how many other documents remain waiting to be found on Franklin and his life.

Houston, a professor at the University of California at San Diego, discovered the letters on the last day of his last research trip to London, just before the library's closing time.

"The first item was a letter from Benjamin Franklin to the secretary of the governor of Maryland, and I looked at it and I started to read, and I thought, 'This doesn't look familiar,'" Houston told CNN. "I've read everything Franklin ever wrote."

1. University of California at San Diego,
2. U.S. history.
3. spring of 2007.
4. William & Mary Quarterly,
5. April issue
6. a journal of early American history and culture.
7. written by, to, and about Benjamin Franklin
8. They shed new light on early U.S. history.
9. Benjamin Franklin's success in dealing with a British general.
10. The governor of Maryland
11. Yes
12. CNN
13. They were hand written copies
14. 250 years ago,
15. London.
16. They were filed under the copyist's name,
17. A curator
18. British Library
19. Yes
20. The last day of his last research trip to London

Numbered questions:
1. Where did he teach?
2. what was taught?
3. When were the letters found?
4. What publication reported the correspondence?
5. Which issue?
6. What type of publication is it?
7. Who was the author of the letters?
8. Was there anything remarkable about them?
9. What was the subject?
10. who was the first letter found addresses to?
11. was the professor familiar with Franklin's writing?
12. Who did he relate that to?
13. Were the found letters actually written by Franklin?
14. How long ago?
15. Where was Ben living at the time?
16. How come the letters were not found sooner?
17. According to whom?
18. Where?
19. Did they reveal anything new?
20. what day were they found?

Q: In the middle of the first term of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things. His heart was not in school, but in the woods. One day, Miss White's impatient voice broke into his daydreams. "Steve! Pay attention!" Steve turned to look at her, fixing his eyes on Miss White, as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade. "You all did pretty well," she told the class, "except for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but..." She hesitated, her eyes searching his face. "...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!" She just stared at Steve. Steve dropped his eyes. After that, it was war! Steve still wouldn't do his homework. Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained _ "Just try it! ONE WEEK!" He was unmoved. "You're smart enough! You'll see a change!" Nothing touched him. "Give yourself a chance! Don't give up on your life!" Nothing. "Steve! Please! I care about you!" Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Steve went home from school, thoughtful, that afternoon. Walking into the house, both parents were out. He, quickly, gathered up a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time...his schoolbooks. The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and he waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all smiles! God, she was beautiful! Miss White, immediately, gave a quiz on the weekend homework. Steve hurried through the test and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper. Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. Miss White's face was in total shock! The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test! From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it! He discovered that he could understand knowledge and translate the things he learned into his own life. Steve began to go ahead!

1. Steve
2. seventh
3. no
4. in the woods
5. impatient
6. Miss White
7. yes
8. no
9. yes
10. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the main character?
2. What grade was he in?
3. Was he paying attention in school?
4. Where was his heart at?
5. What was the teacher
6. What was her name?
7. Was Steve the smartest boy in her class?
8. Did punishment help him?
9. Did Miss White care about Steve?
10. Did he finally pass the quiz?

Q: CHAPTER XII

ALICE HEATH HAS A VISION

This change of legal adviser, while very important to Ben Fordyce and the Haneys, did not seem to trouble Allen Crego very much. As a matter of fact, he was about to run for Congress, and had all the business he could attend to anyway. He liked the young Quaker, and responded "All right" in the frank Western fashion, sending the Haneys away quite as solidly friendly as before. To Ben he was most cordial. "I'm glad you're going to settle here, and I'm specially glad you've got a retainer; for the field is overcrowded, and it may take a long time for you to get a place. We old fellows who came down along with the pioneers have an immense advantage. I wish you every success." And he meant it.

Only when he got home to Mrs. Crego did he come to realize what a horrible injury he had permitted "a young and inexperienced Eastern boy" to do himself. "This connection will ostracize them both," his wife said.

He answered a little wearily. "Oh, now, my dear, I think you take your social Medes and Persians too seriously. We lawyers can't afford to inquire into the private affairs of our clients too closely--especially if they are derived from the pioneer West. Ben Fordyce doesn't become responsible for Haney's past; it is a business and not a social arrangement."

"That's like a man," she responded; "they never see anything till it bumps their noses. They've both called on the Haneys and gone riding with them--or with the girl. They've even eaten luncheon there!"

1. He's a lawyer
2. Yes
3. The Haneys
4. Mrs. Crego
5. Ben Fordyce
6. No
7. The field is overcrowded
8. Yes
9. They've called on the Haneys and gone riding with them
10. The connection will ostracize them
11. Mrs. Crego
12. No
13. Because it is a business
14. unknown
15. Yes
16. To run for Congress
17. unknown
18. unknown
19. Solidly friendly
20. unknown

Numbered questions:
1. What is Crego's current job?
2. Did he just lose some clients?
3. Who?
4. Who does this change matter most to?
5. Who did the clients hire to replace the old lawyer?
6. Is he experienced?
7. Why is getting a new client meaningful to him?
8. Is he socially close to his new client?
9. How so?
10. Why might that be a problem?
11. Who thinks that?
12. Does her husband agree?
13. Why not?
14. How long has he been in that line of work?
15. Does he have future plans?
16. To do what?
17. Is he likely to win?
18. How are his relationships with former clients?
19. How is his relationship with the Haneys in particular?
20. What part of the US are they in?