Question:
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CHAPTER VII. Prince Ricardo and an Old Enemy.

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"There is one brute I wish I could get upsides with," said Ricardo, at breakfast one morning, his mouth full of sardine.

"Really, Ricardo, your language is most unprincely," said his august father; "I am always noticing it. You mean, I suppose, that there is one enemy of the human race whom you wish to abolish. What is the name of the doomed foe?"

"Well, he is the greatest villain in history," said Ricardo. "You must have read about him, sir, the Yellow Dwarf."

"Yes, I have certainly studied what is told us about him," said the king. "He is no favourite of mine."

"He is the only one, if you notice, sir, of all the scoundrels about whom our ancestors inform us, who escaped the doom which he richly merited at the sword of a good knight."

You may here remark that, since Dick took to his studies, he could speak, when he chose, like a printed book, which was by no means the case before.

"If you remember, sir, he polished off--I mean, he slew--the King of the Golden Mines and the beautiful, though frivolous, Princess Frutilla. All that the friendly Mermaid could do for them was to turn them into a pair of beautiful trees which intertwine their branches. Not much use in _that_, sir! And nothing was done to the scoundrel. He may be going on still; and, with your leave, I'll go and try a sword-thrust with him. Francalanza says I'm improving uncommon."
1. Who was eating sardines?
2. For what meal?
3. Who was he talking to?
4. About what person?
5. That a good friend of his?
6. What then?
7. What does his dad do for a living?
8. Who else is mentioned?
9. What does he do?
10. What enabled him to do this?
11. Was he always able to do this?
12. What female is mentioned first?
13. Is she alive?
14. Was she pretty?
15. Who died with her?
16. What did the mermaid do?
17. Was she personable?
18. Was that effective?

Numbered answers:
1. Ricardo
2. breakfast
3. his father
4. the Yellow Dwarf
5. No
6. a foe
7. he is the king
8. Dick
9. he could speak like a printed book
10. he took to his studies
11. No
12. Princess Frutilla
13. No
14. Yes
15. the King of the Golden Mines
16. turn them into a pair of beautiful trees
17. No
18. No

Question:
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Jess really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from some of his classmates asking him to join their camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of-school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely that he ate a lot to make himself feel less lonely. As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the children something more to make fun of him. Cindy, who was standing near Jess when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was happy that Jess thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Cindy thought it was fun. But later, when Jess told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his pocket money, Cindy had a second idea. She knew that Jess's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his pocket money on something he would never use. Cindy also hated to tell Jess the truth . Her close friends would be unhappy with her. What could she do now?
1. What did Jesse find on his desk?
2. For what?
3. Did people seem to like Jesse?
4. Was there really a camping trip?
5. Who told everyone the trick worked?
6. Why was Cindy conflicted in the end of the story?
7. Were his class mades amused he beleived the invite?
8. Had Jesse been asked before to do anything with his classmates outside of school?
9. What was he going to by with the money he had?
10. Was Jesse a lonely person normaly?

Numbered answers:
1. an invite
2. to go camping
3. nope
4. no
5. Cindy
6. she felt bad that he wasted his money
7. yes
8. no
9. a sleeping bag
10. yes

Question:
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(CNN) -- The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius accused him on Monday of "tailoring" his version of how he killed his girlfriend, as the grueling cross-examination of the track star went into a second week.

Prosecutor Gerrie Nel has accused the athlete of hiding the truth about the death of Reeva Steenkamp, whom he shot last year through a closed toilet door in his luxury home in Pretoria, South Africa.

His questions have sought to undermine Pistorius' reliability and credibility and to portray the Olympic and Paralympic athlete as someone who was inventing his version of events to suit his story.

Nel, known in South African legal circles for his bulldog-like approach to questioning, has gone through minute detail regarding the early hours of Valentine's Day 2013, repeatedly challenging the double amputee over his actions that night.

On Monday, in yet another intense scrutiny of his story, the prosecutor again tried to exhaustively highlight apparent inconsistencies between Pistorius' bail application and his testimony in court to show he is "tailoring his evidence" to suit the defense case.

"I am going to point out to you how improbable your version is," Nel told the runner, who sat immobile, staring ahead at the judge as he answered questions.

The prosecution's argument is that Pistorius shot Steenkamp intentionally after a heated argument. Pistorius does not deny shooting her but insists that he mistook her for an intruder.

"I did not fire at Reeva," Pistorius told the court, his voice breaking, causing a second brief adjournment in the day's proceedings so he could gather himself.
1. Who is on trial for murder?
2. who was he accused of killling?
3. who was she to him?
4. what was his profession?
5. Did he tell the truth about how he killed her?
6. who did?
7. who is he?
8. how did oscar kill his girlfriend?
9. was he an olympian?
10. was he a paralympian?
11. where is Nel from?
12. what animal was he compared to?
13. what day did the killing occur?
14. what year?
15. how many limbs did oscar have removed?
16. who did Oscar say he thought he was shooting?
17. Did his voice break?
18. was it the first adjournment?
19. was it a long one?
20. what city was reeva shot in?
Numbered answers:
1. Oscar Pistorius
2. Reeva Steenkamp
3. his girlfriend
4. track star
5. accused the athlete of hiding the truth
6. Gerrie Nel
7. chief prosecutor
8. shot last year through a closed toilet door
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. South African
12. bulldog
13. Valentine's Day
14. 2013
15. two
16. an intruder
17. Yes
18. No
19. No
20. Pretoria