Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

One day my dad was walking home and he had a big ice-cream cone. He had chocolate and vanilla and strawberry ice-cream on top of each other. He was moving his head back and forward to some music that he was playing when a spider dropped on his ice-cream for a little bite. My dad saw right away that a spider was on it and he brushed the spider off. After the spider was put on the floor, a fly flew into his ice-cream, right where the spider had been! Oh how terrible! My dad made the spider leave and right after that he saw an alligator come running up to him wanting a bite of his ice-cream too! My dad dropped his cone, ran away, and bought a yoghurt instead. He thought about buying a dingdong, but since dinner time was so close and he had such a big lunch, he thought a yoghurt would be better. It's a much safer and better dessert.

165 words.

1. What was his dad doing one day?
2. with what?
3. Was it big?
4. What kind?
5. What happened to it?
6. why?
7. What did he do?
8. Where did it go?
9. then what?
10. Where?
11. Then what?
12. Doing what?
13. Why?
14. What did he do?
15. And?
16. What else?
17. What did he think of buying?
18. What was close?
19. Did he buy it?
20. Why?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. walking home
2. an ice-cream cone.
3. yes
4. chocolate and vanilla and strawberry
5. a spider dropped on it
6. a little bite
7. e brushed the spider off
8. the floor
9. a fly flew into his ice-cream
10. right where the spider had been
11. He saw an alligator
12. running up to him
13. wanting a bite of his ice-cream
14. dropped his cone
15. ran away
16. he bought a yoghurt
17. a dingdong
18. dinner
19. no
20. he thought a yoghurt would be better

Question: CHAPTER XXIII

"But why should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?" said Lady Bertram. "How came she to think of asking Fanny? Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. I cannot spare her, and I am sure she does not want to go. Fanny, you do not want to go, do you?"

"If you put such a question to her," cried Edmund, preventing his cousin's speaking, "Fanny will immediately say No; but I am sure, my dear mother, she would like to go; and I can see no reason why she should not."

"I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should think of asking her? She never did before. She used to ask your sisters now and then, but she never asked Fanny."

"If you cannot do without me, ma'am--" said Fanny, in a self-denying tone.

"But my mother will have my father with her all the evening."

"To be sure, so I shall."

"Suppose you take my father's opinion, ma'am."

"That's well thought of. So I will, Edmund. I will ask Sir Thomas, as soon as he comes in, whether I can do without her."

"As you please, ma'am, on that head; but I meant my father's opinion as to the _propriety_ of the invitation's being accepted or not; and I think he will consider it a right thing by Mrs. Grant, as well as by Fanny, that being the _first_ invitation it should be accepted."

"I do not know. We will ask him. But he will be very much surprised that Mrs. Grant should ask Fanny at all." 1. What did Mrs Grant want?
2. to do what?
3. Who doesn't want her to go?
4. Why?
5. Who thinks she should go?
6. Whom is he?
7. Who did Mrs Grant ask before?
8. What did Edmund suggest?
9. who is his father?
10. Who did not let Fanny answer? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Fanny
2. to dine somewhere
3. Lady Bertram
4. she cannot spare her
5. Edmund
6. her cousin
7. his sisters
8. ask his father's opinion
9. Sir Thomas
10. Edmund

Q: Meagan and her friend Samantha, both students, lived together in Denver. On mornings when Samantha had class, Meagan would watch her 2-year-old daughter, Hannah. Also part of the household was Meagan's pet, Willie, a parrot -- a particularly intelligent and chatty breed. He picked up quite a healthy vocabulary ("Silly Willie"was a favorite saying) and became a great mimic -- of cats, dogs, chickens and humans. One day with Samantha at school, Hannah sat in front of morning cartoons while Meagan cooked Pop-Tarts in the kitchen. When the toaster spat out the food, Meagan placed it at the center of the kitchen table to cool. She glanced at Hannah and, confident the child was fully engaged in the TV, slipped out quickly to use the bathroom. "I was gone maybe 30 seconds,"Meagan recalls."And suddenly, I heard the bird going crazy and shouting."She heard two very distinct words from the parrot's mouth."Mama! Baby! Mama! Baby!"Meagan ran out of the bathroom to find Hannah in the kitchen, holding the partly eaten Pop-Tarts, out of breath, her face and lips a terrifying shade of blue. And Willie was still crying. "Hannah had climbed up on a chair and gotten the Pop-Tarts and she was clearly choking on them,"says Meagan."I seized her and immediately started doing first aid until the piece came flying out."The bird quieted down and Meagan burst into tears, relief washing over her; Hannah was fine, already smiling her big smile. When Meagan told Samantha what happened,"She was so grateful, thanking me for what I did,"Meagan says."But I said, 'Don't thank me! It was Willie who was the hero!'"

1. Samantha
2. yes
3. Denver
4. yes
5. Meaghan
6. Two
7. yes
8. Willie
9. a parrot
10. a chatty one
11. Silly Willie
12. Pop Tarts
13. in the kitchen
14. on the table
15. Mama!Baby!
16. the kitchen
17. removed it from Hannah's airway
18. tears
19. first aid
20. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who is Meagan's friend?
2. Are they students?
3. Where do they live?
4. Does Samantha have a kid?
5. Who would watch over her?
6. How old is she?
7. Does Meagan have a pet?
8. What is its name?
9. What is it?
10. What kind of breed?
11. What was his favorite saying?
12. What did Meagan cook?
13. Where?
14. Where did she place it?
15. What was the parrot shouting?
16. Where was Hannah?
17. What did Meagan do to the pop-tart
18. What did Meagan burst into?
19. What did Meagan do to hannah?
20. Was Hannah fine?