question: Renacimiento, Mexico (CNN) -- As raging floodwaters swept away half of his timber shack, Saturnino Medina climbed to the roof.

He pointed Thursday to the place where river waters broke through a container wall and washed away his kitchen.

Medina and his family have almost nothing left now, after the wind and rain of Manuel hit the town of Renacimiento, located about 20 km northeast of the resort city of Acapulco.

Days after the storm made landfall as a tropical depression in the Mexican state of Guerrero, thousands of tourists are still trapped in Acapulco and thousands of families are struggling to recover.

Medina and his family were left to eat eggs and tortillas donated by neighbors and drink expired cartons of juice they found in a nearby trash dumpster. So far, he said, they haven't gotten any government aid.

"The truth is, I don't even know what to tell you," he said. "The government ignores us. They help everyone else, but they've forgotten about Renacimiento."

The town is one of many across Mexico ravaged by multiple storms that have been battering the country.

Federal officials say at least 97 people were killed across Mexico by Manuel, which plowed into the country's Pacific coast, and Ingrid, which hit the Gulf coast.

Rescue efforts continued throughout the country Thursday. In one Guerrero town ravaged by a mudslide, authorities said 68 people remained unaccounted for.

An aerial survey revealed many more mudslides, Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said, and there are additional reports of disappearances that authorities have not yet confirmed.
1. Where is Renacimiento in reference to Acapulo?
2. What did the family consume?
3. And drink?
4. Was the family happy with the help received from the government?
5. What created this dire situation for the family?
6. Was the damaged all caused by wind?
7. What else caused damage?
8. How many lives were lost due to the storm?
9. In what country?
10. What type of disaster hit another town?
11. In what place?
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answer: 1. 20 km northeast
2. eggs and tortillas
3. expired cartons of juice
4. no
5. Storm Manuel
6. no
7. Rain too
8. 97 by Manuel and Ingrid
9. Mexico
10. a mudslide,
11. a town in Guerrero

question: CHAPTER XV.--The Mark of Cain.

Next morning Barton entered his sitting-room in very high spirits, and took up his letters. He had written to Maitland the night before, saying little but, "Come home at once. Margaret is found. She is going to be my wife. You can't come too quickly, if you wish to hear of something very much to your advantage." A load was off his mind, and he felt as _Romeo_ did just before the bad news about _Juliet_ reached him.

In this buoyant disposition, Barton opened his letters. The first was in a hand he knew very well--that of a man who had been his fellow-student in Paris and Vienna, and who was now a prosperous young physician. The epistle ran thus:

"Dear Barton.--I'm off to the West of Ireland, for a fortnight People are pretty fit, as the season has not run far. Most of my patients have not yet systematically overeaten themselves. I want you to do something for me. Martin & Wright, the lawyers, have a queer little bit of medical jurisprudence, about which young Wright, who was at Oriel in our time, asked my opinion. I recommended him to see you, as it is more in your line; and _my_ line will presently be attached to that eminent general practitioner, 'The Blue Doctor.' May he prosper with the Galway salmon!

"Thine,

"Alfred Franks."

"Lucky beggar!" thought Barton to himself, but he was too happy to envy even a man who had a fortnight of salmon-fishing before him.
1. who was the letter from?
2. did Barton recognize the handwriting?
3. how did he know him?
4. where?
5. and what was he now?
6. where is Alfred going to?
7. are his patients fat?
8. what does he say they haven't done?
9. what does he say they are?
10. who has he asked to visit Barton?
11. who was at Oriel?
12. Was Barton happy that morning?
13. who had he sent a letter to?
14. what did he ask him to do immedietly?
15. had he found someone?
16. who?
17. what was his relationship with her?
18. did he have other news for Maitland?
19. was that going to be helpful for maitland?
20. who did Barton feel like?
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answer: 1. Alfred Franks
2. Yes
3. his fellow-student
4. Paris and Vienna
5. a physician
6. West of Ireland
7. No
8. have not yet systematically overeaten themselves
9. are pretty fit
10. Martin & Wright
11. young Wright
12. Yes
13. Maitland
14. Come home at once
15. Yes
16. Margaret
17. She is going to be his wife
18. Yes
19. Yes
20. Romeo and Juliet

question: Anna really likes school. She does well in school and gets good grades. Anna's favorite class time activities are reading, math, and writing. She also enjoys playing with her friends at recess. Anna has a lot of friends in her class. Anna's favorite books to read are mysteries. She has read several Nancy Drew books which are about a young woman who solves exciting mysteries. Anna also likes to read comic books. She tries not to read comic books in class because they often make her laugh out loud. Laughing very loud during quiet reading time could get her into trouble! When playing at recess, Anna likes to make up new games to play. She and her friend Lily enjoy playing games like tag, where you run around chasing after each other. Their games are different than tag because when you tag the other player you call out a math question they have to answer to become "It". Anna always tries to play active games; it makes recess much more fun for her. Sometimes, if the balls are out, she plays soccer with some of her friends. Soccer always makes her very tired. Anna really enjoys playing during recess as it helps her to be ready to work hard in class.
1. What are Nancy Drew books about?
2. Who has read several of these?
3. Does she enjoy them?
4. Is reading one of her favorite things to do at school?
5. How many favorites does she have?
6. What else does she enjoy?
7. What kind of grades does she get?
8. How do you know?
9. Has she ever laughed during class?
10. Why?
11. Is that a good thing?
12. What does she like to do at playtime?
13. Does she play by herself?
14. Who else joins her?
15. What makes her tired?
16. Why does she enjoy recess so much?
17. Why was her version of tag different?
18. What happens next?
19. What games does she try to play most?
20. Why?
****
answer:
1. a young woman who solves exciting mysteries
2. Anna
3. yes
4. yes
5. three
6. playing with her friends
7. good ones
8. because she does well in school
9. yes
10. because she reads comic books in class
11. no
12. make up new games to play
13. no
14. her friend Lily
15. playing soccer
16. because it helps work hard in class
17. because when you tag the other player you call out a math question
18. they answer it to become "It"
19. active games
20. because it makes recess much more fun