Problem: Max is a very happy cow. He's dark brown, with big blue eyes, and a soft pink nose. He lives in a huge field during the summer, with beautiful, and tasty, buttercups and hay. During the winter he lives in a nice, warm barn.

The hay isn't as tasty then, but it keeps him fed until summer comes back. One winter day Max wanted to see what was happening outside when it turned cold and bright. He had never gone out during the winter because the Farmer always locked the barn door behind him. But today the door was wide open, and Max could see the sunshine reflecting off the bright ground. He had to know why! So Max pushed open the gate to his little house with his nose and walked over to the door. Max was surprised and confused by the ground outside, it was so white and sparkly. His breath started fogging in the air, and the ground was cold and crunchy. "What is this?" He asked the rooster sitting on the fence. The roosters name was Omaha, and he was all white except for a big red puff on his head.

"It's snow, son! Did you grow up in a barn?!" The rooster laughed and flew away towards his little rooster house.

"It's so pretty!" Max said. He pushed it with his nose. "Oh! It's so chilly!" He started to take a bite of the crunchy white bits. He wanted to see if they had a good taste, when he heard the farmer.

"Max! What are you doing out here?" The farmer, named Bob, asked. He was loud, but not mad. "It's much too cold for a small cow like you, we better get you back inside!" He pushed Max inside the barn, and this time locked the barn door tight.
1. What kind of animal is Max?
2. how does he feel?
3. what color is he?
4. what about his eyes?
5. what size?
6. what color was the appendage he smelled with?
7. when does he live in the field?
8. what grows there?
9. where does he live in the winter?
10. what is the temperature like there?
11. why doesn't he go outdoors when it's cold?
12. who locks it?
13. what did he see when he was able to go outdoors in the winter the first time?
14. did he know what it was at first?
15. who did he ask about what it was?
16. where was he at?
17. What was this animal called?
18. What color was the majority of his body?
Answer: 1. a cow
2. very happy
3. dark brown
4. blue
5. big
6. pink
7. summer
8. buttercups
9. a barn
10. warm
11. the barn door is locked
12. the Farmer
13. snow
14. no
15. the rooster
16. sitting on the fence
17. Omaha
18. white

Problem: Thomas looked up at the clock hanging on the wall of his room. He could not wait for his friend Ben to come over today. It was the weekend, so Thomas's dad had no work the next day. This meant his father would take them sledding. This was one of Thomas' favorite winter activities, even if he always got a few bumps and scrapes along the way. Thomas heard a knocking noise downstairs and knew it was Ben at the door. He got excited. This meant they would be sledding soon. He grabbed another mouthful of one of his mother's famous sugar cookies and made his way downstairs, tripping on his shoes. He opened the door to see Ben's mom giving him a friendly smile down the walk. Ben let himself in and his mother waved goodbye to them both. Thomas asked Ben if he wanted a cup of hot chocolate and then he went to find his dad for some sledding action. Both Ben and Thomas were very happy. They got their gloves on and made their way out to the garage to wait for Thomas' dad. Thomas dad would be driving them the long distance to the park.
1. whose room was the clock in?
2. when was Ben coming over?
3. why wasn't thomas's dad working the next day?
4. what was he going to do?
5. who did thomas see when he answered the door?
6. who did she wave to?
7. what did he offer ben?
8. then what did he do?
9. what did he trip on?
10. where?
11. what did he eat?
12. who baked them?
13. what did they put on?
14. where did they wait?
15. who was going to drive?
16. how far was the drive going to be?
Answer: 1. Thomas
2. today
3. It was the weekend
4. go sledding
5. Ben's mom
6. Thomas and Ben
7. a cup of hot chocolate
8. he went to find his dad for some sledding action
9. his shoes
10. downstairs
11. sugar cookies
12. his mother
13. their gloves
14. the garage
15. Thomas dad
16. long distance

Problem: (CNN) -- Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, a bespectacled college professor turned soldier in the defense of the Union, often returned to Gettysburg, that legendary battlefield where on a grim and terrible July day in 1863, Chamberlain and his regiment, the 20th Maine, held the extreme left flank of the Union army against an attack by near overwhelming odds, launched by equally gallant troops from Alabama.

Chamberlain's regiment held the line. As the years passed, the Medal of Honor recipient would go back to Gettysburg with comrades to contemplate and to pray. He came to call that hallowed ground the "Vision Place of Souls." He wrote that where great deeds were accomplished, a "spirit" of greatness lingered.

What would he and his comrades, and those who faced them beneath that hot July sun say to us today? For our "Vision Place of Souls," are now off limits, forbidden lands, "Verboten" to all. What would they say to us?

In what is described as a government shutdown, the Beltway around Washington is still jammed with the commuters to federal offices, White House and congressional staffers continue to work, but by a highly selective process, our national memorials to the living and fallen who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam are closed.

Few veterans have the means to travel to remote islands of the Pacific, the beaches of Normandy, the woods of the Hurtgen and Bastogne to visit but one more time their "Vision Place," where with family and comrades they can say, "Here I fought," or say, "Here is where my friend Charlie -- remember my telling you about him? -- here is where he died." For them, the monuments have become their 'Vision Place," their gathering place, the place of remembrance, of pride, and of tears.
1. What person is this passage talking about?
2. What was his profession before being a soldier?
3. He turned into a soldier in defense of what?
4. Did he have any medal?
5. Which one?
6. Why would he go to Gettysburg?
7. Would he go alone?
8. With who then?
9. What did he call that ground?
10. What did he write?
Answer:
1. Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
2. college professor
3. the Union
4. yes
5. Medal of Honor
6. to contemplate and to pray.
7. no
8. comrades
9. Vision Place of Souls
10. where great deeds were accomplished, a "spirit" of greatness lingered.