Q: Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day. She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation. She wanted something different to do. Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower sitting in the yard. "Mom," she shouted, ''I think I will mow the lawn." Her mom ran into the yard and said,"Oh no, you don't. You're too young to mow the lawn." "I'm fourteen years old and know how to do it," Jessie said. "Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won't have to worry about it over the weekend." Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try. After all, she was home and would _ her. Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad. Jessie checked the gas to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands. Mom watched from the kitchen window. Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn. She was very careful around the flowers and trees. When she finished, she felt so good, but she was so hot. Mom brought her some ice tea and said, "You really did a great job. Dad will be very surprised." Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie's mom, "You didn't have to mow the lawn. I was going to do it on Saturday. It looks great. Thanks." "I didn't mow it. Jessie did." "Wow, our little girl is growing up!" Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done. "It was fun, and I will do it again next week," said Jessie. The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money. "Sure!" said Jessie. Jessie began mowing his lawn. Two other neighbors asked so, then another three. Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money. She was no longer bored! "I won't have time to spend my money," she laughed to herself.

Answer the following questions:
1. Who mowed the yard?
2. Who usually mows it?
3. Why did she want to mow it?
4. How did she learn to start it?
5. What did she do first?
6. Did she have any protective equipment?
7. what?
8. What kind?
9. What did she do when she got to trees and flowers?
10. What gave her the idea to mow
11. How did mom feel about it?
12. Why
13. How old was she?
14. Where was mom while she mowed?
15. What was she doing?
16. How did Jessie feel when she finished?
17. What did Dad think of it?
18. What did Jessie start doing for money?
19. How many yards?
20. Where were her friends?
A: 1. Jessie
2. Dad
3. she was bored
4. watching her dad
5. checked the gas
6. yes
7. gloves
8. gardening gloves
9. mowed careful
10. she saw the mower
11. worried
12. She thought she was too young?
13. fourteen
14. the kitchen
15. watching
16. good
17. it looked good
18. mowing
19. six
20. vacation
Q: When Ben Franklin was only a boy,he always wanted to know about things. He was always asking his father and brothers "What?"and "How?" and "Why?" They couldn't always tell him what he wanted to know. When they couldn't tell him,Ben tried to find out for himself. Many times Ben did find out things that no one knew before. The other boys would say,"That Ben Franklin!He's always finding out something new!" Ben lived close to the water.He liked to go there to see the boats. He saw how the wind blew them across the water. One day Ben said to himself,"Why can't the wind help me float across the water?And I'm going to try." Ben got his big kite.He took hold of the kite string and ran with it.The wind took the kite up into the air. Then Ben jumped into the water. The wind blew the kite high into the air.Ben began to float across the water. Soon he was on the other side, _ . One boy shouted,"Look at Ben floating across the water!His kite takes him to the other side without any work!" "Yes," said another."He's always finding new ways to do things."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who did Ben used to ask questions?
2. anyone else?
3. Could they always answer him?
4. Ben lived near what?
5. Did he go there?
6. for what?
7. What was helping the boats move?
8. Did he want to float across the water?
9. With what?
10. What wind did to it?
11. then what he did?
12. Who saw that?
13. Did Ben reach the other side?
14. What the other boy said then?
15. Did Ben really use to find new ways to do things?
16. When he would find things out for himself?
17. Who?
18. Did he found things that others didn't know?
19. What three usual questions he used to ask?
20. What are the other two?
A: 1. his father
2. his brothers
3. no
4. the water
5. yes
6. to see the boats
7. the wind
8. Yes
9. his big kite
10. took it up into the air
11. float across the water
12. One boy
13. yes
14. He's always finding new ways to do things.
15. yes
16. When they couldn't tell him
17. father and brothers
18. yes
19. "What?"
20. "How?" and "Why?"
Q: The man who jumped the White House fence earlier this month and breached the mansion's doors actually made it farther than originally thought, officials said Monday.

White House fence jumper has PTSD, former stepson says

Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Iraq war veteran who had a knife in his pocket, overcame one Secret Service officer and ran into the East Room of the White House, where he was then subdued, a federal law enforcement said.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, who was provided the information by whistleblowers during his congressional investigation into the incident, also confirmed the details of what now appears to be a wild chase through the main floor of the White House, first reported by the Washington Post.

The Secret Service had previously stated that Gonzalez was stopped after entering the front door of the North Portico.

Gonzalez ran through much of the main floor, past a stairway that leads up to the first family's residence, and was ultimately stopped at the far southern end of the East Room. He also reached the doorway to the Green Room, an area that looks out on the South Lawn.

No shots were fired inside the White House, the federal law official said.

Official: Secret Service twice interviewed, released would-be White House intruder

The Secret Service has not yet commented on the new details.

"I could not be more proud of the individual agents, but I worry that Director (Julia) Pierson and the leadership there at the Secret Service is failing them," Chaffetz said Monday on "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer."

Answer the following questions:
1. What did the White house fence jumper have?
2. What mental illness did the fence jumper have?
3. Who stated that Gonzalez was stopped after entering the front door?
4. Gonzalez ran through which floor?
5. Where was he finally stopped?
6. Did anyone shoot?
7. Who provided Chaffetz with information?
8. Did he make it further than they originally thought?
9. How old is Omar?
10. What country was he a war vet from?
11. Did he have any weapons on him?
A:
1. knife
2. unknown
3. Rep. Jason Chaffetz
4. main floor,
5. the far southern end of the East Room
6. No
7. whistleblowers
8. made it farther than originally thought
9. 42
10. Iraq
11. knife