Problem: CHAPTER VI

A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK

There was a game of hide and seek that Danny Meadow Mouse once played with Buster Bear. It was a very dreadful game for Danny. But hard as it was for Danny, it didn't begin to be as hard as the game Lightfoot the Deer was playing with the hunter in the Green Forest.

In the case of Buster Bear and Danny, the latter had simply to keep out of reach of Buster. As long as Buster didn't get his great paws on Danny, the latter was safe. Then, too, Danny is a very small person. He is so small that he can hide under two or three leaves. Wherever he is, he is pretty sure to find a hiding-place of some sort. His small size gives him advantages in a game of hide and seek. It certainly does. But Lightfoot the Deer is big. He is one of the largest of the people who live in the Green Forest. Being so big, it is not easy to hide.

Moreover, a hunter with a terrible gun does not have to get close in order to kill. Lightfoot knew all this as he waited for the coming of the hunter of whom Sammy Jay had warned him. He had learned many lessons in the hunting season of the year before and he remembered every one of them. He knew that to forget even one of them might cost him his life. So, standing motionless behind a tangle of fallen trees, Lightfoot listened and watched.
1. Who can kill from a distance?
2. With what?
3. Is one of the animals aware of this?
4. WHo?
5. What kind of animal is he?
6. Who told him the gunman will arrive?
7. What is the rodent's name?
8. Is he playing with someone?
9. With whom?
10. What kind of animal is he?
11. What game are they playing?
12. How can Danny win?
13. Is Danny big?
14. How little is he?
15. Can he conceal himself easily?
16. What is sufficient to conceal him?
17. Where do these beasts live?
18. Which one?
19. Are there large animals there?
20. Please name one.
Answer: 1. a hunter
2. a gun
3. yes
4. Lightfoo
5. Deer
6. Sammy Jay .
7. Danny
8. yes
9. Buster
10. bear.
11. hide and seek
12. k eep out of busters reach
13. No
14. very small
15. yes
16. two or three leaves.
17. Forest
18. the Green Forest
19. yes
20. Lightfoot

Q: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Eric Hahn thought his financial situation was set after he was approved for a private student loan with an 8 percent interest rate to supplement his federal education loans.

Eric Hahn, 21, estimates he will be in debt for the next five to seven years for his undergraduate tuition.

Just a few weeks later, Hahn, 21, was forced to cash in his savings and investments so he could make his rent and tuition after finding out that the lender, MyRichUncle.com, had suspended its private student loan program.

"Due to continued disruptions in the capital markets, combined with the continued demand we have experienced this year, we are reaching funding capacity limits," a message on his cell phone said, mimicking a statement on the company's Web site.

The sudden news left Hahn, a senior-year finance major, scrambling to find additional funding after maxing out his borrowing options from the federal government. Eventually, the country's leading student loan provider, Sallie Mae, approved him for a private loan at 12 percent.

After he graduates, Hahn estimates it will take him anywhere from five to seven years to repay about $30,000 he will have borrowed by then.

"Money isn't cheap," said Hahn, who transferred to Georgia State University in Atlanta from the University of Connecticut last year because the tuition was less expensive. "The process is time-consuming, and there's also the stress of having to liquidate my investments and wonder where I'm going to find money."

About 8 percent of student borrowers rely on private loans, which tend to be costlier and stricter than federal loans, said Robert Shierman, executive director of the Institute for College Access and Success. In doing so, Hahn and others like him are getting a crash course in market volatility and its effects on the consumer's ability to find money. Watch how the current economic troubles affect consumers "

Answer the following questions:
1. What is Hahn studying?
2. At which university?
3. Where did he attend last year?
4. Why did he transfer?
5. What year of student is he?
6. at how old?
7. How long does he anticipate being in debt?
8. How much will he have borrowed in total?
9. Which company ended its loan program and left him in a bind?
10. What rate was he anticipating with that company?
11. What reasoning did they give?
12. Where did he end up borrowing from instead?
13. At what percentage rate?
14. Is this a well-utilized company?
15. Why couldn't he receive more money from the government?
16. Is the government more lenient than private options?
17. Which option is cheaper?
18. According to whom?
19. at which organization?
20. what title does he hold there?
A: 1. finance
2. Georgia State University
3. the University of Connecticut
4. tuition was less expensive
5. senior-year
6. 21
7. five to seven years
8. $30,000
9. MyRichUncle.com
10. 8 percent
11. "Due to continued disruptions in the capital markets, combined with the continued demand we have experienced this year, we are reaching funding capacity limits"
12. Sallie Mae
13. 12 percent
14. yes
15. he maxed out his borrowing options from the federal government
16. Yes
17. federal loans
18. Robert Shierman
19. the Institute for College Access and Success
20. executive director

Problem: Peter wondered why he didn't have many friends. The reason was that he was always taking, never giving. One day Peter told Bill, "I'd like to give a party on Saturday. I'd like you to come and bring Martha, too. " "Thanks, Peter. We'd be happy to come. ""Perhaps you'd like to bring your violin. You and Martha sing well together. I'm sure everyone will want you to sing for us. "That was how Peter began to plan his party. Next he asked another friend, Betty, to bring a cake. "You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like to eat your cake better than have one from the bakery . "Peter invited a few other friends to come to his party. He didn't forget to ask for something from each of them. He even asked Jim Jackson and Mary Jackson to let him give the party at their house! They agreed. The party was a big success. However, as the guests were leaving, they said "Thank you! "to Bill and Martha for the music, Betty for the cake, the Jacksons for the use of the house and to others for their hard work. To Peter they just said, "Thanks for the invitation. "
1. What did Peter ask Betty to bring?
2. What did Peter wonder?
3. What was the reason?
4. What did Peter tell Bill one day?
5. Who did he tell Bill to bring?
6. Who did the guest thank for the music?
7. Where did Peter have the party?
8. Was the party a flop?
9. What did Peter suggest Bill might like to bring?
10. How many friends did Peter invite?
11. What were the Jackson's names?
12. What did the guests thank them for?
13. What did the guests thank Peter for?
14. What did Bill and Martha do well together?
15. What did Peter not forget to do with each guest?
Answer:
1. a cake
2. Peter wondered why he didn't have many friends.
3. The reason was that he was always taking, never giving.
4. One day Peter told Bill, "I'd like to give a party on Saturday.
5. Martha
6. Bill and Martha
7. At the Jacksons' house
8. No
9. His violin
10. Peter invited a few other friends
11. Jim and Mary
12. the use of their house
13. the invitation
14. Sing
15. ask for something from each of them.