question: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) (in ) is a federal institution tasked with acquiring, preserving and making Canada's documentary heritage accessible. LAC reports to Parliament through Melanie Joly, the Minister of Canadian Heritage since November 4, 2015.

The Dominion Archives was founded in 1872 as a division within the Department of Agriculture and was transformed into the autonomous Public Archives of Canada in 1912 and renamed the National Archives of Canada in 1987. The National Library of Canada was founded in 1953. Freda Farrell Waldon contributed to the writing of the brief which led to the founding of the National Library of Canada. In 2004, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) combined the functions of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada. It was established by the "Library and Archives of Canada Act" (Bill C-8), proclaimed on April 22, 2004. A subsequent Order in Council dated May 21, 2004 united the collections, services and personnel of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada. Since inception LAC has reported to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

LAC's stated mandate is:

LAC is expected to maintain "effective recordkeeping practices that ensure transparency and accountability".

LAC's holdings include the archival records of the Government of Canada, representative private archives, 20 million books acquired largely through legal deposit, 24 million photographs, and more than a petabyte of digital content. Some of this content, primarily the book collection, university theses and census material, is available online. Many items have not been digitized and are only available in physical form. As of May 2013 only about 1% of the collection had been digitized, representing "about 25 million of the more popular and most fragile items".
1. Who is the liason to parliament?
2. How long has she held her position?
3. And what is her position?
4. When did Canada rename its national archives?
5. The LAC combines the obligations of what two institutions?
6. When was the national library founded?
7. Who contributed to its foundation?
8. What is the LAC charged with maintaining?
9. How many books and in the organizations holdings?
10. photographs?
11. And how much digital content?
12. How much of the holdings still need to be digitized as of 2013?
13. When were the Dominion Archives founded?
14. Is the LAC a branch of the federal government?
15. Is any of the content available online?
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answer: 1. Melanie Joly
2. 3 years
3. Minister of Canadian Heritage
4. 1987
5. National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada
6. 1953
7. Freda Farrell Waldon
8. Canada's documentary heritage
9. 20 million
10. 24 million
11. more than a petabyte
12. 99%
13. 1872
14. no
15. yes

question: CHAPTER VIII

THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE

On the following day, while Owen sat eating his morning meal with a thankful heart, a messenger arrived saying that the king would receive him whenever it pleased him to come. He answered that he would be with him before noon, for already he had learned that among natives one loses little by delay. A great man, they think, is rich in time, and hurries only to wait upon his superiors.

At the appointed hour a guard came to lead him to the royal house, and thither Owen went, followed by John bearing a Bible. Umsuka was seated beneath a reed roof supported by poles and open on all sides; behind him stood councillors and attendants, and by him were Nodwengo the prince, and Hokosa, his mouth and prophet. Although the day was hot, he wore a kaross or rug of wild catskins, and his face showed that the effects of the poisoned draught were still upon him. At the approach of Owen he rose with something of an effort, and, shaking him by the hand, thanked him for his life, calling him "doctor of doctors."

"Tell me, Messenger," he added, "how it was that you were able to cure me, and who were in the plot to kill me? There must have been more than one," and he rolled his eyes round with angry suspicion.

"King," answered Owen, "if I knew anything of this matter, the Power that wrote it on my mind has wiped it out again, or, at the least, has forbidden me to speak of its secret. I saved you, it is enough; for the rest, the past is the past, and I come to deal with the present and the future."
1. Who did Owen save?
2. What does he want Owen to tell him?
3. Does Owen tell him?
4. Why not?
5. What does he want to focus on?
6. What should be forgotten?
7. What was Owen doing when he got a message?
8. What time of day was it?
9. How did he get the message?
10. When does the king want to see him?
11. When did he decide to go?
12. Why would someone rush around?
13. What makes someone wealthy?
14. Where was the meeting held?
15. Did he find the way himself?
16. How then?
17. What kind of weather were they having?
18. What is the king's name?
19. What made him sick?
20. How does he refer to Owen?
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answer: 1. the King
2. how he cured him
3. no
4. it was wiped out of his mind
5. the present and the future
6. the past
7. eating
8. morning
9. from a messenger
10. whenever it pleased him
11. before noon
12. to wait upon his superiors
13. time
14. the royal house
15. no
16. a guard lead him
17. hot
18. Umsuka
19. poison
20. as doctor of doctors

question: I once was the leader of running a skills camp for a Boy Scout group. The weekend long camp included a lot of different games. One of the games was for fire-building. The point of the game was to help teach campers how to best build fires. There are many different ways you can build a campfire. You can build a lean-to campfire. You can also build a teepee fire. To build the fires you must find and sort different sizes of sticks and brush and larger logs to get the fire going. The goal of the game is to build a fire big enough to burn a string that is hanging a few feet above the ground. My group was falling behind, so I gave the idea of throwing a bunch of leaves on the fire all at once to make a huge fire to quickly burn the string. We were not allowed to win the game because it was said we cheated.
1. How long was the camp?
2. Why did campers play the fire-building game?
3. Is there only one correct way to do so?
4. Is the goal to build a small fire?
5. How tall does the fire need to be?
6. What does throwing leaves on the fire accomplish?
7. Was this against the rules?
8. Did they win the game?
9. Why not?
10. What organization ran the camp?
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answer:
1. weekend
2. teach them to build fires
3. no
4. no
5. a few feet
6. make a huge fire
7. yes
8. no
9. they cheated
10. Boy Scouts