Q: Ginger and Joey were two young dogs. They were happy because it was now the summer and they could play outside more often. Today Ginger and Joey were running around in their big backyard. They had fun barking at many things. They barked at squirrels. They barked at a bus. They barked at the mailman. They barked at a weird bug. They barked so much, they were never quiet! The neighbor was a grumpy old man. His name was Bert. Bert threw a shoe at them because they were barking too much. He couldn't take a nap because they were so loud. Bert got too angry and Bert throws things when he gets too angry. The shoe missed both Ginger and Joey, but they barked a little less. Now they ran even faster. After a very long time, they began to get tired. They sniffed around the edges of the yard and found some old watermelon. That's a good snack for young dogs like Ginger and Joey! Next, they rolled around in the dirt. Then they chased their tails. Finally, their mom came out and told them to come inside. They were so dirty, they needed a bath. Ginger loved baths and jumped right into the tub. Joey was scared and ran away to hide. After a little bit, his mom found him and he got a bath in the end, too.

Answer the following questions:
1. What type of animal was Ginger?
2. How about Joey?
3. What furry animal did they bark at?
4. How about nonfurry animals?
5. What worker did they bark at?
6. What vehicle?
7. What was thrown at the dogs?
8. By whom?
9. Was Bert young?
10. Who enjoyed bathing?
11. Who didn't?
12. Who ate a snack?
13. What was it?
14. Who bathed first?
15. Was Bert good tempered?
A: 1. dog
2. dog
3. Squirrel
4. A bug
5. Mailman
6. A bus
7. A shoe
8. Bert
9. No
10. Ginger
11. Joey
12. Ginger ans Joey
13. Watermelon
14. Ginger
15. No
Q: Encyclopedia Americana is one of the largest general encyclopedias in the English language. Following the acquisition of Grolier in 2000, the encyclopedia has been produced by Scholastic.

The encyclopedia has more than 45,000 articles, most of them more than 500 words and many running to considerable length (the "United States" article is over 300,000 words). The work's coverage of American and Canadian geography and history has been a traditional strength. Written by 6,500 contributors, the "Encyclopedia Americana" includes over 9,000 bibliographies, 150,000 cross-references, 1,000+ tables, 1,200 maps, and almost 4,500 black-and-white line art and color images. It also has 680 factboxes. Most articles are signed by their contributors.

Long available as a 30-volume print set, the "Encyclopedia Americana" is now marketed as an online encyclopedia requiring a subscription. In March 2008, Scholastic said that print sales remained good but that the company was still deciding on the future of the print edition. The company did not produce an edition in 2007, a change from its previous approach of releasing a revised print edition each year. The most recent print edition of the "Encyclopedia Americana" was published in 2006.

The online version of the "Encyclopedia Americana", first introduced in 1997, continues to be updated and sold. This work, like the print set from which it is derived, is designed for high school and first-year college students along with public library users. It is available to libraries as one of the options in the Grolier Online reference service, which also includes the "Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia", intended for middle and high school students, and "The New Book of Knowledge", an encyclopedia for elementary and middle school students. Grolier Online is not available to individual subscribers.

Answer the following questions:
1. When was the online version of the encyclopedia put out?
2. Is it still updated?
3. What kind of students is it designed for?
4. And who else?
5. What is made for middle and high school kids?
6. What is designed for elementary students?
7. Is the online service available to individuals?
8. What is the biggest encyclopedia in the English language?
9. Who has produced it after the year 2000?
10. After they acquired what?
11. How many articles are in the books?
12. How many words are most?
13. How long is the United States article?
14. Is geography a strength for the encyclopedias?
15. What else is a strong point?
16. How many bibliographies are there?
17. In what year was a print edition published?
18. How many cross-references were there?
19. How many factboxes are there?
20. How many books were in a typical print edition?
A: 1. 1997
2. Yes.
3. high school and first-year college
4. public library users
5. Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
6. The New Book of Knowledge
7. No.
8. Encyclopedia Americana
9. Scholastic
10. Grolier
11. 45,000
12. more than 500
13. over 300,000 words
14. YEs
15. history
16. over 9,000
17. 2006
18. 150,000
19. 680
20. 30
Q: Washington (CNN) -- For political junkies, 2013 was expected to be a quiet year following the presidential election and it basically followed the script.

Nonetheless, there were some interesting developments at the ballot box.

New Jersey, as expected, returned Gov. Chris Christie to office and also sent Cory Booker to the U.S. Senate. Bill de Blasio became the first Democrat elected New York City Mayor in two decades, and Democrats, led by Terry McAuliffe, swept the top three executive offices in Virginia for the first time in recent memory.

Were these outcomes isolated or do they mean anything for 2014, when candidates will heat up the campaign trail big time ahead of next November's congressional midterms and key gubernatorial elections?

In the new year, 435 House seats are up as are 35 in the Senate. There will be 36 gubernatorial races as well. Most of these campaigns won't be nail biters, but there could be collective power shifts in Washington and in state houses.

Here, CNN Politics focuses on the Senate, where Republicans aim to retake control. Republicans must pick up six seats to claim the majority and key races are wide open at this point.

The top 12 campaign questions of 2014

Five key races:

Kentucky

The incumbent is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is under pressure from two fronts: Democrats, naturally, and from a tea party challenger within his own Republican Party who says he's not conservative enough.

While McConnell is likely to defeat his primary opponent, Matt Bevin, he is expending money and other resources he'd rather use in a general election campaign against Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes.

Answer the following questions:
1. what was 2013 expected to be?
2. What would be the interesting developments?
3. What happened in New Jersey?
4. Who was the first Democrat elected mayor in two decades?
5. How many house seats were up in the new year?
6. who plans on retake control?
7. How many seats do theyneed to pick up?
8. what were the top 12 campaign questoins of 2014
9. Who is Mitch McConnell?
10. Who was Matt Bevin?
11. What is he expending money on?
12. against who?
13. What is her name?
A:
1. a quiet year
2. Mayoral and Gubernatorial elections
3. Gov. Chris Christie returned to office
4. Bill de Blasio
5. 435
6. Republicans
7. six
8. unknown
9. Senate Minority Leader
10. his primary opponen
11. a general election campaign
12. Kentucky Secretary of State
13. Alison Lundergan Grimes