Problem: Kinshasa, DRC (CNN) -- Kinshasa hasn't had an easy time of it. A decade ago, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a broken city, ravaged by years of war and infighting. Of late, however, Kinshasa has witnessed a resurgence, with many expatriated Congolese returning to build a new city.

"When I came back, people thought I was crazy. "[They would ask], 'why would you go into a country where there is war? Where nothing is working? Why not stay in the States and make your life?'" says Joss Ilunga Dijimba, who returned to Kinshasa in 1996 after studying in America. Today, Dijimba runs his own eponymous business, manufacturing plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical industry.

"In the USA, everything has been done -- everything. In Congo, there is still a way to make things right. I am a Congolese. If I'm not going to make it, who's going to?"

In agreement is Olivier Ndombasi, who always planned on building his fortune in his homeland. Like his elder brothers, he studied abroad in the hope of bringing back knowledge that could improve the family business: groceries. His father's small store has now turned into a supermarket franchise called Peloustore, with four locations and more on the way.

"It's very exciting to be able to do things in a new environment, and do things you didn't think you'd be able to do," says Ndombasi.

"The challenge is great, but it's very exciting."

Many agree that there are obstacles, but returnees often cite the exhilaration of starting with a clean slate.
1. Where are some people heading back to?
2. Does everyone think going back is a great idea?
3. Who is hoping to make good money there?
4. Is he an only child?
5. Did he attend school at home?
6. What did he want to bring home with him?
7. For what purpose?
8. Which is?
9. Did it work?
10. What is the name of the big shop?
11. Does he find it fun?
12. How recently has the area gotten better?
13. What had made it bad?
14. Are many folks coming home now?
15. Who came back in 1996?
16. Where had he been?
17. Is he successful now?
18. Doing what?
19. What sort?
20. Do many folks find the challenges of coming home rewarding?
Answer: 1. Democratic Republic of Congo
2. no
3. Olivier Ndombasi
4. no
5. no
6. knowledge
7. improve the family business
8. groceries
9. yes
10. Peloustore
11. yes
12. very recently
13. years of war and infighting
14. yes
15. Joss Ilunga Dijimba
16. America
17. yes
18. business
19. manufacturing plastic bottles
20. yes

Problem: CHAPTER I. The Troubles of King Prigio.

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"I'm sure I don't know what to do with that boy!" said King Prigio of Pantouflia.

"If _you_ don't know, my dear," said Queen Rosalind, his illustrious consort, "I can't see what is to be done. You are so clever."

The king and queen were sitting in the royal library, of which the shelves were full of the most delightful fairy books in all languages, all equally familiar to King Prigio. The queen could not read most of them herself, but the king used to read them aloud to her. A good many years had passed--seventeen, in fact--since Queen Rosalind was married, but you would not think it to look at her. Her grey eyes were as kind and soft and beautiful, her dark hair as dark, and her pretty colour as like a white rose blushing, as on the day when she was a bride. And she was as fond of the king as when he was only Prince Prigio, and he was as fond of her as on the night when he first met her at the ball.

"No, I don't know what to do with Dick," said the king.

He meant his son, Prince Ricardo, but he called him Dick in private.

"I believe it's the fault of his education," his Majesty went on. "We have not brought him up rightly. These fairy books are at the bottom of his provoking behaviour," and he glanced round the shelves. "Now, when _I_ was a boy, my dear mother tried to prevent me from reading fairy books, because she did not believe in fairies."
1. Where were the king and queen sitting?
2. Was the queen able to read well?
3. Who was Dick?
4. Who did the queen say was clever?
5. How long had passed since the king and queen were married?
6. Did the queen have light hair?
7. Who used to read to her?
8. Did they like each other?
9. What name did Dick usually go by?
10. Were they having trouble with him?
11. What did the king think the problem was?
12. What kind of books were to blame?
13. Who didn't believe in fairies?
14. What was the queen's name?
15. And the king's?
16. Where was he the king of?
17. What color were the queen's eyes?
18. Did she seem mean?
19. What flower did she resemble when she blushed?
20. Where did she meet her husband?
Answer:
1. in the royal library
2. no
3. He meant his son, Prince Ricardo, but he called him Dick in private.
4. the king
5. seventeen years
6. no
7. the king
8. yes
9. Prince Ricardo
10. yes
11. his education
12. fairy books
13. The king's mother
14. Rosalind
15. Prigio
16. Pantouflia
17. grey
18. no
19. white rose
20. at the ball