Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XXIV

THE ALTERED SAILING LIST

When dinner was over, Dick sat by himself in a quiet spot on the liner's quarter-deck. There was a tall, iron bulwark beside him, but close by this was replaced by netted rails, through which he caught the pale shimmer of the sea. The warm land-breeze had freshened and ripples splashed against the vessel's side, while every now and then a languid gurgle rose from about her waterline and the foam her plates threw off was filled with phosphorescent flame. A string band was playing on the poop, and passengers and guests moved through the intricate figures of a Spanish dance on the broad deck below. Their poses were graceful and their dress was picturesque, but Dick watched them listlessly.

He was not in a mood for dancing, for he had been working hard at the dam and his thoughts were disturbed. Clare had refused him, and although he did not accept her decision as final, he could see no way of taking her out of her father's hands, while he had made no progress towards unraveling the latter's plots. Kenwardine was not on board, but Dick had only seen Clare at some distance off across the table in the saloon. Moreover, he thought she must have taken some trouble to avoid meeting him.

Then he remembered the speeches made by the visitors at dinner, and the steamship officers' replies. The former, colored by French and Spanish politeness and American wit, eulogized the power of the British navy and the courage of her merchant captains. There was war, they said, but British commerce went on without a check; goods shipped beneath the red ensign would be delivered safe in spite of storm and strife; Britannia, with trident poised, guarded the seas. For this the boldly-announced sailing list served as text, but Dick, who made allowances for exuberant Latin sentiment, noted the captain's response with some surprise.

1. who sat alone?
2. where?
3. on what?
4. when?
5. what was nearby?
6. how was he able to see the water?
7. was it cold out?
8. what kind of band was there?
9. where were they performing?
10. who was below?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. It was Dick
2. In a quiet spot
3. On a liner's quarter-deck.
4. When his dinner was over.
5. A tall, iron bulwark
6. throught the netted rails
7. No
8. It was a string band
9. They were playing on the poop
10. Spanish dancing

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A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is _ . In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson. The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it's sent sprawling . When it doesn't get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there's safety. Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin. Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, "I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They're beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they've realized some small parts of what they set out to do."

1. What position is giraffe in after being born?
2. What is its first lesson?
3. What does it have to do after being kicked?
4. What does the mother do after the baby stands up for the first time?
5. What's the purpose of that?
6. Why is this so important?
7. Who used this survival technique in his works?
8. Which famous people did he write about?
9. What did he have to say about them?
10. Did having this happen to them make them want to give up on life?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. on its back
2. Being kicked by it's mother.
3. get up
4. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again
5. She wants it to remember how it can get up.
6. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group
7. Irving Stone
8. Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin
9. They're beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere.
10. No

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PANAMA CITY, Panama (CNN) -- Ricardo Martinelli, the multimillionaire owner of a supermarket chain, was inaugurated as president of Panama on Wednesday.

Ricardo Martinelli is a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party.

National Assembly President Jose Luis Varela performed the swearing-in and placed the presidential sash on Martinelli, a pro-business conservative who defeated a candidate from the ruling center-left party in May.

The citizens of Panama "want things to be done differently," Varela said at the inauguration. "An attitude of change starts today."

In his first speech as president, Martinelli promised a smaller government budget but raises for public workers.

Public safety, an issue that the outgoing administration of Martin Torrijos struggled to maintain, will be a priority, Martinelli said.

"Our prisons will be rehabilitation centers, not schools for criminals," he said.

Panama will also work with Mexico and Colombia to combat drug trafficking in the region, Martinelli said.

Among the dignitaries at the inauguration was deposed Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a military-led coup Sunday. The Organization of American States has condemned the coup, and Zelaya has continued to carry out his presidential duties.

The son of Italian immigrants, Martinelli, 57, is a self-made businessman who is chairman of the Super 99 supermarket chain, one of the largest private companies in Panama.

The U.S.-educated president previously served as minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority and formerly was director of social security for Panama, according to his Web site.

1. In which country does this story take place?
2. Who was the winner of the election?
3. What was his prior job?
4. Was he born rich?
5. Were his parents Panamanian?
6. Where were they from?
7. Were they any foreign politicians at the ceremony?
8. Who?
9. Where is he from?
10. Who performed the ceremony?
11. What did he say the people of Panama want?
12. What did Varela place on the new president?
13. Who did Martinelli win against?
14. Who was the previous president?
15. What issue did he have problems with during his presidency?
16. Will Martinelli increase the budget?
17. What countries does he plan on working together with?
18. What will they fight against?
19. Did the new president give a speech?
20. What country was he educated in?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Panama
2. Ricardo Martinelli
3. minister and chairman of the board of directors of the Panama Canal Authority
4. no
5. no
6. Italy
7. yes
8. Jose Manuel Zelaya
9. Honduras
10. Jose Luis Varela
11. things to be done differently
12. the presidential sash
13. a candidate from the ruling center-left party.
14. Martin Torrijos
15. Public safety
16. no
17. Mexico and Colombia
18. drug trafficking
19. yes
20. The U.S.