Q: CHAPTER IX.

GOING TO OSTIA.

While Rollo was at Rome, he made the acquaintance of a boy named Copley. Copley was an English boy, and he was about a year older than Rollo. Rollo first saw him at the door of the hotel, as he, Copley, was dismounting from his horse, on his return from a ride which he had been taking into the country. He had been attended on his ride by a servant man named Thomas. Thomas dismounted from his horse first, and held the bridle of Copley's horse while Copley dismounted.

"There!" said Copley, walking off with a very grand air, and leaving his horse in Thomas's hands; "take the horse, Thomas, and never bring me such an animal as that again. Next time I ride I shall take Jessie."

"But Mr. William has forbidden me to give you Jessie," said Thomas. "He says she is not safe."

"It's none of his business," said Copley. "He thinks, because he is a little older than I am, and because he is married,--though he has not been married much more than a month,--that he has a right to order me about just as he pleases. And I am determined not to submit to it--would you?"

These last words were addressed to Rollo. Copley had been advancing towards the door of the hotel, while he had been speaking, and had now just reached the step where Rollo was standing.

"Who is he?" asked Rollo. "Who is William?"

"He is my brother," said Copley; "but that has nothing to do with it."

Answer the following questions:
1. Who was the English boy?
2. Whose acquaintance did he make?
3. Where did they meet?
4. Was the English youth older or younger?
5. Was it a riding instructor who denied the mare?
6. What was he?
7. Was the sibling denier older or younger?
8. Is the sibling who denied the mare single?
9. Was the way that the English youth walked described as purposeful?
10. What was it described as?
A: 1. Copley
2. Rollo
3. Rome
4. older
5. no
6. William, Copley's brother
7. younger
8. yes
9. no
10. as walking off with a very grand air

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

James was a nice old man who lived by himself. Every day he would walk down the road by his house and say hello to everyone. It was fun saying hello to everyone but he felt lonely sometimes. He wanted a pet to take care of. One day as he was walking down the road a little brown and spotted puppy came up to him and wanted James to pet him. James reached down and petted the puppy and smiled. James hoped to see the puppy again. Many days later James went for a walk again. He thought to himself, "I guess I won't ever see the brown puppy again. I hoped to see him again." A nice young lady said to James, "Would you like a puppy?" James said, "I would like a puppy that was like the one I petted before." The lady smiled. She was holding the little brown and spotted puppy. She told James that she found the little puppy in the woods. She said that the little puppy did not have a family. James said happily, "I would love to give the puppy a home!" So James grabbed the little brown and spotted puppy and took him home. James and the little brown puppy became great friends. James named him Spotty.

1. Who is James?
2. Does he live alone?
3. How often does he goes out?
4. What does he meet one time?
5. And what color is it?
6. When did he see it again?
7. Who had it?
8. Where was it before?
9. What did James do?
10. Why?
11. What did he call his dog?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. A nice old man
2. Yes
3. Every day
4. A puppy
5. brown
6. Many days later
7. A young lady
8. in the woods
9. Took the puppy home.
10. Because he felt lonely sometimes
11. Spotty

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- A Michigan man and woman convicted of trying to extort $680,000 from "Glee" actor John Stamos by threatening to sell compromising photos were each sentenced to four years in prison Friday.

U.S. District Judge R. Allan Edgar in Marquette said the photos never existed, according to a federal prosecutor.

Scott Edward Sippola, 31, and Allison Lenore Coss, 24, could have faced up to nine years in prison for convictions of conspiracy and interstate communications to extort money.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul Lochner said a statement from Stamos was read in court. In it, Stamos said he had been slandered and his reputation impugned. Lochner said the judge ascertained that the conspiracy wasn't just a "foolish lark."

In a presentence filing, Sippola admitted his conduct "was awful."

"I sought to exploit my knowledge of the personal weaknesses of a perfect stranger for my own undeserved financial gain," Sippola wrote.

"The case was made by the fact that these defendants made threats to damage his [Stamos'] reputation in order to have him pay them," Assistant U.S. Attorney Maarten Vermaat said after the July verdict in Marquette, Michigan.

According to CNN affiliate WLUC, prosecutors said that Coss and Sippola told Stamos that if he didn't give them the money, they would sell embarrassing pictures of him allegedly using drugs to tabloid publications.

Vermaat said the defendants sent about 40 e-mails to Stamos threatening to sell the photos. FBI agents got involved and started monitoring Stamos' e-mail account and "eventually communicated by cellular telephone with the defendants pretending to be Mr. Stamos' business manager." Sippola and Coss were arrested in December 2009 at an airport, a pre-arranged dropoff spot for the money.

1. Who was extorted?
2. Is he an actor?
3. What shows has he been in?
4. How many people were in the plot?
5. What did they have?
6. What was in the pictures?
7. How many messages did they send to the star?
8. When were they arrested?
9. Did the star face them at trial?
10. What state was the trial held?
11. What agency investigated the crime?
12. Where were the extorters captured?
13. What were they going to do with the pictures?
14. How were they caught?
15. Was the star's image damaged?
16. How many years in jail will they serve?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. John Stamos
2. yes
3. Glee
4. Two
5. compromising photos
6. him allegedly using drugs
7. about 40
8. December 2009
9. no
10. Michigan
11. FBI
12. airport
13. sell
14. FBI agents got involved and started monitoring Stamos' e-mail account and "eventually communicated by cellular telephone with the defendants pretending to be Mr. Stamos' business manager."
15. yes
16. four