Context: We are all trying to stay positive that July 4th will be bright and sunny . It has been raining everyday for a few days and the forecast is dire for outdoor partygoers . My good friend Michele Monet , photographer extraordinaire , stopped by the other night for a visit and to see some of the family . She had taken a photo of granddaughter Ginny at 7 months sitting in a vintage suitcase . Ginny is now over 5 ' tall at 10 years old and no longer fits into the vintage suitcase .

Question generated: Why is it " dire " if it is n't sunny on July 4th ?
OPTIONS:
- The annual visit from Uncle Sam will be ruined .
- The games and fun activities like spitting watermelon seeds ca n't happen .
- None of the above choices .
- The flower growing activities are scrubbed .

Context: It turned the water very deep indigo . When several more rinses failed to show a decrease in the amount of dye loss , I tried a vinegar rinse . That water came up clear , so assuming the problem was arrested , I got one more pan of cool water to rinse some of the vinegar smell from the shawl .

Question generated: Why was the narrator using vinegar ?
OPTIONS:
- To deal with the cooking .
- To deal with color loss .
- To make the food item more bitter .
- None of the above choices .

Context: Are they running for the school bus or from the birds ? I look out my front window and there are black birds everywhere . They are lined up on the telephone wires . They are on my front lawn .

Question generated: What seems to be creeping the narrator out ?
OPTIONS:
- The black birds outside their school .
- The black birds .
- The black birds outside their work .
- None of the above choices .

Context: Ick . " Rin held up her hands and made a face . " I 'll be right back . " She swished the stains and stink away in the running stream and scrubbed well with clean sand and under her fingernails until her skin turned pink . Her right hand seemed a little weak , the buzz and tingle increasing rather than going away . On the same side , her neck and the joint of her jaw grew numb .

Question generated:
Why did Rin wash her hands ?
OPTIONS:
- to prepare for a surgery
- because it was part of her normal routine and the water was warm
- Because they were dirty from a horrid event and stained
- to prepare for a date with the local cowboy