Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

Once upon a time there was a man who needed to write story. His name was Mark. He had a bad case of writer's block. After a bit, he wrote a story about writing a story. This may seem a bit odd. Well, it was. The important thing to know is that Mark wanted money. This was so he could show off for his girl, Wendy. Wendy had two living parents named Greg and Gail. The exciting thing about Mark writing these stories, was that he could write whatever he wanted to. He could have written about bears. Or it could have been his best friend Error. There were so many choices for Mark. He was very happy. He was happy because he was almost done writing the story. Wendy, had she known about the writing would have been sad that Mark spent so much time thinking of odd stories.

1. What did the man need to do?
2. Why did he want to write them?
3. What was standing in his way?
4. What made him content?
5. Was the topic of the story the normal thing to write about?
6. What was so great about writing these stories?
7. What type of things could be included in the stories?
8. How did his girlfriend feel about the stories?
9. How would she have felt had she found out about them?
10. Why?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. write a story
2. he wanted money
3. writer's block.
4. he was almost done writing the story.
5. no
6. he could write whatever he wanted to
7. bears, his friend
8. she did not know about it
9. sad
10. because he spent so much time thinking of odd stories

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(CNN) -- A flurry of last-minute legal maneuvers Tuesday spared, for now, the life of John Ferguson, a Florida death row inmate who suffers from mental illness and at one point called himself the 'prince of God.'

Ferguson, a diagnosed schizophrenic convicted of killing eight people, was scheduled to get the lethal injection Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET at a Florida State Prison.

But an appeals court in Atlanta granted an emergency stay of execution Tuesday night.

Florida officials then asked the Supreme Court to allow the lethal injection to proceed. Just before midnight the high court denied Florida's request, keeping in place the stay of execution, according to court documents.

Some had questioned why authorities would kill a man who suffered from mental illness.

Laurel Bellows, the president of the American Bar Association, released a statement earlier Tuesday saying she was concerned about how thoroughly Ferguson's competency was evaluated.

"The American Bar Association is alarmed that Florida is poised to execute John Ferguson, a man diagnosed as severely mentally ill for more than 40 years, before the constitutionality of his execution is fully evaluated."

Chris Handman, one of Ferguson's attorneys, told CNN. "We think the court should intervene to stop that execution from going forward."

Handman said a court had earlier found that Ferguson was mentally ill and had delusions that caused him to think he is the "Prince of God."

Ferguson is on death row for the murders of eight people in Hialeah and Carol City, Florida, in the late 1970s.

1. What was given by an appeals court Tuesday?
2. Where?
3. Who received it?
4. Is he on death row?
5. Where?
6. Does he have an illness?
7. What kind?
8. Did a doctor say he's ill?
9. What is the name of his illness?
10. How long has he had that label?
11. Who is Laurel Bellows?
12. How does she say the Bar feels about this?
13. When did she say it?
14. Who is his lawyer?
15. What does he feel the court should do?
16. And do what?
17. Who did he murder?
18. when?
19. What were they planning to kill him with?
20. When?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. an emergency stay of execution
2. in Atlanta
3. John Ferguson
4. yup
5. Florida
6. yes
7. mentally ill
8. yes
9. schizophrenic
10. 40 years,
11. the president of the American Bar Association
12. They are alarmed
13. Tuesday
14. Chris Handman
15. intervene
16. stop that execution from going forward
17. eight people
18. the late 1970s
19. lethal injection
20. Tuesday

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Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural Ball dress four years ago --- and the risk paid off.

The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a thin, sweeping, and ruby-colored dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.

She surprised the fashion establishment by returning to a Wu design which had been the custom made for her.

Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shimmered in an off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.

Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady's surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.

He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.

After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women's Wear Daily: "Mrs Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again."

Wu released a women's clothing and accessories collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official engagements.

The sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.

It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain colour tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.

Mrs Obama's new hairstyle -- she had bangs cut on her birthday last week had been loosely tousled for the special night.

Vice-President Joe Biden's wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.

1. what did Michelle do with her hair for her birthday?
2. who did she choose as her designer?
3. Was Jason expecting it the first time?
4. how did he say she fooled him?
5. what kind of a dress did she wear when she was 49?
6. what part of her body looked good?
7. were the shoes designed by Wu?
8. who were her heels by?
9. what year did she first wear his design?
10. how old was wu then?
11. how was the dress different?
12. what kind of dress did she wear 4 years ago?
13. Which retailer does he work with?
14. who designed Jill's dress?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. she had bangs cut
2. Jason Wu
3. no
4. By wearing the dress
5. sleeveless, cross-halter neck dress with low-cut back flattered 49-year-old Michelle's arms and neat waist.
6. arms and neat waist
7. unknown
8. Jimmy Choo
9. 2013
10. 26
11. departure from the dark and plain colour tone she normally wore
12. off-white, one-shouldered floor-length dress
13. Target
14. Vera Wang