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Nick and his friends were talking about things that can bring them luck . "I have a lucky red pen," said Andrea. "I have a lucky penny ," said Manuel. Every time I want to do really well in tests, I carry my lucky penny." Nick thought for a moment, and answered, "My blue socks." "Blue socks?" the boys were surprised and asked together. Nick said that every time he wore his blue socks to school before a test, he got a good mark. The next day Nick would have a Chinese test. He was sad because he couldn't find his blue socks to wear to school. "Mom!" shouted Nick. "Where are my blue socks? I will have a Chinese test, and I need to wear them." "Don't be silly," Nick's mom said. "They need to be washed." "When I wear them, I get a good grade," Nick said. "Did you prepare for your test?" asked Mom. "Yes." "Then don't worry about it. Just do your best," Mom encouraged. Nick was worried about his test because his lucky socks would not help him. A few days later, Nick's teacher told him that he got 95 in his test. Nick was so excited that he couldn't wait to tell Mom how well he did in his test. Mom said, "It wasn't the blue socks that made you successful. It was made by yourself."
1. What was everyone talking about?
2. Who had the penny?
3. Does it help him in school?
4. Does Andrea have a pencil?
5. What does she have?
6. Why was Nick worried?
7. Why did he think he needed them?
8. Did he fail the test?
9. What grade did he earn?
10. Who told him that?
11. Did his mom think he needed the socks?
12. Had he studied for the test?
13. Why did he pass the test?
14. Was he happy about that?
15. Did he want to tell his friends?
16. Who did he want to tell?
17. What was the test for?
18. Why couldn't he wear the socks?
19. Did he think it would be okay not to wear them?
20. Who did he ask about them?

Numbered answers:
1. things that can bring them luck
2. Manuel
3. yes
4. No
5. A red pen
6. he couldn't find his blue socks to wear to school
7. He has a Chinese test
8. no
9. 95
10. His teacher
11. No
12. Yes
13. He did it himself
14. Yes
15. No at least it wasn't mentioned in the story
16. His Mom
17. Chinese
18. They needed to be washed
19. Yes
20. His mom

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This is a story about a boy called Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He got a zero in physics. It made him the worst physics student in the school's history. He didn't do much better in sports. Although he tried to join the school's golf team, he quickly lost the only important match. He didn't have friends, either. Other kids didn't care about him. If a classmate said "Hello" to Sparky outside of school, he would feel very surprised. Sparky was a loser and everyone knew it. So he accepted it. But one thing was important to Sparky---drawing. He was proud of his artwork. In senior high school, he sent some cartoons to the editors of the yearbook but he was refused. Sparky was hurt. But he didn't lose hope because he believed in his ability and he _ . He decided to become a professional artist. He wrote a letter to the Walt Disney Studios after graduating from high school. The studio asked him to draw some cartoons on a certain subject. Sparky spent a lot of time on the cartoons. Finally, the reply came from Disney Studios: they aren't like cartoons. Was it time to stop drawing? Sparky didn't think so. He started to put his own life in the cartoons. He created his childhood self----a little boy loser: Charlie Brown. He wasn't good at football.But Charlie Brown would soon become famous worldwide. Sparky, the boy who used to fail in school and who was refused again and again, was Charles Schulz. He created the Peanuts comic strip and the world-famous cartoon characters Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
1. What did the person in the story eventually make?
2. Which were a part of what?
3. What was his nickname?
4. And his real name?
5. Was the main character good at school?
6. What year did he not pass a class?
7. Did he not get a single point in a class?
8. Which class did he fail at the worst?
9. Did anyone do worse than him in the class in the school's history?
10. What did he like doing?
11. Was he a winner in life?
12. What did he want to do as a career?
13. Where did he try to get a job at?
14. What did he draw for them?
15. Did they like them?
16. What character did he base off himself?
17. Was the character also bad at school?
18. Did the cartoonist have a lot of friends growing up?
19. What sport did he try to play?
20. What about the cartoon character?

Numbered answers:
1. Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
2. Peanuts comic strip
3. Sparky
4. Charlie Brown
5. no
6. eighth grade.
7. unknown
8. physics
9. no
10. artwork
11. not as a child
12. a professional artist
13. Walt Disney Studios
14. cartoons
15. no
16. a little boy loser: Charlie Brown.
17. unknown
18. no
19. golf
20. football

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(CNN) -- Police in Texas used a Taser on a 42-year-old pastor and pepper spray to disperse members of his church after police said the pastor interfered with a traffic stop.

Jose Moran was arrested early Wednesday morning after interfering with the duties of a public servant in the parking lot of a Webster, Texas, building that is being remodeled for the Iglesias Profetica Peniel Church, Webster police said in a written statement.

Moran's son, Omar, said his father had been trying to help. He added that his father has heart problems.

Moran approached an officer who was handling a traffic stop in the church's parking lot on Wednesday morning, police said.

Moran identified himself as the church's pastor and began yelling at the officer, police said.

The officer told Moran to leave several times, but Moran did not, police said. The officer then tried to arrest him. But Moran pushed the officer and ran into the church building, police said.

Moran's son said after his father asked the officer if he could help, the officer began yelling. The son said his father went back inside the church.

The officer followed him and kicked in the church door, he said. The pastor came outside, and a second officer used his Taser twice on the pastor, the younger Moran said.

The son's account differs from the police version of events. Police said Moran emerged from the church building with dozens of other people who subsequently surrounded the officer.

The officer used pepper spray to disperse the crowd, the statement said.
1. who is Moran's son?
2. where did the incident take place?
Numbered answers:
1. Omar
2. parking lot