Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

CHAPTER XVIII. NEIL GORDON SOLVES HIS OWN PROBLEM

"It is a miracle!" said Thomas Gordon in an awed tone.

It was the first time he had spoken since Eric and Kilmeny had rushed in, hand in hand, like two children intoxicated with joy and wonder, and gasped out their story together to him and Janet.

"Oh, no, it is very wonderful, but it is not a miracle," said Eric. "David told me it might happen. I had no hope that it would. He could explain it all to you if he were here."

Thomas Gordon shook his head. "I doubt if he could, Master--he, or any one else. It is near enough to a miracle for me. Let us thank God reverently and humbly that he has seen fit to remove his curse from the innocent. Your doctors may explain it as they like, lad, but I'm thinking they won't get much nearer to it than that. It is awesome, that is what it is. Janet, woman, I feel as if I were in a dream. Can Kilmeny really speak?"

"Indeed I can, Uncle," said Kilmeny, with a rapturous glance at Eric. "Oh, I don't know how it came to me--I felt that I MUST speak--and I did. And it is so easy now--it seems to me as if I could always have done it."

She spoke naturally and easily. The only difficulty which she seemed to experience was in the proper modulation of her voice. Occasionally she pitched it too high--again, too low. But it was evident that she would soon acquire perfect control of it. It was a beautiful voice--very clear and soft and musical.

1. Who was Thomas speaking to?
2. How did they enter?
3. how?
4. about what?
5. How did Thomas feel about this?
6. what did he call it?
7. Was Kilmeny related to Thomas?
8. how?
9. What did he feel God did?
10. from who?
11. Who did Kilmeny and Eric tell their story to?
12. and?
13. Who told Eric about it?
14. Was he there?
15. Did Kilmeny talk to Thomas?
16. How did he explain that it happened?
17. Was it easy?
18. How else did she feel?
19. Did Eric have hope about it?
20. Who did Gordon call MAster?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. Eric and Kilmeny
2. rushed in
3. intoxicated with Joy and Wonder
4. Kilmeny can speak
5. as if he were in a dream
6. a miracle
7. yes
8. he is her uncle
9. remove a curse
10. Kilmeny
11. Thomas Gordon
12. Janet
13. David
14. no
15. yes
16. -She felt she must speak, and then she just did it
17. yes
18. like she could have always done it
19. no
20. Eric

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The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and natural resources, and the administration of programs relating to Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, territorial affairs, and insular areas of the United States. About 75% of federal public land is managed by the department, with most of the remainder managed by the United States Department of Agriculture's United States Forest Service.

The Department is administered by the United States Secretary of the Interior, who is a member of the Cabinet of the President. The current Secretary is Ryan Zinke. The Inspector General position is currently vacant, with Mary Kendall serving as acting Inspector General.

Despite its name, the Department of the Interior has a different role from that of the interior ministries of other nations, which are usually responsible for police matters and internal security. In the United States, national security and immigration functions are performed by the Department of Homeland Security primarily and the Department of Justice secondarily.

The Department of the Interior has often been humorously called "The Department of Everything Else" because of its broad range of responsibilities.

1. What is also known as the Department of Everything Else
2. Is that meant in jest?
3. Why would someone refer to it that way?
4. Is there an abbreviation for this branch?
5. What percent of US property do they care for?
6. What about the other 25%?
7. What public official runs the DOI?
8. Who holds that spot right now?
9. What relevant position is not filled by anyone right now?
10. What does Mary Kendall do?
11. How old is she?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. The Department of the Interior
2. Yes.
3. Because of its broad range of responsibilities.
4. DOI
5. About 75%.
6. Managed by the Department of Agriculture
7. Secretary of the Interior
8. Ryan Zinke.
9. The Inspector General position.
10. Serving as acting Inspector General.
11. unknown

Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

(CNN) -- Baseball's biggest stars are in New York for Tuesday's All-Star game, as the sport says goodbye to one of its most famous landmarks.

Joseph Cornacchia, left, used to play with Babe Ruth when he was a kid, his son Jim says.

It's the Yankees' final season at the "House that Ruth Built," and MLB.com reports that 40 Hall of Famers are expected to attend the historic event.

We asked CNN.com readers to share their baseball memories and to tell us about meeting their favorite players.

iReporter Jim Cornacchia of Rye, New York, says his grandmother taught Babe Ruth to "make a mean batch of chili."

He said the legendary slugger would come to Greenwood Lake, New York, during the off season and would visit with his family. iReport.com: Ever met your favorite player?

Cornacchia's father, Joseph, who just turned 76, would play wintertime games with "The Babe" as a child, and even built a snowman with him.

Patrick Palmer, 43, has been a Yankees fan since he was a kid, even though he grew up in Iowa.

"My father was a Yankees fan, and it was just handed down through the generations," he said.

Palmer has a baseball signed by about 20 Yankees players and other memorabilia, but said his biggest thrill was meeting relief pitchers Sparky Lyle and Rich "Goose" Gossage.

"It was also amazing to shake hands with one of the most feared pitchers of his day, Goose Gossage, and really see what a gentle person he could be," See what Palmer wrote on iReport.com.

1. Are basketball players in town?
2. Where?
3. What are they doing there?
4. Anything else?
5. Will anyone important be there?
6. According to whom?
7. Who learned to cook something?
8. Who taught him?
9. What did he make?
10. What do they call the stadium that is being demolished?
11. Is someone in his forties?
12. Who?
13. Does he like the red Sox?
14. Who does the poor guy like?
15. Where is he from?

Numbered answers:

A:
1. Yes.
2. New York
3. For the All-Star game.
4. Say goodbye to a famous landmark.
5. 40 Hall of Famers
6. MLB.com
7. Babe Ruth
8. Jim Cornacchia's grandmother
9. Chili
10. House that Ruth Built
11. Yes
12. Patrick Palmer.
13. No.
14. Yankees.
15. Iowa