CHAPTER XII

THE GOLD HOUSE

"How you like Asiki-land, Major?" asked Jeekie, who had followed him and was now leaning against a wall fanning himself feebly with his great hand. "Funny place, isn't it, Major? I tell you so before you come, but you no believe me."

"Very funny," answered Alan, "so funny that I want to get out."

"Ah! Major, that what eel say in trap where he go after lob-worm, but he only get out into frying pan after cook skin him alive-o. Ah! here come cook--I mean Asika. She only stop shut up those stiff 'uns, who all love lob-worm one day. Very pretty woman, Asika, but thank God she not set cap at me, who like to be buried in open like Christian man."

"If you don't stop it, Jeekie," replied Alan in a concentrated rage, "I'll see that you are buried just where you are."

"No offence, Major, no offence, my heart full and bubble up. I wonder what Miss Barbara say if she see you mooing and cooing with dark-eyed girl in gold snake skin?"

Just then the Asika arrived and by way of excuse for his flight, Alan remarked to her that the treasure-hall was hot.

"I did not notice it," she answered, "but he who is called my husband, Mungana, says the same. The Mungana is guardian of the dead," she explained, "and when he is required so to do, he sleeps in the Place of the Treasure and gathers wisdom from the spirits of those Munganas who were before him." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Who did Jeekie ask a question?
2. What did he say?
3. Does he talk properly?
4. Did Alan find it funny?
5. Who was a pretty?
6. Is he Christian?
7. What does Asika do?
8. Who got upset?
9. What did he threaten?
10. Who should he be concerned about?
11. What would she object to?
12. what was the girls eyes like?
13. what was she wearing?
14. Who arrived next>
15. what did she hear was hot?
16. who said it?
17. Whats her husbands name?
18. What does he guard?
19. where does he sleep?
20. Does he gather wisdom?
Answer: 1. Major
2. "How you like Asiki-land, Major?"
3. No
4. No
5. Asika
6. Yes
7. the cook
8. Alan
9. buried where you are
10. Miss Barbara
11. mooing and cooing with a girl
12. dark-eyed
13. gold snake skin
14. Asika
15. treasure-hall
16. Alan
17. Mungana
18. the dead
19. Place of the Treasure
20. Yes

Problem: Andrew Engel was puzzled. He was sitting in class, but had no idea what the other students were talking about. He had done his homework, paid attention to lectures, and taken notes, but nothing was familiar. "Everyone is so much cleverer than I am," he thought. It was a strange feeling, as he was always a good student in high school. He felt even more puzzled a few days later. He got lost on his way to his favorite cinema. What's worse, he began having trouble finding the right words when speaking. He asked, "What's for dinner, Mom?" after he had just eaten. Poor Andrew, he was only 15! His parents were worried and took Andrew to see a doctor. A brain scan made it clear: Andrew had a malignant brain tumor . It was pressing on the part of the brain that makes new memory. He should be operated on as soon as possible. Andrew was _ ! Doctors removed the tumor, but Andrew's memory was still poor. He was told he would probably never go back to school. Andrew was eager to enter a university, but it seemed that his dream wouldn't come true. "Even though they told me this, I knew I wanted to go back to school," Andrew said. "I wanted to get my memory back." Andrew began by auditing an English class at a nearby school. In class, he took notes carefully and read his notes several times a day, then typed them again and again. He studied twelve hours a day, seven days a week. He worked ten times harder than other students. In 2007, at age 29, he graduated from a local university. Six months later, Andrew found a job.
1. How old was Andrew?
2. Was there something wrong with him?
3. Physical or emotional?
4. What was wrong?
5. How did it affect him?
6. Why not?
7. What was one of his first inclinations that there was a problem?
8. Was he typically a good student?
9. What else did he have difficulties doing?
10. Did he get lost or confused?
11. Did he need surgery to remove the tumore
12. Was his memory immediately better?
13. Did he go right back to school?
14. What was he told about being able to return?
15. How did he feel about that?
16. What did he do to make that a reality?
17. How many days a week?
18. Did he attend a University?
19. Did he graduate?
20. When?
Answer: 1. 15
2. yes
3. physical
4. a malignant brain tumor
5. he couldn't make memories
6. the tumor was pressing on his brain
7. trouble in school
8. yes
9. finding the right wordds
10. yes
11. yes
12. no
13. no
14. he would probably never go back
15. he knew hewanted to go back
16. he studied 12 hours a day
17. seven
18. yes
19. yes
20. 2007

question: Mongolia (Mongolian: in Mongolian Cyrillic; in Mongolian script; in Mongolian Latin script; literally: Mongol State) is a landlocked unitary sovereign state in East Asia. Its area is roughly equivalent with the historical territory of Outer Mongolia, and that term is sometimes used to refer to the Mongolian People's Republic. It is located between China to the south and Russia to the north. While it does not share a border with Kazakhstan, Mongolia is separated from it by only .

At , Mongolia is the 18th largest country in the world by land mass and has a population of around three million people. It is also the world's second-largest landlocked country behind Kazakhstan and the largest landlocked country that does not border a closed sea. The country contains very little arable land, as much of its area is covered by grassy steppe, with mountains to the north and west and the Gobi Desert to the south. Ulaanbaatar, the capital and largest city, is home to about 40%-45% of the country's population.

Horse culture is still integral. The majority of its population are Buddhists. The non-religious population is the second largest group. Islam is the dominant religion among ethnic Kazakhs. The majority of the state's citizens are of Mongol/Mongolian ethnicity, although Kazakhs, Tuvans, and other minorities also live in the country, especially in the west. Mongolia joined the World Trade Organization in 1997 and seeks to expand in its participation for regional economic and trade groups.
1. Is Mongolia sovereign?
2. What is the majority religion?
3. What part of the world is it in?
4. Is it surrounded by water?
5. What other names is it called?
6. What country is to its south?
7. To its north?
8. Does it share a border with Kazakhstan?
9. What is the capital city?
10. Name one type of land in the country?
11. And another?
12. And another?
13. What famous Desert is there?
14. What does the article say about horse culture?
15. What is its population?
16. Name one ethnicity found there?
17. And another?
18. And another?
19. When did it join the World Trade Organization?
20. Which religion are the ethnic Kazakhs?
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answer:
1. yes
2. Buddhists
3. East Asia
4. no
5. Mongolian People's Republic
6. China
7. Russia
8. no
9. Ulaanbaatar
10. grassy steppe
11. arable land
12. mountains
13. Gobi Desert
14. Horse culture is still integral
15. around three million
16. Kazakh
17. Mongol
18. Tuvans
19. 1997
20. Islam