Question:
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Jill ran upstairs as soon as she got home from school. Today she was a sad and angry girl. Her teacher had given her a lot of homework. Jill always thought homework wasn't fair. But she thought it was extra unfair today because she wanted to play with a new toy. The new toy was called Wiggle Giggle and Jill's friends said it was very fun. When Jill ran into her room, she jumped up on her bed. Frowning, she tried to think of a way to get her homework done very quickly. While she was thinking, she unwrapped a brownie and began to eat it. Brownies were her favorite snack and it made her feel a little better. Suddenly, Jill came up with a plan. She jumped down from the bed and stuffed the rest of the snack in her mouth. As she chewed, she opened her toy chest. Jill had to dig way down to the bottom, but she soon found what she was looking for: parts from a few broken toys. Things were looking up! Jill's plan was to build a robot to do her homework. Nothing would get in the way of her plan. It took her hours to finish it, but she was proud of her work. When it was done, she named the robot Mister Sparks. She told it, "Mister Sparks, do my homework!" Then Jill had to go eat dinner. After dinner, Jill spent the rest of the night playing Wiggle Giggle. It was so much fun! But Jill got some bad news before going to bed. Mister Sparks had not done any of the homework!
1. What did Jill do as soon as she got home from school?
2. How was she feeling?
3. Why did she feel that way?
4. Did she think getting homework was fair?
5. Why was getting home work even worse today?
6. Who said the new toy she got was very fun?
7. Did she try to come up with a way to finish her homework quickly?
8. What did she eat while she was thinking about it?
9. Are brownies her favorite snack?
10. Did it help her feel any better?
11. Did she come up with a plan to get her homework done?
12. What was it?
13. How long did it take for her to finish it?
14. What did she name the robot?
15. Then what did she tell her to do?
16. What did she have to do after she told it that?
17. Did she spend the rest of the night playing after she ate?
18. Did Mister Sparkes do her homework?

Numbered answers:
1. ran upstairs
2. sad and angry
3. Her teacher had given her a lot of homework
4. No
5. she wanted to play with a new toy.
6. Jill's friends
7. Yes
8. A brownie
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Yes
12. to build a robot to do her homework
13. Hours
14. Mister Sparks.
15. to do her homework
16. to go eat dinner
17. Yes
18. No

Question:
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The American Revolutionary War (17751783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a global war that began as a conflict between Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies, which declared independence as the United States of America.

After 1765, growing philosophical and political differences strained the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies. Following the Stamp Act, Patriot protests against taxation without representation escalated into boycotts, which culminated in the Sons of Liberty destroying a shipment of tea in Boston Harbor. Britain responded by closing Boston Harbor and passing a series of punitive measures against Massachusetts colony. Massachusetts colonists responded with the Suffolk Resolves, and they established a shadow government which wrested control of the countryside from the Crown. Twelve colonies formed a Continental Congress to coordinate their resistance, establishing committees and conventions that effectively seized power.

British attempts to disarm the Massachusetts militia at Concord in April 1775 led to open combat. Militia forces then besieged Boston, forcing a British evacuation in March 1776, and Congress appointed George Washington to command the Continental Army. Concurrently, an American attempt to invade Quebec and raise rebellion against the British decisively failed. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted for independence, issuing its declaration on July4. Sir William Howe launched a British counter-offensive, capturing New York City and leaving American morale at a low ebb. However, victories at Trenton and Princeton restored American confidence. In 1777, the British launched an invasion from Quebec under John Burgoyne, intending to isolate New England. Instead of assisting this effort, Howe took his army on a separate campaign against Philadelphia, and Burgoyne was decisively defeated at Saratoga in October 1777.
1. Did someone try to take away someone else's arms?
2. Did someone try to take away someone else's arms?
3. Who was trying to do the taking?
4. From whom?
5. When was this?
6. What did the militants do after that?
7. Who then became a commander?
8. Of what force?
9. Who was in charge of a Britain retaliation?
10. Did he gain anything?
11. What?
12. What was this overall grand conflict called?
13. Did it have an alternate name?
14. What dates was it fought?
15. Who was it between?
16. What legislative action was the catalyst?
17. What was ruined in water?
18. Who did that?
19. Where at?

Numbered answers:
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. the British
4. the Massachusetts militia
5. April 1775
6. besieged Boston
7. George Washington
8. the Continental Army
9. Sir William Howe
10. Yes
11. New York City
12. The American Revolutionary War
13. the American War of Independence
14. 1775-1783
15. Great Britain and her Thirteen Colonies
16. the Stamp Act
17. a shipment of tea
18. the Sons of Liberty
19. in Boston Harbor

Question:
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Chapter 16: A Treasure Room.

"'Tis infamous," Cacama said, as he paced up and down the room; "but what is to be done? They hold him in their hands as a hostage, in the heart of his own capital, and among his own people; and are capable of hanging him from the walls, should a hostile movement be made against them.

"You were right, Roger Hawkshaw, in warning us against these men. They are without faith and honor, thus to seize a host who has loaded them with presents, who has emptied his treasuries to appease their greed, and who has treated them with the most extraordinary condescension. It is a crime unheard of, an act of base ingratitude, without a parallel. What is to be done?"

Roger was silent. Such a situation, so strange and unlooked for, confounded him.

"I should say," Cuitcatl burst out passionately, "that every Mexican should take up arms, and annihilate this handful of invaders. What though Montezuma fall? Better that a monarch should perish than a nation. Besides, Montezuma has shown himself unfit to govern. It is his weakness that has brought things to this pass. Think you that the white men could ever have advanced beyond the plateau of Tlascala, had all the forces of Mexico barred the way? Think you that they could ever have entered the capital, had it been defended with resolution? One moment he flattered the strangers and loaded them with gifts; the next he was ready to send his forces against them. The Cholulans had good reason for believing that he designed the annihilation of the Whites, if he did not actually order the attack upon them.
1. Who is the hostage?
2. Where is he being held?
3. Who is holding him?
4. What do they plan to do with him?
5. Who is not fit to rule?
6. Why is he not fit?
7. What's an example of his weakness?
8. What did the Cholulans think of him?
9. Was he consistent in his treatment of outsiders?
10. How so?
11. What does Roger think of this?
12. Who is guilt of lack of thankfulness?
13. What does Cuitcatl think should be done?
14. Who asks him?
Numbered answers:
1. unknown
2. In the heart of his own capital.
3. Invaders.
4. Hang him from the walls.
5. Montezuma.
6. He is weak.
7. Because he didn't send forces out to stop the invaders early on.
8. They believed that he designed the annihilation of the Whites
9. No.
10. One moment he flattered the strangers and loaded them with gifts; the next he was ready to send his forces against them.
11. He doesn't approve.
12. The Choulans.
13. That all Mexicans should fight to annihilate the invaders.
14. Roger Hawkshaw.