Question: For their nick-of-time acts, Toby, a 2-year-old dog, and Winnie, a cute cat, were named Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

As Amy Paul choked on a piece of apple at her home, her dog jumped up, landing hard on her chest and forcing the piece in her throat out. When the Keesling family of Indiana was about to be killed by carbon monoxide, their cat clawed at the wife Cathy's hair until she woke up and called for help.

No one could explain their timely heroics.

Both pets were rescued by their owners in _ -----Toby as a 4-week-old thrown into a garbage bin to die, and Winnie as a week-old orphan hiding under a barn, so helpless that Cathy's husband, Eric, had to feed her milk with an eyedropper.

As the Keeslings recalled it, a gas-driven pump being used broke down, spreading carbon monoxide through the house. By the time Winnie went to rescue, the couple's 14-year-old son was already unconscious. "Winnie jumped on the bed and was clawing at me, with a kind of angry sound," Cathy Keesling said. The state police responding to her 911 call said the family was only minutes from death, judging by the amount of poisonous gas in the house.

Amy Paul's husband was at his job when she took a midday break from making jewelry and bit into an apple. "Normally I peel them, but I read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients, so I ate the skin, and that's what caused me to choke," she recalled. "I couldn't breathe and I was in panic when Toby jumped on me. He never does that, but he did, and saved my life."

Both Toby and Winnie accompanied their owners to the awards luncheon. 1. Where was Toby thrown?
2. and winnie?
3. how old was she?
4. how did she feed?
5. by?
6. what award did they win?
7. Who choked?
8. what does she do for a job?
9. what did she do differntly?
10. why?
11. how did the dog help?
12. does he normally do that?
13. what was poisoning the Keeslings
14. what was the gas?
15. who was unconcious?
16. who did the cat wake?
17. how?
18. was she silent?
19. where do the Keeslings live?
20. how close to death were the family? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. He was thrown into a garbage bin
2. She was hiding under a barn
3. She was a week-old
4. She was fed with an eyedropper
5. By Cathy's husband, Eric
6. They won Dog and Cat of the Year by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
7. Amy Paul
8. makes jewelry
9. She ate the skin
10. She read in Good Housekeeping Magazine that the skin has all the nutrients
11. he jumped on her
12. No
13. a gas-driven pump
14. carbon monoxide
15. the couple's 14-year-old son
16. Cathy Keesling
17. jumped on the bed and clawed her
18. No
19. Indiana
20. They were only minutes from death

Question: Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (Literally "Frankfurt on the Main", ), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2015 population of 732,688 within its administrative boundaries, and 2.3million in its urban area. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, which has a population of 5.5million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr. Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013, the geographic centre of the EU is about to the east of Frankfurt's CBD, the Bankenviertel. Frankfurt is culturally and ethnically diverse, with around half of the population, and a majority of young people, having a migration background. A quarter of the population are foreign nationals, including many expatriates.

Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce, culture, education, tourism and transportation. It's the site of many global and European corporate headquarters. Frankfurt Airport is among the world's busiest. Frankfurt is the major financial centre of the European continent, with the HQs of the European Central Bank, German Federal Bank, Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank, KfW, several cloud and fintech startups and other institutes. Automotive, technology and research, services, consulting, media and creative industries complement the economic base. Frankfurt's DE-CIX is the world's largest internet exchange point. Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's largest trade fairs. Major fairs include the Frankfurt Motor Show, the world's largest motor show, the Music Fair, and the Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest book fair. 1. What is the largest city in Hesse?
2. Is it the largest city in Germany?
3. How many are larger?
4. What is Hesse?
5. What is Frankfurt's CBD?
6. Are many people in Frankfurt from elsewhere?
7. About what portion are from elsewhere?
8. True or False: Most migrants to Frankfurt are elderly.
9. What is the name of one of the financial institutions headquartered in Frankfurt?
10. And another?
11. And one more?
12. Does the city have tech startups?
13. What is Messe Frankfurt?
14. Is it large?
15. How large?
16. What is another notable fair there?
17. And another?
18. Is there a music fair?
19. Is it the world's biggest? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Frankfurt
2. no
3. four
4. a German state
5. the Bankenviertel
6. yes
7. around half
8. False.
9. the European Central Bank
10. the German Federal Bank
11. Deutsche Bank
12. yes
13. a trade fair
14. yes
15. one of the world's largest
16. the Frankfurt Motor Show
17. the Frankfurt Book Fair
18. yes
19. unknown

Question: CHAPTER XXIII.

News of Importance

"Don't be alarmed; he is not going to shoot," cried Paul.

"Don't ye make too shure o' thet," ejaculated the cowboy. "Wot's he puttin' his hand into his pocket fer?"

"He has something there I fancy he wishes to conceal," went on Paul. "Empty the pocket, please."

"Let me go! This is highway robbery!" stormed Captain Grady.

He struggled fiercely to regain his feet. But Blowfen was the stronger of the pair and he easily held the rascal down with one hand, while with the other he brought several letters from his inside pocket.

Paul eagerly snatched the letters, in spite of the captain's protest. He glanced at them, with Chet looking over his shoulder.

"Well, what do you make out?" asked Caleb Dottery. He didn't quite like the way matters were turning.

"I think we will be safe in making Captain Grady a prisoner," replied Paul slowly.

"Yes, make him a prisoner by all means," put in Chet. "He is a villain if ever there was one. If we can't prove it I think my Uncle Barnaby can."

At the reference to Barnaby Winthrop Captain Grady grew pale. It was evident that his sins were at last finding him out.

It did not take Jack Blowfen long to act upon Paul's suggestion. He disarmed the captain and made him march into the house, where he bound the fellow in very much the same manner as Dottery had bound Jeff Jones.

While he was doing so Paul showed the letters taken from the prisoner to Caleb Dottery. Chet, while a second reading was going on, commenced to ransack the house. 1. was someone confined?
2. who?
3. who confined him?
4. was the captor weak?
5. how do you know? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Yes
2. Captain Grady.
3. Blowfen
4. No
5. He easily held Captain Grady down.