Question:
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CHAPTER XII

A STROKE OF LIGHTNING

"Look out!"

"We are going into that tree!"

"Jam on both brakes, Dave, just as hard as you can!" cried Dunston Porter.

Even before his uncle had spoken Dave had pressed down both feet hard, thus putting on the foot-brake and releasing the gear-clutch. Now his hand shot over to the emergency brake, and this came up with all the power at his command. But the grade was downward, and the road slippery from the rain, and instead of stopping, the touring-car went on, sliding through the mud and over the rocks until it was practically on top of the tree. Then came a jar that threw everybody forward. The steering-wheel saved Dave, but his uncle's elbow struck the windshield, cracking it in several places.

"Look, we've run into a tree!"

"Did the lightning hit the machine?"

"Say, Roger, take yourself off my feet; will you?"

This last cry came from Phil, who was huddled up in a corner of the tonneau.

"It isn't me, it's the handbag, Phil," gasped out Roger, who hung partly over the front seat of the touring-car.

"Anybody hurt?" questioned Dunston Porter quickly, as soon as the shock had come to an end.

"I--I--think I am all right, Uncle Dunston," panted Laura. "But dear me! wasn't it awful?"

"I thought I was going to fly right over Dave's head," wailed Jessie, who had come up behind the youth with a great thump. "Oh, Dave, did I hurt you?"

"Knocked a little of the wind out of me, Jessie; that's all," he answered. "But I won't mind that if only you are not hurt."
1. Who is going into the tree?
2. who needs to hit the brakes?
3. who screamed at him to hit them?
4. how are they related?
5. where did his hand go?
6. did the car stop?
7. why not?
8. what saved dave?
9. what did they hit?
10. was any one hurt?
11. who got the wind knocked out of them?
12. who cried last?
13. where was Phil
14. what did they slide thru?
15. what struck the windshield?
16. how did it break?
17. what type of car?
18. who knocked the wind out of dave?

Numbered answers:
1. We are
2. , Dave
3. Dunston Porter.
4. He's dave'suncle
5. to the emergency brake,
6. no
7. it was downhiull and the road was wet
8. The steering-wheel
9. a tree
10. no
11. Dave
12. Jessie,
13. huddled in a corner
14. the mud
15. Porter's elbow
16. cracked it in several places.
17. the touring-car
18. Jessie

Question:
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NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 14-year-old girl disappears on her way home from school, another is last seen near her home and a 16-year-old vanishes after leaving her fast-food job for the day.

Amanda Berry is shown near the time of her disappearance in 2003, and how she might appear today.

All from the same neighborhood in Cleveland, Ohio, the girls disappeared within five blocks of each other over a four-year span, starting in 2003.

Agents and detectives from the FBI and Cleveland Police are looking into hundreds of leads in the cases and whether they may be linked, according to FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson in the agency's Cleveland bureau.

"We kind of put all three of these cases together to work them to see if there's any connection," Wilson said.

Amanda Berry, 16, vanished on April 21, 2003, after she left her job at a Burger King at about 7:30 p.m. But she never made it to her home just a few blocks away, the FBI says. Berry has pierced ears, a pierced left eyebrow and a scar on her lower abdomen. She would now be 22.

Georgina DeJesus was last seen at a pay phone around 3 p.m. on April 2, 2004, as she headed home from school. She and a friend had called the friend's mother seeking permission for a sleepover at DeJesus' house, but the answer was no.

The girls then parted ways, and DeJesus was never seen again. She was wearing a white jacket, a sky blue sweater, blue jeans and a cream shirt. She has a light birthmark on her right leg and pierced ears, the FBI says. DeJesus was 14 when she disappeared and would now be 19.
1. Where did Amanda Berry work?
2. How old was she?
3. How far from home was her job?
4. What time did she get off?
5. How did she get there?
6. What time did she get home?
7. What was her last day of work?
8. What is her current age?
9. Where did DeJesus want to spend the night?
10. Who did she want to spend the night with?
11. Where was she around 3?
12. What day was it?
13. Where was she coming from?
14. Was her friend allowed to spend the night?
15. How old was she?
16. Where is her birthmark?
17. What color is her jacket?
18. What about her jeans?
19. What city did she live in?
20. What about Amanda?

Numbered answers:
1. Burger King
2. 16
3. just a few blocks away
4. about 7:30 p.m.
5. unknown
6. never made it to her home
7. April 21, 2003
8. 22
9. She and a friend had called the friend's mother seeking permission for a sleepover at DeJesus' house
10. a friend
11. at a pay phone
12. April 2, 2004
13. from school
14. no
15. 14
16. right leg
17. white
18. blue
19. Cleveland, Ohio
20. same

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CHAPTER XIV.LEO MAKES A NEW FRIEND.

Leo found that the specialty company numbered fifteen people. The performers were, for the most part, of very ordinary ability. There were several song and dance men, a number of musicians who drew tunes out of a variety of articles, several lady vocalists, a comical fat man and a magician.

The magician was a young fellow, hardly older than Leo. His name was Carl Ross, and he had such a smiling face and gentlemanly manner that Leo took to him instantly.

"We want a good all-around gymnast and tumbler," said Carl Ross. "As it is the show is lop-sidedtoo much singing and dancing."

Leo was asked to give an exhibition of what he could do, and readily complied, performing at first on the floor of the stage and then on a bar let down from the flies.

"Very good!" said Nathan Wampole, highly pleased, and Carl Ross also smiled his approval.

At the conclusion of the show that evening Leo decided to join the company, and from that moment on he and Carl Ross became warm friends.

From Cokeville the company proceeded to Lumbertown and then to Wimblerun. For the time being Leo lost track of the circus and devoted himself entirely to his new position. His acts on the stage were well received, yet Carl Ross remained, as heretofore, the star of the combination.

"I wish I could do tricks," said Leo, as he watched the young magician at practice. "But I don't believe I could learn."
1. Who is the new friend?
2. What's his name?
3. Who befriends him?
4. What can he do?
5. Are there many of them?
6. What are there many of?
7. Who else is part of the group?
8. Do we know what he does?
9. When did Leo decide to stay?
10. What did he want to learn?
11. Does he think he can?
12. What did he forget about?
13. What towns did he visit?
14. How many were in the group?
15. Were many extra special?
Numbered answers:
1. The magician
2. Carl Ross
3. Leo
4. a gymnast and tumbler
5. no
6. Singers and dancers
7. Nathan Wampole
8. no
9. At the conclusion of the show that evening
10. tricks
11. no
12. the circus
13. Cokeville, Lumbertown and, Wimblerun.
14. fifteen people
15. no