Q: (CNN) -- A family is grieving and a Michigan community is in shock after a 9-year-old boy was stabbed to death at a playground in his neighborhood this week.

The shock felt in Kentwood, just outside of Grand Rapids, is as much over the sudden and senseless loss of Michael Conner Verkerke as it is over the circumstances of his death: The person accused of stabbing him was a 12-year-old he had just met at the playground.

Conner was playing with three other children Monday "when one of the children, for an unknown reason, pulled out a knife and repeatedly stabbed one of the other children," a Kentwood Police Department statement said.

Police say the attacker is 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn. A motive, if there is one, is unknown at this point, as the boys were not acquainted, according to Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.

Lawhorn was charged Tuesday with murder. Though he'll be tried in a juvenile court, it will be as an adult, according to Becker, who added that his office has not yet decided whether the murder charges will be first or second degree.

Charles Boekeloo, Lawhorn's court-appointed attorney, said he met his client for the first time at his arraignment Tuesday but had no further comment. Boekeloo entered a not guilty plea on the youth's behalf.

Police said that after he was stabbed, Conner managed to run back home before he collapsed on the porch. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital, where he died Monday night.

Lawhorn, meanwhile, "left the playground then went to a nearby residence where he asked to use the phone," Kentwood Chief of Police Thomas Hillen said.

1. Michael Conner Verkerke.
2. Nine
3. Yes.
4. A playground.
5. murder
6. Jamarion Lawhorn.
7. 12.
8. Unknown.
9. Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker.
10. Michigan .
11. A knife.
12. Monday.
13. Tuesday.
14. Yes.
15. Charles Boekeloo.
16. Yes.
17. Home.
18. Yes.
19. Kentwood Chief of Police.
20. Yes.

Numbered questions:
1. Who was stabbed?
2. How old was he?
3. Did he die?
4. Where?
5. What did the killer get charged with?
6. What was his name?
7. How old is he?
8. Was there a motive?
9. according to who?
10. What state did this happen in?
11. What did he stab him with?
12. What day of the week did this happen?
13. When was Lawhorn charged?
14. Will he be tried as an adult
15. Who is his attorney
16. Did Conner run somewhere?
17. Where?
18. Did he die that night?
19. Who is Thomas Hillen
20. is the family grieving?

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER XXII

FUN AT THE HOTEL

It was no easy matter for Tom to get into the room Josiah Crabtree was occupying, but after trying a good number of keys, fished up here, there, and everywhere, one was at last found that fitted the lock.

Striking a match, Tom entered the room quickly, drew back the sheet of the bed, dumped in the crabs, and then pulled the sheet up to its original place.

"He's coming!" whispered Sam, who stood guard at the door. "Hide, Tom," and then he ran back to the big room adjoining.

Finding he could not escape, Tom threw the box under the bed and rushed to a closet in the corner. Here he crouched down behind a large trunk left in the place on storage. He had scarcely secreted himself when Josiah Crabtree came in. He had shoved his key in the lock, but had failed to notice that the lock-bolt was already turned back.

"Oh, what a cold night," muttered the ex-school teacher as he lit the gas. "A warm bed will feel fine."

"I reckon it will be warm enough," thought Tom.

As the room was scantily heated, Crabtree lost no time in disrobing. Having donned a long night robe, he turned off the gas, flung the sheets back, and leaped into bed.

Exactly ten seconds of silence followed. Then came a yell calculated to raise the dead.

"Whow! What's this? Oh! What's got me by the legs? Oh, oh! oh! I'm being eaten up alive! Let go there! Oh, dear!" 1. What was dumped in the bed?
2. Who put them there?
3. Who was keeping watch?
4. Where did hide?
5. Where at in the room?
6. What did he hide behind?
7. Was he able to remain unseen?
8. What had Josiah done previously as a career?
9. Was the room warm?
10. What did Josiah put on because of this?
11. Did he slowly get into bed?
12. How long was he in bed before he noticed the crabs?
13. What was his reaction?
14. How loud?
15. What did Tom use as a light source when entering the room?
numbered_answers: 1. the crabs
2. Tom
3. Sam
4. the big room
5. a closet
6. a large trunk
7. yes
8. school teacher
9. No
10. the gas
11. No
12. ten seconds
13. a yell
14. calculated to raise the dead
15. a match

When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high tech job -- but he couldn't balance his checkbook. "I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip," says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. "I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement."

One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don't get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. "It bothered me that I didn't understand this stuff," says Steve, "so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz I knew to explain things to me."

He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to _ . They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars,cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they went for an expensive vacation. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.

Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. "Someone would say, 'I need to refinance my house -- what should I do? 'A lot of times, I wouldn't know the answer, but I'd go to find it and learn something in the process," he says.

In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it's paid off: He now owns $ 30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.

"I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self education," says Steve. "You can do anything once you understand the basics." What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What was Steve an expert at?
2. What did he major in during collecge?
3. Did he graduate?
4. How many chrildren does he have?
Answer:
1. engineering
2. engineering
3. yes
4. three