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Going on a road trip? The St. Louis Arch, Statue of Liberty and Golden Gate Bridge are great tourist sites. But if you prefer _ destinations, check out the following roadside attractions.

World's Largest Ball of Paint

Alexandria, Ind.

In 1977, Michael Carmichael set out to create the biggest ball of paint anywhere. Starting with a baseball as center, he painted layer after layer of paint day after day, year after year. The ball weighs more than 1,300 pounds, with more than 20,000 coats of paint, which is recognized by Guinness World Records. Visitors can paint the ball themselves and become part of history.

The Museum of Dirt

Boston, Mass.

The museum is the idea of Glenn Johnson. Labeled glass bottles contain such treasures as dirt from the Great Wall of China, as well as sand from a desert in Saudi Arabia and Omaha Beach in France. Best of all, the cost of seeing this museum is dirt cheap: It's free.

Mount Horeb Mustard Museum

Mount Horeb, Wis.

It's heaven for hotdog lovers! This museum claims to have the world's largest collection of prepared mustard . Its more than 4, 100 bottles of spices come from 60 nations, including Turkey and China. Visitors learn the history of mustard, from how it's made to how it's advertised and sold. The museum's creator, Barry Levenson, loves mustard so much that he even puts it on ice cream!

Paper House

Rockport, Mass.

Swedish immigrant Ellis Stenman was much ahead of his time in 1922, when he started to build a two-room house almost entirely out of newspaper. At the time, people didn't give much, if any, thought to recycling paper. In fact, "recycling" wasn't even a word yet. The house is framed with wood, but the walls are made of 215 layers of newspaper. In all, he used about 100,000 newspapers. ks5u

1. What is the admission price for The Museum of Dirt?
2. What does Barry put on ice cream?
3. Where did the recycled home owner immigrate from?
4. How many containers of yellow condiment can visitors in Wisconsin see?
5. How do Museum of Dirt sight seers know where each sample comes from?
6. Who thought up the place in Massuchusetts?
7. What can everybody do at the Indiana place?
8. What from the Middle East has been contributed to the Massachusetts spot?
9. What is Mr. Levenson's favorite condiment?
10. What can individuals find out in his Wisconsin place?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. it's free
2. mustard
3. Sweden
4. 4,100
5. Labeled bottles
6. Glenn Johnson
7. paint the ball
8. sand
9. mustard
10. the history of mustard

Question: Alice needs some money for a Mother's Day present. She tells her father about her problem. "I'll pay you to do some housework. You can clean up the yard ," her father says. "You can also wash my car and Mum's. Both of them need to be washed because they're really dirty." Alice works on the yard and washes her father's car. "Too bad! You didn't have time to wash Mum's car," Dad says when he pays her. The next morning Alice wakes up early. First she washes her mother's car. Then she goes to the flower shop. She also buys her mother's favourite bread on her way home. After breakfast Alice asks her mother to go to the garage . She opens the gate. "Wow!" Alice's mother says. "My car is _ ." "Open the door," Alice says. Alice's mother opens the door. There on the seat she sees a bunch of flowers. "Happy Mother's Day!" Alice says. 1. Who opened the door?
2. What did she see?
3. How many?
4. Who needed money?
5. Why?
6. For whom?
7. Who did she tell?
8. Did he offer to help?
9. When did she ask her mom to go to the garage?
10. What did mom open?
11. What did she exclaim?
12. What was opened next?
13. Where was the bouquet?
14. How many cars were there?
15. What was very filthy?
16. Did she get paid?
17. What did she do in the lawn?
18. When did Mom's auto get cleaned?
19. When did she awaken?
20. What else did she buy? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Alice's mother
2. flowers
3. bunch
4. Alice
5. present
6. Mother
7. father
8. yes
9. After breakfast
10. gate
11. Wow
12. door
13. seat
14. Two
15. car
16. yes
17. clean
18. next morning
19. early
20. bread

Q: It was an afternoon Truman would never forget.

Rayburn and his friend were talking in the office before Truman arrived. The telephone rang. It was a call from the White House asking whether Vice-President Truman had arrived yet. No, Rayburn replied. The caller asked to have him telephone the White House as soon as he arrived.

Truman entered a minute later. He immediately called the White House. As he talked, his face became white. He put down the phone and raced out of the door to his car.

Truman arrived at the White House within minutes. An assistant took him to the president's private living area. Eleanor Roosevelt, the president's wife, was waiting for him there. "Harry," she said, "the president is dead." Truman was shocked. He asked Mrs. Roosevelt if there was anything he could do to help her. But her reply made clear to him that his own life had suddenly changed. "Is there anything we can do for you ?" Mrs. Roosevelt asked the new president, " _ ."

Truman had been a surprise choice for vice-president at the Democratic Party nominating convention in nineteen forty-four. Delegates considered several other candidates before they chose him as Roosevelt's running mate. That was at a time when presidential candidates did not make their own choices for vice-president.

Harry Truman lacked the fame,the rich family and the strong speech-making skills of Franklin Roosevelt.He was a much simpler man.He grew up in the Midwestern state of Missouri.Truman only studied through high school but took some nighttime law school classes.He worked for many years as a farmer and a small businessman,but without much success.

Truman had long been interested in politics.When he was almost forty,he finally won several low-level positions in his home state.By nineteen thirty-four,he was popular enough in Missouri to be nominated and elected to the United States Senate. And he won re-election six years later.

Most Americans, however, knew little about Harry Truman when he became president.They knew he had close ties to the Democratic Party political machine in his home state.But they had also heard that he was a very honest man.They could see that Truman had strongly supported President Roosevelt's New Deal programs.But they could not be sure what kind of president Truman would become.

At the center of all the action was Harry Truman.It was not long before he showed Americans and the world that he had the ability to be a good president.He was honest,strong and willing to make decisions.

1. Roosevelt
2. Truman
3. yes
4. 1934
5. Missouri
6. no
7. Missouri.
8. yes
9. yes
10. yes

Numbered questions:
1. Who was the President?
2. Who was the Vice President?
3. Did he become President?
4. When was he elected to the Senate?
5. What state did he represent?
6. Was he a sure choice for vice president?
7. Where did he grow up?
8. Was he always interested in politics?
9. Did he go to law school?
10. Was he reelected to the Senate?