Question: Chapter Twenty-Four: Troston

I doubt if the name of this small Suffolk village, remote from towns and railroads, will have any literary associations for the reader, unless he be a person of exceptionally good memory, who has taken a special interest in the minor poets of the last century; or that it would help him if I add the names of Honington and Sapiston, two other small villages a couple of miles from Troston, with the slow sedgy Little Ouse, or a branch of it, flowing between them. Yet Honington was the birthplace of Robert Bloomfield, known as "the Suffolk poet" in the early part of the last century (although Crabbe was living then and was great, as he is becoming again after many years); while at Sapiston, the rustic village on the other side of the old stone bridge, he acquired that love of nature and intimate knowledge of farm life and work which came out later in his Farmer's Boy. Finally, Troston, the little village in which I write, was the home of Capel Lofft, a person of importance in his day, who discovered Bloomfield, found a publisher for his poems, and boomed it with amazing success.

I dare say it will only provoke a smile of amusement in readers of literary taste when I confess that Bloomfield's memory is dear to me; that only because of this feeling for the forgotten rustic who wrote rhymes I am now here, strolling about in the shade of the venerable trees in Troston Park-the selfsame trees which the somewhat fantastic Capel knew in his day as "Homer," "Sophocles," "Virgil," "Milton," and by other names, calling each old oak, elm, ash, and chestnut after one of the immortals. 1. Where was Robert Bloomfield born?
2. How did he feel about nature?
3. How far is Sapiston from Troston?
4. What waterway ran between the towns?
5. What was Bloomfield's nickname?
6. What kind of bridge led to Sapiston?
7. What work did Bloomfield publish later?
8. Did his poems do well?
9. Who discovered him?
10. Is Sapiston near a railroad?
11. Was Bloomfield a major poet?
12. Where was Capel from? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Honington
2. love of nature
3. a couple of miles from Troston
4. Little Ouse
5. "the Suffolk poet"
6. old stone bridge
7. Farmer's Boy
8. amazing success
9. Capel Lofft
10. unknown
11. amazing success
12. Troston

Question: The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: Les "XXIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver") and commonly known as Vancouver 2010, informally the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010, in Vancouver, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University Endowment Lands, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong. The 2010 Winter Olympics were the third Olympics hosted by Canada and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Vancouver is the largest city to host the Winter Olympics, a title soon to be turned over to Beijing in 2022.

Following Olympic tradition, then-Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaelle Jean, who was accompanied by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge. 1. What is the 2010 winter Olympics known as?
2. And commonly as?
3. What date did it occur?
4. What was the nearby resort town?
5. How many athletes emerged?
6. From how many nations?
7. in how many events?
8. and how many disciplines?
9. What 2 games were organized by the VANOC?
10. Who was the head?
11. Was the 2010 Olympic game the 2nd olympics hosted by Canada?
12. Then what was it? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. XXI Olympic Winter Games
2. Vancouver 2010
3. February 12 to 28, 2010
4. Whistler
5. Approximately 2,600
6. 82
7. 86
8. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines
9. the Olympic and Paralympic Games
10. John Furlong
11. no
12. the third

Question: John was in the third grade, and nine years old. Every day he had to walk home from school. There were some kids in his class who were mean to him, and during the winter they would throw snowballs at him. John could have told the teacher, but one of the kids was a very pretty girl. She was mean, but John liked her because she was pretty and did not want her to get in trouble.

One day, his teacher asked John to stay after class to wipe off the chalkboard and to empty the pencil sharpener. By the time he was done, the other kids had gone home. They could no longer throw snowballs at him. John did not mind helping out his teacher, and he soon stayed after class every day.

John was not very good at math, and sometimes his teacher would help him when he stayed after school. She said if John could help her out for at least two weeks, he could pass his math class. John thought it was a good deal, and ended up being much better at math. 1. What did kids do to John?
2. Did he tell the teacher?
3. Did he like one of his bullies?
4. Why?
5. Did he take the bus? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. throw snowballs at him
2. No
3. Yes
4. because she was pretty
5. unknown