Problem: A 90-year-old tortoise is going twice its usual speed after being equipped with a set of wheels. The animal, called Mrs T, was facing a terrible future after losing her two front legs in a mouse attack while she was sleeping in winter, but her owners glued the wheels onto her shell . "She's going double the speed she used to," said the owner Jude Ryder, "She uses her back legs to push herself along and seems quite happy." The 58-year-old owner was surprised when she went to check on her loved pet last month and found her front legs had been eaten in the mouse attack. The local animal doctor tried his best to save Mrs T. But he was afraid that the tortoise would not survive without being mobile. After paying PS1,000 for the treatment, Mrs Ryder turned to her son Dale for help. Dale designed the front wheels and used resin to add them to the front of the shell. Mrs Ryder said: "She liked them immediately, but she must learn how to turn and stop. She can get a good speed up, much faster than before. Mrs T is still quite young for a tortoise. She could go on for another 50 years. All she needs is a new set of tyres sometimes." When Mrs T was sixty years old, she was bought as a pet for Dale, an 8-year-old boy. It liked running happily in Mrs Ryder's garden in spring and summer. When winter came, Mrs T slept in the garden shelter. A mouse got in last month and chewed off both her front legs. Mrs Ryder said: "We were afraid she would be sure to die, but her new set of wheels have saved her life. She can run in the garden again and we can always find her because she leaves very strange footprints behind wherever she goes." Mice attacking tortoises is not uncommon around us--in 2013 Britain's oldest tortoise died after a mouse attack. The tortoise called Thomas was 130 when he was bitten at his home in Guernsey. He spent five days on strong antibiotics , but the wound became so infected that his owner had no choice but to have him put to sleep.
1. What is the tortoise's name?
2. How old is she?
3. What happened to her?
4. how?
5. Are mouse attacks common for tortoises?
6. Did she have an owner?
7. who owned her?
8. What happened after the attack was discovered?
9. Did they take her to the vet?
10. Did the vet design the tires?
11. Who did?
12. Who is that?
13. How old is he?
Answer: 1. Mrs T
2. 90
3. she lost her two front legs
4. in a mouse attack
5. No
6. Yes
7. Jude Ryder
8. her owners glued wheels onto her shell
9. Yes
10. No
11. Dale
12. her son
13. Eight

Q: William III (; 4 November 1650 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death. It is a coincidence that his regnal number (III) was the same for both Orange and England. As King of Scotland, he is known as William II. He is sometimes informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy".

William inherited the principality of Orange from his father, William II, who died a week before William's birth. His mother Mary, Princess Royal, was the daughter of King Charles I of England. In 1677, he married his fifteen-year-old first cousin, Mary, the daughter of his maternal uncle James, Duke of York.

A Protestant, William participated in several wars against the powerful Catholic king of France, Louis XIV, in coalition with Protestant and Catholic powers in Europe. Many Protestants heralded him as a champion of their faith. In 1685, his Catholic father-in-law, James, Duke of York, became king of England, Ireland and Scotland. James's reign was unpopular with the Protestant majority in Britain. William, supported by a group of influential British political and religious leaders, invaded England in what became known as the "Glorious Revolution". On 5 November 1688, he landed at the southern English port of Brixham. James was deposed and William and Mary became joint sovereigns in his place. They reigned together until her death on 28 December 1694, after which William ruled as sole monarch.

Answer the following questions:
1. Was William III a Catholic?
2. What religion was he?
3. How did Protestants view him?
4. Did he have any Catholic relatives?
5. What religion was his father in law?
6. When was William III born?
7. Did he die in the spring?
8. Was he 51 years old when he died?
9. What was he the Prince of?
10. What was his regnal number in England?
11. What about in Orange?
12. And in Scotland?
13. What do the Irish in the north call him?
A: 1. No
2. A protestant
3. hearalded him as a champion of their faith
4. unknown
5. unknown
6. November 4 1650
7. No
8. NO
9. Prince of Orange
10. III
11. III
12. II
13. King Billy

Problem: CHAPTER XIII

SAM ON THE ROAD

The next few days were very busy ones for Sam because he had a number of important classes to attend, and he was hard at work finishing his theme on "Civilization in Ancient Central America." It was impossible to call on Grace, and so he did nothing to find out the truth about Chester Waltham because he did not wish to ask the girl about this over the telephone, nor did he see his way clear to expressing his thoughts on paper.

Sunday came and went, and Monday morning brought a letter to the youngest Rover which he read with much interest. It was from Belright Fogg, a long-winded and formal communication, in which the lawyer stated that he had been under medical treatment because of being hit in the head by a snowball thrown by Sam, and he demanded fifty dollars damages. If the same was not paid immediately, he stated that he would begin suit.

"Anything wrong, Sam?" questioned Songbird, who was present while Sam was reading the letter. "You look pretty serious."

"Read it for yourself, Songbird," was the reply, and Sam passed the communication over.

"Well, of all the gall!" burst out the would-be poet of Brill. "Fifty dollars! Of course you won't pay any such bill as this?"

"Not so you can notice it," returned Sam, sharply. "If he had sent me a bill for five dollars or less I might have let him have the money just to shut him up. But fifty dollars! Why, it's preposterous!"
1. Who is the story's main character?
2. What is the title of his paper?
3. What did he receive on Monday?
4. Who sent it?
5. What is his occupation?
6. Why did he send the letter?
7. What kind of damages?
8. Why did he need that?
9. Who hit him?
10. Is Sam excited to pay him?
11. Is there an amount Sam would be willing to pay?
12. Does Sam's friend think he should pay?
13. What was her name?
Answer:
1. Sam
2. Civilization in Ancient Central America
3. a letter
4. Belright Fogg
5. lawyer
6. he demanded fifty dollars damages
7. medical treatment
8. being hit in the head by a snowball
9. Sam
10. No
11. five dollars or less
12. No
13. Songbird