Q: "El-mo. We won't go!"

The twist on a popular protest chant echoed Saturday as people marched -- many in costume or with puppets -- in support of public broadcasting.

The so-called Million Puppet March in Washington was inspired by comments GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney made during the first debate. Romney promised to stop funding to the Public Broadcasting Service, home to "Sesame Street" and Big Bird.

Protesters met at Lincoln Park and marched to the Capitol Reflecting Pool.

"We came down to support PBS and to support freedom of speech in our nation's capital," said Jim Brett, who went to Washington with his kids, along with various puppets.

Will Big Bird be downsized?

"PBS is important to me because I grew up on it," he said. "It's a foundation for our children today."

One protester held a placard that read, "Hundreds of channels to influence consumers! Zero channels to invest in citizens?" Others were dressed like Cookie Monster and the Count, both popular "Sesame Street" characters.

PBS is partially funded through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which receives about $450 million a year -- a fraction of this year's $3.5 trillion federal government spending. "Sesame Street" is produced by Sesame Workshop, which says 93% of its costs are funded by corporate sponsors and licensing.

"I'm sorry, Jim, I'm going to stop the subsidy to PBS," Romney said to Jim Lehrer, who moderated the first debate and anchors "PBS Newshour."

"I'm going to stop other things. I like PBS, I love Big Bird," he said. "Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to -- I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for."

Answer the following questions:
1. What march happened?
2. Where did it start?
3. And end?
4. When was it?
5. Why did they congregate
6. Who made a promise?
7. What party is he from?
8. What is he running for?
9. What did he promise to do?
10. What show is on that network?
11. How many networks show ads?
12. How much does PBS receive?
13. And the government?
14. Who produces the show?
15. Name two Muppets at the gathering.
16. Name a supporter of PBS.
17. Where did he travel to?
18. Did he go alone?
19. Whom did he travel with?
20. Who funds PBS?
A: 1. Million Puppet March
2. Lincoln Park
3. Capitol Reflecting Pool.
4. Saturday
5. in support of public broadcasting.
6. Mitt Romney
7. GOP
8. president
9. stop funding to the Public Broadcasting Service,
10. "Sesame Street"
11. hundreds
12. $450 million a year
13. $3.5 trillion
14. Sesame Workshop
15. Cookie Monster and the Count
16. Jim Brett
17. Washington
18. no
19. his kids and various puppets
20. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Q: The Philippines (; or "Filipinas" ), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: "Republika ng Pilipinas"), is a unitary sovereign state and island country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.

The Philippines' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. The Philippines has an area of , and a population of approximately /1e6 round 0 million. It is the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. , approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, comprising one of the world's largest diasporas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Islamic nations occurred. Then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of Datus, Rajahs, Sultans or Lakans.

Answer the following questions:
1. What country is the focus of the article?
2. Where is it located?
3. Does it share any land borders with other countries?
4. What kind of borders does it share?
5. With how many countries?
6. What kind of extreme weather does it experience?
7. Who were the first residents?
8. Who came next?
9. What ocean is it in?
10. What is the official name of the country?
11. How many islands does it include?
12. How many groups of people did the residents exchange with?
13. How many people from the country don't live there?
14. Is it far from the equator?
15. Are there a lot of different types of plants and animals in the country?
16. How is it divided up?
17. What are they?
18. How many seas border it?
19. What is the capital city?
20. Do a lot of people live in the country compared to the rest of the world's countries?
A: 1. The Philippines
2. Southeast Asia
3. No
4. maritime
5. Five
6. Earthquakes and typhoons
7. Negritos
8. Austronesian peoples
9. Pacific
10. Republic of the Philippines
11. 7,641
12. Four
13. Approximately 10 million
14. No
15. Yes
16. Three main geographical divisions from north to south
17. Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao
18. Three
19. Manila
20. Yes
Q: CHAPTER VIII.

NEW QUARTERS.

Until nearly daylight the boys remained awake, laughing over Newcombe's credulity, or congratulating each other on the success of that night's work, and then Bob, who for half an hour had been studying some plan, said:

"It isn't best for us to spend all our time laughing at Newcombe, or we may find out that he's smarter than we give him credit of being. If we expect to shoot any more wells in this vicinity, we must change our quarters, for we can safely count on this being watched."

"What if it is?" cried Dick, their success having made him very bold. "Wasn't it watched to-night, and didn't we shoot the Hoxie well in spite of them all?"

"Yes, we fooled Newcombe well; but we might find it difficult to do so the second time. Then again, all our work would not be as convenient to the hut as this was, and if it had been necessary for us to get our horses out, you must admit that Newcombe had us very foul."

And Bob, while he felt thoroughly elated by their victory, did not want that his partners should come to believe that all difficulties could be surmounted as readily.

"But what do you mean about changing our quarters?" asked Jim, who looked upon their hut as something particularly convenient and well located.

"I mean that we have got to build another shanty somewhere, if we can't find one ready-made."

"Nonsense! there's no more use of our leaving this place than there is of our trying to fly!" said Dick. "I ain't afraid that Newcombe will come here again very soon."

Answer the following questions:
1. How long did the boys stay up?
2. Doing what?
3. what was funny?
4. What else were they doing?
5. For what?
6. Did Bob approve?
7. What had he been doing?
8. Who did Bob defend?
9. What did he say they must do?
10. For what purpose?
11. Who objected?
12. How was he feeling?
13. Was Bob confident in a second time?
14. What would have changed the outcome according to Bob?
A:
1. Until nearly daylight
2. Laughing
3. Newcombe's credulity
4. Congratulating each other
5. On the success of that night's work
6. No
7. Studying some plan
8. Newcombe
9. Change their quarters
10. In order to shoot more wells
11. Dick
12. Bold
13. No
14. That is partners might believe all difficulties could be as readily surmounted