Question:
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Two dogs, Tank and Muck, joined the extraordinary animals in the history of the RSPCA, along with a donkey who saved an old man in a fire.

On a quiet afternoon, Tank, Muck and three-year-old Max were thought to be playing in the yard. But later, Max's mum, Annie, found they had disappeared.

"I searched everywhere for him, " she said. "And when I couldn't find him I jumped into the car. I finally found the dogs. They were running madly around the dam. I called Paul. "

Michael Beattie from the RSPCA said Annie's neighbor, Lucy Brown, who lived near the dam, 300 meters away from the Smiths' house, was the first to hear the dogs' barking. She came out and found Max and the two dogs. All of them were wet. So she took him inside and gave him a hot shower.

Paul Smith said, "When I received my wife's call, I _ . I couldn't believe it. I didn't know what I should do! Then I called the police. "

Meanwhile Annie was worried to death. "I was running around trying to find Max," she said. "The lady who found him heard me calling and she brought him out to me."

When the police arrived they saw quite clear drag marks --Max was rescued by the two dogs.

"We felt so lucky, especially when so many kids in Australia drowned every year. " Said Paul.

The RSPCA awarded each dog a medallion, a certificate and a very large bone.

Tank and Muck, both were homeless before they were taken home by the Smiths. It was a great leap , from rescued dogs to heroes. Maybe it was just their way of saying thanks to the Smiths.
1. What are the names of the 2 dogs?
2. What is important about them?
3. What organization is recognizing them?
4. What other animal was involved?
5. Who was concerned when they couldn't find them?
6. Where were they found?
7. Who was found with them?
8. What did the person that initially found them do for the man?
9. Were the dogs homeless?
10. What happened after the incident?
11. Forever?

Numbered answers:
1. Tank and Muck
2. they saved an old man in a fire
3. RSPCA
4. a donkey
5. Annie
6. in a fire
7. an old man
8. she took him inside and gave him a hot shower
9. Yes
10. they were taken home by the Smiths
11. Yes

Question:
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In 1638, John Harvard donated some money and about four hundred books to a new university. This was the beginning of the library at Harvard University. The gift was so important that the university was named for John Harvard. Thomas Bray began the first free lending library in the late 1600s. He set up more than 30 or these libraries in the American colonies. However, the idea for this kind of free library ended when Bray died in 1730. In 1731, Benjamin Franklin and some friends started the first subscription library in the United States. In a subscription library people pay money to become members, but they may _ the books without paying again. In the United States, every child had a free education. This idea soon led to free libraries. One of the first libraries that used tax money to buy books was a library in Peterborough, New Hampshire. This library was set up in 1833.
1. What began the Library at Harvard University?
2. who?
3. John who?
4. what did the University do in gratitude?
5. Who began the first free lending library?
6. Thomas who?
7. when?
8. when did he die?
9. Who started a subscription library?
10. Who?
11. when?
12. where was one of the first libraries to be publicly funded?
13. what state is it in?
14. when was that started?
15. Was Franklin's library free?
16. how did one join?
17. for what?
18. How many did Thomas Bray start?
19. Where?
20. What does every kid in the US have a right to?

Numbered answers:
1. donated some money and about four hundred books
2. John
3. Harvard
4. was named for John
5. Thomas
6. Bray
7. late 1600s
8. 1730
9. Benjamin
10. Franklin
11. 1731
12. Peterborough
13. New Hampshire
14. 1833
15. no
16. pay money
17. to become members
18. 30
19. America
20. free education

Question:
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CHAPTER V

THE BOYS AND A BULL

"Wonder what Sam wants?" said Dave, as the shouting continued. "I guess I'll have to go and see."

He ran over the rocks in the direction of the cries, and soon came in sight of his chum.

"Hurry up!" cried Sam. "I want you!"

"What is it, Sam?" questioned Dave.

"We are going to have trouble."

"What, have Jasniff and those others come here?"

"No, but maybe it's just as bad, Dave. Just look toward the autos."

Dave did as requested, and his face became a study. He was half inclined to laugh, yet, having been brought up in the country, he well knew the seriousness of the situation.

The two automobiles stood side by side, about three yards apart. Between them was a big and angry-looking bull, tramping the ground and snorting viciously. The bull had a chain around his neck, and to the end of this was a small-sized tree stump, which the animal had evidently pulled from the ground in his endeavor to get away from his pasture. The tree stump had become entangled in the wheel of one of the automobiles, and the bull was giving vicious jerks, first one way and then another, causing the machine to "slew around" in an alarming fashion.

"Sam, we'll have to get him out of there!" cried Dave. "If we don't he may break that wheel--or do worse."

"I'm afraid he'll run off with the car!" gasped Sam. He was almost out of breath from running and calling.
1. Who did Dave run to?
2. What did he run on?
3. Are Sam and Dave friends?
4. Why does Sam want him to come over?
5. How many autos are there?
6. Are they parked head to head?
7. What distance is between them?
8. What's between them?
9. Is it in a good mood?
10. What is around it?
11. Around what part of its body?
12. And on the other end of the chain?
13. Was it still planted?
14. What was the tree stump stuck in?
15. Did the bull mind?
16. How did the bull try to free itself?
17. What did the car do when it did that?
18. What is Dave afraid of?
19. And Sam?
20. Is Sam panting?
Numbered answers:
1. Sam
2. The rocks
3. Yes
4. To look toward the autos
5. Two
6. No
7. About three yards
8. A bull
9. No
10. A chain
11. His neck
12. A small-sized tree stump
13. No
14. The wheel of one of the automobiles
15. Yes
16. With vicious jerks
17. "slew around" in an alarming fashion
18. That he'll break that wheel
19. That he'll run off with the car
20. Yes