Problem: Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A young, female suicide bomber was behind a blast in Pakistan that killed at least 46 people and injured 105 others at a food distribution point, an official said Sunday. 

Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, said that the preliminary investigation into the explosion shows that a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up. The determination was made from remains of the bomber that were recovered. 

The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday's blast in that Asian nation's tribal region. 

Azam Tariq, the central spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, told CNN in a phone call that it targeted people who had formed what he called a pro-government and anti-Taliban group. 

The blast took place about 600 meters from a U.N. World Food Programme distribution point at a security checkpoint in Khar, according to Amjad Jamal, a spokesman for the agency. He said that more than 300 people were going through a security screening to get food and other items at the time of the explosion. 

Khar is the headquarters of Bajaur Agency, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Jamal said that those who had been internally displaced during military efforts in Bajaur Agency get a month's supply of food and other goods. 

Afridi said that the suicide bomber was in a burqa, a traditional full-body covering worn by some Muslim women. He said she was stopped for a security check at a checkpoint, where she detonated herself. 
1. Who is the top government officia in Bajaur?
2. What did the beginning stages of the explosion reveal?
3. How did they find that out?
4. Who took responsibility for this?
5. Who was Azam Tariq?
6. Where did the blast take place?
7. What is significant about Khar?
8. What did Jamal say the displaced people would get?
Answer: 1. Zakir Hussain Afridi, the top government official in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan,
2. a girl between the ages of 16 and 18 blew herself up.
3. remains of the bomber
4. Taliban
5. spokesman
6. Khar
7. It is a headquarters
8. food and goods

Q: CHAPTER XXXV 

Mr. Oscar Fischer and his friend, Senator Theodore Hastings, stood side by side, a week later, in the bar of one of the most fashionable of New York hotels. They were passing away the few minutes before Pamela and her aunt would be ready to join them in the dining room above. 

"Very little news, I fancy," Hastings remarked, glancing at the tape which was passing through his companion's fingers. 

"Nothing--of any importance," Fischer replied. "Nothing." 

The older man glanced searchingly at his companion, the change in whose tone was ominous. Fischer was standing with the tape in his hand, his eyes glued upon a certain paragraph. The Senator took out his eyeglasses and looked over his friend's shoulder. 

"What's this?" he demanded. "Eh?" 

Fischer was fighting a great battle and fighting it well. 

"Something wrong, apparently, with Frank Roughton," he observed; "an old college friend of mine. They made him Governor of----only last year." 

Hastings read the item thoughtfully. 

Governor Roughton this morning tendered his resignation as Governor of the State of----. We understand that it was at once accepted. Numerous arrests have taken place with reference to the great explosion at the Bembridge powder factory. 

"Looks rather fishy, that," Hastings observed thoughtfully. 

"I'm sorry for Roughton," Fischer declared. "He was a perfectly straight man, and I am sure he has done his best." 

"Great friend of yours?" the other asked curiously. 

"We were intimately acquainted," was the brief answer. 

The two men finished their cocktails in silence. On their way upstairs the Senator took his companion's arm. 

Answer the following questions:
1. What was the news that morning?
2. Who was Oscar Fischer's friend?
3. Who would be joining them?
4. Where they in the state of Maine?
5. What state were they in?
6. Who was Theodore Hastings?
7. What did Fischer think about Governor Roughton?
8. Did he know him well?
9. Were any arrests made?
10. Did Theodore Hastings have good eye sight?
11. What were the two men doing?
12. When did Roughton become governor?
A: 1. Governor Roughton tendered his resignation
2. Theodore Hastings
3. Pamela and her aunt
4. No
5. New York
6. Senator
7. He was a perfectly straight man
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. No
11. finishing cocktails
12. last year

Problem: CHAPTER XVIII 

THE NEW DECK HAND 

Having said so much, Peter Slade seemed more inclined to talk, one reason being that he wanted to get at the bottom of the mystery which had brought Tad Sobber and his uncle to that part of the globe. Tad had hinted of great wealth, and of getting the best of the Rovers and some other people, but had not gone into any details. 

Peter said he had come to Nassau to join his mother, who was stopping there for her health. His father was coming on later, and then the family was going across the ocean. 

"I know there is something up between your crowd and the Merrick crowd," said the youth. "You are both after something, ain't you?" 

"Yes," answered Tom. 

"What?" 

"I can't tell you that, Slade. It's something quite valuable, though." 

"Well, I guess Sobber's uncle will get ahead of you." 

"Perhaps so. What is the name of the tramp steamer he is looking for?" 

"The _Josephine_." 

"Was she to be here?" 

"They hoped she would be." 

"Were they going to hire her?" asked Sam. 

"I suppose so." 

"Then Merrick had money." 

"Yes, he had some, and that Spaniard had some, too." 

A little more conversation followed, and then the Rover boys asked Slade where he was going to stop, and said they might see him later. 

"This is mighty interesting," remarked Tom, as he and his brother hurried to their hotel. "We must tell father of this without delay." 

But Mr. Rover could not be found until that evening, when the party came back from the visit to the flower gardens. He listened with deep interest to what was said, and then went off on a hunt for Sid Merrick and the tramp steamer _Josephine_ without delay. 
1. What brought Tad and his uncle?
2. What had Tad alluded to?
3. and?
4. Who was there for his mom?
5. Was his father there?
6. Was he going to be
7. Is Tom open with Slade about his intentions?
8. Who had money?
9. and?
10. Was Mr. Rover around at the time?
Answer:
1. A mystery
2. Great wealth
3. And of getting the best of the Rovers and some other people
4. Peter
5. No
6. Yes
7. No
8. Merrick
9. And Spaniard had some, too
10. No