TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) -- The District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island are all to receive a portion of the $3.4 billion remaining in the "Race to the Top" fund for education in those states. "We had many more competitive applications than money to fund them in this round," Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Tuesday. "Race to the Top" is an Obama administration initiative to award money to states that show that they have a plan for school reforms in four main areas: turning around low performing schools, adopting college and career ready standards, effective teachers and principals, and using data systems to support student achievement.Nine states plus the District of Columbia are winnersEach will receive a portion of $3.4 billionWinners had to show they have plans for school reforms 
 Questions:Those finalists all sent representatives to _ in August to present their case to a group of peer reviewers. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Florida (D) Georgia (E) Hawaii (F) Maryland (G) Massachusetts (H) New York (I) North Carolina (J) Ohio (K) Rhode Island (L) Race to the Top (M) Arne Duncan (N) Obama

SOLUTION: (A)

PROBLEM: A driver who was eight months pregnant has died after trying to pass an 18-wheeler, but smashed into an oncoming car, killing a family of three. Kimberly Lausier, 38, of Madawaska was attempting to get past a tractor-trailer on a northern Maine highway on Monday when her SUV smashed head-on into a car driven by Bobbi-Jo Johnston, 33, of Fort Fairfield. Both drivers were killed in the crash at 10:30am. Kimberly Lausier, 38, of Madawaska was attempting to get past a tractor-trailer on a northern Maine highway on Monday when her SUV smashed head-on into a car. Pictured:  Mrs Lausier's 53-year-old husband, Robert, was hospitalized with leg injuries that are not considered life-threateningKimberly Lausier, 38, of Madawaska was attempting to get past a tractor-trailer on a northern Maine highway on MondaySmashed head-on into car of Bobbi-Jo Johnston 33, who diedMs Johnston's daughter, 2, Alana and mother Laurie Ann Johnston, 52, also died alongside her 
 Questions:Two-year-old _ also died in the smash alongside her mother and her grandmother. (A) Kimberly Lausier (B) Madawaska (C) Maine (D) Bobbi-Jo Johnston (E) Fort Fairfield (F) Lausier (G) Robert (H) Johnston (I) Alana (J) Laurie Ann Johnston

SOLUTION: (I)

PROBLEM: Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama used a Memorial Day ceremony to say it is time for America to properly welcome home Vietnam veterans and show them and their families the respect and gratitude they deserved but didn't receive decades ago. "You came home and sometimes were denigrated when you should have been celebrated," Obama said beneath a scorching sun at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. "It was a national shame, a disgrace that should have never happened. That's why here today, we resolve that it will not happen again." The event, which launched a 13-year Vietnam War 50th anniversary commemoration, was the culmination of a day of somber events on the annual holiday honoring America's war dead.NEW: President Obama calls the denigration of Vietnam veterans a "national shame""America will be there for you," Obama tells veterans and their familiesMemorial Day launches a 13-year commemoration of the Vietnam War's 50th anniversaryObama lays a wreath to the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery 
 Questions:The lesson of _, Obama said, was to separate the war from the warrior, so that patriotism never again becomes what he called a "political sword" that divides the nation. (A) Washington (B) CNN (C) Barack Obama (D) Memorial Day (E) America (F) Vietnam (G) Obama (H) Vietnam Veterans Memorial (I) Arlington National Cemetery

SOLUTION:
(F)

