Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
A little boy called Dhon lived in a small village in India. One afternoon Dhon's mother told Dhon, "I am going to bring firewood, Son. Do not go out. Play near the hut ." "Mama, may I go a little way in the woods to pick blackberries ?" he asked one day. "All right," his mother said, "but do not go very far." So Dhon went to the woods. He was happy to hear the birds singing in the trees. He _ some blackberries in his pockets. Then Dhon tried to catch some beautiful butterflies. He chased them far into the woods. He ran and he jumped. He forget he had to go back home. By that time the sun had set. Dhon was frightened. He thought of his mother and he cried. Suddenly, he saw a speck of light flying then he heard a voice. "I am a firefly . Why are you crying, little boy?" "I have lost my way. I want to go home to my mother," replied Dhon. "Don't cry, little boy, I will take you home. Follow me. But you must promise never to catch me." Dhon promised and followed the firefly through the trees. Soon he reached home and was safe in his mother's arms. That is why there are so many fireflies twinkling like little stars near the village huts in India.
1. What was the child's name?
2. What did he attempt to capture?
3. Were they nice to look at?
4. Where was the boy from?
5. Was the place where he lived densely populated?
6. What did his mother tell him to do?
7. anything else?
8. Who did the boy speak to in the woods?
9. Did the child lose his way?
10. Who did he think of as he wept?
11. Who led the child home?
12. What did he make the child promise?
13. Was the child afraid?
14. Did anything make the child happy?
15. What?
16. Did he make it home before dark?
17. What do the fireflies look like in a group?
18. Did the child make it home safely?
19. Did the child collect anyhing from the forest?
20. what?

Numbered answers:
1. Dhon
2. butterflies
3. yes
4. India
5. no
6. Do not go out
7. Play near the hut
8. a firefly
9. yes
10. his mother
11. the firefly
12. never to catch him
13. yes
14. yes
15. the birds singing in the trees
16. no
17. twinkling stars
18. yes
19. yes
20. blackberries


Question:
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Linus Pauling,the only person who has won two undivided Nobel Prizes,was born in Portland,Oregon. He attended Washington High School but because of an unimportant detail he did not receive his diploma until 1962,long after he had received his Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Orgon State College in 1922. He had chosen to study his major because he could get a good job with it. 

He won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1954 for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the explanation of the structure of complex substance. His interest in the "behavior" of molecules led him from physical chemistry to biological chemistry,especially of the human body. He began with proteins and their main parts,the amino acids ,which are called the"building blocks of life".In 1950,he constructed the first satisfactory model of a protein molecule,a discovery very important to the understanding of the living cell. 

During World WarII,Pauling was a member of the Research Board for National Security,for which he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1948. However,the use of the atomic bomb near the end of the war turned Pauling in a new direction. Having long worked on the structure of molecules,he took an immediate interest in the deadly effects of nuclear fallout on human molecular structures. 

From then on,Pauling protested the production of the hydrogen bomb and supported the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons. Through his efforts,The NuclearTestBan Treaty,declaring all nuclear tests to be illegal except underground ones,came into effect on October 10,1963,the same day Linus Pauling was awarded the Nobel Peace.
1. who is the story about?
2. did he do anything special?
3. what?
4. more than once?
5. how many times?
6. what did he do during the war to end all wars?
7. was he recognized for his work there?
8. how?
9. in what year?
10. what is his nationality?
11. what was the state of his birth?
12. where did he earn his BS?
13. in what field?
14. what year did he earn it?
15. why did he choose that field?
16. when did he win his first Nobel Prize?
17. in what field?
18. his second?
19. what day?
20. what field?

Numbered answers:
1. Linus Pauling
2. Yes
3. won the nobel prize
4. Yes
5. twice
6. he was a member of the Research Board for National Security
7. Yes
8. he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Merit
9. 1948
10. American
11. Oregon
12. Orgon State College
13. chemical engineering
14. 1922
15. because he could get a good job with it.
16. 1954
17. Chemistry
18. 1963
19. October 10
20. Peace.


Question:
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Universal Music Group (also known in the United States as UMG Recordings, Inc. and abbreviated as UMG) is an American global music corporation that is a subsidiary of the French media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG's global corporate headquarters are in Santa Monica, California. It is considered one of the "Big Three" record labels, along with Sony Music and Warner Music Group. 

Universal Music was once the record company attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934. The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939. MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram in May 1998 and merged it with Universal Music Group in early 1999. However, the name had first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit. UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company. 

Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have artificially inflated compact disc prices through the use of illegal marketing practices such as minimum advertised pricing, doing so in order to end price wars that began in the early 1990s by discounters such as Best Buy and Target. A settlement in 2002 included the music publishers and distributors; Sony Music, Warner Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, EMI Music and Universal Music Group. In restitution for price fixing they agreed to pay a $67.4 million fine and distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups but admitted no wrongdoing. It is estimated suppliers/customers were overcharged by nearly $500 million and up to $5 per album which conflicts with proof of sale and purchase interests.
1. Where is vevendi located?
2. Who is a part of the company in America?
3. Also known as?
4. Are they as large a company as Sony Music?
5. And who else?
6. What do they call them?
7. What label formed in 1934?
8. What occured in 1962?
9. What was Seagram?
10. Who did they buy?
11. When?
12. Who did they absorb in 1999?
13. What other label was a part of the Polygram deal?
14. Is it their youngest unit?
15. What is it linked back to?
16. What was the feud regarding compact discs about?
17. Did the music companies do something to brreak the law?
18. What were they trying to stop?
19. Between companies like?
20. How much were they fined?


Numbered answers:
1. France
2. Universal Music Group
3. UMG Recordings
4. Yes
5. Warner Music Group
6. the "Big Three"
7. the American branch of Decca Records
8. MCA Inc. merged with American Decca
9. The parent company
10. PolyGram
11. May 1998
12. Universal Music Group
13. Deutsche Grammophon
14. No
15. the Compo Company
16. pricing
17. Yes
18. end price wars
19. Best Buy and Target
20. $67.4 million