Problem: Comics are a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information. Comics frequently takes the form of juxtaposed sequences of panels of images. Often textual devices such as speech balloons, captions, and onomatopoeia indicate dialogue, narration, sound effects, or other information. Size and arrangement of panels contribute to narrative pacing. Cartooning and similar forms of illustration are the most common image-making means in comics; fumetti is a form which uses photographic images. Common forms of comics include comic strips, editorial and gag cartoons, and comic books. Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels, comics albums, and tankōbon have become increasingly common, and online webcomics have proliferated in the 21st century. 

The history of comics has followed different paths in different cultures. Scholars have posited a pre-history as far back as the Lascaux cave paintings. By the mid-20th century, comics flourished particularly in the United States, western Europe (especially in France and Belgium), and Japan. The history of European comics is often traced to Rodolphe Töpffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s, and became popular following the success in the 1930s of strips and books such as The Adventures of Tintin. American comics emerged as a mass medium in the early 20th century with the advent of newspaper comic strips; magazine-style comic books followed in the 1930s, in which the superhero genre became prominent after Superman appeared in 1938. Histories of Japanese comics and cartooning (manga) propose origins as early as the 12th century. Modern comic strips emerged in Japan in the early 20th century, and the output of comics magazines and books rapidly expanded in the post-World War II era with the popularity of cartoonists such as Osamu Tezuka. Comics has had a lowbrow reputation for much of its history, but towards the end of the 20th century began to find greater acceptance with the public and in academia.
1. What is a medium used to express ideas by images?
2. Are these images often combined with other information?
3. What kind of information?
4. How many kinds of textual devices are often used?
5. What contributes to narrative pacing?
6. What is the most common image making means?
7. Which form uses photographic images?
8. When did graphic novels become common?
9. What about webcomics?
10. Has the history of comics followed the same paths in different cultures?
11. Where have scholars postited comic pre-history to?
12. Did comics flourish in western Europe in the mid 20th century?
13. Any place in particular?
14. Any other places?
15. Where is European comics traced to?
16. When did they become popular?
17. What was a popular comic book during that time?
18. When were magazine style comic books emerging?
19. Did this lead to the popularity of the superhero genre?
20. Which superhero spawned this surge?
Answer: 1. Comics
2. yes
3. text or other visual information.
4. six
5. Size and arrangement of panels
6. Cartooning and similar forms of illustration
7. fumetti
8. Since the late 20th century
9. in the 21st century.
10. no
11. the Lascaux cave paintings.
12. yes
13. (especially in France and Belgium)
14. The United States and Japan
15. Rodolphe Töpffer's cartoon strips of the 1830s,
16. in the 1930s
17. The Adventures of Tintin.
18. the 1930s
19. yes
20. Superman

Problem: CHAPTER XXXII 

ACQUITTED 

If Skip had been an actor in a pantomime, and rehearsed the scene every day for a week, he could not have arrived more precisely, than when he made his appearance at the very moment Mr. Hunter was about to declare the defense closed. 

Sam and Fred sprang to their feet as he entered the door, and Joe actually shouted, so great was his joy and relief; but he was speedily made to understand by the officers that another breach of decorum as flagrant would result in his expulsion from the court-room. 

Following Skip came the constable leading Tim, who looked frightened and pale. Mr. Hunter at once called the prisoner to the witness stand. 

Not knowing that Gus had denied having seen the money, Tim soon said enough to convict himself, and in a few moments was ready to confess his share in the matter. 

"I didn't take it," he said, whiningly. "Gus showed me the money here in town an' told as how he'd sneaked it out of the pocket of a feller what he found asleep on the mountain. He agreed that I could have half if I'd go off somewhere with him." 

"Where is he now?" Mr. Hunter asked. 

"I don't know. When I went for some grub he was watchin' Fred Byram what we caught followin' us." 

"What had been done with the money?" 

"He had all that was left but ten dollars, an' I was goin' to spend that." 

"What had Fred Byram done to you?" 
1. What chapter is this?
2. Who arrived just on time?
3. who was about to declare the defense closed?
4. who shouted?
5. who came into the room right after skip?
6. how did he look?
7. who denied seeing the cash?
8. Did Tim know that?
9. Who did they steal the money from?
10. where?
11. what was the feller doing?
12. did they split the money 60/40?
13. how did they split it?
14. who was following them?
15. where was the money when they took it?
16. who lead tim into the courtroom?
17. who warned joe to be quiet?
18. who called tim to the witness stand?
19. Did Gus take the money?
20. where did gus show the money?/
Answer:
1. CHAPTER XXXII
2. Skip
3. Mr. Hunter
4. Joe
5. Tim
6. frightened and pale
7. Gus
8. no
9. a feller
10. the mountain
11. sleeping
12. no
13. half and half
14. Fred Byram
15. the pocket of a feller
16. Skip
17. the officers
18. Mr. Hunter
19. yes
20. town