Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Shane Thomas is a 10-year-old pianist from England. He's being called the next Mozart because of his amazing abilities. 

He has only been having piano lessons for four months, and practices four hours a week, but he has already played difficult classical pieces. He was just seven when he sat down at the piano, and could play at once. He also says he never gets nervous. 

When Shane was three years old, he said that he could play the piano, but nobody took him seriously. At school, he could listen to the teacher and do his work while composing in his head. Shame remembers all the melodies ,and when he gets home he plays them on the piano, while his father records them. Shane loves playing the piano, and when he grows up he wants to be a composer. 

His tutor, Richard Goffin-Lecar, says he is like Amadeus Mozart, who lived during the 18thcentury in Salzburg, Austria, and was one of the most famous composers ever. Mr. Goffin-lecar says, "I don't teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch." 

His father, a single parent with two other children, says that although he has little money, he wants to send Shane to a good music school. "I'm a single father, but I have this gifted child. I don't have much money, but I want to give him the best teachers, and also take him into a studio to record."
1. Who was Shane's tutor?
2. What does he say about Shane?
3. Who did he compare him to?
4. Where was Mozart from?
5. When was he alive?
6. How old is Shane?
7. Where does he live?
8. What is he becoming known as?
9. Because he looks like him?
10. Why?
11. How much does he practice?
12. When did his lessons start?
13. When does he feel nervous?
14. When did he start saying he could play piano?
15. Where does he make up songs?
16. What does his dad do?
17. Does he have siblings?
18. How many?
19. Is his dad married?
20. Where does he desire to send Shane?

Numbered answers:
1. Richard Goffin-Lecar
2. "I don't teach Shane very much. I just give him directions, then sit back and watch."
3. Amadeus Mozart
4. Salzburg, Austria
5. in the 18thcentury
6. 10
7. England
8. Mozart
9. no
10. because of his amazing abilities playing the piano
11. 4 hours a week
12. four months ago
13. never
14. at 3
15. at home
16. records him playing
17. yes
18. two
19. no
20. a good music school


Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
Once there was a boy named Bill who liked to play at being a cowboy. One day he was playing at chasing Indians in his room when he heard a loud crack of thunder. He got really scared. Bill's parents, Ned and Susan, came into his room. They told him not to be scared. They said they were going to make sure the car windows were shut and they would be back soon. Bill said okay. He climbed under his bed and listened to the wind outside. He had his favorite toy gun to keep him safe, but he was still scared because his parents weren't back yet. His brother Zack had given him the gun. Bill started to think he could hear voices in the wind. It sounded like a strange kind of chanting. He started to shake and hug his toy gun. He said, "I'm not afraid of you. If you try to hurt me I'll shoot you." After that he felt a little better. But then he jumped as his bedroom door slammed shut. He hit his head on the bottom of his bed and it hurt. He looked out from under his blanket and saw a strange orange light in his room. He was worried that it was on fire, but he couldn't smell any smoke.
1. Who liked to play make believe?
2. What character did he like to be?
3. What scared him?
4. who assured him everything was OK.?
5. What were their names?
6. Did he have any siblings?
7. What was their name?
8. What was the gift he gave?
9. What hurt him?
10. Was he hiding in his closet?
11. Why was he worried?
12. Did his parents come back?
13. Where did they go?

Numbered answers:
1. Bill
2. a cowboy.
3. thunder
4. his parents
5. Ned and Susan,
6. yes
7. Zack
8. a gun
9. the bottom of his bed
10. no
11. he could hear voices in the wind
12. unknown
13. make sure the car windows were shut


Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER XVI. 

AFTER A MISSING MUSTANG. 

"What are you going to do with me?" asked Hank Stiger, after a moment of painful silence, during which Dan glanced toward Henry, to find his friend reviving rapidly. 

"You'll find out later, Stiger. I can tell you one thing, you've gotten yourself in a pretty tight box." 

"It wasn't my fault,--you forced the shooting," was the sullen response. "Why didn't you leave me alone from the start?" 

"Because I am bound to have those papers and the other articles you stole, that's why." 

"I took nothing, I swear it." 

"Do you expect me to believe you,--after what has happened here, and after that affair of the deer?" 

At this Stiger was silent. He wanted to get up and rush at Dan, despite the levelled pistol, but the wounded knee held him back. Had he been a full-blooded Indian he would have suffered in silence, but, being only a half-breed, and of poor Indian and white blood at that, he groaned dismally. 

"Dan!" The cry came faintly from Henry, who had slowly raised himself. "Where--what--oh, I remember, now!" And he sank back again. 

"It's all right, Henry; I've made Stiger a prisoner." 

"A prisoner!" whined the half-breed. "Ain't I suffered enough already? My leg is somethin' fearful!" and he groaned again. 

"You brought it all on yourself, Stiger, so you need not complain to me." 

"I didn't, you----" 

"I won't listen to any more explanations. Throw your knife over here, and be careful you don't hit anybody with it." 
1. Who is the prisoner?
2. What was his crime?
3. what else tarnished his reputation?
4. Does Dan believe Hank?
5. What keeps Hank from attacking Dan?
6. was Stiger in trouble?
7. What is this chapter about?
8. Is Dan going to punish Hank?
9. Who is Henry?
10. Does Hank admit to the crimes he is accused of?
11. Did someone else cause this to happen to Hank?
12. Was Dan sympathetic to Hanks complaints?
13. What does Dan assure Henry?
14. Did Hank suffer in silence?
15. Why not?
16. Was Henry standing?
17. What was pointed at Hank
18. Is Hank in pain?
19. Why?
20. Did Henry have a clear memory of the events


Numbered answers:
1. Hank Stiger
2. Stole papers
3. The affair of the deer.
4. No
5. His wounded knee
6. Yes
7. Going after a missing mustang
8. unknown
9. Dan's friend
10. No
11. unknown
12. No
13. He's made Stiger a prisoner.
14. No
15. His leg was wounded.
16. No
17. A pistol
18. Yes
19. His leg
20. Probably not