Question:
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Minot, North Dakota (CNN) -- A spontaneous burst of applause broke out at a Saturday press conference in Minot, North Dakota, when the city's mayor said the Souris River should crest overnight -- about 12 feet higher than flood stage, but several inches short of what had been feared. 

"This is great news," said Mayor Curt Zimbelman. 

This prediction from the National Weather Service proved a rare bright spot in what has been, and continues to be, a trying time for citizens in Minot and neighboring communities. 

The Souris River, which locals call "The Mouse" after the French translation of its name, flows through the center of Minot, a city of about 36,000. About a third of the city's population is under evacuation orders, while at least 3,000 homes have been flooded. 

One resident, Stuart Dull, told CNN about how he, his wife and two children feverishly packed up their belongings ahead of the approaching waters. What they could move out is stashed in a garage, while the family has found a temporary home in a relative's basement. 

"Words kind of escape me," said Dull, describing his feeling after later sneaking back toward his home and seeing it under water. "It's a sense of despair ... and it's maybe a check on some of the things that you hold dear." 

Stuart Collum said he spotted the silver chimney and black roof of his house, where he has lived since 1968, on Saturday -- with the rest of the dwelling under water. 
1. What is happening?
2. About what?
3. Where?
4. How high will it get?
5. what ?
6. What is cresting?
7. What is its nickname?
8. Where does it flow?
9. How big is the city?
10. How many evacuated?
11. How many houses are gone?
12. Who talked to the reporter?
13. How many in his family?
14. Is his ok?
15. How long has he lived there?
16. Where are they now?
17. What can he see?
18. Where is Minot?
19. Who made the statement?
20. What is his name?

Numbered answers:
1. a press conference
2. about a flood warning
3. Minot
4. 12 feet higher than flood stage
5. 12 feet
6. the Souris River
7. "The Mouse"
8. through Minot
9. a city of 36,000
10. a third of the city's population
11. at least 3,000 homes
12. Stuart Dull
13. Four
14. he feels despair
15. since 1968
16. a temporary home
17. his home under water
18. North Dakota
19. the city's mayor
20. Curt Zimbelman.


Question:
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Jack Brown was very quiet as Dr. Johnson examined him. The doctor looked at the boy's throat , took his temperature and listened to his heart . Finally, he asked Jack's mother a few questions "When did Jack begin to feel ill?" "This morning when he got up. He said he felt too sick to go to school today." "What did he eat for breakfast?" "He got orange juice, two pieces of bread, an egg and a glass of milk." I see," the doctor asked Jack, "How do you feel now,My boy?" Jack answered "Terrible, I think I'm going to die The doctor said, "You won't die. In fact, you'll be fine by dinner time." "Oh, doctor! Do you really think so?" Jack's mother looked very glad, Dr. Johnson answered, "Mrs. Brown, you son has a sickness that is common to boys at a time like this. It comes and goes quickly. Mrs. Brown said, "But I don't understand." "Today," the doctor told her, "the most exciting football final of the World Cup is on TV. If Jack feel well enough to watch TV this afternoon, and I think he does. He will be fine when the final is over. It's the only cure I know of this sickness. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must go across the street to see the Fords boy, Steve. He seems to have the same thing as Jack has today."
1. Where did jack go
2. What was his name?
3. Was Jack sick?
4. What did he eat for breakfast?
5. What was wrong with Jack?
6. Was Jacks mother glad he was not sick?
7. When did the Dr say that Jack would feel better?
8. What did the Dr say was the cure?
9. Who else was sick?
10. Did Steve have the same thing as Jack?

Numbered answers:
1. to the doctor
2. Dr. Johnson
3. He said he felt sick
4. orange juice, two pieces of bread, an egg and a glass of milk.
5. the World Cup was on TV and he wanted to  watch it
6. Yes
7. by dinner time
8. watch TV this afternoon,
9. Fords boy, Steve
10. Yes


Question:
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Chapter 10: In Disguise. Chapter 11: A Useful Friend. Chapter 12: A Tiger In A Zenana. Chapter 13: Officers Of The Palace. Chapter 14: A Surprise. Chapter 15: Escape. Chapter 16: The Journey. Chapter 17: Back At Tripataly. Chapter 18: A Narrow Escape. Chapter 19: Found At Last. Chapter 20: The Escape. Chapter 21: Home. 



Preface. 

While some of our wars in India are open to the charge that they were undertaken on slight provocation, and were forced on by us in order that we might have an excuse for annexation, our struggle with Tippoo Saib was, on the other hand, marked by a long endurance of wrong, and a toleration of abominable cruelties perpetrated upon Englishmen and our native allies. Hyder Ali was a conqueror of the true Eastern type. He was ambitious in the extreme. He dreamed of becoming the Lord of the whole of Southern India. He was an able leader, and, though ruthless where it was his policy to strike terror, he was not cruel from choice. 

His son, Tippoo, on the contrary, revelled in acts of the most abominable cruelty. It would seem that he massacred for the very pleasure of massacring, and hundreds of British captives were killed by famine, poison, or torture, simply to gratify his lust for murder. Patience was shown towards this monster until patience became a fault, and our inaction was naturally ascribed by him to fear. Had firmness been shown by Lord Cornwallis, when Seringapatam was practically in his power, the second war would have been avoided and thousands of lives spared. The blunder was a costly one to us, for the work had to be done all over again, and the fault of Lord Cornwallis retrieved by the energy and firmness of the Marquis of Wellesley. 
1. Who was Hyder Ali?
2. What did he dream about?
3. Was he a capable leader?
4. Did he choose to be mean?
5. Who was his son?
6. Was he nice?
7. What did he do to hundreds of British?
8. Why?
9. What was the struggle with Tippoo Saib marked by?
10. Which Lord could have been firm and avoided a second war?
11. What was almost in Lord Conrwallis' power?
12. What was Hyder Ali ruthless about?
13. Why have some Indian wars been undertaken?
14. What was shown toward Tippoo until it became a fault?
15. What was costly?
16. What had to be done again?
17. And who had to retrieve the fault of Lord Cornwallis?
18. What was Hyder Ali's wife's name?
19. What is the heading for this passage of writing?


Numbered answers:
1. a conqueror
2. becoming the Lord of the whole of Southern India
3. Yes
4. No
5. Tippoo
6. No
7. captives were killed
8. to gratify his lust for murder
9. a long endurance of wrong
10. Lord Cornwallis
11. Seringapatam
12. his policy to strike terror
13. slight provocation
14. Patience
15. Yes
16. the work
17. the Marquis of Wellesley
18. unknown
19. Preface