Question:
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I once went on a week-long backpacking trip through the mountains. We had a lot of fun and saw a lot of animals. We saw two bears on the first. We also saw one buffalo. During the week we climbed four different mountains. The best day of the trip was the last day. On the last day we heard that one of best things to do was to climb the last mountain at night so that way you could watch the sunrise on top of the mountain. We had to wake up at two in the morning to do the climb. It was very tough to climb a mountain at night. We finally got to the top of the mountain at five in the morning. We watched the sunrise an hour later at six in the morning. It was very beautiful. In fact, at one time because of the rise of the mountain you it was daytime in front of us and nighttime behind us. This was one of the best times in my life.
1. How long was the backpacking trip?
2. How many people went on the trip?
3. How many mountains did they scale?
4. Which day has the author's favorite?
5. On that day, how long did it take to get to the summit?
6. How long did they stay?
7. Was this climb easy?
8. When did they first see sunlight?
9. What did the author mean by it being day in front and night behind?
10. Why did they start at night?
11. How much wildlife did they see?

Numbered answers:
1. week-long
2. Two
3. Four
4. the last day
5. 3 hours
6. 1 hour
7. no
8. at six
9. unknown
10. to watch the sunrise
11. 2 bears and 1 buffalo


Question:
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Rio de Janeiro (; ; "River of January"), or simply Rio, is the second-most populous municipality in Brazil and the sixth-most populous in the Americas. The metropolis is anchor to the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, the second-most populous metropolitan area in Brazil and sixth-most populous in the Americas. Rio de Janeiro the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's third-most populous state. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named ""Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea"", by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 as a Cultural Landscape. 

Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. Later, in 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Portuguese Royal Court transferred itself from Portugal to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the chosen seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal, who subsequently, in 1815, under the leadership of her son, the Prince Regent, and future King João VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algarves. Rio stayed the capital of the pluricontinental Lusitanian monarchy until 1822, when the War of Brazilian Independence began. This is one of the few instances in history that the capital of a colonising country officially shifted to a city in one of its colonies. Rio de Janeiro subsequently served as the capital of the independent monarchy, the Empire of Brazil, until 1889, and then the capital of a republican Brazil until 1960 when the capital was transferred to Brasília.
1. What municipality are we talking about?
2. When was it founded?
3. By whom?
4. Which ranking in population is it in the Americas?
5. What was it the seat of at first?
6. When did the War of Brazilian Independence start?
7. Of which empire was it a domain?
8. Where did the city become a capital of after that?
9. In what year?
10. Who moved to Brazil in 1808?
11. Whose court?
12. Who was leader when Brazil became a kingdom?
13. Within how many areas did he achieve this?
14. Name one.
15. Name another please.
16. Which is the last?

Numbered answers:
1. Rio de Janeiro
2. 1565
3. Portuguese
4. sixth
5. court of Queen Maria I of Portugal
6. 1822
7. Portuguese Empire.
8. State of Brazil,
9. 1763
10. Portuguese Royal Court
11. Queen Maria I
12. João VI
13. Three
14. United Kingdom of Portugal,
15. Brazil,
16. Algarves


Question:
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CHAPTER IX.—THE MAD ELEPHANT. 

From Middletown the circus went to Dover, and then to Grasscannon. 

At each of these places a big business was done, and at every performance Leo did better. 

The young gymnast became a great favorite with all but two people in the “Greatest Show on Earth.” 

These two people were Jack Snipper, who remained as overbearing as ever, and Jack Broxton, the fellow discharged for intoxication. 

Broxton had been following up the circus ever since his discharge, in the vain hope of being reinstated. 

But the rules in the “Greatest Show on Earth” are very strict, and no intoxication is allowed. 

After leaving Grasscannon, the circus struck up through New York State, and at the end of the week arrived at Buffalo. 

It was while at this place that Broxton tried to play a dangerous trick upon Leo. 

He met the young gymnast on the street one night after the performance. 

He was under the influence of liquor at the time, and in his pocket he carried what is known by the boys as a giant torpedo. 

As Leo turned a corner he threw the torpedo at Leo’s feet. 

Luckily the torpedo failed to explode. 

Had it gone off the young gymnast would have been sadly crippled. 

“You rascal!” cried Leo, and he made for Broxton and landed him in the gutter. 

Some of the other performers then came up. 

“What’s the row, Leo?” 

“Look what Broxton threw at me,” he replied, and handed the torpedo around for inspection. 
1. Who was kicked out for being drunk?
2. Did he like Leo?
3. Who else did not like him?
4. True or False: Leo was steadily improving.
5. Where did the circus go after Middletown?
6. And after Grasscannon?
7. What did someone throw at Leo?
8. Who threw it?
9. Where did it land?
10. Did Leo fight Broxton?
11. Who went in the gutter?
12. Who came up and saw the torpedo?
13. What was Leo's role in the circus?
14. What was the circus called?
15. True or False: Broxton hoped to get his job back.
16. For how long had he been trying to make that happen?
17. Was he drunk when he threw the torpedo?
18. True or False: The torpedo exploded.
19. What did Leo call Broxton?
20. Would could have happened to Leo?


Numbered answers:
1. Broxton
2. no
3. Jack Snipper
4. true
5. Dover
6. New York State
7. giant torpedo
8. Broxton
9. at Leo’s feet
10. yes
11. Broxton
12. other performers
13. gymnast
14. Greatest Show on Earth
15. true
16. ever since his discharge
17. yes
18. False
19. rascal
20. he would have been crippled