question: CHAPTER XVIII: DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE 



'Truly the tender mercies of the weak, As of the wicked, are but cruel.' 

And how did Lilias show that she had been truly benefited by her sorrows? Did she fall back into her habits of self-indulgence, or did she run into ill-directed activity, selfish as her indolence, because only gratifying the passion of the moment? 

Those who lived with her saw but little change; kind-hearted and generous she had ever been, and many had been her good impulses, so that while she daily became more steady in well-doing, and exerting herself on principle, no one remarked it, and no one entered into the struggles which it cost her to tame her impetuosity, or force herself to do what was disagreeable to herself, and might offend Emily. 

However, Emily could forgive a great deal when she found that Lily was ready to take any part of the business of the household and schoolroom, which she chose to impose upon her, without the least objection, yet to leave her to assume as much of the credit of managing as she chose--to have no will or way of her own, and to help her to keep her wardrobe in order. 

The schoolroom was just now more of a labour than had ever been the case, at least to one who, like Lilias, if she did a thing at all, would not be satisfied with half doing it. Phyllis was not altered, except that she cried less, and had in a great measure cured herself of dawdling habits and tricks, by her honest efforts to obey well- remembered orders of Eleanor's; but still her slowness and dulness were trying to her teachers, and Lily had often to reproach herself for being angry with her 'when she was doing her best.' 
1. Who could forgive a great deal?
2. Who was she forgiving?
3. Were her old routines ones of altruism and generosity?
4. Was it the long-term that she would describe as giving pleasure?
5. Who may be offended?
6. How many rooms was she ready to assist with?
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answer: 1. Emily
2. lily
3. yes
4. unknown
5. Emily
6. any


question: "Mohawk Guy," a Mars rover flight director, isn't just a social media sensation -- he made an impression on President Barack Obama, too. 

"I, in the past, thought about getting a mohawk myself, but my team keeps on discouraging me," Obama told scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in a phone call Monday broadcast on NASA TV. 

"And now that he's received marriage proposals and thousands of new Twitter followers, I think that I'm going to go back to my team and see if it makes sense," he said to the sound of laughter from dozens of NASA employees. 

Obama called NASA mission specialists to congratulate them on the successful landing of the rover Curiosity, which reached Mars one week ago. He praised them for their achievements in the phone call, which was both laudatory and lighthearted. 

"Mohawk Guy," whose real name is Bobak Ferdowsi, has become famous for his look during the rover landing last week. As the world waited for Curiosity to touch down, Ferdowsi sported a red-and-black mohawk; the sides of his head featured yellow dyed stars. 

Decoding the workplace dress code 

"It does sound like NASA has come a long way from the white-shirt, black dark-rimmed glasses and the pocket protectors," Obama told Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Charles Elachi and colleagues. "You guys are a little cooler than you used to be." 

More seriously, Obama thanked the scientists for devoting their lives to the cause of exploration outside our planet. 

"What you've accomplished embodies the American spirit," he said. "Our expectation is that Curiosity is going to be telling us things that we did not know before," he said, and that the rover will lay the groundwork for an even more "audacious undertaking," which would be "a human mission to the red planet." 
1. What is his nickname?
2. Who has he impressed?
3. What impressed him?
4. What was it?
5. Where does he work?
6. What is his name?
7. What were they watching?
8. What was it called?
9. Where did it go?
10. What is it's name
11. What did they used to wear?
12. Who did the president tell this to?
13. Who is he?
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answer: 1. Mohawk Guy,
2. President Barack Obama
3. his look during the rover landing
4. a red-and-black mohawk; the sides of his head featured yellow dyed stars.
5. NASA
6. Bobak Ferdowsi
7. the rover landing
8. Curiosity
9. the red planet."
10. Mars
11. white-shirt, black dark-rimmed glasses and the pocket protectors
12. Charles Elachi
13. Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director


question: (CNN)The odds seemed almost impossibly stacked against baby Lily, but she survived. 

Rescuers found the toddler Saturday, hanging upside down in her mother's car, which had flipped into a frigid Utah river a day before. 

If the wreck occurred when police believe it did, she may have been there for as many as 14 hours. 

Lily's mother, Lynn Jennifer Groesbeck, died in the crash. She was 25 years old. 

How did her 18-month-old survive? 

One of the biggest factors was the car seat. 

Lily was in the proper car seat for her age and the seat appears to have been properly attached. 

Even though the child was trapped and upside down, her body remained in the seat and above the frigid water. Doctors say that such low temperatures are dangerous, but would be even more so if the baby were wet. 

Dry cold temperatures are more survivable than wet cold temperatures. 

Ironically, the cold might have actually helped Lily survive, said Dr. Barbara Walsh, with the University of Massachusetts Medical School. 

"She's going to have a lower heart rate. She's going to have a lower metabolism. She's going to need less sugar," Walsh said. "It's almost like the body is sort of knowing that it needs to shut down to protect itself." 

A variety of other factors were also likely at play. 

"We don't know what time the child was last fed, when she drank. Given that it's wintertime and she was in her car seat, she was probably wearing mittens, a hat. We tend to over bundle our children, so the fact that she was dry, she probably had on multiple layers because it's winter, and there's always a chance that she had just been sort of fed right before this happened probably all played a role," Walsh said. 
1. what odds were stacked against Lily?
2. What happened in the car?
3. How long was the baby in the car?
4. Did her mother survive?
5. How did the baby survive?
6. What did the cold have to do with Lily's survival?
7. Did she wear anything to protect her from the cold?
8. what else?
9. Was she fed before it happened?
10. Was she dry?
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answer:
1. The odds that she would survive.
2. It flipped into a Utah river, leaving Lily hanging upside down.
3. As many as 14 hours.
4. No.
5. She was properly in the car seat.
6. It slowed her body down which protected it.
7. Yes.
8. Mittens, a hat, and multiple layers of clothing
9. It is not certain, but there was a chance that she was.
10. Yes.