Problem: What do Tom Sawyer and Jumping Frogs have in common? Stories about both of them were created by one man: Mark Twain. Twain was four years old when his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri, located on the west bank of the Mississippi. Twain grew up there and was fascinated with (......) life along the river----the steamboats, the giant lumber rafts, and the people who worked on them. 

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County is one of Twain's best loved short stories, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of his most famous novels. Both these works are celebrated by events held during National Tom Sawyer Days, which originated in the late 1950s and became national in the 1960s. Children enter their frogs in the jumping contest during National Tom Sawyer Days. There's also a fence painting contest to see who can paint the fastest. The idea for this contest comes from a scene in Tom Sawyer, in which Tom has been told to paint the fence in front of the house he lives in. It's a beautiful day, and he would rather be doing anything else. As his friends walk by, he makes them believe that it's fun to paint, and they join in the "fun". By the end of the day, the fence has three coats of paint! 

Although the story of Tom Sawyer is a fiction, it's based on facts. If you go to Hannibal, you'll see the white fence, which still stands at Twain's boyhood home.
1. What's one of Mark Twain's most popular novels?
2. What else is celebrated in National Tom Sawyer Days?
3. Is it an official holiday?
4. Where?
5. When did it become official?
6. What days is the holiday held on?
7. What's an example of a thing that people do to celebrate it?
8. Anything else?
9. Is Tom Sawyer a real person?
10. Did he live in Missouri?
11. Did he enjoy painting?
12. Did he like frogs?
13. Is he based on a real person?
14. Who?
15. What did Twain like about his home?
16. How old was he when he started living there?
17. When was he born?
Answer: 1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
2. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
3. Yes
4. Missouri
5. The 1960s
6. unknown
7. Children enter their frogs in jumping contests.
8. Fence painting contest
9. No
10. unknown
11. No
12. unknown
13. Yes
14. Mark Twain
15. Life along the river
16. Four
17. unknown

Problem: Simon hardly listened to his teachers or worked hard in class. For him, talking was so much better. He never stopped talking. He wanted to be heard. "If you listen carefully, you'll learn something." Mrs. Jacobs told him many times, but it didn't work. Last Sunday, Simon had a sore throat and he lost his voice the next morning. "Can I stay home?" he tried to ask, but words didn't come out. His mother thought he could go to school. He felt upset. When he got to school, he didn't say anything to his friends or teachers. Everyone started talking at once. They were excited, worried and surprised. Mrs. Jacobs seemed happy. Simon was bored because he couldn't talk. But it wasn't so bad. He could do his homework. The next day, even though his voice was coming back, he stayed quiet again. He listened and put up his hand to speak. What a great difference! ,.
1. What was the teacher's name?
2. Who was one of her students?
3. Was he quiet?
4. Was he a good listener?
5. What made him be quiet?
6. When?
7. Did he go to school the next day?
8. Why didn't he stay home?
9. Did he talk to anyone that day?
10. Was he able to concentrate more when he was silent?
11. Did he try to be quiet more often?
Answer: 1. Mrs. Jacobs
2. Simon
3. No.
4. No.
5. Lost his voice.
6. Last Sunday
7. Yes
8. His mother thought he could go to school
9. No.
10. Yes.
11. Yes.

Problem: (CNN) -- Branden Grace duly completed his front running victory at the Dunhill Links Championships Sunday after coming under last round pressure from Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen at St Andrews. 

Grace, winning for the fifth time in a superb 2012, four coming on the European Tour, ended two ahead of Olesen after carding a final round 70 for a record 22-under total in the tournament. 

"It feels awesome," the South African told the official European Tour website after a victory that has lifted him to third in the The Race to Dubai. 

He has now targeted No.1 Rory McIlroy in the battle for the overall honors in Europe. 

"It's definitely in my sights," he said. 

Grace, who is yet another graduate of the Ernie Els Foundation, led from the first round at Kingsbarns where he shot a stunning 12-under 60. 

But when Olesen carded two straight birdies around the turn and Grace three-putted the short 11th for a bogey, they were level. 

But Grace pulled away with a stunning hat-trick of birdies only interrupted by a bogey on the Road Hole 17th. 

He still had a two-shot lead playing the last which they both birdied. 

Alexander Noren of Sweden finished third, four shots back, with Joel Sjoholm of Sweden in fourth. 

Scot Stephen Gallacher, a former Dunhill winner, was making superb last day progress until he accidentally played the ball of an amateur partner Steve Halsall on the 16th fairway. 

It cost him a two-shot penalty and he ended up running up a quadruple bogey to slip back into a tie for fifth. 
1. Who is the article about?
2. What was the name of the competition he competed in?
3. When did it take place?
4. Where is he from?
5. Who pressured him in the last part of the competition?
6. What is his ranking in comparison to Olesen?
7. Who is his next target?
8. What is his ranking?
9. Who ended up in third place?
10. Who was after him?
11. Where is he from?
12. Who made a play on the wrong ball?
13. Who was the ball for?
14. What place did Scot end up in?
Answer:
1. Branden Grace
2. Dunhill Links Championships
3. Sunday
4. South Africa
5. Olesen
6. two ahead of Olesen
7. Rory McIlroy
8. No.1
9. Alexander Noren
10. Joel Sjoholm
11. Sweden
12. Scot Stephen Gallacher
13. Steve Halsall
14. fifth