Question:
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CHAPTER XIII 

BURIED ALIVE 

At the moment when Skip Miller knocked away the joist which supported the timbers at the top of the tunnel, Fred had stooped to pick up his shovel, and this position saved him from being instantly killed. 

One end of the shoring plank was yet held by the upright placed in the center of the cutting, and it remained at an angle, although pinning him down, while the earth covered him completely. 

For a moment he was at a loss to know what had happened, and then he heard, as if from afar off, Joe calling him by name. 

"Here I am under the timber," he replied. 

"Are you hurt much?" 

"I think not; but I shall stifle to death if the dirt isn't taken away soon." 

"It ain't a sure thing that you won't stifle even then," he heard Bill say sharply. "Take hold, mate, an' let's get him from beneath while we have a chance to breathe." 

Then the grating of the shovels was distinguished, and pound by pound the weight was removed until nothing save the timber held him down. 

"Can you get out now?" Joe asked, and his voice sounded strangely indistinct. 

"Not till the joist is pulled away." 

"When that is done it's safe to say tons of the roof will follow," Bill muttered, and Joe asked: 

"Does it hurt you much, lad?" 

"The edges are cutting into my back terribly." 

"Grin an' bear it as long as you can. Our only chance for life is to break through the wall into the old tunnel; but if that timber is taken away it's good-bye for all hands." 
1. whats is the chapter name ?
2. whos voices seemed indisrinct ?
3. what was the ? he asked ?
4. who knocked away the joist
5. last name ?
6. what happenes if the dirt is not moved away ?
7. how many people are in this story ?
8. who was at a loss ?
9. who picked up the shovel ?
10. did it save the person ?
11. from what ?
12. who was under the timber ?
13. what was hurting his back ?
14. he had to do what as long as possible ?
15. what was the only chance to live ?
16. in what ?
17. if the timber is taken away what happens ?
18. for what ?
19. who called him by his name ?
20. what covered him a lot ?

Numbered answers:
1. BURIED ALIVE
2. Joe
3. Can you get out now
4. Skip
5. Miller
6. stifle to death
7. Four
8. Skip
9. Fred
10. yes
11. being instantly killed
12. Skip Miller
13. The edges
14. Grin an' bear it
15. break through the wall
16. old tunne
17. it's good-bye
18. all hands
19. Joe
20. the earth


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(CNN) -- A Florida woman accused in the death of a lottery millionaire pleaded not guilty at a court hearing Monday in Hillsborough County, CNN affiliate Bay News 9 reported. 

Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, a truck driver turned lottery millionaire. She was arrested in February. 

Police said she befriended Shakespeare after he won a $31 million Florida lottery prize in 2006. She was named a person of interest after Shakespeare, 43, went missing. 

Deputies found his body outside a home in Plant City in late January after receiving a tip from an associate of Moore's. 

Moore might have committed fraud to obtain parts of Shakespeare's fortune, and she bought lime to deal with his body and was trying to find someone to move the corpse before authorities could find it, police said. 

Shakespeare was killed on April 6 or April 7, and Moore has admitted trying to convince Shakespeare's family members that he was still alive, Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee has said. 

Her attempts included writing a letter to Shakespeare's mother, claiming to be him, and getting people to call his family members, using his cell phone and claiming they were Shakespeare, Gee said. 

Moore proclaimed her innocence before her arrest. 

She told reporters said she was planning to help Shakespeare write a book about the challenges of winning millions and that she was helping him manage the money. 


1. What is Dorice Moore charged with?
2. What degree?
3. Of who?
4. What was his occupation?
5. Was he rich?
6. Where did he get his money from?
7. How much did he win?
8. What year?
9. What was her plea in court?
10. What county?
11. Who reported the hearing?
12. How old was he?
13. Where did they find his body?
14. What city?
15. When?
16. Where did they get the tip from?
17. What did she try to buy time to do?
18. When do they say he was killed?
19. What did she do to make his family think he was still alive?
20. What did she say she was going to help him do?

Numbered answers:
1. Murder
2. first-degree
3. Abraham Shakespeare
4. truck driver
5. Yes
6. lottery
7. $31 million
8. 2006
9. not guilty
10. Hillsborough County
11. Bay News 9
12. 43
13. outside a home
14. Plant City
15. late January
16. an associate of Moore's
17. deal with his body
18. April 6 or April 7
19. Calling family members claiming to be Shakespeare
20. write a book


Question:
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A study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations University reports that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000. The three richest people in the world possess more financial assets than the lowest 48 nations combined. The combined wealth of the "10 million dollar millionaires" grew to nearly $41 trillion in 2008. A January 2014 report by Oxfam claims that the 85 wealthiest individuals in the world have a combined wealth equal to that of the bottom 50% of the world's population, or about 3.5 billion people. According to a Los Angeles Times analysis of the report, the wealthiest 1% owns 46% of the world's wealth; the 85 richest people, a small part of the wealthiest 1%, own about 0.7% of the human population's wealth, which is the same as the bottom half of the population. More recently, in January 2015, Oxfam reported that the wealthiest 1 percent will own more than half of the global wealth by 2016. An October 2014 study by Credit Suisse also claims that the top 1% now own nearly half of the world's wealth and that the accelerating disparity could trigger a recession. In October 2015, Credit Suisse published a study which shows global inequality continues to increase, and that half of the world's wealth is now in the hands of those in the top percentile, whose assets each exceed $759,900. A 2016 report by Oxfam claims that the 62 wealthiest individuals own as much wealth as the poorer half of the global population combined. Oxfam's claims have however been questioned on the basis of the methodology used: by using net wealth (adding up assets and subtracting debts), the Oxfam report, for instance, finds that there are more poor people in the United States and Western Europe than in China (due to a greater tendency to take on debts).[unreliable source?][unreliable source?] Anthony Shorrocks, the lead author of the Credit Suisse report which is one of the sources of Oxfam's data, considers the criticism about debt to be a "silly argument" and "a non-issue . . . a diversion."
1. Who did the study on global assets?
2. What did the study show?
3. Does their wealth continue to grow?
4. Do they expect to own half of the wealth by 2016?
5. Could that cause any economic problems?
6. Do you know what problems it could create?
7. Has the method been questioned?
8. On what basis?
9. What is that?
10. Does a regions debt contribute to the the results?
11. What does Shorrocks say about the data?
12. Where are the most poor people located?
13. Anywhere else?
14. Why?


Numbered answers:
1. the World Institute for Development Economics Research
2. that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000
3. yes
4. yes
5. yes
6. yes, a recession
7. yes
8. because they're using net wealth
9. (adding up assets and subtracting debts)
10. yes
11. that the criticism about debt is silly and a non-issue
12. the report says they're in the United States
13. and Western Europe
14. due to a greater tendancy to take on debts