Question: Do you want to know something about children in Africa? What to they do for fun every day? Find out here: Education School is expensive for many African children. Lots of families can't afford school uniforms or exercise books even though they don't have to pay for school. For those lucky enough to go to school , they have a lot to learn. Some take two language classes: English or French, and their first language. There is also math, science, history, social studies and geography. _ take up much of children's time after school. They have to get water and firewood for the family every day. Also there's cleaning , washing and helping Mum with the meal. Daily fun It's not all work and no play. Sports are very popular. Children can make goals with twigs ( )and their own footballs with plastic and bits of string ( ). They play in the country and the streets of old towns. There're many football teams for teenagers in Africa. Internet It's really expensive to get on the Internet. To surf the net for 20 hours costs over 600yuan. This is more than the average monthly pay per person. Egypt and South Africa are the top two users of the Internet in Africa. All of the capital cities there can get on the Internet. Some schools offer computer lessons but few students can enjoy computer fun at home. 1. Is education cheap?
2. does everyone get to go to school?
3. are sports popular?
4. how much does the internet cost for 20 hours?
5. is that less than the monthly pay per person?
6. who are the top two countries in africa?
7. do they have football? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. no
2. no
3. yes
4. 600yuan
5. no
6. Egypt and South Africa
7. yes


Question: "Mister D'Arcy is not a policeman. He is, however, very wise. He knew the police would search his apartment. He also knew how police think. So, he did not hide the letter where he knew they would look for it. 

"Do you remember how Germont laughed when I said the mystery was difficult for him to solve because it was so simple?" 

Dupin filled his pipe with tobacco and lit it. "Well, the more I thought about it, the more I realized the police could not find the letter because D'Arcy had not hidden it at all. 

"So I went to visit D'Arcy in his apartment. I took a pair of dark green eyeglasses with me. I explained to him that I was having trouble with my eyes and needed to wear the dark glasses at all times. He believed me. The glasses permitted me to look around the apartment while I seemed only to be talking to him. 

"I paid special attention to a large desk where there were a lot of papers and books. However, I saw nothing suspicious there. After a few minutes, however, I noticed a small shelf over the fireplace. A few postcards and a letter were lying on the shelf. The letter looked very old and dirty. 

"As soon as I saw this letter, I decided it must be the one I was looking for. It must be, even though it was completely different from the one Germont had described. 

"This letter had a large green stamp on it. The address was written in small letters in blue ink. I memorized every detail of the letter while I talked to D'Arcy. Then when he was not looking, I dropped one of my gloves on the floor under my chair. 

"The next morning, I stopped at his apartment to look for my glove. While we were talking, we heard people shouting in the street. D'Arcy went to the window and looked out. Quickly, I stepped to the shelf and put the letter in my pocket. Then I replaced it with a letter that looked exactly like it, which I had made it the night before. 

"The trouble in the street was caused by a man who had almost been run over by a horse and carriage. He was not hurt. And soon the crowd of people went away. When it was over, D'Arcy came away from the window. I said goodbye and left. 

"The man who almost had an accident was one of my servants . I had paid him to create the incident." 

Dupin stopped talking to light his pipe. I did not understand. "But, Dupin," I said, "why did you go to the trouble of replacing the letter? Why not just take it and leave?" 

Dupin smiled. "D'Arcy is a dangerous man," he said. "And he has many loyal servants. If I had taken the letter, I might never have left his apartment alive." 1. Was Mister D'Arcy a policeman?
2. Did he know much a about police?
3. What did Dupin fill?
4. With what?
5. What color were the eyeglasses?
6. Did they believe he needed the glasses at all time?
7. What did the glasses allow him to do?
8. What was on the letter?
9. What did he drop there? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. no
2. yes
3. his pipe
4. tobacco
5. dark green
6. I explained to him that I was having trouble with my eyes and needed to wear the dark glasses at all times. yes
7. to look around
8. large green stamp
9. his glove


Question: It is estimated that in the 11th century Ashkenazi Jews composed only three percent of the world's Jewish population, while at their peak in 1931 they accounted for 92 percent of the world's Jews. Immediately prior to the Holocaust, the number of Jews in the world stood at approximately 16.7 million. Statistical figures vary for the contemporary demography of Ashkenazi Jews, oscillating between 10 million and 11.2 million. Sergio DellaPergola in a rough calculation of Sephardic and Mizrahi Jews, implies that Ashkenazi make up less than 74% of Jews worldwide. Other estimates place Ashkenazi Jews as making up about 75% of Jews worldwide. 

In the Yoma tractate of the Babylonian Talmud the name Gomer is rendered as Germania, which elsewhere in rabbinical literature was identified with Germanikia in northwestern Syria, but later became associated with Germania. Ashkenaz is linked to Scandza/Scanzia, viewed as the cradle of Germanic tribes, as early as a 6th-century gloss to the Historia Ecclesiastica of Eusebius. In the 10th-century History of Armenia of Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i (1.15) Ashkenaz was associated with Armenia, as it was occasionally in Jewish usage, where its denotation extended at times to Adiabene, Khazaria, Crimea and areas to the east. His contemporary Saadia Gaon identified Ashkenaz with the Saquliba or Slavic territories, and such usage covered also the lands of tribes neighboring the Slavs, and Eastern and Central Europe. In modern times, Samuel Krauss identified the Biblical "Ashkenaz" with Khazaria. 1. What is Ashkenaz linked to?
2. What was it seen as the cradle of?
3. How early in time?
4. When was it associated with Armenia?
5. Who identified it with Khazaria?
6. What percentage did Ashkenazi Jews make up of the world's Jewish population in the 11th century?
7. By 1931, were there more of them or fewer of them?
8. What percentage did they make up?
9. How many were there before the Holocaust>
10. And what about today> Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Scandza/Scanzia
2. the cradle of Germanic tribes,
3. 6th cnetury
4. 10th century
5. Yovhannes Drasxanakertc'i
6. 3 percent
7. more
8. 92 percent
9. 16.7 million
10. 10 to 11.2 million