Question:
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Kuwait (; ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait, is a country in Western Asia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia. , Kuwait has a population of 4.2 million people; 1.3 million are Kuwaitis and 2.9 million are expatriates. Expatriates account for 70% of the population. 

Oil reserves were discovered in 1938. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization. In the 1980s, Kuwait experienced a period of geopolitical instability and an economic crisis following the stock market crash. In 1990, Kuwait was invaded by Iraq. The Iraqi occupation came to an end in 1991 after military intervention by coalition forces. At the end of the war, there were extensive efforts to revive the economy and rebuild national infrastructure. 

Kuwait is a constitutional state with a semi-democratic political system. It has a high income economy backed by the world's sixth largest oil reserves. The Kuwaiti dinar is the highest valued currency in the world. According to the World Bank, the country has the fourth highest per capita income in the world. The Constitution was promulgated in 1962. The Kuwait National Cultural District is a member of the Global Cultural Districts Network.
1. Where is Kuwait?

Numbered answers:
1. Western Asia.


Question:
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CHAPTER IV. 

HAL STANDS UP FOR HIMSELF. 

Hal now found himself in a tight situation. Felix Hardwick had him by the throat, and was slowly but surely choking him. 

"Don't! don't!" cried Mr. Sumner, in great alarm. 

"The miserable tramp!" cried Hardwick. "I'll teach him to call a gentleman a thief." 

He continued his choking process, paying no attention to his employer's efforts to haul him away. 

But by this time Hal began to realize that Hardwick was in earnest. He began to kick, and presently landed a blow in the book-keeper's stomach that completely winded the man. 

Hardwick relaxed his hold, and Hal sprang away. 

"Stop! stop!" ordered Mr. Sumner. "I will not have such disgraceful scenes in this office." 

"But he intimated I was a thief," said Hardwick, trying to catch his wind. 

"And he said the same of me," retorted Hal. 

"So you are!" 

"I never stole a thing in my life, Mr. Sumner." Hal turned to the broker. "And I am not a tramp." 

"Then supposing we make it a poor-house beggar," returned Hardwick, with a short laugh. 

Hal turned red. The shot was a cruel one. 

"Hush! Hardwick," cried Mr. Sumner. "There is no necessity for such language." 

The broker turned to Hal. 

"You just made a strange statement, Carson," he said. "How do you know Mr. Hardwick contemplated robbing the safe?" 

"Because I do." 

"That is no answer." 

"I overheard him and Mr. Allen talking about the bonds being in the safe." 

"When?" 

"The evening I came to New York." 
1. Did Hal turn red out of embarrassment?
2. What had Hardwick called him?
3. What else?
4. And what was the final insult?
5. Did he confess to ever stealing anything?
6. What's Mr. Sumner's profession?
7. What's Hal's last name?
8. Does Mr. Sumner appreciate profane language?
9. What's Hardwick's first name?
10. Did he contemplate committing a crime, according to Hal?
11. What type of crime?
12. What did he want to rob?
13. By himself?
14. Who did Hal overhear Felix talking to about robbing the safe?
15. What's in the safe?
16. When did Hal overhear them?
17. Where was he coming back from?
18. What had Felix been doing to Hal when Mr. Sumner intruded?
19. Does Felix think of himself as a gentleman?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. a thief
3. miserable tramp
4. poor-house beggar
5. no
6. broker
7. unknown
8. no
9. Felix
10. yes
11. thieving
12. the safe
13. yes
14. Mr. Allen
15. bonds
16. evening
17. New York
18. had him by the throat
19. yes


Question:
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CHAPTER NINETEEN. 

THE DARKEST HOUR. 

A long time after the events narrated in the last chapter, John Adams and Edward Young sat together one evening in the cave at the top of the mountain, where poor Fletcher Christian had been wont to hold his lonely vigils. 

"I've bin thinkin' of late," said Young, "that it is very foolish of us to content ourselves with merely fishing from the rocks, when there are better fish to be had in deep water, and plenty of material at hand for making canoes." 

"You're right, sir; we ought to try our hands at a canoe. Pity we didn't do so before the native men was all killed. They knew what sort o' trees to use, and how to split 'em up into planks, an' all that sort o' thing." 

"But McCoy used to study that subject, and talk much about it, when we were in Otaheite," returned Young. "I've no doubt that with his aid we could build a good enough canoe, and the women would be as able as the men, no doubt, to direct us what to do if we were in a difficulty. McCoy is a handy fellow, you know, with tools, as he has proved more than once since the death of poor Williams." 

Adams shook his head. 

"No doubt, Mr Young, he's handy enough with the tools; but ever since he discovered how to make spirits, neither he nor Quintal, as you know, sir, are fit for anything." 

"True," said Young, with a perplexed look; "it never occurred to me before that strong drink was such a curse. I begin now to understand why some men that I have known have been so enthusiastic in their outcry against it. Perhaps it would be right for you and me to refuse to drink with Quintal and McCoy, seeing that they are evidently killing themselves with it." 
1. What is the chapter title?
2. Who is sitting together?
3. What do they want to build?
4. Do they have all knowledge to build one?
5. Who did?
6. What happened to the natives?
7. What is one of the things the natives knew?
8. Who found out how to make alcohol?
9. Is he useful now?
10. Where are the two men at?
11. Where is the cave?
12. Who is poor?
13. What did he hold?
14. Where will better fish be at?
15. What else will be easier to find in this area?


Numbered answers:
1. THE DARKEST HOUR
2. John Adams and Edward Young
3. canoes
4. No
5. the native men
6. the native men was all killed
7. what sort o' trees to use
8. Mr Young
9. No
10. in the cave
11. at the top of the mountain
12. Fletcher Christian
13. lonely vigils
14. in deep water
15. material for making canoes