input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Chapter 6 

THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY 

It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took this arrangement in great dudgeon, because the appointed hours were evening hours, and those he considered precious to the progress of the friendly move. But it was quite in character, he bitterly remarked to Mr Venus, that the upstart who had trampled on those eminent creatures, Miss Elizabeth, Master George, Aunt Jane, and Uncle Parker, should oppress his literary man. 

The Roman Empire having worked out its destruction, Mr Boffin next appeared in a cab with Rollin's Ancient History, which valuable work being found to possess lethargic properties, broke down, at about the period when the whole of the army of Alexander the Macedonian (at that time about forty thousand strong) burst into tears simultaneously, on his being taken with a shivering fit after bathing. The Wars of the Jews, likewise languishing under Mr Wegg's generalship, Mr Boffin arrived in another cab with Plutarch: whose Lives he found in the sequel extremely entertaining, though he hoped Plutarch might not expect him to believe them all. What to believe, in the course of his reading, was Mr Boffin's chief literary difficulty indeed; for some time he was divided in his mind between half, all, or none; at length, when he decided, as a moderate man, to compound with half, the question still remained, which half? And that stumbling-block he never got over.  1. who was upset because the hours were in the evening?
2. did he consider those precious?
3. who did he complain to about it?
4. what is Wegg's first name?
5. does he frequently attend the bower?
6. did he consider himself a literary man?
7. who supposedly worked out their destruction?
8. whose army is said to have cried?
9. how many soldiers were in it?
10. did Alexander get sick?
11. after what?
12. who arrived with plutarch?
13. in what?
14. did boffin find it easy to believe what he read?
15. Did Wegg complain about an aunt?
16. what was her name?
numbered_answers: 1. Mr Wegg
2. yes
3. Mr Venus
4. unknown
5. no
6. yes
7. Roman Empire
8. army of Alexander
9. forty thousand
10. yes
11. bathing
12. Mr Boffin
13. in a cab
14. no
15. yes
16. Jane

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. My Left Foot (1989) Imagine _ , unable to make any movements except to move your left foot. The main character in My Left Foot,based on the real story of cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown,can barely move his mouth to speak, but by controlling his left foot, he's able to express himself as an artist and poet. For his moving performance of Brown, Daniel Lewis won his first Academy Award for best actor. Shine (1996) Do you have a talent you're afraid to share with the world? David Helfgott seemed meant from childhood to be "one of the truly great pianists," but the pressures of performing (and pleasing his father) resulted in a complete breakdown. Ten years in a mental hospital didn't weaken Helfgott's musical gift: When he was rediscovered, he was playing concertos in a bar. Shine received seven Oscar nominations , and Geoffrey Rush won best actor for his performance of Helfgott. Life Is Beautiful (1997) Nothing's more powerful than the love between a parent and a child. In this heartbreaking Italian film, a father (Roberto Benigni) makes an unbelievable sacrifice for his 4-year-old son: trapped in a Nazi concentration camp in 1945, the Jewish man convinces his boy that they are playing a complicated game. He manages to spare him the horror of the terrible war, and even in his final moments of life, keeps his son smiling and hopeful. Benigni won the best actor Oscar. Stand and Deliver (1988) Few people can inspire us more than a good teacher. Jaime Escalante (Edward James Olmos got Oscar nomination for best actor) is a great one. Employed at a high school where kids are expected to fail, Escalante challenges his math students to struggle for better things, like getting good grades in the AP exam. Despite the obstacles in their lives, the classmates achieve their goals, thanks to Mr. Escalante's support. The real Jaime Escalante, the Best Teacher in America, says that Stand and Deliver is "90% truth, 10% drama." 1. Who is My Left Foot based on?
2. What illness did he have?
3. Could he talk?
4. How did he communicate?
5. Which pianist had a break down?
6. Did he recover quickly?
7. How long was he hospitalized for?
8. What was Jaime Escalante's occupation?
9. Was he bad at his job?
10. What was the movie called that was about him?
11. How much of it was true?
12. Did Benigni receive any awards?
13. Which one?
14. What was his role?
15. And in what year did it take place?
16. Did he have any children?
17. How many?
18. And his age?
numbered_answers: 1. Christy Brown
2. cerebral palsy
3. barely
4. by controlling his left foot
5. David Helfgott
6. No
7. Ten years
8. Teacher
9. No
10. Stand and Deliver
11. 90%
12. Yes
13. best actor Oscar
14. a father trapped in a Nazi camp
15. 1945
16. yes
17. One
18. 4-year-old

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. CHAPTER I 

WALTER DETERMINES TO ENTER THE NAVY 

"Well, Walter, I suppose the newspapers are going like hot cakes this morning." 

"They are, Mr. Newell. Everybody wants the news. I ran out of 'Globes' and 'Heralds' before seven o'clock, and sent Dan down for fifty more of each." 

"That was right. It's a windfall for us newsdealers, as well as a glorious victory to match. It makes me think of my old war days, when I was aboard of the _Carondelet_ under Captain Walke. We didn't sink so many ships as Dewey has at Manila, but we sank some, and smashed many a shore battery in the bargain, along the banks of the Mississippi. What does that extra have to say?" and Phil Newell, the one-legged civil-war naval veteran, who was also proprietor of the news-stand, took the sheet which Walter Russell, his clerk, handed out. 

"There is not much additional news as yet," answered Walter. "One of the sensational papers has it that Dewey is now bombarding Manila, but the news is not confirmed. But it is true that our squadron sunk every one of the Spanish warships,--and that, I reckon, is enough for one victory." 

"True, my lad, true; but there is nothing like keeping at 'em, when you have 'em on the run. That is the way we did down South. Perhaps Dewey is waiting for additional instructions from Washington. I hope he didn't suffer much of a loss. Some papers say he came off scot free, but that seems too good to be true."  1. Who owns the store?
2. Was he a soldier in the past?
3. During which war?
4. Do he serve on water?
5. What was the name of the ship?
6. What river did they travel on?
7. Who was his commanding officer?
8. Did they attack any enemy ships?
9. Who else has been attacking ships?
10. Where?
11. Who sank more?
12. Who works for Phil?
13. As what?
14. What do they sell?
15. In what form?
16. Is the news in print?
17. Do they sell from more than one company?
18. Are sales good today?
19. What did they run out of?
20. When?
numbered_answers:
1. Phil Newell
2. Yes
3. civil-war
4. Yes
5. Carondelet
6. Mississippi
7. Captain Walke
8. yes
9. Dewey
10. at Manila
11. Dewey
12. Walter Russell
13. his clerk
14. news
15. news-stand
16. yes
17. yes
18. yes
19. the newspapers
20. before seven o'clock