question: CHAPTER XLVII. 

THE GEM OF THE FOUR FAMILIES. 

And now we will go back to Noningsby. On that evening Graham ate his pheasant with a relish although so many cares sat heavy on his mind, and declared, to Mrs. Baker's great satisfaction, that the cook had managed to preserve the bread sauce uninjured through all the perils of delay which it had encountered. 

"Bread sauce is so ticklish; a simmer too much and it's clean done for," Mrs. Baker said with a voice of great solicitude. But she had been accustomed perhaps to patients whose appetites were fastidious. The pheasant and the bread sauce and the mashed potatoes, all prepared by Mrs. Baker's own hands to be eaten as spoon meat, disappeared with great celerity; and then, as Graham sat sipping the solitary glass of sherry that was allowed to him, meditating that he would begin his letter the moment the glass was empty, Augustus Staveley again made his appearance. 

[Illustration: "Bread Sauce is so ticklish."] 

"Well, old fellow," said he, "how are you now?" and he was particularly careful so to speak as to show by his voice that his affection for his friend was as strong as ever. But in doing so he showed also that there was some special thought still present in his mind,--some feeling which was serious in its nature if not absolutely painful. 

"Staveley," said the other, gravely, "I have acquired knowledge to-day which I trust I may carry with me to my grave." 

"And what is that?" said Augustus, looking round to Mrs. Baker as though he thought it well that she should be out of the room before the expected communication was made. But Mrs. Baker's attention was so riveted by her patient's earnestness, that she made no attempt to go. 
1. Did Graham enjoy his meal?
2. Who was in the room with him?
3. What was he drinking?
4. How many had he drunk?
5. What food did he complement the cook on?
6. What did she say would damage it if overly done?
7. Who walked in?
8. Was he an empathetic person?
9. Where were these people?
10. What would the man take to his death?
11. Did Augusts inquire further?
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answer: 1. yes
2. Mrs. Baker
3. sherry
4. solitary glass
5. Bread sauce
6. a simmer too much
7. Augustus Staveley
8. yes
9. Noningsby
10. knowledge
11. yes


question: We know the famous ones--the Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bells--but what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper ? Shouldn't we know who they are? 

Joan Mclean thinks so.In fact,Mclean,a professor of physics at Mountain University in Range,feels so strongly about this matter that she's developed a course on the topic.In addition to learning"who"invented"what",however,Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the"why''and''how"questions.According to Mclean."When students learn the answers to these questions,they are better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try.'' 

Her students agree.One young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLean's statement."If I had not heard the story of the windshield wiper's invention,"said Tommy Lee, a senior physics major,"I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive."Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producer. 

So,just what is the story behind the windshield wiper Well,Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 after a visit to New York City.The day was cold and stormy,but Anderson still wanted to see the sights,so she jumped aboard a streetcar.Noticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield,she found herself wondering why there couldn't be a built--in device for cleaning the window.Still wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham,Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions.One of her ideas,a lever on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside,became the first windshield wiper. 

Today we benefit from countless inventions and innovations.It's hard to imagine driving without Garrett A.Morgan's traffic light.It's equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine J.Blodgett's innovation that makes glass invisible.Can you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?
1. where does Joan Mclean teach?
2. in?
3. what subject does she teach?
4. what course is she running?
5. how many othr questions does she like students to answer?
6. what are they?
7. what does this do for the students?
8. and?
9. Who invented the traffic light?
10. what did Kaltherine Blodgett innovate?
11. which is used in what?
12. Do Prof McLean's students agree with her?
13. What patent is mentioned?
14. who designed it?
15. what inspired him?
16. and waht story?
17. who invented them?
18. when?
19. where had she visited?
20. what was the weather?
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answer: 1. Mountain University
2. Range
3. physics
4. learning"who"invented"what"
5. Two
6. the"why''and''how"
7. better prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing
8. more motivated to give inventing a try.'
9. Garrett A.Morgan
10. making glass invisible
11. windows and eyeglasses
12. yes
13. an unbreakable umbrella
14. Tommy Lee
15. a bad experience during a rainstorm
16. the story of the windshield wiper's invention
17. Mary Anderson
18. in 1902
19. New York City
20. cold and stormy


question: The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a mainline Protestant Methodist denomination. In the 19th century its main predecessor was a leader in Evangelicalism. Founded in 1968 by the union of the Methodist Church (USA) and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley in England as well as the Great Awakening in the United States. As such, the church's theological orientation is decidedly Wesleyan. It embraces both liturgical and evangelical elements. 

The United Methodist Church is the largest denomination within the wider Methodist movement, which has approximately 80 million adherents across the world. In the United States, the UMC ranks as the largest mainline Protestant denomination, the largest Protestant church after the Southern Baptist Convention, and the third largest Christian denomination. As of 2014, worldwide membership was about 12 million: 7.2 million in the United States, and 4.4 million in Africa, Asia and Europe. It is a member of the World Council of Churches, the World Methodist Council, and other religious associations. In 2015, Pew Research estimated that 3.6% of the U.S population, or 9 million adult adherents, self-identify with the United Methodist Church revealing a much larger number of adherents than registered membership.
1. How is the church's theology characterized?
2. what church is being referenced?
3. what is one place where it has its origins?
4. who was responsible for it there?
5. is it from anywhere else?
6. where?
7. is there a name for what happened there?
8. what is it?
9. what is the UMC part of that is bigger?
10. how many people follow it approximately?
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answer:
1. it's a bit liturgical and evangelical
2. The United Methodist Church
3. England
4. John and Charles Wesley
5. y
6. the United States.
7. yes
8. Great Awakening
9. the largest mainline Protestant denomination
10. 80 million