Question: Christine and Elena grew up in the same suburb of Sydney and first met at kindergarten. They took to each other immediately and became inseparable friends throughout their school lives. Elena's parents had moved from Greece to Australia, and her grandparents still lived on the small Greek island of Santorini, When she was 16, Elena visited her grandparents for the first time. On returning to Australia, she talked endlessly about her grandmother's next-door neighbor, Mara. When Christine expressed puzzlement at Elena's obsession with people next door, Elena admitted that Maria had a handsome son called Nicos. She showed Christine a photo of him, standing next to his prize possession, a motorbike. Elena and Nicos exchanged emails for a while, but suddenly Nicos stopped writing. While not heartbroken, Elena was nevertheless hurt. A year later, when Christine announced that she was going to visit Greece, Elena begged her to visit Santorini and say hello to Maria and Nicos. Christine agreed to do so. 

When she flew into Athens on an unseasonably cold day in September, she quickly realized that she hadn't brought enough warm clothes. Walking through the streets of the Greek capital, she happened to see a nice coat in a shop window and went in to ask about the price. The coat was too expensive, but as Christine was about to leave the shop, the woman asked her where she was from. When Christine answered Australia, the woman agreed to reduce the price because she knew a nice girl from Australia called Elena. Christine then noticed a photo of a young man standing next to a motorbike. Her eyes opened wide with astonishment. It was Nicos! Indeed the young man was Nicos, and the woman in the shop was Maria. She had come to Athens from Santorini to look after the shop for a friend. 

Sadly, the story has a tragic ending. Nicos had been killed in a motorcycle accident. 

"I wanted to tell Elena," said Maria. "But I didn't know how. Now that I have met you, I know that it's time to tell her." 1. Who was killed in a motorcycle accident?
2. Whose son was he?
3. What was his prized posession?
4. Where did Christine and Elena first meet?
5. In what city?
6. Why was Elena concerned about the next door neighbors?
7. Where was Elena's family from?
8. Who still lived there?
9. On which island?
10. How old was she when she visited?
11. Was this her first visit?
12. How did Elena and Nicos keep in touch?
13. Who stopped communicating?
14. What did Elena see in the shop that caught her eye?
15. What was she thinking about purchasing?
16. Could she afford it?
17. Why did the shopkeeper offer her a discount?
18. Who was the shopkeeper?
19. Where had she moved from?
20. Had she told Elena why Nico stopped writing? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Nicos
2. Maria's
3. a motorbike
4. at kindergarten
5. Sydney
6. Elena admitted that Maria had a handsome son
7. Greece
8. her grandparents
9. the small Greek island of Santorini
10. 16
11. yes
12. They exchanged emails for a while
13. Nicos
14. a photo of a young man
15. a nice coat
16. no
17. Because Christine answered that she was from Australia
18. Maria
19. Santorini
20. no


Question: (CNN) -- Barefoot and covered in dirt and sweat, 14-year-old Dante Campilan pulls weeds from orderly rows of sugar cane. 

Wearing an oversized red cap to protect him from the scorching Philippine sun, Dante is doing work that should be reserved for men, not children. 

Earning 150 pesos ($3.50) for a seven-hour day, Dante has been a child laborer in the Philippine region of Mindanao since he was seven years old. He says he does it to help his parents, but he is just one of many children who are part of an illegal economic system of child labor. 

The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates 2.4 million child workers are in the Philippines. Many of them, according to the ILO, are in rural areas working in fields and mines. The organization estimates 60% work in hazardous conditions. 

Alongside Dante is 13-year-old Alvic James, who dropped out of school when he was in the first grade. Back then, he explained, his family didn't have enough money to eat. Alvic says he wants to learn to read and write but because he is needed in the fields he has no time to go to school. 

When the boys turn 15 or 16, they'll move on to the more hazardous job of cutting sugar cane. That's currently the job of 16-year-old Elmar Paran, who hasn't been to school since he was a young child, sentencing him to a future in the fields. 

The use of child laborers in the sugar fields of Northern Mindanao is so common that landowner Angeles Penda shrugs it off as a way of life. "The parents beg us to include their children to work," she said.  1. What country is responsible for exploiting a 14 year old?
2. What are his earnings or a full work day?
3. How many children are estimated to be working in the Philippines?
4. What type of work does he do?
5. Why does he do it?
6. What is expected of them by the time the boys turn 15 or 16?
7. What region of Philippines is responsible for sugar cane work for children?
8. When did Alvic drop out of school?
9. Why did Alvic do it?
10. And what does he want to learn?
11. Why doesn't he know yet?
12. What is the name of sugar landowner in Northern  Mindanao?
13. What's her excuse for using children for labor?
14. Who is covering this report? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. the Philippines
2. 150 pesos
3. 2.4 million
4. pulls weeds
5. to help his parents
6. They'll move on to cutting sugar cane
7. Mindanao
8. In the first grade
9. His family didn't have enough money to eat.
10. to read and write
11. he has no time to go to school
12. Angeles Penda
13. The parents beg us to include their children to work
14. CNN