Question: CHAPTER XXII—FAITHFUL AND TRUE 

Late that afternoon Arthur and Louise sat in the court, chatting with their guests, who were occupied in coddling and amusing baby Jane, when Inez approached Mr. Weldon and said that Miguel wished to speak with him. 

“Send him here,” said Arthur, and presently the old Mexican appeared, again arrayed in his best clothes and with the red necktie carefully arranged. He held his hat in his hand and looked uncertainly around the circle. Then his eyes wandered to the nursery and through the open door he saw Mildred sitting in a rocker, engaged in reading a book. Runyon had gone home that morning, “to see if the ranch is still there,” he said. 

“I have—some—private talks to make, Meest Weld,” began the old ranchero. 

“Speak out, Miguel,” said his master encouragingly. 

“Oh; but he said ‘private,’” Patsy reminded him. 

“I know. Miguel understands that he may speak before my friends.” 

“It ees—about—Señor Cristoval, Meest Weld.” 

“Yes? Well, what about him, Miguel?” 

“I am once servant for Señor Cristoval. I stay here in house with him, long time. When he get sick, before he die, I care for him. Doctor say to me that Señor Cristoval can not get well; I say so to Señor Cristoval. He say never mind, he have live long enough.” 

This was interesting to them all in view of the recent happenings, and the girls bent nearer to hear the old man’s story. Arthur, the major and Uncle John were equally intent.  1. What is Miguel's nationality?
2. Who was his previous employer?
3. Where is he now?
4. Did he know he was dying?
5. How did he know?
6. Was he afraid of death?
7. Who is Miguel telling this story to?
8. Are any others present?
9. Who else is interested in the story?
10. Where is he when Miguel comes to see him? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Mexican
2. Señor Cristoval.
3. Deceased
4. Yes
5. Miguel told him after the doctor told him
6. No
7. Miss Weld
8. Yes
9. Arthur
10. In the court

Q: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) -- For three weeks, security fears kept U.S. authorities from searching the Afghan village where an American soldier is accused of killing 16 Afghans, an Army investigator testified Wednesday. 

Local tempers were so high over the killings that it was too dangerous for the Americans to go, said Matthew Hoffman, a special agent with the Army Criminal Investigation Command. Negotiations with local leaders over the issue took 20 days -- and even then, the investigators were guarded by U.S. and Afghan troops and watched over by two U.S. helicopters, he said. 

"We were fully expecting to be attacked at any time," Hoffman said. "We didn't know how much time we had for our investigation." 

Hoffman's testimony came during an Article 32 hearing for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the soldier charged in the killings. The hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, Washington, will determine whether Bales will face trial for the deaths. 

Hoffman was the lead investigator in the case. His team collected blood samples, took photographs and found a number of 9mm shells at the site, but much of the evidence had been collected by Afghan troops the day after the March 11 killings, he said. 

The shooting spree near a small U.S. outpost in Afghanistan's Kandahar province last March strained already tense U.S.-Afghan relations and intensified a debate about whether to pull out American troops ahead of their planned 2014 withdrawal. 

Stunned friends recall good deeds of killing suspect 

Bales is charged with 16 counts of premeditated murder, six counts of attempted murder, seven counts of assault and the illicit use of alcohol and steroids. He could be sentenced to death if convicted. 

1. Joint Base Lewis-McChord
2. For three weeks
3. 16
4. They were expecting to be attacked any time
5. lead investigator in the case
6. near Tacoma, Washington
7. blood samples, took photographs and found a number of 9mm shells at the site
8. Afghan troops
9. 20 days
10. Article 32 hearing
11. Kandahar

Numbered questions:
1. Who is the soldier charged in the killings?
2. For how long did security concerns keep authorities from searching the Afghan village?
3. How many was Bales accused of slaughtering?
4. Why was it so dangerous for Americans to go in?
5. Who is Matthew Hoffman?
6. Where is the hearing going to be held?
7. What did Hoffman's team collect?
8. Who else had already collected evidence?
9. How long did negotiations with local leaders take?
10. What was the name of the hearing in which Hoffman testified?
11. What province did the shootings take place near?

input: 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? Return numbered answers in your output.

output:
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