Question:
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CHAPTER SEVEN. 

A LEARNED SQUABBLE. 

Bartolommeo Scala, secretary of the Florentine Republic, on whom Tito Melema had been thus led to anchor his hopes, lived in a handsome palace close to the Porta Pinti, now known as the Casa Gherardesca. His arms-- an azure ladder transverse on a golden field, with the motto _Gradatim_ placed over the entrance--told all comers that the miller's son held his ascent to honours by his own efforts a fact to be proclaimed without wincing. The secretary was a vain and pompous man, but he was also an honest one: he was sincerely convinced of his own merit, and could see no reason for feigning. The topmost round of his azure ladder had been reached by this time: he had held his secretaryship these twenty years-- had long since made his orations on the _ringhiera_, or platform of the Old Palace, as the custom was, in the presence of princely visitors, while Marzocco, the republican lion, wore his gold crown on the occasion, and all the people cried, "Viva Messer Bartolommeo!"--had been on an embassy to Rome, and had there been made titular Senator, Apostolical Secretary, Knight of the Golden Spur; and had, eight years ago, been Gonfaloniere--last goal of the Florentine citizen's ambition. Meantime he had got richer and richer, and more and more gouty, after the manner of successful mortality; and the Knight of the Golden Spur had often to sit with helpless cushioned heel under the handsome loggia he had built for himself, overlooking the spacious gardens and lawn at the back of his palace. 
1. Was the secretary a humble man?
2. What kind of man was he?
3. Was his palace ugly?
4. What was the name of it?
5. What did his parent do for a living?
6. How did he make it to where is is now?
7. Was he proud of this achievement?
8. What type of medical problem did he have?
9. What part of him did the gout affect?
10. What color was the ladder at the palace entrance?
11. What did it say on the ladder?
12. Did he hold backing bragging about his success?
13. How long had he been the secretary?

Numbered answers:
1. no
2. a vain and pompous man
3. no
4. the Casa Gherardesca
5. a miller
6. his own merit
7. yes
8. gout
9. his heel
10. azure
11. Gradatim
12. no
13. twenty years


Question:
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Like most cultures around the world, the Zulu people of Africa tell stories that have animals as heroes. These stories are meant to have fun, but they are also used to teach important lessons to children. This is one of those stories. One hot afternoon, Jackal was walking along the rocky road sniffing the ground. He was hoping to smell a mouse or a lizard , or something else that would be good to eat. He was so much lost in sniffing that he wasn't really paying attention to what was around himself. Suddenly, Jackal looked up to see his neighbor, Lion, walking straight toward him. He did not have enough time to run way. Jackal had played many tricks on Lion over the years, so he knew he would be in trouble if he was caught. Jackal needed to think of something quickly. "Help! Help!" cried Jackal as he quickly jumped upon a large rock hanging over the road. "The rocks are falling down, and I can't hold them much longer. We shall both be crushed if you do not do your best to hold these rocks back, Lion" At once, Lion pushed his strong shoulder against the rocks to keep them from moving any further. "I'll just run over here to get something to stop the rocks." shouted Jackal as he ran way to safety. Lion stayed _ against the unmoving rocks for quite a long time before he realized that Jackal had tricked him yet again!
1. Are there animals here?
2. Such as?
3. Anything else?
4. What was the sneaky one doing at first?\
5. For what purpose?
6. Like what?
7. What time of day was it?
8. Was it cold?
9. Why was the sneaky one worried about the tough one?
10. Why?
11. Where does this story come from?
12. Are they strictly for enjoyment?
13. What else then?
14. Are there dangerous boulders?
15. Why does the tough one push a boulder?
16. Would they have fallen otherwise?
17. Why not?
18. What body part did he use to push it?
19. Did he realize right away he'd been duped?
20. What did the sneaky one say he was doing when he sprinted off?

Numbered answers:
1. yes
2. a Jackal
3. a lion
4. sniffing the ground.
5. he was looking for something to eat
6. a mouse or a lizard
7. afternoon
8. it was hot
9. he knew he would be in trouble if he was caught
10. he had played many tricks on him over the years
11. the Zulu people of Africa
12. no
13. to teach important lessons to children
14. yes
15. to keep them from moving any further.
16. no
17. it was a trick
18. his shoulder
19. no
20. I'll just run over here to get something to stop the rocks.


Question:
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Native Hawaiians (Hawaiian: "kānaka ʻōiwi", "kānaka maoli", and "Hawaiʻi maoli") are the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaii. 

According to the U.S. Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 401,000 people who identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone or in combination with one or more other races or Pacific Islander groups. 141,000 people identified themselves as being "Native Hawaiian" alone. 

The majority of Native Hawaiians reside in the state of Hawaii (two-thirds), and the rest are scattered among other states, especially in the American Southwest, and with a high concentration in California. 

The history of Native Hawaiians, like the history of Hawaii, is commonly classified into four major periods: 

One hypothesis is that the first Polynesians arrived in Hawaii in the 4th century from the Marquesas, and were followed by Tahitians in AD 1300, who then conquered the original inhabitants. Another is that a single, extended period of settlement populated the islands. Evidence for a Tahitian conquest of the islands include the legends of Hawaiiloa and the navigator-priest Paao, who is said to have made a voyage between Hawaii and the island of "Kahiki" (Tahiti) and introduced many customs. Early historians, such as Fornander and Beckwith, subscribed to this Tahitian invasion theory, but later historians, such as Kirch, do not mention it. King Kalakaua claimed that Paao was from Samoa.
1. How many native Hawaiians were there in 2000?
2. According to?
3. Where do the majority reside?
4. how many?
5. do other states have any?
6. name one state?
7. Where do they trace their ancestry to?
8. is their history classified into periods?
9. how many?
10. where did Paao make a voyage from?
11. what is Kahiki presently known as?
12. did King Klakaua claim anything different?
13. who did he talk about?
14. what did he claim?
15. who were the first to arrive?
16. from?
17. when?
18. who conquered the original inhabitants?
19. when did they arrive?
20. who believed the invasion story?


Numbered answers:
1. 401,000
2. the U.S. Census Bureau
3. Hawaii
4. two-thirds
5. yes
6. California
7. Polynesian settlers of Hawaii
8. yes
9. four
10. between Hawaii and  Kahiki
11. Tahiti
12. yes
13. Paao
14. Paao was from Samoa
15. Polynesians
16. Marquesas
17. in the 4th century
18. Tahitians
19. AD 1300,
20. Early historians