Problem: Once there was a boy named Bill who liked to play at being a cowboy. One day he was playing at chasing Indians in his room when he heard a loud crack of thunder. He got really scared. Bill's parents, Ned and Susan, came into his room. They told him not to be scared. They said they were going to make sure the car windows were shut and they would be back soon. Bill said okay. He climbed under his bed and listened to the wind outside. He had his favorite toy gun to keep him safe, but he was still scared because his parents weren't back yet. His brother Zack had given him the gun. Bill started to think he could hear voices in the wind. It sounded like a strange kind of chanting. He started to shake and hug his toy gun. He said, "I'm not afraid of you. If you try to hurt me I'll shoot you." After that he felt a little better. But then he jumped as his bedroom door slammed shut. He hit his head on the bottom of his bed and it hurt. He looked out from under his blanket and saw a strange orange light in his room. He was worried that it was on fire, but he couldn't smell any smoke.
1. who liked playing a cowboy?
2. what was he doing in his room?
Answer: 1. Bill
2. playing at chasing indians

Problem: Yemen, officially known as the Republic of Yemen, is an Arab country in Western Asia at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen is the second-largest country in the peninsula, occupying 527,970 km (203,850 sq mi). The coastline stretches for about 2,000 km (1,200 mi). It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea to the south, and Oman to the east-northeast. Although Yemen's constitutionally stated capital is the city of Sana'a, the city has been under rebel control since February 2015. Because of this, Yemen's capital has been temporarily relocated to the port city of Aden, on the southern coast. Yemen's territory includes more than 200 islands; the largest of these is Socotra. 

Yemen was the home of the Sabaeans (biblical Sheba), a trading state that flourished for over a thousand years and also included parts of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. In 275 AD, the region came under the rule of the later Jewish-influenced Himyarite Kingdom. Christianity arrived in the fourth century, whereas Judaism and local paganism were already established. Islam spread quickly in the seventh century and Yemenite troops were crucial in the expansion of the early Islamic conquests. Administration of Yemen has long been notoriously difficult. Several dynasties emerged from the ninth to 16th centuries, the Rasulid dynasty being the strongest and most prosperous. The country was divided between the Ottoman and British empires in the early twentieth century. The Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen was established after World War I in North Yemen before the creation of the Yemen Arab Republic in 1962. South Yemen remained a British protectorate known as the Aden Protectorate until 1967 when it became an independent state and later, a Marxist state. The two Yemeni states united to form the modern republic of Yemen in 1990.
1. Is Yemen the full name of the country?
2. What is the proper name?
3. Which two countries united to form Yemen as it is today?
4. How long is Yemen's coastline?
5. How many countries does Yemen border?
6. How many bodies of water does Yemen border?
7. Does its territory include any islands?
8. What is the largest island?
9. When was the region now known as Yemen first under Jewish control?
10. What was the kingdom called?
11. When did Christianity come into the region?
12. What about Islam?
13. Were any dynasties ever in control of Yemen?
14. Which was the strongest?
15. Which kingdom was established after World War I?
16. How long was it in power?
17. When did the Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom change in power?
18. What was established then?
19. When was the modern republic of Yemen formed?
20. Was South Yemen previously under British control?
Answer: 1. No
2. Republic of Yemen
3. Ethiopia and Eritrea
4. about 2,000 km (1,200 mi)
5. Two
6. Three
7. Yes
8. Socotra
9. 275 AD
10. Himyarite Kingdom
11. 4th century
12. 7th century
13. Yes
14. the Rasulid dynast
15. The Zaydi Mutawakkilite Kingdom
16. unknown
17. in 1962
18. Yemen Arab Republic
19. 1990
20. Yes

Problem: (CNN)For a group of radical anti-Western militants, ISIS is pretty good at luring Westerners to its ranks. 

The latest is an American teen from suburban Chicago who was allegedly on his way to join ISIS. Mohammed Hamzah Khan was stopped just before he was supposed to board a plane to Turkey, authorities said. 

But he's far from alone. 

Last month, U.S. authorities detailed their case against a New York food store owner accused of funding ISIS and plotting to gun down American troops who had served in Iraq. 

And a French man told his mother that he and his half-brother were going on vacation -- only to tell her later that they were fighting in Syria. 

"Some of the foreign fighters may not return as terrorists to their respective countries, but all of them will have been exposed to an environment of sustained radicalization and violence with unknowable but worrying consequences," Richard Barrett of The Soufan Group wrote in a report called "Foreign fighters in Syria" this summer. 

So what is it about ISIS and its uncanny ability to recruit Westerners? Here are five methods the group employs: 

It preys on a recruit's sense of identity 

The recruits are often young -- sometimes disillusioned teenagers trying to find purpose and make their mark. 

For many, it boils down to a lack of a sense of identity or belonging, Barrett said. 

"The general picture provided by foreign fighters of their lives in Syria suggests camaraderie, good morale and purposeful activity, all mixed in with a sense of understated heroism, designed to attract their friends as well as to boost their own self-esteem," he wrote. 
1. Where was Mohammed Hamzah Khan going?
2. How was he going to travel
3. What was he planning to do?
4. Is he a youngster?
5. From where?
6. Does he live in the inner city?
7. Which part then?
8. How many ways are known for ISIS to gather recruits?
9. Do they go after older people
10. What group do they try to get?
11. What are they counting on them lacking?
12. What group of people is ISIS against?
13. Do they let them join?
14. Where was a food store owner from that tried to help ISIS?
15. What was he accused of?
16. Was he going to attack anyone?
17. Who
18. Which ones?
19. Is this problem only in the U.S.?
20. What other country has it?
Answer:
1. Turkey
2. by plane
3. join ISIS
4. yes
5. Chicago
6. no
7. the suburbs
8. five
9. no
10. disillusioned teenagers
11. a sense of identity or belonging
12. Westerners
13. yes
14. New York
15. funding ISIS
16. yes
17. American Troops
18. who had served in Iraq.
19. no
20. France