question: CHAPTER SEVEN 

AMY'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION 

"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed. 

"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend. 

"I didn't say anything about his eyes, and I don't see why you need fire up when I admire his riding." 

"Oh, my goodness! That little goose means a centaur, and she called him a Cyclops," exclaimed Jo, with a burst of laughter. 

"You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says," retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. "I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse," she added, as if to herself, yet hoping her sisters would hear. 

"Why?" asked Meg kindly, for Jo had gone off in another laugh at Amy's second blunder. 

"I need it so much. I'm dreadfully in debt, and it won't be my turn to have the rag money for a month." 

"In debt, Amy? What do you mean?" And Meg looked sober. 

"Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can't pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop." 

"Tell me all about it. Are limes the fashion now? It used to be pricking bits of rubber to make balls." And Meg tried to keep her countenance, Amy looked so grave and important. 
1. who was Amy speaking to?
2. who meant a centaur and not a cyclops?
3. who was Amy calling a cyclops?
4. was that Jo's friend?
5. what did Amy wish she had of Laurie's?
6. why did she want it so much?
7. who was curious about her debt?
8. did Laurie ride by?
9. what was he on?
10. what did Amy want to get from the store?
11. did someone forbid her from charging items at the store?
12. who?
13. Did Laurie have a whip?
14. who thought he was handsome?
15. did she like his eyes in particular?
16. who were Amy's sisters?
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answer: 1. Jo
2. Amy
3. Laurie
4. Yes
5. His money
6. She is in debt.
7. Meg
8. Yes
9. A horse
10. A dozen pickled limes
11. Yes
12. Marmee
13. Yes
14. Jo
15. Yes
16. Meg and Jo


question: CHAPTER XII 

THE ENEMY WITHIN 

It was getting late, but the Allenwood Sports Club prolonged its sitting at the Carlyon homestead. The institution had done useful work in promoting good fellowship by means of healthful amusements, but recently its management had fallen into the hands of the younger men, and the founders contented themselves with an occasional visit to see that all was going well. Some, however, were not quite satisfied, and Mowbray entertained suspicions about the Club. He was an autocrat, but he shrank from spying, or attempting to coerce a member into betraying his comrades. Some allowance must be made for young blood; and, after all, nothing that really needed his interference could go on, he felt, without his learning about it. Nevertheless, he had a disturbing feeling that an undesirable influence was at work. 

Carlyon's room was unusually well furnished, and several fine London guns occupied a rack on the matchboarded wall. The cost of one would have purchased a dozen of the Massachusetts-made weapons which the prairie farmers used. The photograph of a horseman in English hunting dress with M.F.H. appended to the autograph was equally suggestive, and it was known that Carlyon's people had sent him to Canada with money enough to make a fair start. Unfortunately, he had not realized that success in farming demands care and strenuous work. 

He sat with a flushed, excited face at a rosewood table, upon which the cigar ends, bottles, and glasses scarcely left room for the cards he was eagerly scanning. Gerald Mowbray leaned back in his chair, watching him with a smile. Emslie, the third man, wore a disturbed frown; opposite him, Markham sat with a heavy, vacant air. 
1. Who was suspicions about the sport club?
2. Why was he suspicious?
3. What gave him that feeling?
4. Was Carlyon's room bare?
5. How was it furnished?
6. Where were the guns from?
7. Where they expensive?
8. What was the table made of?
9. What did Carlyon not understand?
10. What was one the rosewood table?
11. What else?
12. How many people were sitting there?
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answer: 1. Mowbray
2. because he had a disturbing feeling
3. because management had fallen into the hands of the younger men
4. no
5. unusually well
6. London
7. yes
8. rosewood
9. that success in farming demands care and strenuous work
10. cigar ends
11. bottles
12. four


question: (CNN) -- His name is Abdullah X. His slogan: "Mind of a Scholar, Heart of a Warrior." But the star of this new animated show isn't a caped crusader battling bad guys in the streets of Gotham -- he's fighting for the hearts and minds of young Muslims everywhere. 

"Abdullah X," the new Web-only cartoon series, is the tale of a young Muslim man in London who is struggling with his identity and his faith. It is a story that its creator, a former extremist who spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity, knows all too well. 

"I was struggling with my own identity and sense of belonging when I was growing up -- issues around self-esteem and confidence, and where you fit in with regards to your Britishness or your Muslimness," Ahmed, as he asked to be called for this story, told CNN. 

Ahmed said he spent years helping to spread and vocalize "extreme and harsh" worldviews in Britain. He saw efforts by governments and organizations to understand what was fueling anti-Western extremism as often "piecemeal and simplistic." 

"Young people -- the most vulnerable groups in society -- were caught between government policy perspectives on how you combat terrorism and extremism, and this wall of shame and denial from within communities. I felt that we needed something that was going to be innovative and engaging." 

So he created Abdullah X, the eponymous star of the series and an animated alter-ego that mirrors Ahmed's own journey from former extremist to someone who now hopes to steer young Muslims away from violence and extreme views. 
1. What is his name?
2. What is his slogan?
3. Who is his target audience?
****
answer:
1. Abdullah X.
2. "Mind of a Scholar, Heart of a Warrior."
3. young Muslims everywhere.