input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. 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.

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Shanghai is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world with a population of more than 24 million . It is a global financial centre and transport hub, with the world's busiest container port. Located in the Yangtze River Delta, it sits on the south edge of the estuary of the Yangtze in the middle portion of the East China coast. The municipality borders the provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the north, south and west, and is bounded to the east by the East China Sea. 

As a major administrative, shipping and trading city, Shanghai grew in importance in the 19th century due to trade and recognition of its favourable port location and economic potential. The city was one of five treaty ports forced open to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War. The subsequent 1842 Treaty of Nanking and 1844 Treaty of Whampoa allowed the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement and the French Concession. The city then flourished as a centre of commerce between China and other parts of the world (predominantly Western countries), and became the primary financial hub of the Asia-Pacific region in the 1930s. However, with the Communist Party takeover of the mainland in 1949, trade was limited to other socialist countries, and the city's global influence declined. In the 1990s, the economic reforms introduced by Deng Xiaoping resulted in an intense re-development of the city, aiding the return of finance and foreign investment to the city. 1. What is next to Shanghai on the east?
2. And one of the provinces on the the other sides?
3. And another?
4. What is its population?
5. What river is close to it?
6. After what event was it open to foreign trade?
7. Were there some treaties after that?
8. What was one of them?
9. And another?
10. When did the Communist Party come in?
11. What happened to international trade then?
12. Did it ever have a resurgence?
13. When?
14. Who was in charge then?
15. In the first place, what was one of the reasons for its growht?
16. How many ports had to open after the Opium War?
17. What did Deng Xiaoping do that let to better trade?
18. Can you name one thing that those two treaties we mentioned allowed?
19. Name another?
20. When did Shanghai become the most important financial center in its area?
numbered_answers: 1. East China Sea.
2. Jiangsu
3. Zhejiang
4. more than 24 million
5. Yangtze
6. The British defeated China in the First Opium War
7. yes
8. the 1842 Treaty of Nanking
9. 1844 Treaty of Whampoa
10. 1949
11. it was limited
12. yes
13. in the 1990s
14. Deng Xiaoping
15. it had a favorable port location and economic potential
16. Five
17. economic reforms
18. the establishment of the Shanghai International Settlement
19. the French Concession
20. the 1930s

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The Union Army or Federal Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War, 1861 to 1865. It included the permanent regular army of the United States, which was augmented by massive numbers of temporary units consisting of volunteers as well as conscripts. The Union Army fought and defeated the Confederate Army during the war. At least two and a half million men served in the Union Army; almost all were volunteers. About 360,000 Union soldiers died from all causes; 280,000 were wounded and 200,000 deserted. 

When the American Civil War began in April 1861, there were only 16,000 men in the U.S. Army, and of these many Southern officers resigned and joined the Confederate army. The U.S. Army consisted of ten regiments of infantry, four of artillery, two of cavalry, two of dragoons, and three of mounted infantry. The regiments were scattered widely. Of the 197 companies in the army, 179 occupied 79 isolated posts in the West, and the remaining 18 manned garrisons east of the Mississippi River, mostly along the Canada–United States border and on the Atlantic coast. 

With the Southern slave states declaring secession from the Union, and with this drastic shortage of men in the army, President Abraham Lincoln called on the states to raise a force of 75,000 men for three months to put down the insurrection. Lincoln's call forced the border states to choose sides, and four seceded, making the Confederacy eleven states strong. The war proved to be longer and more extensive than anyone North or South had expected, and on July 22, 1861, Congress authorized a volunteer army of 500,000 men. 1. Name a battle the Federal Army fought in?
2. During what years?
3. How many men were in the army at the beginning of the battle?
4. How many regiments were there?
5. Were they close to each other?
6. How many companies were in the West?
7. What were they occupying?
8. At what location was the rest of the companies?
9. How many were there?
10. What were they guarding?
11. How many men did Lincoln demand?
12. for how long?
13. For what?
14. Did anyone expect the length of the war?
15. When did Congress approve volunteer fighters?
16. Male and female?
numbered_answers:
1. American Civil War,
2. 1861 to 1865
3. At least two and a half million
4. 21
5. no
6. 179
7. isolated posts
8. east of the Mississippi River
9. 18
10. garrisons
11. 75,000
12. three months
13. put down the insurrection
14. no
15. July 22, 1861
16. no