Question: The kids were playing outside. They were drawing with chalk. They drew many things with the chalk. One of those things was a star. There was nothing else for them to do because it was the weekend. Then they stopped drawing with the chalk a little later. They did not want to go on because they were tired. They walked a little then started to splash by the lake that was nearby instead. They thought it was a good idea because it was a hot day. They played for hours. They were making a lot of noise and laughing and talking. They went home. They did this because they were very tired. They all ate some bread. They were now quiet. They couldn't have anything else to eat until their mother called them for dinner. They waited and did not say a word. They were resting. Soon it would be time for the family meal. 1. What were the kids doing?
2. Where?
3. Doing what?
4. with what?
5. What did they draw?
6. Like what?
7. Did they have anything else to do?
8. Why?
9. When did they stop drawing?
10. Why?
11. Where did they go?
12. What did they do there?
13. Was it close?
14. What did they think?
15. why?
16. Did they play long?
17. how long?
18. What were they doing?
19. What else?
20. anything else? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. playing
2. outside
3. drawing
4. chalk
5. many things
6. a star.
7. No
8. it was the weekend
9. a little later
10. they were tired
11. the lake
12. They splashed
13. yes
14. it was a good idea
15. it was a hot day
16. yes
17. hours
18. making noise
19. laughing
20. talking


Question: CHAPTER XXVI. 

HAL OBTAINS ANOTHER SITUATION. 

For a moment there was silence, and then Horace Sumner stopped short before Hal. 

"There is another matter I might mention," he said. "Caleb Allen is going, or rather, has gone, into business for himself." 

"What kind of business?" asked the youth, in surprise. 

"A brokerage and loan office." 

"Near here?" 

"Yes, right around the corner of Broad Street, not five minutes, walk. He hired the place from the first, and I understand he and another man are already doing business there." 

"Who is the other man?" 

"A fellow named Parsons." 

"Has he a good reputation?" 

"Far from it. He was arrested for forgery five years ago, but his friends hushed the matter up." 

"Have you the number of the place?" 

"Yes, here it is. What do you intend to do?" 

"I don't know. I'll take a look at the place. That will do no harm. Perhaps Hardwick will call on Mr. Allen." 

After a few words more Hal left the private office, and passed out on Wall Street. 

He soon turned the corner into Broad Street, the second great money center of New York, and presently came to the building in which was situated the offices now occupied by the firm of Allen & Parsons. 

The offices were down three steps, and as Hal passed on the pavement above, a small sign pasted in the corner of the window attracted his attention: 

YOUNG MAN WANTED. RAPID WRITER. 

Stopping short, Hal descended the steps, and peered into the window. A middle-aged man stood at the front desk, smoking a cigar and writing.  1. Where is the loan office?
2. Who has gone to work for himself there?
3. And who else?
4. Who has a bad reputation?
5. Why?
6. When?
7. Who tried to keep that quiet?
8. What road did Hal go out into?
9. Which road did he reach next?
10. True or False: Broad Street is the major financial center of the city.
11. What is?
12. What city is Hal in?
13. Where the offices of Allen and Parsons downstairs?
14. Are they hiring?
15. What sort of worker do they want?
16. Do they want an old, experienced gentleman?
17. Who is smoking?
18. What else is he doing? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. right around the corner of Broad Street
2. A fellow named Parsons
3. Caleb Allen
4. Parsons
5. He was arrested for forgery
6. five years ago
7. his friend
8. Wall Street.
9. Broad Street
10. False
11. unknown
12. New York
13. Yes
14. Yes
15. A rapid writer.
16. No
17. A middle-aged man
18. writing.


Question: We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life. Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,). It means she can remember every small event-which most people would forget with in (......) days-as if it had happened just minutes ago. "I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old," she said. "That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on." Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste" it. However, sometimes her memories prove to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive memories, the feelings return, too," Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. " "At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. " 1. How old is Rebecca Sharrock?
2. Where is she from?
3. What special talent does she have?
4. Which means what?
5. How old was she in the first thing she remembers?
6. Where was she then?
7. What did her mom do after that?
8. What kinds of things does she remember about each day?
9. Which sense of hers has an unusual feature?
10. How is it unusual?
11. What thing does she enjoy eating the most?
12. How many people have incredible memories like her?
13. Are they all in Australia?
14. How old was she during her first memory?
15. What body part did she hurt when she was little?
16. Where was she when that happened?
17. How old was she then?
18. What happened when she talked about it?
19. What does she listen to when she rests?
20. Why? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. 25
2. Australia
3. Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory
4. she can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life
5. 12 days old
6. in the driver's seat of a car
7. take a picture
8. what she did and what the weather was like
9. taste
10. she can re-experience taste
11. Black Forest cake
12. 80
13. no
14. 12 days old
15. her left knee
16. her grandparents' house
17. three
18. she felt pain in her left knee
19. radio/recorder
20. if it's too dark or quiet she can't sleep