Question:
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CHAPTER XXIX 

"WOUNDED AND MISSING" 

"Battered but Not Broken" was the headline in Monday's paper, and Susan repeated it over and over to herself as she went about her work. The gap caused by the St. Quentin disaster had been patched up in time, but the Allied line was being pushed relentlessly back from the territory they had purchased in 1917 with half a million lives. On Wednesday the headline was "British and French Check Germans"; but still the retreat went on. Back--and back--and back! Where would it end? Would the line break again--this time disastrously? 

On Saturday the headline was "Even Berlin Admits Offensive Checked," and for the first time in that terrible week the Ingleside folk dared to draw a long breath. 

"Well, we have got one week over--now for the next," said Susan staunchly. 

"I feel like a prisoner on the rack when they stopped turning it," Miss Oliver said to Rilla, as they went to church on Easter morning. "But I am not off the rack. The torture may begin again at any time." 

"I doubted God last Sunday," said Rilla, "but I don't doubt him today. Evil cannot win. Spirit is on our side and it is bound to outlast flesh." 

Nevertheless her faith was often tried in the dark spring that followed. Armageddon was not, as they had hoped, a matter of a few days. It stretched out into weeks and months. Again and again Hindenburg struck his savage, sudden blows, with alarming, though futile success. Again and again the military critics declared the situation extremely perilous. Again and again Cousin Sophia agreed with the military critics. 
1. How many people died in 1917?
2. What was Monday's headline?
3. Wednesday's?
4. Who was retreating?
5. Who did this concern?
6. Did it seem like there was an end in sight?
7. What was Saturday's headline?
8. Was this a relief?
9. For which townspeople?
10. Who temporarily lost her faith?
11. Had she regained it?
12. Who was she discussing this with?
13. On what date?
14. At what location?
15. As time went on, did the war get less dangerous?
16. According to whom?
17. Did Sophia agree with them?
18. Who continued to strike?
19. How long did it continue?

Numbered answers:
1. half a million
2. "Battered but Not Broken"
3. "British and French Check Germans"
4. unknown
5. Susan
6. No.
7. "Even Berlin Admits Offensive Checked,"
8. Yes.
9. Ingleside
10. Rilla
11. Yes.
12. Miss Oliver
13. Easter
14. church
15. No.
16. military critics
17. Yes.
18. Hindenburg
19. months


Question:
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Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing. 

Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef, will cook using "honest high-street products" and avoid expensive or "fancy" ingredients. 

The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18-course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages. 

Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices from Fifteen, the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill. 

Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit, which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of recession."To be invited to cook for such an important group of people, who are trying to solve some of the world's major problems, is really a privilege," said Oliver. 

"I'm hoping the menu I'm working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world, but also show we have pioneered a high-quality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London that is giving young people a skill to be proud of." 

The chef has not yet finalized me menu, but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie's Ministry of Food, which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew and "impressive" chocolate fudge cake. ( 

)
1. Who invited Jamie?
2. For what?
3. Does Jamie have a book?
4. What is it called?
5. What is in it?
6. What President is the banquet for?
7. What group are the leaders a part of?
8. Is Jamie well known?
9. What is his profession title?
10. How many courses were severed at the Japan Summit?
11. Was that a good or bad thing?
12. Why?
13. What was the German chancellors name?
14. Who was the French president?
15. Where were the apprentices from?
16. Is there a menu involved?
17. Does Jamie think highly of British food?
18. Is there a stew recipe in his book?
19. What is it called?
20. Doe Jamie help young people?

Numbered answers:
1. Gordon Brown
2. to prepare a banquet
3. Yes
4. Jamie's Ministry of Food
5. budget recipes
6. President Barack Obama
7. G20
8. Yes
9. chef,
10. 18
11. Bad
12. Because they were there to discuss world food shortages.
13. Angela Merkel
14. Nicolas Sarkozy
15. Fifteen London
16. The chef has not yet finalized me menu
17. Yes
18. Yes
19. beef and ale stew
20. Yes


Question:
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Leah rides her bike 

Leah was excited. Today was her seventh birthday and she picking out her present. It was a new pink bike with a basket and bell. It was much prettier than her old red and white bike. The bell on her old bike didn't ring, and the basket on that bike was torn. 

The only problem was that Leah could not ride a bike yet. Her old bike had training wheels, but her new one did not. 

Leah wanted to ride her bike, but she was scared. Daddy told her, "Leah, everyone is scared at first, but once you try, you are going to learn and stop being scared." 

Leah watched her friends riding their bikes. First Owen rode by the house and back up the street. Then along rode Dulce and Ruby. Leah was sad. She wished she could go riding with them. 

Leah finally chose to learn to ride her bike. She put on a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads. She was ready for battle! 

Mommy and Daddy went out with Leah and watched her start to pedal down the street. After a small bit, the bike tipped over. She sat on the road looking sad. She looked so cute sitting there that Daddy wanted laugh, but instead said, "Leah, you can do it. Go again." 

Leah tried several more times, and soon was riding! She went down the street and back again. Here came her friends with their bikes. Leah shouted, "wait for me," and joined them riding down the street.
1. What does Leah ride?
2. Was she excited?
3. Why?
4. What was it?
5. What color was her old bike?
6. Did the bell on her old bike ring?
7. What was torn on her old bike?
8. Could she ride a bike?
9. What was on her old bike but not on her new one?
10. Was she scared?


Numbered answers:
1. Her bike.
2. Yes.
3. Today was her seventh birthday and she picking out her present.
4. A new pink bike with a basket and bell.
5. Red and white.
6. No.
7. The basket.
8. No.
9. Training wheels.
10. Yes.