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

When Jethro Bass walked out of the hotel that evening men looked at him, and made way for him, but none spoke to him. There was something in his face that forbade speech. He was a great man once more--a greater man than ever; and he had, if the persistent rumors were true, accomplished an almost incomprehensible feat, even for Jethro Bass. There was another reason, too, why they stared at him. In all those twelve weeks of that most trying of all sessions he had not once gone into the street, and he had been less than ever common in the eyes of men. Twice a day he had descended to the dining room for a simple meal--that was all; and fewer had gained entrance to Room Number 7 this session than ever before. 

There is a river that flows by the capital, a wide and gentle river bordered by green meadows and fringed with willows; higher up, if you go far enough, a forest comes down to the water on the western side. Jethro walked through the hooded bridge, and up the eastern bank until he could see the forest like a black band between the orange sky and the orange river, and there he sat down upon a fallen log on the edge of the bank. But Jethro was thinking of another scene,--of a granite-ribbed pasture on Coniston Mountain that swings in limitless space, from either end of which a man may step off into eternity. William Wetherell, in one of his letters, had described that place as the Threshold of the Nameless Worlds, and so it had seemed to Jethro in the years of his desolation. He was thinking of it now, even as it had been in his mind that winter's evening when Cynthia had come to Coniston and had surprised him with that look of terrible loneliness on his face.  1. Who had achieved something?
2. Where was he coming from?
3. Did he speak with anyone?
4. And they to him?
5. How long had it been since he went in to the hotel?
6. Was he easy to find?
7. How many times would he leave his room in a day?
8. To do what?
9. What ws Jethro thinking of?
10. Was it near the ocean?
numbered_answers: 1. Jethro Bas
2. the hotel
3. no
4. no
5. twelve weeks
6. he had not once gone into the street
7. Twice a day
8. eat
9. another scene
10. no

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. The Nintendo DS or simply, DS, is a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console developed and released by Nintendo. The device went on sale in North America on November 21, 2004. The DS, short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen", introduced distinctive new features to handheld gaming: two LCD screens working in tandem (the bottom one featuring a touchscreen), a built-in microphone, and support for wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the ability for multiple DS consoles to directly interact with each other over Wi-Fi within a short range without the need to connect to an existing wireless network. Alternatively, they could interact online using the now-closed Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service. Its main competitor was Sony's PlayStation Portable as part of the seventh generation era. It was likened to the Nintendo 64 from the 1990s, which led to several N64 ports such as "Super Mario 64 DS", "Diddy Kong Racing DS", among others. 

Prior to its release, the Nintendo DS was marketed as an experimental, "third pillar" in Nintendo's console lineup, meant to complement the Game Boy Advance and GameCube. However, backward compatibility with Game Boy Advance titles and strong sales ultimately established it as the successor to the Game Boy series. On March 2, 2006, Nintendo launched the Nintendo DS Lite, a slimmer and lighter redesign of the original Nintendo DS with brighter screens. On November 1, 2008, Nintendo released the Nintendo DSi, another redesign with several hardware improvements and new features. All Nintendo DS models combined have sold 154.02 million units, making it the best selling handheld game console to date, and the second best selling video game console of all time behind Sony's PlayStation 2. The Nintendo DS line was succeeded by the Nintendo 3DS family in 2011. 1. Before it's release what was the Nintendo DS Marketed as?
2. What series of of game systems did it replace?
3. What is the Nintendo DS?
4. For the Combined Nintendo DS models how many units has it sold?
5. When was it's North American release?
6. What is the only game console to outsell it?
7. How did the DS connect to other DS consules to interact?
8. What were some of the new features of the Nintendo DS Lite?
9. How many LED screens did the Nintendo DS have?
10. What was it succeeded by?
11. Which redesign was released in November 2008?
12. What are some games from the Nintendo 64 that were ported to it?
13. What previous consule did the DS offer backwards compatability with?
14. Who was the DS's main competitor?
15. What is DS short for?
numbered_answers: 1. as an experimental, "third pillar" in Nintendo's console lineup,
2. the Game Boy series
3. a 32-bit dual-screen handheld game console
4. 154.02 million units,
5. November 21, 2004
6. Sony's PlayStation 2.
7. r over Wi-Fi within a short range
8. slimmer and lighter
9. Two
10. \ Nintendo 3DS family
11. Nintendo DSi,
12. "Super Mario 64 DS", "Diddy Kong Racing DS",
13. Game Boy Advance
14. Sony's PlayStation Portable
15. Developers' System"

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. (CNN) -- The Syrian government has told the parents of a missing American journalist that it doesn't know where their son is, the man's father said Monday at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon. 

Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria reporting on the uprising there against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. He was reportedly preparing to leave Syria for Lebanon when he went missing, according to his family. 

Read more: Family working for journalist's release plans visit to Lebanon 

In October, a shaky video surfaced on YouTube showing a man believed to be Tice surrounded by armed men walking him up a hill. 

Tice's father, Marc Tice, said that family members have been in touch, "directly and indirectly," with Syrian government officials, but they have learned nothing about his son's location despite traveling to Beirut to seek his release. 

"We're reaching out to everyone that we can get in touch with," he said. 

Tice's parents say they are willing to go to Syria if that what it will take to get their son back. 

"We have no idea what will be required, and we would like to know from whoever is holding him what it is that we need to do," Marc Tice said. 

Austin is the oldest of the couple's seven children. 

"We are a big, close family. We have all felt the void [of] his absence," said his mother, Debra Tice. 

With the holiday season approaching, they are "dismayed by the empty chair at our family table," she said. "We miss Austin. Knowing his smile, big laugh, great storytelling."  1. Who is missing?
2. Who is looking for him?
3. When did he last communicate with his family?
4. Where was he?
5. What was he doing there?
6. Where was he going to be heading after he left Syria?
7. Does he have any siblings?
8. Is he the youngest of them?
9. Will the family go to Syria to look for him?
10. Has there been video evidence that he is still alive?
11. What did it show?
12. When was this?
13. Where could the video be found?
numbered_answers:
1. Austin Tice
2. The Syrian government
3. August 13
4. in Syria
5. Reporting
6. Lebanon
7. Yes
8. No
9. Yes
10. Yes
11. Tice surrounded by armed men walking him up a hill
12. October
13. YouTube