Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
CHAPTER 52 

Nicholas despairs of rescuing Madeline Bray, but plucks up his Spirits again, and determines to attempt it. Domestic Intelligence of the Kenwigses and Lillyvicks 

Finding that Newman was determined to arrest his progress at any hazard, and apprehensive that some well-intentioned passenger, attracted by the cry of 'Stop thief,' might lay violent hands upon his person, and place him in a disagreeable predicament from which he might have some difficulty in extricating himself, Nicholas soon slackened his pace, and suffered Newman Noggs to come up with him: which he did, in so breathless a condition, that it seemed impossible he could have held out for a minute longer. 

'I will go straight to Bray's,' said Nicholas. 'I will see this man. If there is a feeling of humanity lingering in his breast, a spark of consideration for his own child, motherless and friendless as she is, I will awaken it.' 

'You will not,' replied Newman. 'You will not, indeed.' 

'Then,' said Nicholas, pressing onward, 'I will act upon my first impulse, and go straight to Ralph Nickleby.' 

'By the time you reach his house he will be in bed,' said Newman. 

'I'll drag him from it,' cried Nicholas. 

'Tut, tut,' said Noggs. 'Be yourself.' 

'You are the best of friends to me, Newman,' rejoined Nicholas after a pause, and taking his hand as he spoke. 'I have made head against many trials; but the misery of another, and such misery, is involved in this one, that I declare to you I am rendered desperate, and know not how to act.' 
1. Who is losing their nerve?
2. Who is he worried about?
3. What is her last name?
4. Does he get it back?
5. Who is an obstacle for him?
6. By any means necessary?
7. What is he concerned with someone yelling?
8. Why?
9. What would happen then?
10. Could he get out easily?
11. What did he do because of this?
12. Where was he going?
13. What is his goal?
14. For his kid?
15. Is he discouraged by someone?
16. Who?
17. What does he decide to do then?
18. What if he is asleep?
19. Does someone disapprove?
20. Who?

Numbered answers:
1. Nicholas is
2. Madeline
3. Bray
4. Yes
5. Newman
6. Yes
7. Stop thief
8. some passenger might lay violent hands upon his person
9. a disagreeable predicament
10. No
11. slackened his pace
12. Bray's
13. to awaken consideration
14. Yes
15. Yes
16. Newman
17. go straight to Ralph Nickleby
18. He'll drag him from it
19. Yes
20. Noggs


Question:
Read the text and answer the questions.
The wife of imprisoned U.S. State Department contractor Alan Gross traveled to Cuba Tuesday as part of her ongoing effort to free her husband. 

Judy Gross did not talk to a CNN reporter outside Havana's Jose Marti International Airport, and she and Gross' attorney quickly boarded a bus provided by the Cuban government. 

Last week, Gross' mother died after a long fight with cancer, Gross' attorney, Scott Gilbert, said. 

The Cuban government refused Gross' request to travel to the United States to say goodbye to Evelyn Gross before she died. Gross had promised that after seeing his mother he would return to his prison cell at a military hospital in Havana. 

"We would like to convey our heartfelt condolences to his relatives," Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Josefina Vidal said in a statement. "It is necessary to clarify that neither the Cuban penitentiary system nor the U.S. penitentiary system provide the possibility for inmates to travel abroad, no matter the reason. " 

Gross, 65, is serving a 15-year sentence for bringing satellite communications equipment to Cuba as part of his work as a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was convicted in March 2011. 

U.S. officials said Gross was merely trying to help Cubans bypass the island's stringent restrictions on Internet access and have said his imprisonment is one of the major obstacles to improved relations with Cuba. 

In April, Gross embarked on a hunger strike to protest his continued imprisonment. He later said he was suspending his hunger strike after his mother pleaded with him to begin eating again. 
1. Who was trying to free her husband?\
2. What is the womans name who is trying to free her husband?
3. What airport was she standing outside where she talked to a CNN reporter?
4. What did the Cuban Ministry of foreign affairs say that's it's necessary to clarify?
5. How long a sentence is Gross serving?
6. What is it he did?
7. Who provided a bus for Judy Gross and her Attorney from the airport?
8. What is the name of the gross attorney?
9. WHat is it U.S. officials say gross was trying to help Cubans do?
10. What kind of strike did gross go on in April?


Numbered answers:
1. Alan Gross
2. Judy Gross
3. Havana's Jose Marti International Airport
4. It is necessary to clarify that neither the Cuban penitentiary system nor the U.S. penitentiary system provide the possibility for inmates to travel abroad, no matter the reason
5. 15-year
6. brought communications equipment to cuba
7. the Cuban government
8. Scott Gilbert
9. trying to help Cubans bypass the island's stringent restrictions on Internet access
10. a hunger strike