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<data>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f171">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Aaron Dunlap
   </author>
   <title>
    Mind + body
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/dunlapaother08mind_and_body/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   The biggest thorn in the paw of my grand plan to stop going to school was that my mom would probably notice that I wasn't going to school.
It wasn't an issue, however. When I got home my mom was running around the house shuttling clothes from closets and drawers to open suitcases.
"Are we going somewhere?" I asked, setting my car keys on the kitchen table.
She stopped in place and stood up, looking at me for a moment.
"I am," she started. "I've been talking to Aunt Cathy on the phone and I don't think she's doing very well, with the divorce and then your father. I'm going to spend a few days out there with her until she's feeling better."
Cathy is my dad's sister and I always suspected her to be a bit batty. She didn't come from Delaware for my dad's, her brother's, funeral; said she wouldn't be able to drive herself, and nobody could pick her up.
My mom continued, "Would that be alright? I mean, will you be okay by yourself for a while?"
She must have noticed that I was handling things better than I had been at first. My dad died in January, it was now March. Seems like enough time to me.
"I'll be fine," I said. "Nothing major going on, just school. Are you leaving tonight or tomorrow?"
Nothing major.
She left early the next morning, before I would normally leave for school. Before she left she told me not to throw any wild teenage drug parties. I told her I wouldn't know how if I wanted to. She left, I went back to bed.
It's a marvelous feeling, to sleep right through the start of the school day. Skipping school is one thing, playing sick is one thing, but just not going to school is another feeling entirely. It felt like freedom. The kind of freedom that will cost you later, but at the time seems worth it.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Belief_states">
    What does that narrator think of Cathy?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     That she is a little nuts.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     That she is really nice.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That she is mean.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Temporal_order">
    The narrator's dad died:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     On the same day as Cathy's divorce
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Before Cathy got divorced
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     After Cathy got divorced
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    Where does Aunt Cathy live?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     She lives on the west coast.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     She lives in the midwest.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     She lives on the east coast.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take for the narrator's mom to pack?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than a day
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     less than a day
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a few days
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Unanswerable">
    What did the narrator do in the evening of the day their mother left?
    <a id="0">
     cleaning the kitchen
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     putting things in their places after the mother's packing
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     a teenage drug party
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator's mom think about how the narrator is handling the death of their father?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The mother thinks he is angry
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The mother thinks he feels marvelous
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The mother thinks he is getting better
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the story ends, the narrator probably:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     enjoys his day
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     calls Aunt Cathy
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     joins his mother
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator skip school?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After his mom went to Delaware.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     soon after his father's funeral.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before his mom went to Delaware.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator's mom leave the next morning?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To help Aunt Cathy
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     To go to the school
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because her husband died
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Entity_properties">
    How did the narrator probably handle his father's death?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He is not doing so well.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He had a rough time at first but now is doing better.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     It didn't bother him at all.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who went away the next morning?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The narrator's mother.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Cathy.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Event_duration">
    For how long did the narrator probably sleep after his mother left?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     they slept for over five hours more
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     they didn't sleep
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     they slept for a few hours more
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Character_identity">
    Who thought that the narrator was feeling better?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Aunt Cathy
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The narrator's mom
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The narrator's dad
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Unanswerable">
    How long will it probably take to drive to Aunt Cathy's?
    <a id="0">
     Eight hours.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Four hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Twelve hours.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the story ends, the narrator probably:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Continues to skip school
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Goes to Delaware
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Throws a party
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    Why did Cathy not come when the narrator's father died?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     she probably didn't care that much
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     she lost her car's keys
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     her car broke
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Unanswerable">
    Why did the narrator plan to skip school?
    <a id="0">
     because they were doing drugs
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     because they were depressed
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     because they wanted some freedom
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    What did the narrator do the day his mom left?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Went to Delaware
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Nothing
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Packed their clothes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the narrator's mom?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     She doesn't care if her son goes to school
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     She cares about her sister-in-law's well-being
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     She hates Delaware
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="19" type="Causality">
    Why is the narrator's mom going to Delaware?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To visit Aunt Cathy because she could use company.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Delaware is beautiful in March.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     To visit Aunt Cathy and have a wild teenage party.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="20" type="Unanswerable">
    What will happen in a few hours?
    <a id="0">
     The narrator will decide to go to school after all.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     The narrator will throw a wild party.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     The narrator's school will call.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f172">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Two a.m. and we are standing on the side of the road waiting for the fire service to take the top off the car in front of us. The wind whistles across the flats making us all shiver despite our fleeces and our jackets.
Two cars have been involved in a high-speed road traffic accident (RTA), the parked car that was hit has been shunted forward leaving ten-yard-long skid marks. The cars aren't too damaged but the seats inside have shifted around, trapping the occupants.
There are seven ambulances here, four fire trucks, half a dozen police and three ambulance officers with clipboards. There are eight patients, all but one need cutting from the cars and collaring and boarding. The only woman involved is 'walking wounded'.
The reason that it is taking so long for our car to get its lid removed by the fire service is because of the position of one of the patients inside. He looks rather unwell and the crew looking after him really would like to get to him sooner rather than later.
Our ambulance was fourth on scene. When I arrived I spoke to a stationmate to see what he wanted us to do, who he wanted us to look after. Normally he is the station clown, now he's all serious and professional, no fake beards or silly glasses.
Everyone gets checked over, all the ambulance crews are calm, it's serious but it doesn't look like anyone is about to die; more a case of being careful moving the patients 'just in case'.
The roof comes off the car and with the help of another crew and some firefighters we get our patient out safely and strapped to a board. He is freezing cold. He is not wearing warm clothing so the delay in getting him out and the terrible weather have us concerned for his body temperature.
We are in a new ambulance so the heater works. Turning it up to full we are soon sweating as we assess the patient and prepare for transport.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Causality">
    Why is it difficult to get the roof off the car?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because the car is on fire
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because of the people that are in it
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The fire service people are incompetent
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Character_identity">
    Who is not dressed for the weather?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Patient
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Doctor
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Firefighter
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Subsequent_state">
    Where is the person strapped to a board taken at the end of the story?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     firefighters station
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Hospital
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Back into the car involved in RTA
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Factual">
    How many women patients were in the accident?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     eight
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     seven
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     one
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Temporal_order">
    When do the paramedics feel that it's too hot?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before leaving the station.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     while they assess the patient
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     when they arrive to the RTA spot
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Subsequent_state">
    Soon after the end of this story, patient will probably
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Call their insurance company.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Go for a drive.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Die.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator arrive to the scene?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     before the police the Cop
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After 3 other ambulances
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before the Fire truck
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the crew to assess the patient?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     about an hour
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     less than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     more than an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Causality">
    Why is the patient cold?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because he is dressed appropriately
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because he is not dressed appropriately
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he was in a car accident.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Unanswerable">
    How many children does the patient have
    <a id="0">
     zero
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     seven
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     one
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Entity_properties">
    What is the stationmate the most likely to do outside of work?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Sit in his room alone
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Go to the library
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Tell jokes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Character_identity">
    Who usually clowns around?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The crew
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The patient strapped to the board.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The narrator's stationmate.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Unanswerable">
    What arrived first to the scene?
    <a id="0">
     An ambulance.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     A police car.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     A fire truck.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator think of the situation?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     That it is not life threatening.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     That it is hopeless.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That it is life or death.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Entity_properties">
    What does the stationmate probably tell the crew to do?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To take care of the people with the worst injuries
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     to remove the lid from the car
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     to wear fake beards and silly glasses
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    What time of day was the accident?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     In the late morning.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     late at night
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     In the afternoon.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Event_duration">
    When did the accident probably occur?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A long time ago
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     less than 5 minutes ago
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     A short time ago
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator think of his stationmate?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He wears fake glasses
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He is the station clown
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He has a silly beard
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f173">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   The staffing of ambulances at the moment is ... to put it bluntly ... poor.
Working on the fast response unit (FRU - a car that is designed to get to the sickest patients quickly) means that I often get to an emergency call within minutes of it being made. Unfortunately, with so few ambulances on the road, the patient and I are often left staring at each other for long periods of time; in a couple of cases up to an hour.
I was sent to a young man having an asthma attack. It was late at night, and he had been queuing to get into a nightclub when he had started to feel his breathing getting tight, the sign of an asthma attack, so had headed to a taxi office in order to go home. Unfortunatel, his asthma progressed and so an ambulance was called. What he got was me, on my own, in a car.
After dealing with the drunken group of teenage girls that had taken time out of waiting for a cab to start loudly 'caring' for my patient, I started my assessment. It was a cold night so I sat the young man in the taxi office and listened to his chest. I could hear a nice loud wheezing from his lungs so I started him on the first dose of our asthma medication. I got his details and checked his vital signs, and waited for the ambulance to turn up.
It takes between five and ten minutes for the asthma medication to finish, and by the end of it there was still no ambulance.
I listened to his chest again, still an audible wheeze, so I gave him a second dose of the medication. So there he was, sitting in a cab office at three in the morning with a mask over his face, 'smoke' pouring from it, and all around us were intoxicated people getting cabs home.
It was not very dignified.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Entity_properties">
    How is the young man probably feeling?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He is calm and relaxed.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He is scared.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He is excited.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    How FRU responded to the problem?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     starting the patient on asthma medication
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     giving the patient a taxi ride to the hospital
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     dealing with the drunken group of teenage girls
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take for the ambulance to come?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     several hours
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     over an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     less than an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Unanswerable">
    How many miles away is the hospital?
    <a id="0">
     Six
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Fifteen
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Five
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Factual">
    Where the events of the story take place?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Near the night club
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     near the Taxi office
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     In the car
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who had been in line at a nightclub before the asthma accident?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The young man.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The emergency worker.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That cab driver.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Event_duration">
    How long did the emergency worker probably care for the young man?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     until he got to the hospital
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     All night.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     until the ambulance arrived
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Unanswerable">
    Will the sick person be able to pay for the attention during this incident?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Yes, he knows he has asthma so he has Health Insurance.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Probably he will scrape enough money together
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     NO, he is very poor so he does not have Health Insurance even though he has asthma.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Belief_states">
    What did the FRU person think?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     That people shouldn't queue to get into nighclubs
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     That people shouldn't ever get drunk
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     That there should be more ambulances
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    What does the emergency worker think about the lack of ambulances?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     It is not a problem.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     It is a problem.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     It is good for traffic that there are few ambulances on the road.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Causality">
    Why was the young man wheezing?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because of the exhaust from the taxi.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because he was sick.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because of the loud music from the club.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the patient receive a second dose of asthma medication?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after heading to the taxi office
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     after ambulance arrived
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     ten minutes after he got to the nightclub
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the man have an asthma attack?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After the narrator arrived.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After getting in line at the club.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After meeting the teenage girls.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will probably happen to the young man next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He will get into an ambulance and go to the hospital.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He will die.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The teenage girls will give him a ride to the hospital.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Subsequent_state">
    In the end of this story, the patient
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     will die
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     will survive
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     will have a heart attack
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    Where was the young man waiting in line at?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     A hospital.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     A nightclub.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     A taxi station.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Character_identity">
    Who had trouble breathing?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     A young man
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     A teenage girl
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the narrator
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Entity_properties">
    What should asthma patients avoid doing the most?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     nightclubs
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     smoking
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     drinking
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f174">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   I think I'm going to be leaving my job soon.
I went to a six-month-old baby with possible meningitis. The baby had the right sort of rash (although it was only on the back of the knee and, after checking, nowhere else). It had a temperature, but was one of the happiest, most alert children I've ever had the pleasure of meeting. It just didn't seem as if it had meningitis, and trust me, I've seen a fair few children and adults with it so I have a pretty good idea what it looks like.
Then, as in the past, I was left waiting for an ambulance.
For around 45 minutes.
There was no way I was going to be able to transport the patient in my car. It's just not equipped to carry such a small child. We don't have baby seats and as the family didn't have a car they didn't have one either.
So the family ended up phoning a friend to take them to the hospital. The ambulance turned up just as they were getting into their friend's car.
All I had going through my head was the potential newspaper headline 'No Ambulance For Baby Dying Of Killer Bug!'
Later that night I went to a woman who was having an extremely painful miscarriage. There is nothing I can do for that on scene, the patient needs to be in hospital. Thankfully the ambulance wasn't too far behind me, but if I had been waiting on scene then it would have been a very awkward and distressing wait (again, because of the pain, it would have been impossible to transport her in my car).
More and more I'm looking at my watch as an ambulance fails to arrive. It's only a matter of time before I have someone die in front of me while waiting for an ambulance.
So, I'm seriously considering leaving the FRU and going back to work on an ambulance. That way I can pick up sick people, and take them to where they need to be: a hospital.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Event_duration">
    The ambulances probably arrive:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Much later than they are needed.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Earlier than expected
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     as soon as they are needed on the scene for emergencies
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Unanswerable">
    Who was the woman's husband?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     one of the patients at the hospital
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     The FRU person
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     The ambulance driver
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Event_duration">
    The ambulance coming for the woman with a miscarriage probably arrived:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     about ten minutes after the writer
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     about fifteen minutes before the writer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     about thirty minutes after the writer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Temporal_order">
    He/she saw the baby:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Before deciding to leave their job
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After deciding to leave their job
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Once he/she arrived home
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator think about their work?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     that they would be more useful in the ambulance
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     that they would be more useful in FRU
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     that they should have baby seats in FRU cars
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Causality">
    Why couldn't the baby be taken to the hospital?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     they had to phone up a friend first to consult
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     there was not a baby seat
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     it was against the rules to carry such a small child
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the end of the story, the narrator:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     is still unhappy with ambulance service
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     is happy with ambulance service
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     leaves the FRU and goes to work at a convenience store
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Entity_properties">
    Which of the following is probably true about the writer?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The writer is selfish
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The writer is thankful for the ambulance service
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The writer cares about people
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    The narrator probably?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Very insensitive towards sick people
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     has a lot of experience with sick people
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     is indifferent towards sick people
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Character_identity">
    Who was getting into a car when the ambulance arrived?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     the parents of the child and the child
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     their friend's family
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the FRU person
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Causality">
    Why does the FRU person want to leave his/her job?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     the ambulances are too slow
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     someone died in front of them while waiting for an ambulance
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the wait is awkward and distressing
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    Where should the woman having a miscarriage be taken?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the FRU person's car
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Home
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The hospital
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Character_identity">
    Who probably had meningitis?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The child
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     FRU person
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the baby's family
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Belief_states">
    The narrator believes that:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the ambulance will not arrive for the baby
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     they will have to take the child without a carseat
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     if it goes on like an ambulance could arrive too late to help a patient
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Unanswerable">
    At the end of the evening, the first responder went
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     to the hospital to check on the baby
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     to the hospital to check on the woman having a miscarriage
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     to the hospital to apply for a job working on an ambulance
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Temporal_order">
    When did ambulance come for the child?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     It did not come
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After hours of waiting for the ambulance
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     After they got an acquaintance to pick them up
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Factual">
    While with the baby, what was the narrator hoping for?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     that the ambulance would come soon
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     that they would find a baby seat
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     that the parents would arrive
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text, the narrator
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     considers switching his job
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     considers delivering baby on scene
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     considers leaving his job
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f175">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   The call details appeared on the computer terminal in the FRU:
'Nineteen-year-old male - Patient has lump on ribs - difficulty in breathing.' Halfway to the address, a private house, my screen was updated: 'Patient has taken cocaine.'
I was met at the front door by a young male, stripped to the waist and obviously agitated. 'Comein, myribsfeelfunny, andmyshoulderbladedon'tfeelright.'
'Slow down,' I said, taking his pulse - 110, a bit on the high side, but he was bouncing off the walls.
'My ribs man! They don't feel right! Have a feel.' He then started running his hands up and down his chest. 'Have you fallen over? Been hit? Anything unusual happened?' I asked. 'No man - just feel them ... FEEL THEM!'
'Look, you need to calm down,' I replied. 'I can't do anything while you are hopping all over the place.'
He started shouting, 'FEEL THEM! JUST FUCKIN' FEEL THEM!' He turned his back to me, indicating that I should feel his normal-looking ribs.
A sudden wave of anger passed over me - it was all I could do to not punch him in the back. I examined his ribs; they felt perfectly normal to me.
'There,' I said, 'your ribs are fine.' 'What about my shoulder blades man?'
'Look, you've taken cocaine right? You are feeling paranoid, it's normal, just try to relax a little.'
'WHAT ... ABOUT ... MY ... FUCKIN' ... SHOULDER BLADES!' He turned his back on me again. I gritted my teeth and grabbed his shoulder blades.
'They are fine. Now. Sit. Down.' He sat down. Then he stood up, then he paced around the kitchen, then he did a few circuits of the sofa, then he sat down again, then he stood up and hopped around a bit. I was getting tired just watching him.
'Look,' I said trying to calm him, and me, down, 'is this the first time you've taken cocaine?'
'No man!'
'OK, well if you want we can take you to the hospital, get you checked out if you'd like?'
'NO!' he shouted. 'I'm not going to hospital.'
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Factual">
    Who was the patient?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Nineteen-year-old dispatcher
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     19 year old male
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the narrator
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Character_identity">
    What looked completely healthy?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     the patient's back
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the cocaine
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the patient's pulse
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Subsequent_state">
    How did the narrator feel after leaving the scene?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Angry
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Happy
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Frustrated
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Entity_properties">
    How does the nineteen year old likely feel about hospitals?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He feels calmer in a hospital.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He enjoys going there.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He is scared of them.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Event_duration">
    How long ago did the nineteen year old probably take cocaine?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     over four hours.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     less than two hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     two to four hours.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Causality">
    Why was the patient paranoid?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He was on drugs
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He was crazy
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He was bouncing off the walls
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Causality">
    Why is the nineteen year old having trouble with his ribs?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He doesn't, he is just high
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He had fallen over
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He had been hit
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably the occupation of the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Paramedic
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Policeman
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Doctor
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Belief_states">
    What does narrator think is the cause of the problem?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     a fight
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     cocaine use
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a fall
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    What does the paramedic really want to do?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Hit the nineteen year old.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Adopt the nineteen year old.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Feel the nineteen year old's ribs.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Event_duration">
    How long did the call probably last after arriving to the residence?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     15-30 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     30-60 minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    What was the patients main complaint?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     falling over
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     pulse rate
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     ribs
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Unanswerable">
    What happened to the patient next?
    <a id="0">
     He went to the hospital
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     He punched someone in the back
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     He was arrested for cocaine possession
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Character_identity">
    Who was running around the apartment?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The cocaine dealer.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The 19-year old.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The paramedic.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Temporal_order">
    When the screen was updated?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before the patient took cocaine
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After the patient got a lump on his ribs
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     as the narrator was on this way
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the paramedic do next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Call the nineteen year old's mother
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Try to sedate the nineteen year
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Punch the nineteen year old in the back
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the paramedic check the man's shoulder blades?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After checking the first thing he complained about
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     After hitting him in the back.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     after the patient started feeling paranoid
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Unanswerable">
    How hot was it when the paramedic was feeling his ribs?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     60
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     110
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     80
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Factual">
    What was the patient's pulse like?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not high at all
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     moderately high
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     very high
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f176">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   It was cold, it was dark and it was raining the sort of thin greasy rain that soaks straight through your clothes. I was making my way to one of the Docklands Light Railway stations for a 'Male - collapsed, caller not willing to approach patient.' I'd been to this station in the last week for a hoax call and I wasn't sure if this was a repeat performance.
At the bottom of the stairs just sheltered from the rain was a young man in his twenties, dirty, dressed in filthy clothes and curled up next to a plastic bag. Standing over him was another man, this one dressed in a suit, looking a bit concerned.
(The London borough of Tower Hamlets has both the richest, and the poorest population in London.)
'He's just laying there, not talking,' the smartly dressed man said. 'I didn't really know what to do ...'
I let him know that I'd take care of the patient, and that he had done the right thing and could go home.
It was just me and the patient. Given the way he looked it was a reasonable assumption that he was homeless. If he was homeless then there was a reasonable assumption that he was drunk and given that he was in such a public place there was a chance that there was something physically wrong with him.
I attempted to wake him up - he was keeping his eyes closed when I tried to open them, so I knew that he wasn't really unconscious.
'Look mate,' I said, 'if you don't open your eyes, I'll have to check your blood sugar, which means poking a needle into your finger. If you open your eyes then I won't have to do that.'
No response.
So I checked his blood sugar along with the rest of his vital signs; everything was fine.
I crouched down opposite him. 'Look, you can open your eyes and talk to me you know - we'll still take you to hospital. To be honest, I can't blame you, an A&amp;E waiting room has got to be a pretty good option on a crappy night like this.'
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Belief_states">
    What does the doctor think of the patient?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     he must be rich
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     he must be sick
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     he must be poor
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the rich man to call for help?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     less than a minute
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than fifteen minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Causality">
    Why did the man in the suit call the paramedics?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because the homeless man was causing problems.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because the homeless man was motionless.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because the homeless man was lonely.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the paramedic poke a needle into the patient's finger?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After attempting to open his eyes.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     First thing upon arriving.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     before talking to him.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator understand that the man was a pretender?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     After checking his blood preasure
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After trying to wake him up
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After checking his blood sugar
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Unanswerable">
    What was the hoax call about?
    <a id="0">
     someone who collapsed
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     someone who was drunk
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     someone who had low blood sugar
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Entity_properties">
    What kind of person is the paramedic likely to be?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He is emotional.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He is caring.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He is callous.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the paramedic to arrive?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     less than an hour.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     over an hour.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     several hours.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Belief_states">
    What does the paramedic think about the rich man?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     That he shouldn't have called.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     That he acted the way he was supposed to.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     That he should have approached the patient.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Character_identity">
    Whose vital signs did the paramedic check?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The man in a suit.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The homeless man's.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     his own
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the smartly dressed man?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He was a fashion designer
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He was rich
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He was poor
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Subsequent_state">
    In the end of this text, how does the man in the suit feel about himself?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     happy that he had helped without getting too involved
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     wishing he had approached the patient
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     indifferent
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Character_identity">
    Who could go home?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The paramedic
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The rich man
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The homeless man
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Unanswerable">
    Why was the man homeless?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     his property was stolen
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     he was drunk all the time
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     he lost his job
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Factual">
    Where did this story take place in?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in France
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     in the USA
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     in the UK
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Causality">
    Why did the doctor think the young man was homeless?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He was on the ground in a public place
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He was laying on the ground
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The way he looked
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Subsequent_state">
    What did the patient probably end up doing?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Going to the hospital.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     visiting the smartly dressed man
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Staying in the Docklands Light Railway stations
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    What was the weather like when the doctor was approaching the station?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     pleasant
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     ok
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     miserable
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Unanswerable">
    Why is the young patient homeless?
    <a id="0">
     His parents died and he was left alone.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     He lost his job.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     His wife left him and took everything he had.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f177">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Tom Reynolds
   </author>
   <title>
    More blood, more sweat, and another cup of tea
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/reynoldstother09more_blood_more_sweat_another_cup_of_tea/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Seven-hour shifts are really easy to do, especially when you have spent the last year doing only twelve-hour shifts. The jobs tonight were pretty easy - even easier for me as I was driving the ambulance rather than treating the patients. We had a 16-year-old girl with a sore throat, a pair of drunks, one of whom had a twisted ankle, a little old lady who'd fallen over indoors and had a nasty scrape to her arm, and a young woman, twelve weeks pregnant, who had been assaulted at work and struck in the stomach. The real standout job for me shows just how daft some people are. The patient was a twelve-year-old boy. We got the job as 'child banging head on walls and floor' and when we turned up the child was indeed clutching his head and hitting it against a wall. The parents and child spoke poor English, but we easily managed to learn that the child was suffering from an earache, and that this was the cause of the head-hitting. 'How long has he had the pain?' asked my crewmate for the night. 'Five years then, three hours now,' replied the father. We understood what he meant - the child had an earache five years ago, but this current episode, and the reason why we were called out, had lasted three hours. 'Have you given him any painkillers?' 'No,' the father looked confused. 'Do you have any painkillers?' my crewmate asked. 'Yes, but we haven't given him any,' said the father. So the family could see their child rolling around the floor, screaming in pain and banging his head against the walls, and didn't consider that a painkiller might have - oh, I don't know - helped with the pain. I can imagine the scene in the hospital when the nurses give the child some pain relief - the parents looking at each other, slapping their foreheads and saying, 'Doh! We could have done that!' There are a lot of daft people out there - and I get to meet most of them.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Entity_properties">
    What can be probably inferred about he narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He is an EMT
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He is a nurse.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He is a doctor.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Factual">
    When did the narrator conclude that the parents were daft?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after learning what they did for the child
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     after the child started clutching his head and hitting it against a wall
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     after the child started rolling around the floor
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Belief_states">
    The narrator believes that many of those whom he sees while doing his job are really:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     stupid
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     intelligent
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     kind
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Factual">
    How long was the narrator working that night?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     seven hours
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     twelve hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     sixteen hours
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Character_identity">
    Who was talking to the 12-year old boy's father?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the twelve-year-old boy
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The narrator's colleague
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Unanswerable">
    Who was the most difficult case for the paramedics?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     the old lady with a scrape to her arm
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     the drunks
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     the girl with the sore throat
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Factual">
    What did the narrator ask the family?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     whether the nurses gave the boy some pain relief
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     whether they gave the boy any pain relief
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     whether the boy's pain was due to pain relief medication
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Character_identity">
    Who had trouble with their ears?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The twelve year old boy.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The 16 year old girl.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The twelve weeks pregnant woman.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this story
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The child will refuse to take any painkillers
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The child will not receive any painkillers
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The child will receive some painkillers
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator say that tonight was relatively easy?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the sick people were banging their heads against the walls
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the sick people were daft
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the sick people were not very sick
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    How serious is the child's condition?
    <a id="0">
     he needs surgery
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     he needs other medication
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     he just needs painkillers
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    When did the parents give their screaming child the pain medication?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before the ambulance arrived.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     After the ambulance arrived.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     They didn't give him any.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Event_duration">
    How long was the boy probably without any painkillers?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     exactly three hours
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than three hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     less than three hours
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator think people were daft?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     because the parents couldn't figure out a simple thing
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because he gets to meet many sick people
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because people bang their heads on walls and floor
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Entity_properties">
    Who was probably lacking common sense?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the woman who had been assaulted at work
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the twelve-year-old boy
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the parents
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Subsequent_state">
    What probably happened to the little boy once the ambulance arrived?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He punched a hole in the wall with his head.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     His pain got worse
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     His pain was reduced
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator imagine the nurses were giving painkillers to the 12-year old boy
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after talking to the parents,
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     while talking to the parents
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     before talking to the parents,
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator wish that the parents thought about?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     that the child needed pain relief
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     that the child needed to speak better English
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     that the child needed to keep banging his head against the walls
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Event_duration">
    For how long has the narrator probably been helping sick people?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     weeks
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     years
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f178">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   On the Monday before that Friday the 13th, I was at the Pick-a-Chick. That's what the sign said outside, although it wasn't really a Pick-a-Chick anymore. It was Herb's This 'n That Store. I'm only thirteen, and I can name three other businesses that used to own that store. First it was McCardle's Milk, which was cool because they had Pop Gums, a slime-green ice cream bar with bubble gum in the middle of it. Then it was Moishe's Meats, which pretty much put it off my map since when I was seven I was unlikely to want to browse in a butcher's store that had slabs of dead cows and featherless chickens in its window as if that would really draw people in. I think that'd be true even if I weren't a vegetarian. Then it was The Nickel House, which sold newspapers and comics and other things that cost a lot more than a nickel. They went out of business, maybe because you can't lie in your store's name and expect to get away with it for long. And then someone named Herb bought it and I guess gave up on trying to figure out what he would be selling, so it became the This 'n That Store, which was exactly what it was. But, throughout all this time, the old Pick-a-Chick sign stayed where it was, running the long way up the side of the brick building. By the time it got to Herb, the Pick-a-Chick sign was practically a local landmark. So, there the sign hung on the This 'n That store although chicken was one of the few things you absolutely couldn't get there. My parents hadn't exactly outlawed Herb's, but they weren't crazy about my going there since there was hardly anything in there that was Good For Me. Candy but no fruit. Comics but no books. Joke soap that turns your hands black but no ruled notebook paper. So, when I went, I tried to do it on the way to somewhere else so I could just sort of sidle on in.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Subsequent_state">
    In the end of this story the narrator
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     can eat slabs of dead cows
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Still doesn't eat meat
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     can eat chicken
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Unanswerable">
    What was the writer's favorite food?
    <a id="0">
     ice cream
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     bubble gum
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     candy
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Temporal_order">
    When Nickel House went out of business?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     before it became known as Pick-a-Chick
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     before McCardle's Milk went out of business
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     before the shop was sold to Herb
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Causality">
    Why "The Nickel House" was not a good name?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The goods that were sold there were more expensive
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     There weren't any nickels in the window.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     It wasn't actually a house
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The narrator is going to buy something
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator is going to school instead of Pick-a-Chick
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The narrator is going to steal something
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Whose family disapproved of Herb's?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Herb's
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     the narrator's
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the butcher's
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Entity_properties">
    What was the Nickel Store probably selling?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     they sold many items with different prices
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Everything cost a nickel.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Everything was under a dollar.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator's parents not like This 'n That store?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The products were not helpful for their son
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The products were not helpful for vegetarians
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The products cost much more than a nickel
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Unanswerable">
    What will this shop sell in the future?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     candy
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     comic books
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     meat
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    Why did the author think the store was named "This 'n That Store"?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because it was a butcher shop.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because Herb thought the name was amusing.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Because too many different things were sold there
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Entity_properties">
    What does the narrator probably do on most days?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     go to school
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     go to buy some slime-green ice cream
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     go to the Pick-a-Chick
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Belief_states">
    What is the narrator thinking about eating meat?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He never does that
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He is a pescatarian.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He eats chicken
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Factual">
    What day of the week was the author at the Pick-a-Chick?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Monday
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Tuesday
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Friday the 13th
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator go to the Herb's This 'n That Store store?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in the second half of the month
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     exactly in the middle of the month
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     in the first half of the month
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Character_identity">
    Who renamed the shop to "This 'n That Store"?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Mr. McCardle
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Herb
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the person who put up the old Pick-a-Chick sign
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Event_duration">
    The Pick-a-chick store was probably closed for:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     between 2 and 5 years
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a little over a year
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     over 9 years
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Factual">
    What are Pop Gums?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     something sweet
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     something sour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     something you can read
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    How long would the narrator probably spend at the shop?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     over two hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     less than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     over an hour
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f179">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   I didn't think about the ticket again until Tuesday night. After all, everyone knows that if you have a violin lesson on Monday, you don't have to practice until twenty-four hours later. Even parents understand this. It's practically a law. So, of course, I didn't open my violin case until Tuesday night. I had just finished my math homework and figured I'd get my violin practicing over with. This turned out to be lucky for me for two reasons. First, it meant that I opened up my case in my room, instead of in the den where I usually practice, so that when the lottery ticket fluttered out, no one saw it but me. Second, having just finished working on math problems put me in the right frame of mind. I had just been busting my brain on those problems where you have to figure out what the next number is by catching on to the pattern in the numbers before it. For example, if the series were 1,3,7,15 the next number would be 31 because between 1 and 3 is 2, and between 3 and 7 is 4, and between 7 and 15 is 8, so you keep multiplying the difference by two and adding it. And that turns out to be the same thing as multiplying by two and adding one. How almost interesting! So, when the lottery ticket floated off of my violin and fluttered down to the floor, for the first time I saw the number that the hat lady had picked. 35-8-27-9-18-9. Now, normally I have a real hard time with these types of problems, but this one I got right away, even though there was no reason to think there was anything to get. Maybe that's why I got it. Or maybe it was just that I noticed that the digits of the first number - 35 - added up to the second number. And, then, while I was at it, I noticed that if you subtract the second number from the first one - 35 minus 8 - you get the third number. And, wouldn't you know it, if you add the digits of the third number, you get the fourth.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text, the narrator
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     feels proud he figured out a math problem
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     feels happy to be practicing his violin
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     hates math
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Event_duration">
    How long the narrator has likely to have a lottery ticket for?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     For a few weeks
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     For a week
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     until the winner is announced
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Unanswerable">
    How much did they win in the lottery?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     7 million
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     4 million
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     31 million
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator play his instrument?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     on Monday before the violin class
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     on Tuesday in their room
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     on Monday after the violin class
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Factual">
    Who chose the lottery number?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     a woman
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the violin teacher
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a man
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Subsequent_state">
    When this story ends, the narrator:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Will buy a lottery ticket
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Will do more math problems
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     will play his instrument
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the author to complete their math homework?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than five hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     an hour or two
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     less than half an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    When does the author play his/her instrument?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After doing his/her school assignments
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     At the same time doing his/her school assignments
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before doing his/her school assignments
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Factual">
    What had the author been working on before the music homework?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Mathematics
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Playing the lottery
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Talking to their parents
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    What did they think about the lottery numbers?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     that this was almost interesting
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     that they could see an interesting pattern
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     that the hat lady picked the winning number
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Factual">
    What kind of problems was the narrator working on?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     math problems that involve subtraction
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     math problems that involve equations
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     number sequences
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Unanswerable">
    What is the narrator does the best?
    <a id="0">
     playing the lottery
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     math
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     playing the violin
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Factual">
    Who didn't look at the number previously?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the violin teacher
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the hat lady
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the narrator
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why was the author practicing violin?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To get it over with
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because they love violin practice
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because they hate violin practice
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the author?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     They are a student
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     They are a full-time working adult
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     They are a toddler
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Entity_properties">
    How were the lottery numbers usually picked?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     using birthdays or anniversaries
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     by the narrator at random
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     by the shop assistant at random
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Character_identity">
    Who understands that violin practice always happens too late?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the parents
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     everybody
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The law
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Causality">
    Why was it lucky that the narrator was lazy and did not practice?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because he/she was done with the math homework
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     because he/she could keep his secret
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because he/she didn't have to practice in the den
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Belief_states">
    The author feels that catching on to patterns in numbers is:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     close to fun
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     extremely fun
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     definitely fun
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f180">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   I was in the den, playing Commander Keen on the kids' computer. Keen's an old game, but it's a real time waster and because there's no blood and gore, my parents practically encourage me to play it. My mother was sitting at the roll-top desk, going over the bills, opening envelopes and shaking her head. And in comes my sister Maddie, holding the ticket, and saying, "What's this?" all innocently. Maddie, you have to understand, is five years old and enough to drive any brother insane. She's the worst variety of cute: the type that's cute and knows it. All she has to do is pull her little lower lip under her upper one and look at her shoes and shuffle her feet, and you can practically hear a crowd say "Awww." And then she gets what she wants. Not that there's anything really wrong with that. I'd do it too, if I could get away with it. But, Maddie seemed to me to be doing it more and more, as if recognizing that she was only about a birthday away from it not working for her anymore. You had to give her credit. She was milking it for all it was worth. I was out of my seat in a flash, thinking about how to explain how I ended up with the ticket when, to my amazement, my mother actually ignored Maddie. The telephone rang, and Mom was annoyed enough about being interrupted while working on the bills that she went for the phone to stop it from ringing as if it were a chipmunk she had to chase out of the house. So, while Mom was on the phone with someone trying to sell her another credit card - I pity the poor slob on the other end of the line - I was in Maddie's face and had grabbed the ticket from her. "But what is it?" she asked.. "I'll tell you later. Now just keep quiet or I'll tell Mom you were playing with my violin again."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Temporal_order">
    Maddie went in when
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The writer was in the den
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The writer was cute
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The writer was five years old
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    Why does Maddie always get her way?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because she is pretty
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because she is five years old
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because she drives people insane.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Maddie ask her mom a question about a ticket she found?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before the writer played Commander Keen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Before there was a phone call
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before chasing a chipmunk out of the house.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Belief_states">
    Who ran up to Maddie?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The mom.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Commander Keen
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The narrator.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Causality">
    Why was the writer's mother annoyed?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because the narrator was playing computer games
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because of the phone call while she was working
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because Maddie was asking questions
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Event_duration">
    Why would the son not want his mom to see the ticket?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Becuase it would cost him money.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Becuase he would get in trouble.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because it would make her happy.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Subsequent_state">
    How does the boy feel about his sister immediately when this text is done?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He adores her.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He wants to hurt her.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He is irritated by her.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Character_identity">
    Who had to give Maddie credit for using her cuteness?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the parents
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     anyone who knew her well
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the person selling credit cards
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it take the writer to get his ticket back?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A long time
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     A very short time
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     A very long time
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Entity_properties">
    What kind of person is probably the writer's sister?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     playing computer games too much
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     wasting too much time
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     annoying
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who is the worst variety of cute?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Mom
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The writer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the little sister
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    What did the writer take from his sister?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Commander Keen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Credit card
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     A ticket
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Belief_states">
    What does the writer feel about her sister?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     That she likes Commander Keen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     That she is going to be a beautiful woman
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     That she gets away with too much using her looks
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Subsequent_state">
    How many credit cards did the mother have after the end of this story?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     one more than before
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     one less than before
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     as many as before
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Unanswerable">
    Who likes video games the most?
    <a id="0">
     The writer's mother
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     The writer's sister
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     The writer's friend
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    Who did not need any more credit cards?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The mom.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The poor slob trying to sell credit cards
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The girl Maddie.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Entity_properties">
    Why was Maddie probably using her charms on her mom?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To get her brother in trouble.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     To get to chase a chipmunk
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     To get her mom to play a game.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Unanswerable">
    Who wastes the most time every day?
    <a id="0">
     the sister
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     the mother
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     the brother
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f181">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Life at Horace J. Oakes Middle School is far more complex than most people realize. It's a school where popularity counts more than just about anything. You could be the captain of the hockey team, a straight A student, great looking, and the star of this year's play - The Music Man, in case you were wondering - but if word got out that you were unpopular, well, you might as well find a cave with cable TV because you're not going to be doing a lot else with your time. Of course, if you were all those things, you'd probably be popular too. But that's the thing - it's only a probability. Popularity is one of those things that's hard to judge, like trying to decide if you're good looking by staring into a mirror. You just can't tell. You can tell if you're smart by looking at a report card (at least kind of), and you can tell if you're a good athlete by seeing how fast you run a race, but popularity is hard to measure. And it's also a little bit like being a celebrity who's famous just for being famous. Once word gets out that you're popular, well then, you're popular. But if you're popular and no one knows it, then you're not really popular. You can't say, "I'm popular, although everyone disagrees," any more than you can say, "I'm famous, but no one knows it." Mind if I change the subject? I'm beginning to get a headache ... Anyway, the truth is that I could not claim to be one of the most popular kids in school. It's not that if you were to divide the school into two teams, The Populars and the Unpopulars, I would be made the captain of the Unpops. In fact, you'd really have to make a third team, the Who Cares, and then I definitely would be on the starting line up.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the end of this story the writer probably:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     tries to become more popular
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     becoems the captain of the Unpops
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     forms the Who Cares club
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the writer?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     he/she wants to popular
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     he/she wants to be unpopular
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     he/she doesn't care about popularity
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the narrator discuss next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     They will keep talking about popularity in general
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     They will talk about hockey.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     They will keep talking about their standing at school
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Temporal_order">
    When would you need to find a cave with cable TV?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     when you become less than popular
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     when your friends became unpopular
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     when you starred in this year's play
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Causality">
    Why should you be good looking, played sports, starred in the school play, and got good grades?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     to be in Who Cares club.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     to be popular.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     to be unpopular.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Factual">
    If you would like to be popular you should?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     get bad grades
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     get good grades
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     get mediocre grades
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Belief_states">
    What group does the narrator believe they fit in most with?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The Who Cares group.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The Popular group.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The Unpopular group.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Unanswerable">
    What is probably one of the narrator's hobbies?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Painting.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Acting.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Hockey.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Character_identity">
    Who can tell if they are smart by looking at a report card?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     a celebrity
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Anyone
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the writer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator get a headache?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     After becoming captain of the unpopular group.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After changing the subject.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After discussing popularity.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Causality">
    Why was did the writer stop talking about popularity?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     this subject got too philosophical
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the writer can't tel if they are popular
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the writer is not popular
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Belief_states">
    The writer thinks
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     popularity is highly probable for them
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     popularity is confusing
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     popularity is straighforward
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the writer?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     he/she is confused about popularity
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     he/she is popular in school
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     he/she is the least popular in school
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Factual">
    What is this year's school play about?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     cable TV
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     music
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     popularity
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Event_duration">
    How long the Music Man is likely to play?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Two hours.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Four hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Half an hour.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Character_identity">
    Who would be captain of the unpops?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the star of the play
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a celebrity
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the writer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Unanswerable">
    What hockey position does the narrator play?
    <a id="0">
     He doesn't play hockey.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Forward.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Goalie.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    Where is popularity the most important thing?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Horace J. Oakes Middle School.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the hockey team
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The Music Man play
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Event_duration">
    How long does it probably take to become the captain of the hockey team?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     forever
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a long time
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a short time
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="19" type="Unanswerable">
    Will the writer become popular?
    <a id="0">
     yes, he/she will be a star student.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     yes, he/she will medal on the track team
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     yes, he/she will get the lead in the play
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f182">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Friday was press day for my father. He publishes the local newspaper that comes out once a week. For the longest time I thought he hated it because whenever he talked about it, he was complaining: The local businesses weren't advertising, the ones who advertised weren't paying, the local residents weren't subscribing, the reporters weren't reporting. One complaint after another, sometimes for an entire dinner or Sunday morning walk. So, when I asked him a few years ago why he didn't quit, he looked shocked. "Quit?? Jake, I love The Gaz. I wouldn't do anything else!" (The Gaz was short for The Melville Gazette.) "Why would you ask such a thing?" When I told him that all I ever heard from him were complaints, you could see it sink in. After that, my father did a terrible job trying to be positive about The Gaz around me. It was cute. Fridays are tense days for my dad because that's the day the paper actually gets printed. It means he has to go to the printing plant to oversee the production. But it's also the last chance to discover and fix any last minute problems - and to find out that you made mistakes that now you can't fix because the paper's been printed. So, at dinner on Friday, when my mom asks how Dad's day was, it's not like the other days where you just expect a "Fine" that doesn't mean anything. On Friday, Dad's answer tells us what the mood of dinner and of the weekend will be like. Tonight, we got "Well, it's done, anyway," which long years of listening to my father have taught me means: "Rough day, but, in the end the newspaper turned out fine." It seems that at the last minute, Dad had to drop an article from the front page because the town committee on recycling hadn't met, so there was nothing to report about. "So, I pulled my editorial about lotteries onto the front page. I don't like putting editorials on the front page, but it was the only thing that would fit."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Factual">
    How was the paper referred to in the family?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The Gaz.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Terrible Job.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The Melville Gazette.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Unanswerable">
    What is the biggest source of revenue for this newspaper?
    <a id="0">
     businesses buying advertisements
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     locals subscribing
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     businesses paying for ads they bought
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    How popular will the latest edition of the paper likely be?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Very popular because everyone plays the lottery.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Very popular because nobody wants to read about recycling.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Not very popular because there is no big story.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    How long was dinner probably going for?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     About four hours.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     About two hours.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     About half an hour.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Factual">
    What does Dad do on Fridays?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     getting the local residents to subscribe
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     receiving advertisements from local businesses
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     producing the newspaper
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    who finds the mistakes in the paper?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Jake's dad
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Jake
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the publishing company
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator's father try to only say nice things about his job?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After he realized that his children got the wrong impression of it
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before dinner.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     on Fridays.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Subsequent_state">
    In the upcoming weekend
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     they will hear no complaints from Dad because he liked everything about the paper this time
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     they will hear a few complaints from Dad because the paper was overall ok
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     they will hear a lot of complaints from Dad because the paper had a lot of mistakes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Temporal_order">
    When can Jake tell what the mood for the weekend will be:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     During Friday dinner
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before the Mom asks how the Dad's day was
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     during weekend
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    Who learned to interpret what the father said on Fridays?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jake's Dad
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jake
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jake's Mom
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Causality">
    Why was the lottery editorial put on the front page?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because it was the only thing of the right length.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because it was the biggest story.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he was paid off by the lottery committee.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Unanswerable">
    How many pages is the newspaper?
    <a id="0">
     4
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     10
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     16
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Character_identity">
    Who workins in publishing?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The narrator's mother.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The narrator's father.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the father do in the end of this text?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He will go to the printing plant.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He will relax because it is Saturday.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He will deliver newspapers.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Event_duration">
    For how long did Jake probably listen to his dad complaining?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     a long time
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a few Fridays
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a few weekends
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Causality">
    Why are Fridays tense days?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because Jake reads the paper that was just printed
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because Mom cooks dinner
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     because this is the last chance to make changes in the paper
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Belief_states">
    What does the father think of his job?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He doesn't care one way or the other.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He enjoys it although he complains about it.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He hates it because he always complains about it.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Entity_properties">
    How much Jake's dad probably cares about his job?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jake's Dad thought about quitting his job
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jake's Dad would rather have another job
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Jake's Dad prefers this job to any other job
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f183">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    David Weinberger
   </author>
   <title>
    My Hundred Million Dollar Secret
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/weinbergerdother09my_hundred_million_dollar_secret/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   The next morning I was not up bright and early. That's because I was up dim and late the night before. I tossed. I turned. I practically did land-based synchronized swimming. My blankets were twisted around me as tightly as if elves had spent the evening practicing for their knot-tying merit badge. And when dawn finally came, I drifted off to sleep. To sleep, and to dream. To dream about coming home from school with dollar bills stuffed into every pocket and down my shirt and in my cap and in my lunch box. Dollar bills hanging out all over me. And my mother and father were waiting for me, asking me how my school day had been and if I'd like a snack, while I frantically kept shoving bills back into their hiding places, hoping my parents wouldn't see. It was nine thirty when I woke up, which was late for me on a Saturday morning. Even before breakfast, I made an excuse about getting some exercise, and hopped on my bike. The Pick-a-Chick was open. Outside was a stack of newspapers. I grabbed one and raced inside, pulling a dollar from my pants pocket. Mrs. Karchov was feeling particularly chatty that day, and it seemed forever before she gave me my fifty cents change. Thanking her - remember, I am a nice boy - I went outside, sat on the curb, and with trembling fingers looked up in the index where the winning lottery number was. Page 56. It's amazing how hard it can be to find a page when you really want to. I knew I had five of the six numbers right. So, when I got to page 56, I read backwards, from right to left. There it was, in big beautiful black ink: 9. I had won. The prize, the paper said, was $111,000,000. Now what was I going to do? So I did what any red-blooded American boy would do: I stood up, made a fist, pulled my elbow in, and said, "Yes!"
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Character_identity">
    Who did the boy thank?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Mrs. Karchov
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     His father
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     His mother
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He doesn't like Mrs. Karchov
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He hates his parents
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He wants to be rich
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the boy buy the lottery ticket?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     After he bought the newspaper
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Before he bought the newspaper
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     At the same time that he bought the newspaper
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Factual">
    Where did the boy get the newspaper?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in school
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     at home
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     in a store
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Unanswerable">
    What time does the narrator typically wake up on Saturdays?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     before 8:30 AM
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     before 9 AM
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     before 8 AM
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Factual">
    What did the character win?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     something tiring
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     something exciting
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     something boring
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the boy grab a newspaper?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     after receiving change
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before riding the bike
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     after arriving at Pick-a-Chick
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Unanswerable">
    What will the boy do with the money?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     buy a more comfortable bed
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     buy a new bike
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     save it
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably the reason the boy didn't fall asleep until dawn?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He was calm.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He was anxious.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He was confident.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Subsequent_state">
    At the end of the story, the boy:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     turns in the lottery number
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     keeps the lottery number to himself
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     loses the lottery number
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    What, according to the boy, can be very difficult?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     to buy a newspaper
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     to find the right page in the newspaper
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     to win a lottery
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Subsequent_state">
    What did the boy probably do with the winning ticket after the story ends?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     throws it away
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     loses it
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     tries to cash it in
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Belief_states">
    The character thinks that:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Mrs. Karchov is married
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Mrs. Karchov is talkative
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Mrs. Karchov is old
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why was the boy not up early?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     he did not sleep well
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     did not have school on Saturday
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     tired from riding the bike
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Causality">
    Why did the boy stand up and cheer?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He saw that Pick-a-Chick was open
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He had a good breakfast
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He was going to have a lot of money
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Belief_states">
    Who did the boy tell an excuse about going exercising?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Mrs. Karchov
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     His parents
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The school teachers
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Event_duration">
    How long was the narrator probably in the store?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Fifteen minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     One minute
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Five minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take for the boy to reach Pick-a-Chick?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     60 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a couple of hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     10 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f184">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Jack Hardin stood with the wind blowing through his dark brown hair, his hands shoved deep into the pockets of his best black slacks. His head hung down, his gaze intent upon the marker of his father's grave. He had visited the spot enough to have memorized every detail, so though his eyes looked there, they looked nowhere. Jack stood there and tried to make sense of it all. He was sure, absolutely sure, that this was the hardest thing he would ever have to do. The morning was clear, apart from a few clouds huddling around the sun for warmth. There was a bird delivering a morning sermon from a tree overhanging the edge of the cemetery. On days when the wind was right, Jack could hear the choir singing from the First Baptist Church three blocks over. Today was not one of those days, however, so he could not. Even if the wind had been right, Jack would not have listened, for he paid no attention to anything around him. Cars passed the cemetery, heading north toward Highway 15 and out of town, unnoticed. He reserved his attention strictly for his father. All the various aspects of Sunday for Jack were summarized in that place. It was the only church he ever attended, the only one he felt he needed. Taking a moment away from his reverie, he noticed the grass. It had begun to encroach upon the bronze plaque with its raised letters declaring his father's presence. He bent and began pulling up the shoots. The few intruders were ripped up by Jack's slow, thoughtful hands. He did not care for the cemetery, although it was not the purpose of the place which gave him pause. Being the son of a doctor had done something to prepare him for the inevitable. Jack disliked the cemetery because it seemed to have lost its significance. There was a kind of perennial dignity in the large headstones of old. Now, the newer sections of the cemetery had only plaques set in the ground.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Event_duration">
    Jack's father probably died
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     a few days ago
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     a few months ago
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a few years ago
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Unanswerable">
    How did Jack's father die
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Cancer
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Heart Attack
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Car accident
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    Why does Jack probably react to the death of loved ones the way he does?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because he is emotionally exhausted.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he goes to church
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Because his father was a doctor
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jack think about the cemetery?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jack thinks it is a bad place because it reminds him of death.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Jack enjoys being there.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Jack thinks that people do not treat it the same way they used to
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jack believe is the hardest thing he will ever have to do
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     clearing the grass from his father's grave
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     being a doctor's son
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     understanding death
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who was prepared for the inevitable?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Cars on Highway 15
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     doctors
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the visit to the grave, Jack felt
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Angry
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Annoyed
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Sad
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Factual">
    What did Jack do at the grave?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jack was talking to his father
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jack got rid of the weeds
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jack was crying
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Jack go to the cemetery?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     after 12 pm
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     on 12 pm
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     before 12 pm
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When Jack visited his father's grave?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     On days when the wind was right
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     On Sunday
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After going to the church
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    After visiting the grave, Jack went:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Into the Church
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Back into town
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Out of town
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take Jack to pull up the shoots?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     less than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     all day
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Character_identity">
    Who was tidying up the grave?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The church choir
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jack's father
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Entity_properties">
    How often does Jack probably visit his father's grave?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Once a year
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Every week
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     On nice days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Factual">
    What was audible during some of Jack's visits?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Birds singing
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The church choir
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Cars on the highway
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack's eyes look nowhere?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because Jack had been there several times before
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Jack was listening to the bird's mornign sermon
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because Jack's attention was reserved for his father.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack dislike the cemetery
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because his father had died
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because it no longer seemed important
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because the grass was overgrown on his fathers grave
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end if this text, Jack is:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     going to the Baptist Church
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     going to see his father
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     going to see his doctor
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f185">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Jack worked all afternoon with the three lines of musical notation he had scribbled the day before, and was getting absolutely nowhere. Not necessarily nowhere, he corrected himself, those three lines have been perfected and re-perfected five times over. He had them memorized to the point where he could more than likely play them backwards. Have I eaten today? He looked at the clock on the wall. It was after five o'clock. He could not remember if he had even had breakfast, much less lunch. He turned his attention back to his sheet music. Its contents had been translated from the scrawl on his pad early this morning. Jack sighed. He put his hands to the keys and, with raised eyebrows, played the three lines backwards. In his frustration, he grimaced, struck the keys, and glanced over at Ted. Ted seemed to slump where he sat in the sunlight coming through the window. He looked as uninspired as Jack felt. "You, too?" Jack asked his plant, and did not get an answer. He had tried all day to coax some more music out of himself, but nothing would come. He would improvise another three or four lines beyond what he already had, and then stop, frozen with the knowledge that it was not working at all. He had changed tactics, trying to sneak up on the muse and ensnare it when it was not looking. He would go downstairs and watch some television, then come up and try again. Nothing. He had taken a long walk through the neighborhood, just to get his mind away from the page sitting at attention on his piano. Nothing. He could not go any further with what he had, he could not add to it, and he could not forget about it. Those next phrases were there somewhere, and he felt-- There was a knock at the door. Jack turned around and looked at the door, absurdly certain that someone had made a mistake. He was disoriented for a second or two, and suddenly unsure of where he was.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack watch television?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To get a break
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     to distract himself from his hunger because he didn't have breakfast or lunch
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Ted's favorite show was on.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Entity_properties">
    Why did Jack probably go for a walk?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     To help remember what he ate for lunch
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     To find Ted
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     To clear his head
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Belief_states">
    What was Jack thinking?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     how to break his deadlock
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Why Ted was there
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     what the people in the neighborhood thought of his music
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    For how long can Jack probably go without eating like this?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     a day now and then
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     many days consecutively
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     half a day
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Event_duration">
    How long was probably Jack's walk?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     about one hour.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     much more than an hour.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     much less than an hour.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who did not look impressed with Jack's efforts?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The person who knocked at the door
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Ted
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Unanswerable">
    Jack was working on
    <a id="0">
     A new song for a local artist in his neighborhood
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     A TV commercial jingle
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     A feature film score
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    Jack would improvise three or four lines
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After taking a long walk
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Before watching some television
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After coaxing some music out of himself
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    Where was Jack probably sitting all day?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     At his piano.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     On the sofa with Ted.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     In front of the television.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jack will have breakfast
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Jack will coax some music out of himself
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Jack will answer the door
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is at the door?
    <a id="0">
     A pizza delivery man because Jack haven't had lunch.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     A person selling bibles.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Ted's girlfriend.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    Who is Ted?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     John's roommate
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     A houseplant
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     A composer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Factual">
    What did Jack eat?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He only ate breakfast
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He ate breakfast and lunch
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     nothing
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Character_identity">
    Who watched television?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Ted.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Jack.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the muse
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will Jack do next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He will get inspired and finish his song.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He will tell the person at the door to go away.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He will answer the door.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    Where did Jack walk?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in the neighborhood of the muse's house
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     in the vicinity of his house
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     in the neighborhood of Ted's house
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Belief_states">
    Jack thought Ted seemed
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enthusiastic
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     grimacing
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     frustrated
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack feel uninspired?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A disappointing lunch
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     An argument with Ted
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     he couldn't finish his work
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Jack write the three lines of music down properly?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     after sighing.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After scribbling it first.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     While playing it on the piano.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f186">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   When I was thirteen, I began hanging around with three other guys. We wound up together because we seemed to share the same opinion on a lot of things. We knew this town had really nothing to offer us, for one thing, and we had to get out as soon as possible or this hellhole would swallow us completely. We all wanted to do something with our lives that just didn't fit with the small town mentality. And I know, this isn't supposed to be the typical small town. I hear there's a couple of places called "research parks" now that have a lot of really great, fast-moving corporations that provide a lot of needed dollars, where you can go and get a job that will take you just as far as the company wants you to go. But go ahead and preach to me about how great this town is and how free-thinking and progressive and so forth and then trot over to the community college, and see how many liberal arts classes they offer. I'll bet it's not much compared to the engineering classes. I remember what it was like living here, and it doesn't take but a few days back here to remind you that it was a good idea to leave in the first place. Anyway, I'm getting off on a tangent here. My three friends. First there was Scott, who wanted to sing. Wanted to sing anything basically. He'd sing along with the radio, he'd sing along with the television, hell, he'd make shit up and sing it if there wasn't anything else to sing. He wrote lyrics, good ones too, but his voice wasn't for shit. He was always either writing lyrics or poetry, or turning one into the other. He was quite a character. Next there was Jonathan, who was fourteen and well built for his age. He was one of those kids who got the hormone hit early and heavy and shot up and out and around and any other direction he could manage. He wanted to play football, and couldn't wait to get to high school so he could bash some heads.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Factual">
    What was Jonathan's age?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     16
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     12
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     14
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    Why does Jonathan want to go into sports?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because he wantes to get to high school.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because he is large for a teenager.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he likes shooting.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Factual">
    What kind of programs are available in the local college?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Liberal arts.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Science.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Engineering.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    How far from joining high school the three friends are likely to be?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     a year or two
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     five or six years
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     three or four years
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Unanswerable">
    Who was the writer's closest friend among three guys ?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     the other guy
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Jonathan
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Scott
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the end of this text:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The narrator will get a job in a research park with a fast-moving corporation
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The narrator will get into the local community college
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The narrator will try to get out of the town
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Character_identity">
    Who doesn't have a lot of arts programs?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     fast-moving corporations
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the engineers
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the local college
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Subsequent_state">
    Who will the narrator mention next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Scott.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     His third friend.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jonathan.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Unanswerable">
    What was Scott's favorite kind of poetry?
    <a id="0">
     rap song lyrics
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     pop song lyrics
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     haiku poetry
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When is the narrator telling this story?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After he left the small town
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before he left the small town
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     while he was trying to leave the small town
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who wrote good lyrics?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     the narrator's friend whose name was Scott.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the narrator's friend whose name was Jonathan.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The narrator himself.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator start meeting up with Scott, Jonathan and another guy?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     On his 13th birthday
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After he turned 13
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Before he turned 13
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Event_duration">
    For how long did the narrator probably live in the town?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He still lives there.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Until he was 18.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Until he was 30.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why did the writer choose to hang out with Scott and Jonathan ?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because they thought alike about many topics
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because he was thirteen
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because they came from the same place
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Belief_states">
    What kind of programs does the narrator think are prevalent in the local college?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     football
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     liberal arts
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     engineering
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator think of his town?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He thinks it's free-thinking and progressive.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He wants to live there forever.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He dislikes it a great deal.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Entity_properties">
    What kind of job does the narrator probably have when he's telling the story?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Something involving liberal arts.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He plays football.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He is an engineer.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Entity_properties">
    Which personal attribute did Jonathan probably possess?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     aggressive
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     reserved
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     outgoing
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f187">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Jack was downstairs, fixing breakfast. There were two things in life Jack had found he could do exceptionally well. The first, of course, was music. His piano helped keep him sane, and there were times during the last six months when Jack was positive it was the one thing keeping him from throwing himself from a bridge. The second thing was cooking. After the death of his father, he had learned quickly that if he wanted to eat anything that did not come in a box with the designation "Microwaveable" on it, he had better learn to make it himself. Debra never lifted a finger, unless it was to write a check for the pizza delivery boy. She preferred fast food, or anything that could be thrown quickly across a counter. The person in question sat at the table, looking up periodically at Jack, and then back down at the Universal Tribune. He heard Campbell on the stairs, and turned around. "Good morning," he said, as Campbell entered the kitchen. Campbell glanced for a moment at Debra, and then at Jack. "Christ, Jack," he said, eyes widening, "what the hell are you doing?" Jack had eggs working on one of the stove's eyes, french toast on another, and yet another with sausage and bacon. He had a spatula in either hand. "Hungry?" he asked Campbell. "I hope I am," he replied, raising an eyebrow. "I didn't know what you liked," Jack turned back to the stove with a shrug. "Sorry." Over breakfast, they talked about what to do that day. Fearing for their privacy, they packed the feast Jack prepared onto two trays, and took it to his room. Campbell did most of the talking, relating what had led him to search for Carol in the first place: his desire to discover what had become of his childhood companions.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Jack's friend get to the kitchen?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After Jack had started cooking breakfast
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     While Jack played piano
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After Jack prepared two trays
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Subsequent_state">
    Who will probably do the cooking the next day?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Campbell
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Deborah
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Character_identity">
    Whose father died?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Debra's.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jack's.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Campbell's.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Entity_properties">
    What effect did piano probably have on Jack?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     It reminded him of the past
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     It was calming and therapeutic
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     It made him worry
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jack think of Debra?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     That she is lazy.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     That she reads a lot.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That she is a weight-lifter.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is Debra?
    <a id="0">
     Jack's sister.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Jack's girlfriend.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Jack's wife.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Factual">
    What was Jack doing when Campbell entered?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Cooking breakfast
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     telling Debra that it was a good morning
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Playing piano
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack have to learn how to cook?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Debra did not like cooking
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Jack enjoyed eggs and french toast
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jack found he could do it well
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Factual">
    Where did they eat?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     In Jack's room.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     In Debra's room.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     In the kitchen.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Subsequent_state">
    Campbell had come to tell Jack:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Something about Debra
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     What had happened to Carol
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     About a new piano piece he had learned
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who read the Universal Tribune?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Debra
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Campbell
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jack
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Belief_states">
    Campbell and Jack were worried about
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     sausage and bacon being out of date
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Debra ordering fast food
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     someone eavesdropping on them
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Entity_properties">
    What time of the day was it likely to be?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     It is morning.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     It is evening.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     It is afternoon.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack make so much food?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Debra ate a lot.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Debra and Campbell liked different things.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     To accomodate his guest
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Campbell enter the kitchen?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After Debra.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before Jack.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Before Debra.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is Debra?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     she is Jack's sister
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     she is Jack's wife
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     she works for pizza delivery
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Event_duration">
    How much time does Debra usually spend cooking?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     more than half an hour
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     less than half an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     over an hour
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    For how long do you think Jack has been playing the piano?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     weeks
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     months
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     years
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f188">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   On Thursday at eight forty-five, Jack found himself standing outside Ray's Diner. A trio of men walked out of the diner talking and laughing. "What am I doing here?" he mumbled under his breath. The question was meant to be rhetorical, but an answer came to him anyway. He remembered how it had felt, standing there, holding Karen's hand. He recalled how soft it had seemed, how that simple action managed to lift his spirits to a level he had forgotten existed. He knew he would have been content to spend the rest of the day holding her hand, his skin touching hers, because it reminded him of how pleasant and simple his life used to be. Thinking back, he could almost picture a time when the feeling had been commonplace and perhaps even taken for granted. I want that back, he thought, as much of it as I can, if it's not entirely out of my reach. Another thought struck him, and it was the rock upon which he built up his courage. And I'm not going to get any happier standing out here waiting for something to happen, so -- But something did happen. The lights began to go out in the diner, one by one, as if on cue. Before Jack realized he meant to do so, he was sprinting up the stairs to the front door. Karen's face was in the window, looking back at him. His rapid ascent to the doorway appeared to have startled her for a moment, but upon recognizing him her expression changed to one of surprised delight. She held up one finger, asking him to wait for a moment, and then she finished turning out the lights. She unlocked the door and stepped out into the night air, which was cooler than usual for summer. "So you decided to come by," she said, as she turned her back on him and locked the front door. "I was worried you had forgotten."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the diner go dark?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after Jack arrived
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     during Jack's arrival
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     before Jack arrived
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    Why did Jack want to see Karen?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     to help her turn off the lights
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because his life was pleasant and simple
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     because she made him feel better
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text, Karen is
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     tired and irritable
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     worried
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     happy
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Character_identity">
    What seemed soft?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Karen's hair
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Karen's skin
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Karen's expression
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Unanswerable">
    What was the relationship between Karen and Jack?
    <a id="0">
     they were married
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     they were best friends
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     they were dating
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Causality">
    Why was Jack at Ray's Dinner on Thursday night?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He came to eat
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He came to see Karen
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He came to meet the trio of men
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Factual">
    Where did Jack go?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     to the restaurant
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     to see people asking rhetorical questions
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     to the city
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Factual">
    Who did Jack see in the diner?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Karen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     His best friend
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     himself
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Event_duration">
    How long did Jack probably wait outside before talking to Karen?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     thirty minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Subsequent_state">
    How did Jack feel walking up to the diner when this text ends?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     he felt happier
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     he felt mad
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     he felt worried
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who wished to be with Karen?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Ray
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Karen
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When Jack arrived at Ray's Diner?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before 8pm
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     At 8:30pm
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     After 8pm
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Belief_states">
    What was Karen's reaction to Jack's appearance?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     it made her worried
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     she was enjoying the cool night air
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     she thought it was unexpected
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Unanswerable">
    Where did they go after leaving the diner?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     a commonplace
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     on a date
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     the rock
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Entity_properties">
    Where does Karen probably work?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     the restaurant where Jack came
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     she sells rocks
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     she sells light bulbs
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Belief_states">
    What did Karen want Jack to do?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     to leave
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     to give her time to finish her job
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     to stay inside for a moment
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Entity_properties">
    What is the most likely to be Karen's job in the restaurant?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     to talk to Jack
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     she is a waitress
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     she is the CEO of the Ray's Diner chain
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take Jack to go up to the doorway?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     seconds
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f189">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Robinson
   </author>
   <title>
    Mystics on the Road to Vanishing Point
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/robinsonjohnother08mystics_on_the_road_to_vanishing_point/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Campbell arrived home around six o'clock, and fixed himself something to eat. He took it upstairs and found Jack finishing his preparations. "Looking good," Campbell said, as he took a bite out of his sandwich. "Looking very good indeed." Jack had chosen a pair of blue jeans, along with a white T-shirt. Over the shirt was a dark blue button-down, completely open down the front and untucked, with the sleeves rolled up. He was putting on his shoes as Campbell spoke. "So, son," Campbell continued, deepening his voice, "need to borrow the car?" "No, thanks," Jack said, fixing his hair in the mirror. "Everything planned tonight is within walking distance." He turned to face Campbell. "Small town ambiance." Campbell chewed thoughtfully, swallowed. "Tell me again why you don't have a car?" "I told you, I do have one. It's in the garage." Campbell was surprised. "Why don't you ever use it?" "It was a gift from my father -- in the will, I mean." Jack's voice grew suddenly quiet, almost reverent. "It's not the newest thing under the sun, anyway. Good shape, though. He left plenty of money for her to buy whatever she needed," he nodded his head towards the kitchen, where the television was on, "including another car, but I've never wanted to use it. She uses it whenever she wants, because I don't want to. Memories, I guess." "Sorry," Campbell said, "I didn't mean to get you all upset before your date." "Don't worry about it," Jack told him. "Nothing can get me depressed right now." He brightened a little, and smiled. "Anyone who gets depressed on a first date with a positively wonderful young lady needs to have his head examined." "Good point," Campbell said. "Besides, walking everywhere gives her plenty of time to talk."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Factual">
    Where is Jack headed?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     To fix his car.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     To make a sandwich.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     On a date.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take Jack to get dressed?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     more than half an hour
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     over an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     less than half an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    Where did Campbell probably return from?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     An automotive garage
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     his job
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     A restaurant
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    How long will Jack's first date probably last?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     8 hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     4 hours.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     All night.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Subsequent_state">
    How did Campbell feel after he arrived home?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Surprised
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Hungry
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Tired
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Jack finish dressing?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before Campbell made a sandwich
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After Campbell made a sandwich
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     While Campbell was making a sandwich
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jack think about someone who is not happy when going on a first date with a nice girl?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     That something is wrong with them
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     That they must not like the girl very much.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That they probably have a good reason to be depressed.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Belief_states">
    What does Campbell probably think of Jack?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     he chose his clothes well for the date
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     he needs to have his head examined
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     he's physically attracted to him
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    Who is probably in the kitchen?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Jack's mother.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jack's date.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Campbell.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Causality">
    Why will Jack's date have lots of time to talk?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because they won't be driving
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because they are staying at her house.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because Jack's car is very quiet.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Factual">
    What was the top layer of Jack's clothes?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     something else
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     white T-shirt
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     blue button-down
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Character_identity">
    Who was looking in the mirror?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jack
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Campbell
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jack's date
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Campbell make his sandwich?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     before approving how Jack looked
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     after talking to Jack
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     At work.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Character_identity">
    Who will have lots of time to talk?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Campbell.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Jack's date.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jack.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Causality">
    Why was Campbell worried that Jack would be sad?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because he reminded Jack of his father
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Jack didn't have a car
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because Jack was wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Subsequent_state">
    Who will come out of the kitchen later on?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jack's date.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     the person watching the TV.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Campbell.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Unanswerable">
    What brand of blue jeans is Jack wearing?
    <a id="0">
     "White T-shirt" brand
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Gap.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Levi's.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Unanswerable">
    What is the color of Jack's car?
    <a id="0">
     white
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     red
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     dark blue
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Entity_properties">
    Where is Campbell probably eating his sandwich?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in the kitchen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     in Jack's bedroom
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     in the garage
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f190">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Tall. Dark hair. Nose almost straight. Mouth curving around prominent teeth. Beautiful, Oliver realized as their eyes met perfectly. "Francesca, sorry I'm late," another woman said, guiding two girls into the next booth. "I just got here." "Hi, Mommy." Francesca's smile turned down, traveled around, and turned up independently at each corner. "Hi, Sweetheart. Turn around, now." One of the girls was looking tentatively at Oliver, holding the top of the booth with both hands. He waved at her, raised his eyebrows, and bent to his eggs. Toast. Nothing like toast. He wiped up the remaining yolk. Where's the husband? Probably one of those jerks in a Land Rover. A bad golfer. Cheats. Christ. Oliver drank the rest of his coffee and prepared to leave. As he slid sideways across the green plastic seat, he again caught the woman's eyes. They were calm and questioning, brown with deepening centers the color of the inner heart of black walnut. He stood and nodded in the Japanese manner. No one would have noticed, unless perhaps for her friend. He buttoned his coat before pushing open the outer door of the diner. The air was damp, tinged with car exhaust and diesel. The first flakes of a northeaster coasted innocently to the ground. Francesca--what a smile! She reminded him of the young Sinatra in _From Here To Eternity_, awkward and graceful at the same time. The friend was heavier and looked unmarried, a career teacher, maybe. Problems on short leashes yapped around her heels. Oliver shrugged, pulled a watch cap over his ears, and walked toward the Old Port. A car pulled over. "Olive Oil!" George Goodbean shouted. "Want a ride?" "Taking my life in my hands," Oliver said, getting in. "It's a good day to die," George said. "Aren't we romantic." "Artists live on the edge, Olive Oil. Where the view is." A pickup passed at high speed, hitting a pothole and splattering mud across the windshield. "Moron!" George reached for the wiper switch.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Causality">
    Why didn't Oliver talk to Francesca?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     because he thought she was married
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because she was beautiful
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because her friend loooked like a career teacher
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Factual">
    What did Oliver drink at the diner?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A soda
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     A hot drink
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     An alcoholic beverage
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Temporal_order">
    When did George arrive?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before Oliver ordered his breakfast.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     While Oliver was eating breakfast.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After Oliver finished his breakfast.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Subsequent_state">
    What is Oliver likely thinking about after the end of this story?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     How heavy Francesca's friend was.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     How cute Francesca's kids were.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     How beautiful Francesca was.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about Oliver?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He is a waiter.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He has a good eye for details
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He is a baseball player.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who did Oliver wave at?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Francesca.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     George.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Francesca's daughter.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Belief_states">
    Oliver thinks that:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Francesca has a lot of problems.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Francesca is beautiful.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Francesca needs to lose some weight.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Oliver leave the diner?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After nodding to the woman he liked
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before Francesca followed him outside.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     after meeting George
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Unanswerable">
    What will Francesca order for breakfast?
    <a id="0">
     Hash browns.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Eggs.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Pancakes.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Unanswerable">
    What is Francesca thinking about Oliver?
    <a id="0">
     she does not really notice him
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     she likes him
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     she is annoyed by the attention
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who gave Francesca a nod?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Francesca's friend
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     george
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Factual">
    What car had a moron driver?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Truck
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Land Rover
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Pickup
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Belief_states">
    What does Oliver think of Francesca's friend?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     That she is tall and has a straight nose.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     That she does not have a family.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That she is pretty.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Event_duration">
    How long was Francesca likely at the diner before her children and friend arrived?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     30 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     20 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     a few minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Event_duration">
    What is the most likely time that Oliver spent at the restaurant?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     45 minutes.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     90 minutes.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     60 minutes.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about George Goodbean?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     George is a cautious driver.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     George has never driven a car.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     George is a reckless driver.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Causality">
    Why did Oliver button his coat?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because George drives too fast.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because the weather was bad
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because his coat looks better buttoned up.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will Francesca do next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     She will play golf with her husband.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     She will order breakfast.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     She will run after Oliver.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f191">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Oliver worked on the mailing list all week. He tried not to think about Jacky, although she came into his mind regularly, especially at night. Her big eyes held him before he fell asleep; her body was just out of reach. When he wasn't sitting in front of the computer, he worked on the walnut box. He finished the dovetails. Fitting the bottom of the box was a puzzle. He had cut it to rest inside; it had to be supported just above the low bottom arches. He didn't want to put screws through the sides of the box, and if he put supporting ledger strips on the inside, the bottom would be raised too high. He fastened a small block to the lower inside of each corner. The blocks strengthened the feet of the box and supported the bottom just above the arches. He was satisfied with that solution, but when he pushed the bottom down on the blocks it did not fit perfectly flush against all four sides. The cracks bothered him. By Friday, after much experimenting, he had made tiny moldings to cover the cracks. "Thank God for routers," he said to Jennifer Lindenthwaite. "Took me about five tries, but I did it." "I wish Rupert had your talent," she sighed. "It's not talent; it's pig-headedness." "Pigs are sweet, really," Jennifer said. "They get a bad rap." She stood. "Let's see the program." She liked what he'd done and asked him whether Jacky had approved it. "Jacky said that, as long as I included everything that she wanted, you should be the judge--since you would have to use it and train others to use it." "It looks good to me," Jennifer said. "I'll have Mary mail you a check on Tuesday. We pay bills on Tuesdays." "Thanks."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is Jennifer?
    <a id="0">
     another programmer
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     she pays the bills
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     a pig farmer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Factual">
    What was Oliver making?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     walnut box
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     puzzle
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     blocks
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Belief_states">
    Who does Jennifer think is not a good craftsman?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Rupert
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Herself
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it take Olier to make the moldings?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     A few hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     A few days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about Oliver?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He does not like Jennifer.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He does not like to experiment.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He is a perfectionist.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Event_duration">
    How many days did Oliver probably work on the mailing list?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     over 7 days
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     less than 2 days
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     over 20 days
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Subsequent_state">
    How will Oliver probably spend his nights after the story ends?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     imagining Mary
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     imagining Jennifer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     imagining Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    When does Oliver make the moldings?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After the cracks appeared
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After he talked to Jennifer
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Before he fastened the block to each corner of the box
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Subsequent_state">
    How does Oliver feel about Jacky right after this story ends?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He misses Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He's angry with Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He doesn't want to see Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Causality">
    How will Oliver be paid for his work?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     check
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     credit
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     walnut boxes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    How does Rupert feel about Oliver?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     He feels that he is more talented than Oliver.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     He feels that others think Oliver is more talented.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     He feels that Oliver is more talented than him.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Character_identity">
    Who did Oliver want to touch?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Rupert
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jennifer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably Oliver's job?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     a carpenter
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a pig farmer
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     a computer programmer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Character_identity">
    Who thought Oliver did a good job?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Mary
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jennifer
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Causality">
    Why does Oliver make the moldings?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because the bottom of the box did not fit perfectly flush against all sides
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he finished the mailing list
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he talked to Jennifer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    What did Oliver try to improve?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The walnut box
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     His conversation with Jennifer
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     His computer
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jennifer think of the program?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     it's ok but needs some more work
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     he did a good job
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Oliver should check with Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Temporal_order">
    When was Oliver working on the walnut box?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before he started working on the mailing list
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     after he finished the mailing list
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     alternating with the work on the mailing list
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f192">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Jacky's transfer left a hole in Oliver's life. He tried to explain it to Mark Barnes without getting into details. "I mean, we were going in different directions anyway. She wanted a lot . . ." "Yeah." Mark laughed. "How it goes." "But I got used to seeing her. She has a house in South Portland. I used to go over there sometimes on weekends--nice place, garden out back, blueberries, the high bush kind. I pruned them. We'd have a glass of wine, get into it . . . Now, nothing. And the hell of it is: I don't feel like seeing anyone else." "Used to take me 18 months to get over a relationship," Mark said. "Now it's 18 weeks and dropping. You know what they say about falling off a horse." "Climb back on--right." Oliver said. "All very well for you. I'm not, like, in demand. I got lucky, was all." "Come on! Just cuz you're four feet, two . . ." "Five feet, two," Oliver said. "Don't you forget it." "Ork. It doesn't mean shit," Mark said. "Do I look like Mr. Studley?" "How do you do it, anyway?" "Fabric, man. They're helpless for fabric. You got to buy stuff they want to touch. The ladies have no imagination; if they can't touch it, it doesn't count." Mark drank and smiled. "I spend a fortune on shirts and sweaters. 'Oooh,' they say. I hold out my arm for the feel. 'Yeah, nice--silk and cashmere,' I say. 'Alpaca,' or whatever the hell it is. Next day, I mail it to them. Would look better on you, I tell them." "I don't have a fortune," Oliver said. "Shop around," Mark said. "Linen. You got to start somewhere." "Yeah," Oliver said. For the hell of it, he checked out Filene's Basement, but he couldn't find anything that didn't have the executive leisurewear look. The next day he was in Freeport and stopped at the Ralph Lauren factory outlet store. He bought a linen bush jacket that was radically marked down. It was dyed a dark sandy color and looked as though it would last.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Entity_properties">
    Why does Oliver think he will not find another girlfriend?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     because he is short
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because he is truly in love with Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because he looks like Mr. Studley
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Character_identity">
    Who was missing Jacky?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Mark
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Belief_states">
    How does Oliver feel about himself?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     That he's not the nicest looking man around
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     That he dresses well
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     That he's "in demand"
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Character_identity">
    Who got Oliver's height wrong?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Mark
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Mr. Studley
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Oliver
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Factual">
    What did Mark spend a lot of money on?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Horses
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Houses
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Clothes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Subsequent_state">
    At the end of the story, what do they do to improve Oliver's appearance?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Get him a nice house with a garden
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Get him to dress better
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Go to the gym
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Unanswerable">
    What kind of fabric does Mark wear the most?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     silk
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     cachemere
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     alpaca
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Event_duration">
    How long did Oliver probably spend at Ralph Lauren?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Oliver spent about a minute shopping at Ralph Lauren.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Oliver spent about an hour shopping at Ralph Lauren.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Oliver spent about a day shopping at Ralph Lauren.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Subsequent_state">
    After this story ends
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Oliver gave the linen bush jacket from Ralph Lauren away to Goodwill.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Oliver started wearing the linen bush jacket from Ralph Lauren
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Oliver returned the linen bush jacket from Ralph Lauren to the factory outlet store.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When Oliver went to Freeport?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before going to South Portland
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     before Mark asked if he looked like Mr. Studley
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     after he was advised to dress better
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Temporal_order">
    When was Oliver at the Ralph Lauren outlet store?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The day before going to Filene's basement.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     after going to Filene's basement.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The same day as going to Filene's basement.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Unanswerable">
    Where was Jacky transferred?
    <a id="0">
     Jacky was transferred to another factory store.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Jacky was transferred to another country.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Jacky was transferred to another state.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take for Oliver to find a nice decent new look?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Same day they started looking
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a few months
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a few hours
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Entity_properties">
    How much did Oliver probably spend on his makeover?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Nothing, he got some clothes from Mark
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     A fortune, because he was looking for high-end expensive clothes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     a reasonable amount of money, because he was looking for bargains
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Belief_states">
    Who believes that one can start relationships quickly after ending previous relationships?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Mr. Studley
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Mark
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Causality">
    How did Jacky's transfer make Oliver feel?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He missed her
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He wanted to date other women
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He was relieved
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Factual">
    Oliver used to spend Saturdays and Sundays:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     shopping in Ralph Lauren factory outlet store
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     with Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     shopping in Filene's basement
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Causality">
    Why does Mark say women are helpless for fabric?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because they like expensive things
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because they want to fall off horses
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Because they like fabrics that feel good
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f193">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   If Francesca weren't married, Oliver would have been after her in an instant. He didn't know what to do. He couldn't think of a way to give her the box and the valentine without putting her in an awkward position. He placed them on the mantelpiece in the living room. The walnut and the bronze gave him a warm feeling; they signalled a future or at least a connection with her. He might have hustled a programming project, but the thought of business meetings sent him across the bridge to Crescent Beach. The air was fresh and salty, softened by the waxy smell of beach roses. Children played. Dogs chased Frisbees. Waves curled and crashed along the sand. In September, in Maine, time has a way of crystallizing and standing still. Oliver soaked up the sunny shortening days. He was rested and tan, increasingly coiled for some kind of action. He received a postcard from Jacky saying that she was living in a motel but was about to move into a house. Her job was a lot of work but going well. She missed him. He sent a housewarming card to the new address and said that he missed her, too. No harm in that. Besides, it was true. One afternoon in October, when the leaves were beginning to change color, he came home and heard Jacky's voice on the answering machine. "Oliver, are you there? No? I'm in town. I'm staying at the Regency. I'm wondering if you would join me for dinner. I've got a meeting in ten minutes. Just come to the restaurant in the hotel, if you can, at six." There was a short pause. "I'll understand if you can't make it. I know it's short notice. Bye." Her voice softened on the "bye," and she hung up. Oliver paced a couple of tight circles and decided to go. He did his laundry and ironed a white linen shirt. At six, he walked into the Regency and said to the hostess, "I'm meeting someone . . ." He looked around for Jacky.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Factual">
    Where did Oliver put the box and valentine?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Crescent Beach
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The mantelpiece
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     an awkward position
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    Why did Oliver send a housewarming card?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because he heard from Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because Jacky was the only woman he was interested in
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Francesca was married
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    John's feelings towards Francesca probably are:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Mutual.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     One-sided (she wants him).
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     One-sided (he wants her).
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Belief_states">
    What does Jacky say to Oliver in her postcard?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     She didn't forget him.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     She hates Regency
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     She's unhappy about her work.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Factual">
    What did Oliver feel at the beach?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a desire to chase Frisbees
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Anticipation.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a desire to smell roses
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Unanswerable">
    Jacky's career is
    <a id="0">
     a bank teller
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     a hostess
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     a salesperson
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Character_identity">
    Who sent Oliver a postcard?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Francesca.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Jacky.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Regency.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Character_identity">
    Who left Oliver a voicemain?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     hostess
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The Regency hotel
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Subsequent_state">
    After the end of this story, Oliver:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Has dinner with Francesca.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Has dinner with Jacky.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Has dinner with the hostess.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Unanswerable">
    What color is Francesca's hair?
    <a id="0">
     bronze
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     blonde
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     walnut
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Belief_states">
    What is Oliver thinking about giving the valentine to Francesca?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He thinks he shouldn't give her a valentine because he likes Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He thinks he doesn't want to create problems for her
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He thinks he is in love with her
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Entity_properties">
    Francesca likely has a
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     husband
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     boyfriend
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     wife
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Oliver paced circles around?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After getting Jackie's message
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After finding something to wear
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After 6 PM
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Event_duration">
    For how long did Oliver probably know Jacky?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     several months
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     several days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     several weeks
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Causality">
    Why is it awkward for Oliver to give Francesca a gift?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because he placed it in the living room.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because she has a husband.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he set it on the mantelpiece.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Event_duration">
    Jacky's message on the answering machine was probably lasted
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     about a minute
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a few hours
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Temporal_order">
    Oliver found something nice to wear:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     After he knew he was meeting Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     After he went to Regency
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before reading the postcard.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Subsequent_state">
    After this story ends, Oliver continues to be
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Jacky's love interest
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Jacky's coworker
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jacky's neighbor
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f194">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Traffic was moderate. Oliver hummed along, enjoying the oranges, reds, and yellows of New England in October. He crossed the Hudson on the Tappan Zee Bridge, bypassing New York, glad to be moving again after weeks of inaction. His money and what felt like his entire future was in his pocket. At five o'clock he cruised slowly through Atlantic City. He found Bally's, parked, and went to his room. He washed his face, changed into his outfit, and went back outside. The boardwalk stretched out of sight along the beach. It was warmer and more humid than in Maine. Lazy waves collapsed on the sand. Beach-goers and gamblers of all ages strolled back and forth--studs with oiled glistening muscles, grandmothers with straw hats and outrageous sunglasses, Afro-Americans, Latinos, Asians. He was too warm in his suit. He returned to the air conditioned hotel and entered the casino. Loud music. Hellish reds and blacks. The women that Jacky had remembered were seated in front of rows of flashing slot machines. The women pulled long levers mechanically; win or lose, they pulled again. Bells rang as an occasional jackpot cascaded from a machine. Oliver recognized the crap tables--elongated mahogany figure eights, surrounded by players leaning over the action. Dice rolled, bounced, and tumbled to a stop on the gleaming green felt. People cheered or groaned. The roulette wheels were in a different section. The blackjack dealers were beyond the roulette wheels. At the far end of the casino, behind bars, cashiers exchanged chips for money or vice versa. Cashing in your chips, for real, Oliver thought. He pushed $1000 toward a cashier. "What do you want?" Oliver hesitated. "Hundreds, twenties, tens, fives, what?" "Give me one hundred dollar chip," Oliver said, "the rest, tens and fives." "You want to leave some in the cage?" "Five hundred," Oliver said. The cashier issued him a plastic card with a magnetic strip. "Give this to the pit boss when you want more." "I got these complimentary dollars," Oliver said, "when I checked in." "Over there." The cashier pointed to a barred room within the main room. "Promotions." Oliver walked over to Promotions.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Temporal_order">
    Oliver got free chips:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after buying some chips
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     before going to the casino
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     before getting a card with a magnetic strip
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Unanswerable">
    What place does oliver like the best?
    <a id="0">
     Hudson
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Tappan Zee Bridge
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     New York
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Unanswerable">
    What game is Oliver going to play?
    <a id="0">
     Slots
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Blackjack
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Roulette
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Belief_states">
    Who thought it was too hot outside?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Latinos
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Asians
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Causality">
    Why did Oliver go to the promotions window?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     To get his free chips
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     To buy more chips
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     To find the pit boss
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who was too warm in their suit?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     An Asian
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Belief_states">
    How does Oliver feel about being on the go?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     lazy
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     hesitating
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     enjoying it
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Factual">
    Where did Oliver see grandmothers wearing hats?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The beach
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Maine
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The casino
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    What activity does Oliver probably enjoy the most?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     gambling
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     looking at women in the casino
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     strolling along the beach
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Subsequent_state">
    What does Oliver probably do after the story ends?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Gambles
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Goes back to the beach
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Goes back to the hotel
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Event_duration">
    How long was Oliver probably driving for?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     over 10 hours
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than 15 hours
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     A few hours
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Event_duration">
    How long did Oliver probably spend at the Casino?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a few hours
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a few days
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Subsequent_state">
    What does Oliver probably want to do at the Casino after the end of this text?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     change to different clothes because his suit is too warm
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     have a few drinks
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     win a lot of money
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Entity_properties">
    How does Oliver probably feel about autumn?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He likes the colors
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He thinks it is too hot
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He is hesitant about it
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is Jacky?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     Oliver's friend
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Oliver's significant other
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Oliver's roommate
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Causality">
    Why did Oliver give the cashier money?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     to break a 1000 dollar bill
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     to gamble
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     to pay off his debt
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Character_identity">
    Who went to the casino?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jacky's friends
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Afro-Americans
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    Where did Oliver go after buying some chips?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the bar
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the cage
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     promotions
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Temporal_order">
    John washed his face:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     after seeing the hellish reds and blacks
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Before going to the casino
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     After he entered the casino
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f195">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    John Moncure Wetterau
   </author>
   <title>
    O+F
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/wetterauj11001100511005/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Oliver drove a mile and stopped, ears buzzing from wine and the violent emotion. He saw Jacky again, sitting up on the bed, one hand across her heart, and he felt a stab of pain and longing. It wasn't too late to turn around. They could put the pieces back together; he could serve her, and she would take care of him. Why not? What else was he going to do? He searched around in the glove compartment and found a Willy Nelson tape. Might as well have the real thing. _On the road again . . ._ Shit. He pounded the steering wheel once and kept going. Philadelphia. He made it past the city and began to wear down. He didn't need to hurry--Arlen wasn't expecting him home for a couple of days. He turned off the highway and stopped at a motel. He put his bag on a chair and lay down for a moment. Had he done the right thing? Or was he just running away from commitment? He was in a bind. He couldn't stay in a submissive relationship with Jacky, but the more powerful that he felt as an individual, the lonelier he became and the more he wanted her--or someone. Pie. At least there was pie. Somewhere. He drove down the road until he came to a diner. Two state cops were drinking coffee at one end of the counter. A truck driver and three construction workers sat at the other end. Oliver sat between the two groups and sank further into his feelings. Thirty-five and what did he have to show for it? Six thousand dollars and a cat. An old Jeep. He finished his apple pie and watched the double doors to the kitchen swing shut behind the waitress. The swinging doors dissolved into dark water. He saw Owl overboard, holding his head above the waves. "Find your father," Owl said. Oliver's eyes opened wide. Owl had said that once. "Someday, you should find your father." Oliver thought hard. He had to do something. It was good advice. He made up his mind to try. "More coffee?" "Uh--yes. Please."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Causality">
    Why did Oliver get pie?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because that was the only food available
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Because his dad made it
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Because he was stressed and pie made him happy
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Character_identity">
    Who ate the apple pie?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     state cops
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the cat
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about Oliver?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Oliver likes pie
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Oliver never eats pie
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Oliver hates pie
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Event_duration">
    When will Oliver probably go home to Arlen?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     In four days
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     In two days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     In five days
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    How does Oliver feel about Jacky?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     he is in love with her
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     it's complicated
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     he hates her
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take Oliver to drive to the diner from the motel?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     more than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     less than an hour
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     much more than an hour
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Temporal_order">
    When did Oliver had his pie?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     after talking to the Owl
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After he came to a diner
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before he left Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Temporal_order">
    Oliver found a Willy Nelson tape:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     while leaving Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     before leaving Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     after leaving Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Causality">
    Why was Oliver staying in a motel?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because he was not supposed to return yet
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because Willie Nelson told him to.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he was going to see Jacky again.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Character_identity">
    Who was driving past Philadelphia?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Arlen
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Oliver
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably the reason for Oliver's driving?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He was escaping from his relationship with Jacky.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He was escaping from Arlen
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He was driving to be with Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Oliver goes back to the submissive relationship with Jacky
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Oliver orders more apple pie
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Oliver has more coffee
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Unanswerable">
    What did the truck driver order?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     coffee
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     tacos
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     apple pie
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Subsequent_state">
    After this story ends
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Oliver talks to the Owl
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Oliver follows the Owl's instructions
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Oliver returns to Arlen
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Factual">
    Where did John go instead of home?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Jacky's house
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Arlen's house
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     A motel
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is Jacky?
    <a id="0">
     Oliver's ex-girlfriend
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     a waitress
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Oliver's ex-wife
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Factual">
    Where did Oliver eat the pie?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in the old Jeep
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     at the motel
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     at the diner
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Belief_states">
    How does Oliver feel about himself?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He wants to live in a motel.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He thinks he is not very successful
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He wants to continue the submissive relationship with Jacky
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f196">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Peter Darbyshire
   </author>
   <title>
    Please
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/darbyshirepother08Pleasenovel/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   I walked everywhere in those days. I had a car but I couldn't always afford gas. Sometimes, at night, I went up to the windows of houses and looked inside. In the dark, you can stand right on the other side of the glass, and no one ever knows you're there. From the street, these places always seem like the kind of homes you see in magazine ads, all red walls and leather furniture. Close up, though, it's mostly just people watching television or doing the dishes. Although once I saw a woman feeding soup to a man with two broken legs. There was nothing wrong with his arms but she fed him soup anyway, kneeling beside him on the couch and carefully lifting the spoon to his lips. Another time I saw a man putting on eyeliner. I was standing deep in a driveway between houses and looking into a bedroom. I could see him through the cracks between the blinds. He was sitting at a vanity with lights around the mirror. When he was done with the eyeliner he put on eye shadow and lipstick. Then he cleaned his face with a tissue and blew himself a kiss. After that, he walked out of the room and didn't come back. I wondered whose makeup it was. His wife's? His roommate's? And once I came across another man doing the same thing as me. I started down a driveway and saw him kneeling on the ground at the other end, his face shining from the light of the basement window in front of him. He never looked away from it, not even when I went back up the driveway. I don't think he ever knew I was there. I never went back to that house again. I was twenty-three or twenty-four at the time, I can't really remember anymore. I hadn't worked in months. My wife had left me. Sometimes I woke up with shooting pains in my stomach, like someone had stabbed me while I slept. The doctors said there was nothing wrong with me.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Subsequent_state">
    At the end of this text the people he is secretly watching would feel:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     bored
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     uncomfortable
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     excited
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Subsequent_state">
    What did the narrator stop doing after the story
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     wearing his wife's makeup
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     going to the house that was watched by someone else
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Having stomach pains
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Unanswerable">
    Whose makeup was the man in the window applying
    <a id="0">
     His own
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     His roommate's
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     His wife's
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Causality">
    Why did the woman probably feed the soup to the man with the broken legs?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     because she cared for him
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because he could not use his arms
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because she hated him
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    What did the narrator think of the other man watching other people?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He was watching people making up
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He was watching people eating soup
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He was so focused he didn't notice the narrator
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who was sitting at a vanity?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     the man who liked makeup
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The man with broken legs
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the man watching other people
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Entity_properties">
    Why was the narrator coming up close to the houses?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because the houses had leather furniture
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     because he was interested in other people
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     because the houses looked like magazine ads
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Entity_properties">
    Why was the narrator probably looking in the house windows?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     His stomach hurt
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     His wife left
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He thought it was interesting
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Character_identity">
    Who had stomach ache?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     his wife
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     the narrator
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     a doctor
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Belief_states">
    The narrator thought that the eyeliner belonged to:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     himself
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     the man's wife
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     another man
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Event_duration">
    For how long did he probably watch a man putting on a eyeliner?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     A few minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     over 10 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     over 20 minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When the narrator's wife left
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     After he was 30
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Before he was 25
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     After he was forty
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Factual">
    What did most people do inside their homes?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     ordinary things
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     making soup
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     making up
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Unanswerable">
    What kind of work did the man do before losing his job?
    <a id="0">
     car mechanic
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     house decorator
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     soup chef
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Event_duration">
    For how long was the narrator probably watching people?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     for years
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     for days
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     for months
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Belief_states">
    Who told the narrator he was healthy?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     his wife
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The man with broken legs
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a doctor
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Causality">
    Why was he walk around instead of driving?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because that's what he preferred
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because his car was broken down
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     because he couldn't afford that
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    Who was spoon-fed?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     a man
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a woman
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the narrator
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Factual">
    What did the man with broken legs eat?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     a bowl of pasta
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     steak and potatoes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     something liquid
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="19" type="Temporal_order">
    When did he see the man putting on eyeliner?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     after the woman feeding the man soup
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     after seeing the other man looking into the basement
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     before his wife left him
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f197">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Peter Darbyshire
   </author>
   <title>
    Please
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/darbyshirepother08Pleasenovel/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   On one of these walks I met a blind man. It was around five or six in the evening. I could tell he was blind by the fact that he wore those dark glasses and he was tapping around the base of a telephone pole with a long, white cane. When I tried to walk around him, he swung the cane into my legs. It bent like it was made of rubber. I had to stop because he kept the cane in front of me. I couldn't move without jumping over it. "I'm a little lost," he said, as if I'd asked him how he was. "There's not a newspaper box around here, is there?" "No, there's nothing but the telephone pole," I told him. "There's supposed to be a newspaper box," he said, "but I guess my counting got thrown off somewhere." "Yes, that's most likely it," I agreed, even though I didn't really know what he was talking about. I waited for him to move the cane but he didn't. "I was walking to the school," he went on. "But I should have come across it by now. You don't see a school anywhere, do you?" I looked around. We were standing in front of an old Victorian house with vines growing up the front of it. A young girl in white pajamas stood in the front window, watching us. There weren't any lights on behind her. She was just a white silhouette against the darkness. I wondered where her parents were. "No," I said, "there's nothing but houses around here." "Wow," he said, shaking his head. "I'm really messed up." The girl didn't move at all, didn't even seem to blink. She looked like a ghost, and for some reason, that thought reminded me of the last night I ever saw my wife. "I could really use some help here," the blind man said.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Unanswerable">
    Who is the blind man?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     A teacher at the school
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     The father of the girl in the Victorian house
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     The editor of the local newspaper
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Factual">
    What is the blind man using to navigate the city?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A newspaper.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Dark sunglasses.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     A cane.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Unanswerable">
    What is the girl's favorite color?
    <a id="0">
     dark glass color
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     vine green
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     white
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Causality">
    How did the narrator know the man was blind?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He bumped into the telephone pole.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     His cane was made of rubber.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     He was tapping to find his way.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Character_identity">
    Who shook their head?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The girl in the window.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The blind man.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Entity_properties">
    What is the neighborhood they are in probably like?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     It is an old neighborhood.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     It is full of schools
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     It was recently built.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Event_duration">
    The conversation with the blind man probably lasted:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     about 120 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     about 60 minutes
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     about 15 minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Belief_states">
    What does the blind man think happened?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He thinks he made an error on the way
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He thinks the narrator is lying.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He thinks someone played a trick on him.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Event_duration">
    How long has the blind man been walking?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     About an hour.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Over ten hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     A few hours.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator notice the child in the Victorian house?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     While going to school.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After he was stopped by the blind man.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After jumping over the cane.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Character_identity">
    Who didn't know where they were?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     the girl
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the narrator
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     the blind man
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the narrator encounter the blind man?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before finding the newspaper box
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     In the evening
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Before seeing a ghost
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Subsequent_state">
    After this text ends
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     The blind men will get help
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The narrator will help the girl to find the school
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The blind man will talk to the girl
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Causality">
    Why does the blind man need help?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because he can't find the place he is going to.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he wants to find the newspaper box.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he is looking for children.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He notices a lot of details in the surroundings
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He likes to help people
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He likes newspapers and schools.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the narrator do next?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He will steal the blind man's cane.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He will ignore the blind man.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He will assist the blind man.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Factual">
    What was the blind man's destination?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     To the newspaper box
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     To the Victorian house
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     To the school
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Belief_states">
    What did the narrator believe about the girl in the window?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     She looked cute
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     She looked otherwordly
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     She looked like his wife
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Causality">
    Why couldn't the narrator continue his walk?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because the blind man was in his way.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because he noticed the girl in the window.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     because the cane was in his way.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f198">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Peter Darbyshire
   </author>
   <title>
    Please
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/darbyshirepother08Pleasenovel/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   The blind man kept his free hand on my arm while we walked, as if he was afraid I would run away if he didn't. All the way down the street, he tapped the ground in front of us with his cane and counted under his breath. Now that I was taking him back the way he had come, he seemed to know exactly where we were at all times. Every intersection we took, he guided me in a different direction. Soon I was the one who was lost. "I have it all memorized," he told me as we went along. "I go for the same walk, to the school and back, every night. Turn left out the door, two hundred and twenty steps to the first right, four hundred and ten from there..." He went on like that for some time and then ended with, "And that box has always been there before, a hundred steps from the intersection, give or take, after the second left turn. Always. I don't understand it." "How do you know when you're actually at the school?" I wanted to know. "I mean, even if you take the proper amount of steps, how do you know it's the school and not something else, like a bank or a high-rise?" I pictured him tapping his way around a building, trying to figure out what it was just by its size and shape. Maybe counting taps like he did steps. "I can hear the kids," he told me. "There are always kids in the playground, even in the middle of the night. It's like they don't know where else to go." Later, he said, "You're probably wondering why I go to the school every day." "No, not really." "I'm not after any Lolitas, if you know what I mean." "No, I don't."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Event_duration">
    How long has the blind man been probably walking to the school every night for?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Since yesterday
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     For a long time
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     For one week
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Causality">
    How can the blind man tell when he has reached his destination?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The kids are loud.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He counts under his breath.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He taps the ground in front of him.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Factual">
    Who can be found in the playground?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The children.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The school teachers.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The blind man.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He is willing to help people.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He never gets lost.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He never walks anywhere.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Belief_states">
    Who knows all the steps to school?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The kids.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The blind man.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Character_identity">
    Who doesn't know where else to go?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The kids.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The blind people.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Character_identity">
    Who tapped the ground with a cane?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Lolita
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The blind man
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text, blind man
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Will go to meet Lolita
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     will go back to his house.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Will go to the bank
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the blind man probably do the next night?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Get lost on his way to the school
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Walk to the school and back
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Walk with the narrator
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Temporal_order">
    When does the man walk 410 steps?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After the first right turn.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After the school.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After the intersection.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    Why does the blind man walk to the school every night?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     For exercise
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     To hear the kids
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     To breathe some fresh air at night
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Temporal_order">
    When does the blind man start talking to the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     After they start walking
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     After the narrator asked him a question
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     After the narrator pictured him tapping his way around the building
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator asks the blind man?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Why he goes to the school every day
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     How he can navigate the city
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     How he can tell when he has reached the school
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Entity_properties">
    How does the blind man probably feel about the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He thinks the narrator should read Lolita.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He is glad to have company.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He hates him with all his might.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Causality">
    Why was the man counting steps?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     Because he can't see.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he counts for fun.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Because he wants to get to school.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Factual">
    In the beginning of the story, who couldn't tell where they were?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The blind man
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     The narrator
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     The kids
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Unanswerable">
    What box was always there?
    <a id="0">
     A newspaper box.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     A used book box.
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     A mailbox.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    How long have they been probably walking together?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Two hours.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Half an hour.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Four hours.
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f199">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Peter Darbyshire
   </author>
   <title>
    Please
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/darbyshirepother08Pleasenovel/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   Sometimes the people from the modeling studio upstairs used the room for shoots. It would always be one man - the photographer - and a group of women. They'd come in and get the key from whatever waitress was working and lock themselves in there. Sometimes they wouldn't come out for hours. I imagined them having sex in there, on the couches or maybe on piles of the clothes they brought in with them, like a scene out of some movie. One night I helped with a shoot. A photographer came in with three models from upstairs. None of the women looked over eighteen, but one of them paid for a round of drinks with a gold card. They sat at the booth underneath the Hepburn poster and smoked cigars all night long. They were sitting in the No Smoking section, but the waitress working that night - a new woman I didn't know, who charged me full price for the drinks - never said anything to them. Around midnight, the photographer came over to the bar, where I'd been sitting all night. "You work here?" he asked. I looked around for the waitress, but she was nowhere in sight. "Yeah," I said. "I work here." "We're ready for the back room now," he said. I wasn't exactly sure what he meant, but I went around the counter and got the key anyway. When I opened the door, the models all wandered into the room and sat down on the furniture there. Each of them carried a couple of garment bags that they dropped to the floor once they were inside. "I could use a glass of water," one of them said. She held her foot up to look at her toenails. I went back to the bar and poured some water into a glass, threw a lemon slice from a bowl into it, and brought it to her. She took it without saying thanks or even looking at me. The photographer had taken the sheets off the fetish equipment and was looking at it all.
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Belief_states">
    What does the narrator think happens in the back room?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     The models trim their toenails in there.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The models smoke cigars in there.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     The models have sex in there.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Subsequent_state">
    What will the models do next?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     They will put on fetish clothing.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     They will trim each others toenails.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     They will smoke cigars.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Character_identity">
    Who was looking at their toenails?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     A model.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     The narrator.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     A waitress.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Entity_properties">
    What is probably true about the models?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     they all have fetish sex
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     they are all pretty
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     they are all poor
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator open the door to the back room?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     because the photographer wanted to start the shoot
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because he was charged full price for drinks
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     because the waitress asked him to
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Causality">
    Why did the narrator get a glass of water?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Because the photographer was thirsty.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     Because he was asked for one.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Because he was thirsty.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Unanswerable">
    What kind of cigars did the models smoke in the booth?
    <a id="0">
     Punch's.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     Romeo y Julieta's.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     Portofino's.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Factual">
    Where did the models smoke cigars?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     in the Smoking section
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the back room
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     at the booth
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Temporal_order">
    When did the photographer uncover the equipment?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Before smoking cigars in the booth.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before the narrator got the glass of water.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     After the narrator let them into the back room.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Character_identity">
    Who was sitting in the No Smoking section?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the waitress
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the photographer
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     the models
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Unanswerable">
    Who sliced the lemons in the bowl?
    <a id="0">
     the waitress
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     the bartender
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     the narrator
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after this story ends
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The photographer will start taking pictures
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the photographer will return to the bar
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the narrator will join the models
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Temporal_order">
    when did the girl ask for some water?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     before the fetish equipment was uncovered
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     after not thanking the narrator
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     before sitting down in the room
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Entity_properties">
    What type of photography does the photographer probably specialize in?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Portrait photography.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Porn photography.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Movie scene photography.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Factual">
    What did the model have?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     the Hepburn poster.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     the back room key.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     A gold card.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the narrator to get some water?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Thirty minutes.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Forty minutes.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     Two minutes.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Belief_states">
    What does the model think of the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     she thinks he is nice
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     she thinks he smokes too much
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     she doesn't notice him
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Event_duration">
    How long was the waitress probably been working there?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     30 days
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     15 days
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     a few days
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
 <text domain="fiction" id="f200">
  <metadata>
   <author>
    Peter Darbyshire
   </author>
   <title>
    Please
   </title>
   <url>
    http://manybooks.net/pages/darbyshirepother08Pleasenovel/0.html
   </url>
  </metadata>
  <text_body>
   I met the coma woman at Kennedy's place. I went there to talk to him about a job, but he was throwing a party when I drove up. People were staggering out of his yard and falling down in the street. I drove around them and parked a dozen houses up, then walked back, holding my jacket over my head to protect myself from the rain. Two weeks of it had turned all the lawns into swamps and still it came down, filling the air like static. At the end of Kennedy's driveway, two women were trying to lift a man who was lying face down in the street, his head half-submerged in the overflow from a storm drain. "He's going to drown," one of the women kept saying, but the other was laughing so hard they couldn't even get his face out of the water. Kennedy was sitting on the swing set in the front yard, smoking a joint with a woman who held an umbrella above them. For some reason he was wearing a housecoat over his jeans and T-shirt. "Hey, glad you could make it," he said and offered me the joint. He kept holding it out to me even after I shook my head. "I didn't know you were having a party," I said. "It's to celebrate my new job," he said. "You didn't invite me," I said. "I didn't?" "Wyman told me you had a line on a job. I came here to talk to you about that. I didn't know anything about a party." "I got a job," Kennedy said. "I don't have anything for you." Beside him, the woman reached out and took the joint from his hand, then disappeared under the umbrella. The rain was starting to seep through my jacket, which I was still holding over my head. Kennedy kept on grinning at me, but he had to blink against the rain hitting his eyes. Finally, he said, "Well, the important thing is that you're here now."
  </text_body>
  <questions>
   <q id="0" type="Unanswerable">
    Where does the narrator go after seeing Kennedy?
    <a id="0">
     back to his car.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2">
     to find a new job.
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     to his party.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="1" type="Belief_states">
    Who was thinking the drunk man could die?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     a woman
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     The woman with the joint
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     Kennedy
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="2" type="Event_duration">
    The party probably:
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     has been going on for some time
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     was about to start.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     had ended days ago.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="3" type="Causality">
    Why was Kennedy having friends over?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     He got some joints
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="True">
     He got a job
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He got some friends
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="4" type="Temporal_order">
    For how long was the weather bad?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     two weeks before the party.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a few days after the party.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     all day of the party.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="5" type="Temporal_order">
    When was the woman holding an umbrella?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     During the party
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     Before Kennedy smoked a joint
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     while Kennedy smoked a joint
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="6" type="Character_identity">
    Who sent the narrator to see Kennedy?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     Woman holding the umbrella
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Drunk man in the front yard
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     Wyman
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="7" type="Entity_properties">
    Why did Kennedy likely keep offering the joint to the main character?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     He didn't have a housecoat to offer him.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     He wanted him to have a good time.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He wanted to apologize for the swamp like front yard.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="8" type="Entity_properties">
    The man submerged in the water probably:
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     slipped in the rain.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     was sick.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     had too much to drink.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="9" type="Unanswerable">
    Who was the woman with the joint sitting next to Kennedy with the umbrella?
    <a id="0">
     A woman he was sleeping with.
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     A new coworker at his new job.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     His neighbor who took care of the lawn.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="10" type="Factual">
    What was the narrator offered?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     A new job
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     A joint
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     An umbrella
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="11" type="Subsequent_state">
    What happens to the jacket after the narrator talks to Kennedy?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     it is important
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     it is in the storm drain
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     it is wet
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="12" type="Causality">
    Why was the drunk man in danger?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     because the rain was too heavy
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     because the storm drain overflowed
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     because the women couldn't focus and help him
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="13" type="Subsequent_state">
    Immediately after the end of this text, Kennedy is probably
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     drunk
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     lost his job
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     quits smoking
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="14" type="Event_duration">
    How long did it probably take the narrator to walk to the Kennedy's place?
    <a id="0" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     an hour
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     half an hour
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="True">
     a few minutes
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="15" type="Belief_states">
    What does Kennedy think about the narrator?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     He's glad to see him
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     He thinks he hates parties.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     He thinks he's going to drown.
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="16" type="Character_identity">
    Who was unaware of the celebration?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     The narrator
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     Kennedy
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     the woman
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="17" type="Factual">
    What was Kennedy holding in his hand?
    <a id="0" correct="True">
     a joint.
    </a>
    <a id="1" correct="False">
     an umbrella.
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="False">
     a housecoat.
    </a>
    <a id="3" correct="False">
     not enough information
    </a>
   </q>
   <q id="18" type="Unanswerable">
    What kind of job did Kennedy get?
    <a id="0">
     cleaning up yards
    </a>
    <a id="1">
     mowing lawns
    </a>
    <a id="2" correct="True">
     not enough information
    </a>
    <a id="3">
     rescuing drowing people
    </a>
   </q>
  </questions>
 </text>
</data>