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_Disclaimer: This story was written based on comments made by Dixie Carter, owner of TNA Impact Wrestling on her Facebook account. Attempts were made to get a comment from Carter through her Facebook account, but as of press time, no other comment was made by Carter or other members of TNA management._

_Could two cryptic messages written by president of TNA Wrestling Dixie Carter mean one of the WWE's biggest stars will be the newest member of the promotion's wrestling roster this summer?_

_Carter appeared on the Bellator 88 broadcast to not only promote King Mo Lawal's debut in TNA, but also to announce that current TNA World Champion Jeff Hardy had signed a new two-year contract to remain with the company._

_Carter also took to her Facebook page, where she sent to two messages to her fans about the signing of a major WWE superstar, whose contract expires after WrestleMania 29._

_"The surprise in June will be involving a new talent with the company. His WWE contract expires after Wrestlemania, and we just happened to pick him up," Carter said._

_As part of the tease, Carter also tried to give her fans on Facebook a little more subtle information about who the company had signed._

_"One last hint. The newest member to the TNA roster, debuting in June, is a guy who will "slither and strike" when the time is right."_

_Immediately, Facebook fans responded by asking if "The Viper" Randy Orton would be joining the TNA roster._

_Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather, Bob Orton Sr., and father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, were regional stars in several wrestling promotions. Bob Orton Jr. was one of the better mat technicians in the NWA before moving on to the WWF and helped usher in the "Rock and Wrestling" connection with Roddy Piper. Bob Orton Sr. was known as one of the best "shoot" wrestlers of his generation._

_Although it is purely speculative, if Orton is let out of his contract with the WWE and he moves to TNA"s promotion in Florida, it is a major accomplishment for the WWE's only competition. While other former WWE superstars like Kurt Angle, Demon and Bully Ray and Jeff Hardy have all found success with Impact Wrestling, Orton may be the biggest coup for Carter and management._

_There have been rumors as of late that the ultra-popular Orton will at some point turn heel, but that has not happened yet._

_His signing could also mean other wrestlers may follow suit, and viewership for TNA's Thursday night program could see a solid increase._

_Orton has won 11 total championships in WWE, including being a nine-time world champion, having won the World Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWE Championship six times. He is also the winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble match._

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...e-carter-hints-at-wrestlers-big-jump-from-wwe

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question: Who is Dixie Carter?

answer: Dixie Carter is the president of TNA Wrestling.

text: It is omitted that she is also the owner.

refinement: Dixie Carter is the president of TNA Wrestling and also the owner.

answer: Dixie Carter is the president of TNA Wrestling, the only competition to the WWE.

text: It is omitted that she is also the owner.

refinement: Dixie Carter is the president and the owner of TNA Wrestling, the only competition to the WWE.

answer: Dixie Carter is the owner of TNA Impact Wrestling.

text: It is omitted that she is the president too.

refinement: Dixie Carter is the owner and president of TNA Impact Wrestling.

answer: She is the owner of TNA Impact Wrestling.

text: It is omitted that she is also the president.

refinement: She is the owner and president of TNA Impact Wrestling.

question: Who is Randy Orton?

answer: Randy Orton is a professional, third-generation professional wrestler.

text: Incorrect or poor use of the word "professional".

refinement: Randy Orton is a, third-generation professional wrestler.

text: Omit comma.

refinement: Randy Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler.

answer: Randy Orton is a professional wrestler who has won 11 championships in WWE, including being a nine-time world champion.

answer: Randy Orton is a third-generation professional wrestler; his grandfather, Bob Orton Sr., and father, "Cowboy" Bob Orton, were regional stars in several wrestling promotions. Bob Orton Jr. was one of the better mat technicians in the NWA before moving on to the WWF and helped usher in the "Rock and Wrestling" connection with Roddy Piper. Bob Orton Sr. was known as one of the best "shoot" wrestlers of his generation.

answer: He is a third-generation professional wrestler.

question: Who will be joining the TNA in June?

answer: The newest member to the TNA roster, debuting in June, is a guy who will "slither and strike" when the time is right.

text: It is omitted that people have been speculating that the member will be "The Viper" Randy Orton.

refinement: The newest member to the TNA roster, debuting in June, is a guy who will "slither and strike" when the time is right. People have speculated that the man will be "The Viper" Randy Orton.

answer: According to the passage, it appears that former WWE superstar Randy Orton will be joining the TNA in June.

answer: Randy Orton

text: The news isn't confirmed that the new member will be Randy Orton, it is only people's speculation.

refinement: The passage does only states that the new member is a guy who will 'slither and strike' but people speculate that it will be Randy Orton.

answer: Carter teased that a new talent will be joining the TNA company, but did not say who.

text: It is omitted that people speculate the new talent to be Randy Orton.

refinement: Carter teased that a new talent will be joining the TNA company, but did not say who. People speculate the new member to be Randy Orton.

question: How many championships has Orton won?

answer: Orton has won 11 total championships in the WWE.

answer: Orton has won 11 total championships, including being a nine-time world champion, having won the World Heavyweight Championship three times and the WWE Championship six times.

answer: 11 total championships.

answer: 11

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Dixie Carter, the owner of TNA Impact Wrestling, teased that a major signing would be joining the TNA company this summer. Many fans speculate that the new signee may be "The Viper" Randy Orton, 11-time WWE champion.

text: It is omitted that Carter is also the president of TNA.

refinement: Dixie Carter, the owner and president of TNA Impact Wrestling, teased that a major signing would be joining the TNA company this summer. Many fans speculate that the new signee may be "The Viper" Randy Orton, 11-time WWE champion.

answer: According to reports, TNA Wrestling president Dixie Carter has hinted that a major WWE superstar will be joining the TNA roster in June. If this is true, it would be a major coup for TNA, as the superstar in question is a nine-time world champion and winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble.

text: The champion's name, "The Viper" Randy Orton has been omitted.

refinement: According to reports, TNA Wrestling president Dixie Carter has hinted that a major WWE superstar will be joining the TNA roster in June. If this is true, it would be a major coup for TNA, as the superstar in question, "The Viper" Randy Orton, is a nine-time world champion and winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble.

text: It is omitted that Carter is also the owner of TNA.

refinement: According to reports, TNA Wrestling president and owner Dixie Carter has hinted that a major WWE superstar will be joining the TNA roster in June. If this is true, it would be a major coup for TNA, as the superstar in question, "The Viper" Randy Orton, is a nine-time world champion and winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble.

text: Missing comma - "president and owner Dixie Carter has hinted"

refinement: According to reports, TNA Wrestling president and owner, Dixie Carter, has hinted that a major WWE superstar will be joining the TNA roster in June. If this is true, it would be a major coup for TNA, as the superstar in question, "The Viper" Randy Orton, is a nine-time world champion and winner of the 2009 Royal Rumble.

answer: The article discusses the possibility of WWE superstar Randy Orton joining TNA Wrestling. It discusses his history and the possible implications of his joining the company.

answer: Dixie Carter, owner of TNA Impact Wrestling, has hinted that a major WWE superstar will be the newest member of the promotion's wrestling roster this summer.

text: The name of the champion, Randy Orton, has been omitted.

refinement: Dixie Carter, owner of TNA Impact Wrestling, has hinted that a major WWE superstar, Randy Orton, will be the newest member of the promotion's wrestling roster this summer.

text: It is omitted that Carter is also the president of TNA.

refinement: Dixie Carter, owner and president of TNA Impact Wrestling, has hinted that a major WWE superstar, Randy Orton, will be the newest member of the promotion's wrestling roster this summer.


split: train

text:
RAY CHEN is a Taiwanese-Australian violinist. He was the first prize winner in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition and the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

Career

Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Chen began learning violin at the age of four. Within five years he completed all 10 levels of the Suzuki Music Education (Suzuki method) in Brisbane, Australia. Chen was invited to play solo with the Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of eight. He was also invited to perform at the opening celebration concert of the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

His violin teachers have included Kerry Smith and Professor Peter Zhang (Sydney Conservatorium). Chen graduated with a bachelor of music degree in violin performance under Aaron Rosand at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

In the summers of 2006 and 2007, Chen attended the Encore School for Strings, studying under David Cerone at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2008 he attended the Aspen Music Festival on a full tuition fellowship, studying with Cho-Liang Lin (Juilliard School) and Paul Kantor (Cleveland Institute of Music).

In April 2008 Chen won the senior division first prize of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in Cardiff, Wales. (In 2004 he had won jointly the third prize of the junior division in that competition.[1]) Chen then came to the attention of Maxim Vengerov, who served on the competition jury, and was engaged for performances including debuts with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra in Saint Petersburg and at the International Rostropovich Festival with the Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra in Baku, under the baton of Vengerov.

Following his success at the Menuhin Competition, Chen won the first prize of the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, Belgium, bringing him numerous concert engagements, a recording, and a three-year loan of the “Huggins” Stradivarius from the Nippon Music Foundation. He was the competition's youngest participant. As Grand Prize winner, he was immediately launched on a concert tour, performing with the Royal Flemish Philharmonic (DeFilharmonie) under Jaap van Zweden and Aldert Vermeulen, the National Orchestra of Belgium under Rumon Gamba, and the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra under Emmanuel Krivine, as well as in recitals throughout Belgium.[2]

Chen was signed by Sony Classical in 2010.[3] He has recorded the César Franck Violin Sonata, the violin concertos of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Felix Mendelssohn, and more.

Chen won the Newcomer Award in the 2011 Echo Klassik Awards.[4] He was invited to perform at the annual Nobel Prize Concert in 2012, playing Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.[5]

In April 2016, he was the youngest juror ever of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in London, with Pamela Frank, Joji Hattori, Martin Engstroem, Ning Feng, Julia Fischer, Dong-Suk Kang, Tasmin Little and Jeremy Menuhin.[6]

After the short-term loan of “Huggins”, he was lent the 1715 “Joachim” Stradivarius from the Nippon Music Foundation until 2019. As of October 2019, he is the recipient of the 1735 “Samazeuilh” Stradivarius loaned by the Nippon Music Foundation.[7]

Chen is also known for his online presence. He has created videos on his eponymous YouTube channel pertaining to violin playing, and has collaborated multiple times with the YouTube classical musicians comedy duo TwoSetViolin.[8]

Discography

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[1] Laureates Archive – Prizewinners since 1983, Menuhin Competition

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[6] 2016 Jury, Menuhin Competition

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title: Ray Chen

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

How many prizes and awards have Ray Chen won so far in his career?

answer: He won two, the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition.

text: Needs to take in this information as well for topical

refinement: He won three, the International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, and the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the Newcomer award at the 2011 Echo Klassik awards.

answer: Chen has won two prizes and awards so far in his career - the first prize in the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, and the first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

text: He won 3

refinement: Chen has won three prizes and awards so far in his career - the first prize in the 2008 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, the Newcomer award at the 2011 Echo Klassik awards, and the first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

answer: Ray Chen has won two prizes so far in his career: first prize in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, and first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition.

text: He won 3

refinement: Ray Chen has won three prizes so far in his career: first prize in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the Newcomer award at the 2011 Echo Klassik awards.

answer: Six prizes and awards from seven competitions.

text: It is mentioned six times in the document, he has not gotten six awards. Also how can you get six awards from 7 competitions.

refinement: Ray Chen has won three prizes so far in his career: first prize in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the Newcomer award at the 2011 Echo Klassik awards.

answer: He has won four prizes and awards, so far.

text: Wrong

refinement: Ray Chen has won three prizes so far in his career: first prize in the 2008 International Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition, first prize in the 2009 Queen Elisabeth Competition, and the Newcomer award at the 2011 Echo Klassik awards.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why was Chen loaned a Stradivarius so many times?

answer: The article doesn't explain.

text: It does explain

refinement: Because he won many music competitions. It was an award.

answer: Because Stradivarious are expensive and require a small fortune to buy them. Also, they are premium instruments that are best in the hands of great musicians.

text: Because he won the 2009 Queen Elizabeth Competition.

refinement: Because he won so many music competitions.

answer: Chen has been loaned a Stradivarius multiple times because of his successes in competitions such as the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition. These competitions have resulted in numerous concert engagements and recordings, making him a particularly desirable musician. This has led to generous loans of the famed Stradivarius string instrument from the Nippon Music Foundation.

answer: Chen received a Stradivarius loan due to his successful performances in high-profile violin competitions. This provided the opportunity for him to be loaned one of the world's most prized instruments and allowed him to continue advancing his career.

answer: Presumably because he broke them all.

text: Because he won the 2009 Queen Elizabeth Competition.

refinement: Because he won so many music competitions.


text:
       A dollar bill can learn more about humans than you can. It is simple facts; the dollar bill travels, and shake hands with all sorts of different people. In a way, the dollar bill is just like one of us. It meets fellow currency it can relate to; it can tease the coins of lower value; it can envy the bills who are worth more; it may know little of foreign currency, and it’s always moving and changing its lifestyle. But unlike us, who might adapt to certain lifestyles, the dollar bill simply goes with the flow, but the oceans it sails on can have some strong currents.
	The Dollar bill makes a new home in the change pocket of an elderly woman’s purse. Its long and strenuous journey from the bank to the cash register to her warming and giving hand is finally over. The dollar bill was change given to the old lady for buying some candy to feed her grandchildren next time they come visit. If the dollar bill can feel emotion, perhaps it will feel safe and happy knowing its first real home is that of a kindhearted human. It will be sometime until the dollar bill will see the light of day again. But after a few weeks and a knock on the grandmother’s door, it is time to depart. The fading hand of youth fumbles around the darkness of its purse, but manages eventually. If the dollar bill has eyes, perhaps it will notice the empty candy bowl on the living room table and the uppity child, whose stomach is full from sweets, and whose hands are grabbing hurriedly at the air facing his grandmother. Those hands will soon be full, as the dollar bill makes its way into a new home. If the dollar bill can analyze, perhaps it will notice the halfhearted smile on the elderly woman’s face as she fakes a happy goodbye to the nuisance that screams and steals from her home.
	The move in is an uncomfortable one. If the dollar bill has any bones, perhaps all of them will be crushed as the child stuffs his change into a little pocket. The dollar bill is quickly forgotten for several days.
	At last, the dollar bill is greeted by a new hand. The boy’s mother takes the dollar bill out of the shorts that were raising anarchy on the floor with the other dirty clothes, and given to the boy once more. This time the boy never puts the dollar bill in his pocket; he doesn’t even get a chance to. The boy runs outside to go to the corner store, in order to fill his hunger for sweets. His run is put to an abrupt stop as his face meets the chubby stomach of an older, meaner, bigger boy. If the dollar bill can speak, it will probably scream for help. The dollar bill is kidnapped, as the boy lay crying on the sidewalk from the punch he took to the gut.
	The dollar bill is now suddenly given to a rather sleazy looking middle-aged woman, from a much older man who is not the dollar bill’s kidnapper. The place the dollar bill is in now is dark, like the old lady’s purse, but colder, and more far away. The dollar bill seems to be given to her haphazardly, among several, bigger, tougher looking dollar bills. If the dollar bill has a brain, perhaps it can remember what happened just before. It may remember how it was given to an even older, uglier looking boy for a pack of smokes from the bullying kidnapper. It may remember it was confiscated from that even older, even uglier boy by the cops waiting behind the bushes near the dark alley. Perhaps it will even remember how it was hidden from the cop’s wife. One day, that very wife appears before him suddenly. But the dollar bill, among the other fifties and hundreds is already with someone else now. If the dollar bill has ears, perhaps it will hear the screams of the feuding couple, and the snicker of his new owner, the fleeing hooker.
	The dollar bill’s new roommates are all very sketchy. There’s the veteran lighter, who’s remaining drop of fluid proves his long existence here. There’s the half used black lipstick, with the cap off, and small particles of dust sticking to its surface. There’s also a small wrapped up piece of candy, the same wrapper on the candy the elderly woman had bought for her grandson so long ago. If the dollar bill has a sense of belonging, perhaps it will wish to return to that elderly lady. Hopefully it will be freed from this wretched place. But these new roommates are ones the dollar bill will be with for a large portion of its life.
	If that little dollar bill can count, it will know it is just over a year since it was placed in that dark, abhorring place. The higher bills came and went, and rarely the dollar bill was introduced to the light, only because it was mistaken for something higher. But today was the dollar bill’s lucky day. Unlike the dollar bill, its owner has aged, and grown incapable of attracting customers like she once could. Down to her last couple of bucks, she uses what little of her change she has to get her last lipstick. If the dollar bill has the ability to think, perhaps it will think about how bittersweet its last moment with her is; it will be happy of course, for finally leaving that place, but it may even feel pity while it watches that woman hurriedly draw her lips back on without even getting her receipt yet.
	The dollar bill will rest happily in the register of that convenience store for a good few hours. Things are quiet for most of the night, as the dollar bill lay there, motionless. If that innocent little dollar bill has a heart, it will stop, once it hears the frantic screaming and gunshots, and the sounds of the rattling and banging of its current home as it shatters. The dollar bill is once again kidnapped.
	The dollar bill is dumped out of the duffel bag with hundreds of others, from all over the place. This is a mass kidnapping. The dollar bill is beset by rolled coins, stacked bills, and even cheques. It lay there on the dimly lit living room floor of the two robbers, snickering and not even counting their gain, just tossing it in the air in praise. If the dollar bill has any sense of justice, perhaps it will get sick from not only being tossed in the air from celebration, but being tossed in the air from the celebration of two successful convenience store robberies, a bank robbery, and a murder. The dollar bill does not land in the pile of the rest of the money though, and by chance, drifts like a feather, swaying left and right, sliding to a stop under a stained, musty couch. It is as if the dollar bill chose to hide under there by will…perhaps.
	Hiding was the worst thing the dollar bill could have done however, as it is abandoned by its kidnappers, with no hope of survival. Perhaps it has chosen not to be saved by such lowlifes, or, by humans for that matter. Perhaps it has had enough. If that dollar bill can smell, it will smell the corpse in the bedroom down the hall that began to rot there the whole night. It will smell the gas the thugs pour throughout the house, and it will smell the smoke from the match that will start the fire that makes this place its grave. If the dollar bill is fully aware of what hell is, perhaps it will realize that it is in hell all along.
	 The dollar bill is lucky in a way though. It does not have emotion; nor does it have eyes, or the power of analysis. It does not have bones, or a brain, or ears. It does not have a sense of belonging, memory, or a sense of justice. It is lucky it does not have any of these things, or else it would know what it is like to be human. Instead, that little dollar bill, carelessly travels to and fro, and has no good or bad feelings towards anything. It sees no good or evil; it sees not the good deeds and heinous crimes. It has no body to embrace or escape others. It cannot think good thoughts or do bad things. It hears no screams of pain or cheers of joy. It doesn’t feel the need to escape from or return to home, nor does it remember why it was so bad to leave or good to stay in the first place. It cannot tell what is right and what is wrong. If all things like that bill had a conscience, wouldn’t the world be different. Being human or lifeless…it’s a bittersweet thing, but in the end it’s two sides of the same coin…or perhaps, a dollar bill.

title: The Dollar Bill

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who owns the dollar bill at the start of the story?

answer: The dollar bill starts the story in the grandmother's possession.

answer: The dollar bill is owned by the elderly woman at the start of the story.

answer: An elderly woman

answer: An elderly woman.

answer: An elderly woman.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Where does the dollar bill end up at the end of the story?

answer: It winds up on fire.

answer: It ends up in a house that is set on fire and is destroyed in the fire.

answer: On a burning house floor, being the only thing in the house not to have been burned.

answer: The dollar bill ends up under a stained, musty couch in a burning house.

answer: The dollar bill ends up under a dirty couch at the end of the story.

text: It's important that the house where the couch is is on fire.

refinement: The dollar bill ends up under a dirty couch-in a house set ablaze-at the end of the story.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Where is the wretched place?

answer: The wretched place is an abandoned home that has been invaded by thugs who commit robberies, a murder, and a fire.

answer: Presumably the purse of a hooker.

answer: The dollar bill is placed in it by the thieves as they celebrate

answer: The duffel bag in which the dollar bill is residing belongs to the two thugs.

answer: The wretched place is in an abandoned house, where the dollar bill is tossed along with several other dollar bills, under a stained, musty couch corner.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why does the narrator consider the dollar bill to be lucky?

answer: The dollar bill is lucky because it does not have feelings, such as morals or empathy, and therefore doesn't experience the same pain and discomfort that humans experience. It also does not have the ability to be aware of things like death or robbery. For the dollar bill, it is simply a whirlwind of activity, without a care as to whether its actions are right or wrong. This means that the dollar bill has a relatively easy life, compared to the emotional and sometimes nightmarish existence of humans.

answer: Things like bones, or a brain, or eyes, it does not have. Thus, it does not know what it is like to be humans. This gives it a kind of innocence.

answer: Because the dollar bill is lifeless, unable to feel or think.

answer: The bill doesn't feel any emotions, which makes the newbie "lucky" to not have to feel them.

answer: The narrator considers the dollar bill to be lucky because it does not have any emotions, thoughts, or senses that would make its existence anything other than frivolous. In essence, it does not experience the pain, joy, or evil of being human which would make it anything but fortunate.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The dollar bill's long and tumultuous journey begins in the hands of an elderly woman, and quickly moves on to a group of thieves. The dollar bill hides from danger but is fatally left behind in a house fire. Though the dollar bill is lifeless, it can learn more about humans than any human can. The dollar bill's journey is one of pain and suffering, but it sees nothing but complacency.

answer: The story details the journey of a dollar bill as it frequently changes hands. Along its journey, it is pilfered by a young boy, stolen by a bigger boy, and given to a hooker. It eventually winds up in a house that is set on fire, destroying it. The narrator reflects that the dollar bill is lucky, as it is lifeless and does not have any emotions or thoughts about what it experiences.

answer: The dollar bill follows a long and difficult journey, traveling in and out of many different hands along the way. It eventually finds itself in a dark, disgusting room, abandoned by its kidnappers. The house is then burned down, leaving the dollar bill as the sole survivor. As the dollar bill has no body, it is luckier than most. Unlike humans, the dollar bill is devoid of emotion and can therefore observe the world around it objectively. It is therefore fundamentally different from the humans it has been rubbing elbows with.

answer: The dollar bill loves to travel. After visiting a kindly old woman, it is stolen from by a young boy. What follows is a series of events that sees the dollar bill serve various iterations of evil and crime before making it's way back into the good hands of an elderly woman. However, as she is about to leave the store, two thugs who are robbing the store enter and warm their bills, including the dollar bill, before all of them burn the house down.

answer: The dollar bill is a story of currency knocking on many doors, seeing many faces and getting exchanged millions of times. But the dollar bill is much more than just a piece of worthless paper. It knows vibrations. It has emotions. It smells. It even counts. Though it has no limbs, at the end of the story, the dollar bill comes to life and saves itself from a burning house.


text:
The waiting room is full now. 360 degrees, squalid smoke-colored walls. Fat rivulets of grease dripping down the walls, from the crusty ceiling to the floor. People cramped in a tiny room like slippery sardines. Scaly creatures breathing each other's air, greedily gulping it down; I want it all for me no you beast you can't have any get back in line!

A mass of heads, shoulders, knees and toes, but this isn't a little boy's birthday party. This isn't your daughter's stupid-song-of-the-day-time in kindergarten. This room is a single organism, a frenzy of limbs, an *orgy* of body parts. It's hard to distinguish an "individual" within the mass of flesh. Some faces stand out every now and then, only to be englobed by the collective. The hive-mind. The sheepish mass of sheep, docile and obedient sheep sheepishly following orders. Fingers wrapped around the rusty chain of command. The chain of blind obedience.

Some of them sheared their fluff, donated it to charity, sent it to some remote country in OuagaBongo, or maybe they made cozy bonfires with it, sat around it, playing an acoustic guitar while screaming beautiful songs. That made everything absolutely fine. They were against the system, they had cleansed their soul, and were ready for the prize. The final big prize sitting somewhere above this waiting room, on the higher floors, where the ever-so-close beams of light, blinding pillars descending from the heavens, were nowhere to be found. Oh, on the higher floors, rooms are *not* cramped.
The walls breathe.
The *rooms* breathe.
They inhale fresh clean air which only gold can buy, holding it in, passionately savoring it, like a sacred elixir that grants eternal life.
Then... they calmly exhale.
Breathing radioactive clouds into the scraper's skeleton, into the core of the steel frame supporting this decaying structure. This decadent world.

Stratospheres below, in the squalid, greasy room, the mass of flesh keeps on moving and morphing. The faces that stood out, they popped out like mushrooms in autumn, devouring the stagnant air, stealing it from other starving mouths. All of them, waiting. (Relatively) eternally waiting. Waiting for what? Waiting for something magical to happen. Waiting for Nora Helmer's "miracle" to happen. Waiting for a great plateau. The peak of their meagre existence. Once they reached the summit, their personal Mount Everest, with all the unholy crosses and sacred duties weighted on their shoulders, then they plummeted down the other side. With the blink of an eye, they simply plunged into a black abyss. *The* black abyss. The one and only! The one we *aaaaall* stumble into eventually. Maybe tomorrow, maybe in a month, or maybe in 10 years. In the end, we all turn grey, like old family pictures in an old family book. In the end, we all fade away. But not *them*.

They're here to stay. They're so far away, their fingers can touch the sky; they can grab the stars with their bare hands and extinguish them with their toxic breath.
They don't occupy the rooms, they *are* the rooms.
They're omniscient beings, their eyes open, blood-red cracks in the smoked walls. The devilish eyes pulse in the darkness.
If you listen, you can hear a soft whisper.
Many whispers.
Coming from every side.
Every corner.
Gentle murmurs fill up the room like little bugs, *tick ticking* across the room with their vast assortment of tiny prickly legs.
If you close your eyes, their secret buzzing starts crawling along your spine, lifting every little hair along the way.
If you're lucky, you can feel the whispers writhing under your skin.
Little bumps filled with unutterable secrets appear and disappear on your body.
The bugs cannot be deciphered, their whispers just linger in the room, floating in the damp air. With every pulse, the cracks in the wall seem to charge with energy. With every pulse, low tones make the walls vibrate. Dust particles are shaken off. A thick bass lets blood seep through the cracks in the wall, through the all-seeing eyes of this room. This *entity*.

The Big Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the monolithic structure. They're always watching. Through kilometers and kilometers of invisible cobwebs, they can see all. They can *feel* all.
They crawl around like sneaky tarantulas or mighty goliath bird-eaters. They find a nice spot, and then they simply wait.
And wait.
Waiting for the best moment to strike. To sink their poison-filled fangs into their prey. To devour. To consume. To feed on the sorrow of the weak, of the lesser beings. Of those who are (relatively) patiently waiting below. Faaaaar far below. In the catacombs of this *depravingly* gigantic structure.

title: The Waiting Room [Feedback Please, Thanks][Copyrighted Inc.]

question: Who is the "they," "the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the monolithic structure?"

answer: Not answered.

answer: Domestic and foreign intelligence agencies that are paid for by multinational corporations to monitor the market.

text: It's not clear what they are

refinement: It's not clear but they seem to be an entity of multiple joined flesh bodies.

answer: Not clear, the narrator rambles in a convoluted way.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The waiting room of some byzantine, labyrinth of a place.

answer: In the waiting room of what appears to be some sort of governmental office building

text: Governmental is not a great description of this place

refinement: In the waiting room of what appears to be some sort of monolithic office building

answer: The story takes place in the Waiting Room

text: What is the waiting room? Be more specific.

refinement: The story takes place in the Waiting Room, a monolithic structure that rises to the sky

question: Who is the narrator talking to?

answer: The reader.

answer: Perhaps it can be implied that the narrator is speaking to the people below, as a representation of their thoughts.

answer: The narrator is talking to the rabble below.

text: Speculative

refinement: Perhaps the narrator is talking to the rabble below.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This is a description of a waiting room taken over by a mass of people, many of whom seem to be struggling to find meaning in their life.

text: "Struggling to find meaning in their life" understates the story. It misses the demonic element

refinement: This is a description of a waiting room taken over by a mass of people, who inhabit it as some kind of chthonic and demonic entity.

answer: This piece describes a frightening and overwhelming waiting room, where people are waiting for something that they can't quite put their finger on. The environment is more like a dark hive or battleground, and those inside seem to be at the mercy of the powers above.

answer: The waiting room is a hive of clueless people, all waiting for something to happen. Meanwhile, creatures lurking in the walls observe and plan their next talon-filled strike.

answer: This piece describes the narrator's perception of a waiting room in a large, towering building, and suggests that the people waiting there are shadows of a larger entity watching, waiting for their chance to consume the weak and unfortunate.

answer: The waiting room is a chaotic space filled with hungry and docile souls. The room is controlled by unseen forces, and it waits for its occupants to slip into an abyss.

answer: What are some major events of the story?

text: This is a question not a statement

refinement: A diabolical waiting room, filled with a demonic entity made out of the conjoined flesh of many people surveils the populace in a decadent world.


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PANHORST FEED STORE is a historic commercial building located at St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri. It was built in 1917–1918, and is a one-story, vernacular wood frame building. The building measures approximately 20 feet wide by 40 feet deep and has a gable roof with false front.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[2]

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title: Panhorst Feed Store

question: Where is the Panhorst Feed Store?

answer: It is located in St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri.

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is located in St. Clair, Missouri.

answer: St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is located in St. Clair, Missouri.

question: When was the store built?

answer: 1917-1918

answer: The store was built in 1917-1918.

answer: The store was built in 1917-1918.

answer: The store was built in 1917-1918.

question: When was the store included in the National Register of Historic Places?

answer: The store was added to the register in 1990.

answer: 1990

answer: The store was included in the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

answer: 1989

question: Why is the store included in the National Register of Historic Places?

answer: That information can't be found.

answer: Not answered.

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is included in the National Register of Historic Places because it is a historic commercial building that was built in 1917-1918.

answer: The store is included in the National Register of Historic Places because it is a one-story, vernacular wood frame building.

text: Answers nothing of the question.

refinement: That information is not included in the article

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is a historic commercial building located in St. Clair, Missouri. It was built in 1917-1918 and is a one-story wood frame building with a gable roof.

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is a historic commercial building located in St. Clair, Missouri. It was built in 1917-1918 and is a one-story, vernacular wood frame building. The building measures approximately 20 feet wide by 40 feet deep and has a gable roof with false front.

answer: The Panhorst Feed Store is a historic commercial building located in St. Clair, Franklin County, Missouri. It was built in 1917-1918 and is a one-story, vernacular wood frame building.

answer: This article is about the Panhorst Feed Store, a historic commercial building located in St. CLair, Missouri. It was built in 1917-1918 and is a one-story, vernacular wood frame building.


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Brigadier ARTHUR JERVOIS TURNER, (10 June 1878 – 8 September 1952) was an English cricketer,[1] rugby union player and British Army officer.[2] A right-handed batsman, right-arm underarm medium pace bowler and occasional wicket-keeper,[3] he played first-class cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914,[4] predominately for Essex.[5] He also played for the Egypt national cricket team.[6] His other sporting interests included Rugby Union, and he played for Blackheath F.C. and Kent at that sport.[7]

Personal life

Born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878,[8] Arthur Turner was the son of a JT Turner, who played cricket for Hong Kong and died on the SS Bokhara on the way back from playing a match for Hong Kong against Shanghai.[9]

His younger brother Walter also played cricket for Essex,[10] whilst another brother John played first-class cricket in India,[11] as did his nephew Antony.[12]

He was educated at Bedford Modern School, gaining a place in the school's cricket team when aged 13. He played four seasons for the school, captaining them in 1895.[13] He died in Sussex in 1952.[14]

Cricket career

After gaining a reputation as a cricketer at school and with the Army, Turner played occasionally for Bedfordshire[15] before making his first-class debut for Essex in a County Championship match against Hampshire in June 1897.[16]

He played nine further County Championship matches for Essex that season and a dozen in the 1898 season, also playing in that year's Gentlemen v Players match at The Oval. He played ten County Championship matches in 1899, also playing twice against Australia – once for Essex and once for the South of England. He also played for a Home Counties team against the Rest of England[17] and was invited to play in that year's Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's but could not accept the invitation due to military duties.[18]

He played no first-class cricket in 1900 or 1902, playing eight County Championship matches for Essex during the 1901 season. His appearances for Essex became more sporadic from this point, playing just twice in 1903, seven times in 1904, five times in 1905 and just once in 1906.[19]

After missing the 1907 season, he played four County Championship matches for Essex in 1908,[20] also playing for the British Army cricket team against the Navy at Lord's and for the Royal Artillery against Philadelphia that season.[21]

He played just two County Championship matches in 1909, also playing for Essex and the South of England against Australia and for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South. His final matches for Essex were in the 1910 season, playing five times for them in the County Championship, his last match coming against Yorkshire in August.[22]

He still played four more first-class matches, playing for a combined Army/Navy team against a combined Oxford/Cambridge University team in 1911, for the Army against the Navy in 1913 and for the Free Foresters against Oxford University and for the Army against Cambridge University in 1914.[23]

He played no more first-class cricket after World War I, though he continued to play cricket at a minor level. He played for the Army against a Public Schools team in 1920, and for the Royal Artillery against West Kent in 1925.[24]

In 1929, he played a match for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI in Cairo and his last recorded match was for the Army against the West Indies in May 1939[25] when he was 60.[26]

Statistics

In his 77 first-class matches, Arthur Turner scored 4053 runs at an average of 34.05, including eleven centuries. His highest score was 124[27] for Essex[28] against Warwickshire[29] in 1899.[30] Whilst he was considered an all-rounder at school,[31] Turner's underarm bowling was rarely used at first-class level. In all he took fifteen first-class wickets, with a best innings bowling performance of 3/47[32] for Essex[33] against Lancashire[34] in 1898. After taking 14 wickets in his first three seasons, he took only one more first-class wicket in his career.[35]

Military career

Turner was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1897. He served in the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1900), where he was promoted to lieutenant on 23 December 1900, was severely wounded and mentioned in despatches.[36] He returned to serve in South Africa in 1902, and received a substantive commission as lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 26 March 1902, attached to the 61st Battery.[37] Following the end of the war, he returned home with the men of his battery on the SS _Sicilia_ in October 1902, when the battery was posted at Woolwich.[38]

He later served in France during the First World War and was decorated with the Croix de guerre. He was also decorated with the Distinguished Service Order (DSO), appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He achieved the rank of Brigadier.[39]

[1] Cricinfo profile

[2] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953, Obituaries

[3] CricketArchive profile

[4] Teams played for by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[5] First-class matches played by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

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[10] http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/5/5336/5336.html Walter Turner

[11] John Turner at CricketArchive

[12] Antony Turner at CricketArchive

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[21] Other matches played by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

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[28] First-class batting and bielding for each team by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[29] First-class batting and fielding against each opponent by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[30] First-class batting and fielding in each season by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

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[33] First-class bowling for each team by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[34] First-class bowling against each opponent by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[35] First-class bowling in each season by Arthur Turner at CricketArchive

[36] Hart's Army list, 1903

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title: Arthur Turner (British Army officer)

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Describe Arthur Turner's personal life.

answer: Arthur Turner was born in 1878 and was the son of a cricket player from Hong Kong who used to play for the Hong Kong cricket team. Turned's father died on a ship during a cricket match. Turned later played cricket for Essex, as well Hertsleigh F.C. as a rugby union player. After his retirement from the army, Turn's brother John continued playing cricket in India. Turned's son also played cricket.

text: Mispells Turner

refinement: Arthur Turner was born in 1878 and was the son of a cricket player from Hong Kong who used to play for the Hong Kong cricket team. Turner's father died on a ship during a cricket match. Turner later played cricket for Essex, as well Hertsleigh F.C. as a rugby union player. After his retirement from the army, Turner's brother John continued playing cricket in India. Turner's son also played cricket.

answer:
Arthur Turner was born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878. His father played cricket for Hong Kong, and died on the SS Bokhara on the way back from playing a match for Hong Kong against Shanghai.

Turner was educated at Bedford Modern School and played cricket for various teams between 1897 and 1914, predominately for Essex. However, his sporting interests also included Rugby Union, and he played for Blackheath F.C. and Kent at that sport.

Turner was commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1897 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War before being decorated for his service during the First World War. He achieved the rank of Brigadier and retired from military service in 1939.

answer: Turner was born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878. He was the son of JT Turner, who played cricket for Hong Kong. His younger brother played cricket for Essex, and another brother John played cricket in India, as did his nephew Anthony. He was educated at Bedford Modern School, gaining a place at the school's cricket team aged 13. He died in Sussex in 1952.

answer: He was the son of a JT Turner from Hong Kong. He lived in the United Provinces of Camba and Oudh in 1878.

text: Does not cover all

refinement: He was the son of a JT Turner from Hong Kong, who was also a cricket player. He was born in the United Provinces of Camba and Oudh in 1878. His younger brother and his son also played cricket. He played four seasons for Bedford Modern School's cricket team. He died in 1952.

answer: Arthur Turner was born in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh in 1878, and was the son of a cricket player for Hong Kong. Turner was educated at Bedford Modern School and gained a reputation as a cricketer there. He played cricket for Essex, the English Army cricket team, and other minor teams in the UK and overseas. He was decorated with the Croix de guerre and appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) for his military service. Turner died in Sussex in 1952.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Describe Arthur Turner's Cricket Career.

answer: He played occasionally for Bedfordshire, then debuted for Essex in June 1897. He played often for Essex in the years that followed, although the games he could play were interrupted by the Boer War and the First World War, in which he served. He played no more first-class cricket after World War I.

answer: Arthur Turner began playing cricket during high school, and played many seasons during his time at the school. Upon graduation, he played occasional tournaments on teams and states across England, culminating in his first-class debut for Essex in 1897. He played for Essex for the remainder of his English career, save for a few seasons off due to military duties. He later played a few matches in his 60's after World War I.

answer: Arthur Turner was an English cricketer who played primarily for Essex. He made his first-class cricket introduction in 1897 and played primarily in the County Championship until 1910 before playing his last matches in 1914. Turner was an all-rounder at school, but his underarm bowling was infrequently used at first-class level. He served in the Second Boer War and was decorated with the Croix de guerre before serving in France during World War I. Turner achieved the rank of Brigadier.

text: Missing details

refinement: Arthur Turner was an English cricketer who played primarily for Essex. He made his first-class cricket introduction in 1897 and played primarily in the County Championship until 1910 before playing his last matches in 1914. Turner was an all-rounder at school, but his underarm bowling was infrequently used at first-class level. He served in the Second Boer War and was decorated with the Croix de guerre before serving in France during World War I. He retired from first class cricket after that although he still played minor games.

answer: Arthur Turner was an English cricketer who played over seventy first-class matches. He played primarily for Essex between 1897 and 1910, without playing again following the First World War. He was a right-handed batsman, bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, and scored 4053 runs at a batting average of 34.05, including eleven centuries. His highest score was 124. Turner was also an Army officer, decorated for his service in both the Boer War and the First World War.

text: Missing details

refinement: Arthur Turner was an English cricketer who played over seventy first-class matches. He played primarily for Essex between 1897 and 1910, without playing again following the First World War. He was a right-handed batsman, bowler and occasional wicket-keeper, and scored 4053 runs at a batting average of 34.05, including eleven centuries. His highest score was 124. Turner was also an Army officer, decorated for his service in both the Boer War and the First World War. He retired from first-class cricket after that.

answer: Turner played first-class cricket for Essex and was part of Essex's County Championship teams until their 1909 season. Turned continued to play first-class cricket, but he had been mostly off of the Essex team by 1910. He retired from cricket by the end of World War I.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Describe Arthur Turner's Military Career.

answer: Arthur Turner served in the Second Boer War and was severely wounded. He was also decorated with the Croix de guerre, appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, and achieved the rank of Brigadier. He served in France during the First World War.

answer: Turner played cricket, attempting to workout a game plan while in the field. Admiration was unwelcome as it disrupted his game plan. He played Cricket, Rugby and Football at Bedford Modern School and the Army-crossing paths with the Navy-, playing on their team while at school and eventually coming to play for his home county's Army during the school holidays. He played top-level Cricket and in the services.

text: Describes his military cricket career not his cricket career

refinement: Arthur Turner served in both the Boer war and in the First World War. He achieved the rank of brigadier. He was first commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1897. He was promoted to Lieutenant during his service in South Africa. In the First World War he served in France.

answer: Arthur Turner was commissioned in the Royal Artillery in 1897 and served in the Second Boer War in 1899-1900. Following the cessation of hostilities he served in France during the First World War and was decorated several times. He achieved the rank of Brigadier.

answer: Arthur Turner served in both the Boer war and in the First World War. He achieved the rank of brigadier. He was first commissioned as a second-lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 December 1897. He was promoted to Lieutenant during his service in South Africa. In the First World War he served in France.

answer: Turner was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the artillery on December 23, 1897. He served in The Second Boer War 1899–1900, he was promoted to lieutenant on December 23, 1900, was wounded, and was mentioned in dispathes. He served in the South African 1902 and was promoted to substantive lieutenant in the Field artillery. He returned to serve in France at the start of World War I and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. Turner held the rank of Brigadier and was decorated with many

text: Finish sentence

refinement: Turner was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the artillery on December 23, 1897. He served in The Second Boer War 1899–1900, he was promoted to lieutenant on December 23, 1900, was wounded, and was mentioned in dispathes. He served in the South African 1902 and was promoted to substantive lieutenant in the Field artillery. He returned to serve in France at the start of World War I and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre. Turner held the rank of Brigadier and was decorated with many awards.


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This one time my friend and I were at his lakehouse with some other friends. We had a fun evening playing video games and watching anime and browsing reddit.com. It was a good time. But then we decided to go to bed around 10:25 pm. So we went to our rooms and I was on the bottom floor in the room with my friend Ronnie. Above us on the 2nd story were Cliffton and Henry while the other guy Mickey just slept on the couch in the porch outside. I had known Ronnie since Grade 7 Elementary school so we were pretty close friends. I prepared myself to go to sleep so I grabbed my Kyubey doll and got into bed. I was about to fall asleep when a noise was dragging me from my peaceful slumber. My grip on the Kyubey doll tightened and I began to look around. But it was dark and I couldn't see good. The noise got louder and louder and then I realized where it was coming from. The bed next to mine. Ronnie erupted from underneath his covers, flailing about wildly.

"Wait Ronnie no the demon must be possessing you please halt" I contemplate as earlier in the day we had drawn some symbol things that were supposed to summon powerful demons from Heck and also Cliffton said his house was haunted.

But Ronnie wouldn't listen. Ice cream in hand from the chunky rocky road chocolate ice cream he had gotten from the freezer before he came downstairs and decided to share the bedroom with me (which had two twin beds! Don't want you to think we were sleeping in the same bed together), he plowed me over and over and over again despite my pleas in protest to stop. The demonic Ronnie was not satisfied yet though, as he tore off the head of my Kyubey doll and slurped down it's inner stuffing. This made me mad but I couldn't fight Ronnie in his current State as he was to powerful. Ronnie ran from room to room, plowing as he went, all of us powerless to face the Greater Demon that possessed him. I escaped outside to the woods with my ruined Kyubey doll, my face still fresh from the tears I wept at my Kyubey's death. But I refused to be deteared. I continued to room through the woods looking for any help. But then a growl shattered the piercing peaceful calm of the night in the woods. My pace doubled with greater speed. But the growling was not ceasing. In fact, it was growing more loud and echoed through the woods. I realize to late that the growling source was in fact my Kyubey doll, Ronnie had infected it!

"No! Kyubey! Not you too! You must fight it!" screech the words from my mouth as I drop the Kyubey doll in the lake by the woods in attempt to defeat the demon within. But then there is a reaction from the water and it soaks up all the water and grows triple in size. I now face a 37 foot monstrousity that used to be my very best plushie and prized possession. By this time though my friends Cliffton and Henry had escaped into the woods and found me too. So there we were, the three of us versus the greatest threat we had ever faced. Yet before the battle could begin, Ronnie comes charging in and attacks the monster Kyubey doll. The two do great battle and exchange many vicious blows as the three of us friends stand by in the woods in awe and shaking in out boots. But eventually the battle winds down, and Ronnie's demon proves to be the more ferocious of a beast. However he is very wounded and begins to approach me and Cliffton and Henry as we sit in the woods. Luckily the clock then strokes Midnight, the hour of ending the Demon's time on earth and saving our lives. We sigh with relief and plop down by each other in our spot in the woods beside the lake. It had been a long night so we excited the woods back to my friends lakehouse and went to bed because we were tired.

That night, I had nightmares. I was lucid dreaming because I had mastered it in the years past to help get over my fear of Clowns but it was still scary because demon Ronnie, Kyubey, and Pico were in it and chasing after me as I ran through the woods. I woke up and cried and reached to snuggle with my Kyubey doll but then remembered it's fate and cried some more.

We don't go to his lakehouse anymore. Rumor has it that he sold it and the other people who moved in were never seen from again. They say that on dark nights on the lake you can still hear the growling. And if you go out on the water... Well. I hope your boat can outrun a 37 foot Kyubey, or else you will face a fate worse than that any of mankind has ever experienced in it's history before. And as for the woods around his house and the lake, well, you don't even wanna know what happens there.

(PS: I also wrote 2 more parts so if you guys wanna see em just say so but i'll probably post them here soon anyways so it's whatever :D)

title: Wieners ga Daisuki

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the acts of violence committed by Ronnie.

answer: Ronnie felt an overpowering fear. He started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate his doll. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making it so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

text: The narrator, not Ronnie felt an overpowering fear.

refinement: The narrator felt an overpowering fear. He started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate his doll. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making it so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

text: Ronnie, not the narrator started to move faster and frantically.

refinement: The narrator felt an overpowering fear. Ronnie started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate his doll. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making it so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

text: Ronnie, not the lake

refinement: The narrator felt an overpowering fear. Ronnie started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate his doll. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making him so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

text: Ronnie ate the narrator's doll's inner stuffing.

refinement: The narrator felt an overpowering fear. Ronnie started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate the narrator's doll's inner stuffing. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making him so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

text: 'He consumes the water in the lake, making him so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.' is not stated.

refinement: The narrator felt an overpowering fear. Ronnie started to move faster and frantically. He walked towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie ate the narrator's doll's inner stuffing. He then attacked his friends, who were powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another.

answer: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie attacks the monster Kyubey doll. Ronnie is also possessed by a demon.

text: It is omitted that Ronnie infected the doll.

refinement: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie infected the doll and attacks the monster Kyubey later. Ronnie is also possessed by a demon.

text: It is omitted that Ronnie attacks the narrator's friends.

refinement: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie infected the doll and attacks the monster Kyubey later. Ronnie is also possessed by a demon. He also attacks the narrator's friends.

answer: He plowed into his friend by consuming the contents of his bedside Kyubey doll. He then ran around the room, attacking individual people physically and dragging them out of the room. He eventually killed the doll and left it in a lake.

text: 'dragging them out of the room. He eventually killed the doll and left it in a lake' is not stated.

refinement: He plowed into his friend by consuming the contents of his bedside Kyubey doll. He then ran around the room, attacking individual people physically.

text: 'and' instead of 'by'.

refinement: He plowed into his friend and consumes the contents of his bedside Kyubey doll. He then ran around the room, attacking individual people physically.

answer: Ronnie feels an overpowering fear. He starts to move faster and frantically. He walks towards the narrator, scaring him. After grabbing him, Ronnie eats his doll. He then attacks his friends, who are powerless to help while Ronnie searches each room one after another. He consumes the water in the lake, making it so large and mighty that no boat has been able to outrun it.

answer: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie attacks the monster Kyubey doll.

text: It is omitted that Ronnie infected the doll.

refinement: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie infected the doll and attacks it later.

text: It is omitted that Ronnie attacks the narrator's friends.

refinement: Ronnie first plows the narrator over and over and over again. He then tears off the head of the narrator's Kyubey doll and slurps down its inner stuffing. Ronnie then runs from room to room, plowing as he goes. Ronnie infected the doll and attacks it later. Ronnie also attacks the narrator's friends.

answer: He plowed into his friend by consuming the contents of his bedside Kyubey doll. He then ran around the room, attacking individual people physically and dragging them out of the room. He eventually killed the doll and made a monstrous amalgamation with himself from this doll's stuffing.

answer: Ronnie attacks the narrator's friend and then proceeds to tear the head off of the narrator's Kyubey doll. Ronnie then attacks the narrator, who runs away and encounters a monster Kyubey doll. Ronnie then attacks the monster Kyubey doll.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the activities that the narrator and his friends do at the lakehouse.

answer: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor. The narrator also has a Kyubey doll that Ronnie cuts off the head of and eats its inner stuffing. When Ronnie's demon is too powerful and begins to approach the narrator, Cliffton, and Henry, fortunately it is Midnight, the hour of ending the Demon's time on earth and saving their lives.

text: The last sentence describes what happens out of the lakehouse.

refinement: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor. The narrator also has a Kyubey doll that Ronnie cuts off the head of and eats its inner stuffing.

text: The last sentence does not describe their activities.

refinement: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor.

answer: The narrator and his friends are described as gamers and social media consumers, as evidenced by his interest in anime and reddit.com. They engage in playful caricatures summoning powerful demons, ironically drawing symbols that are presumably symbols to summon demons.

answer: The narrator and his friends play video games, watch anime, browse reddit.com and eat ice cream.

answer: The narrator and his friends are described as gamers and social media consumers. They engage in playful caricatures summoning powerful demons, ironically drawing symbols that are presumably symbols to summon demons.

answer: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor. The narrator also has a Kyubey doll that Ronnie cuts off the head of and eats its inner stuffing. The clock strikes midnight when the demon gets released.

text: The last sentence describes what happens out of the lakehouse.

refinement: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor. The narrator also has a Kyubey doll that Ronnie cuts off the head of and eats its inner stuffing.

text: The last sentence does not describe their activities.

refinement: The narrator, Ronnie, and their friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They eat ice cream, and Ronnie chose chunky rocky road for his flavor.

answer: The narrator and his friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They also eat ice cream and the narrator sleeps on the bottom floor.

text: It is irrelevant that the narrator sleeps on the bottom floor.

refinement: The narrator and his friends play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com. They also eat ice cream.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the main source of tension.

answer: The main source of tension is the question of whether or not the lakehouse has supernatural forces in it. The narrator and his friend Ronnie both start recognizing that there are odd noises coming from inside the house. Ronnie starts acting irrational and violent which escalates the unease. The nature of Ronnie's behavior implies supernatural possession.

answer: The main source of tension is the fact that Ronnie is possessed by a demon and is tearing apart the narrator's room.

answer: Ronnie and Henry engage in a fight with the doll in the woods, and the demon proves more ferocious. Their battle attracts a 37 foot Kyubey.

text: The answer is irrelevant.

text: It is omitted that they play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com.

refinement: They play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com.

answer: Ronnie and Henry engage in a fight with the doll in the woods, and the demon proves more ferocious.

text: The answer is irrelevant.

text: It is omitted that they play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com.

refinement: They play video games, watch anime, and browse reddit.com.

answer: The main source of tension is that the narrator's friend, Ronnie, is possessed by a demon.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about friendship?

answer: The story shows that friends are willing to sacrifice themselves for each other.

text: Sacrificing is not mentioned nor implied.

text: It is omitted that the characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon, so his demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

refinement: The characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon, so his demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

answer: No answer

text: It is omitted that the characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon, so his demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

refinement: The characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

answer: Ronnie and the narrator are close friends. When the narrator notices Ronnie behaving strangely, the narrator insists Ronnie should stop as they believe something could be possessing him. The narrator dives into his subconscious in search of answers and is worried when the demonic assault continues on his favorite doll.

answer: The narrator and Ronnie have been friends since Grade 7. Ronnie is possessed by a demon and goes on a rampage. The narrator is scared, but manages to find his way out of the house. Then, Ronnie is killed by the demon. The narrator, Cliffton and Henry are relieved that the demon has been defeated.

text: 'Then, Ronnie is killed by the demon. The narrator, Cliffton and Henry are relieved that the demon has been defeated.' is not stated.

refinement: The narrator and Ronnie have been friends since Grade 7. Ronnie is possessed by a demon and goes on a rampage. The narrator is scared, but manages to find his way out of the house.

text: un unnecessary comma after 'scared'.

refinement: The narrator and Ronnie have been friends since Grade 7. Ronnie is possessed by a demon and goes on a rampage. The narrator is scared but manages to find his way out of the house.

answer: Ronnie was a good friend of Matt, but when he was demonized, Matt felt horrible, especially when Ronnie killed his favorite plush pet, the plushie's stuffing, and his other friend, Matt's Kyubey doll.

text: Most of the answer is inaccurate so it should be rewritten.

text: It is omitted that the characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

refinement: The characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

answer: In the story, the characters are friends. In Grade 7 Elementary school, they met and become friends. At his lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked Matt's Kyubey doll, which made a scary growling sound. Ronnie had devised it with Cliffton's help. Ronnie was possessed by the demon, so his demon was the threat to Matt and friends' lives.

text: 'Ronnie had devised it with Cliffton's help' is not stated.

refinement: In the story, the characters are friends. In Grade 7 Elementary school, they met and become friends. At his lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked Matt's Kyubey doll, which made a scary growling sound. Ronnie was possessed by the demon, so his demon was the threat to Matt and friends' lives.

text: The narrator's name is not said.

refinement: In the story, the characters are friends. In Grade 7 Elementary school, they met and become friends. At his lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll, which made a scary growling sound. Ronnie was possessed by the demon, so his demon was the threat to the narrator's and friends' lives.

text: 'and his friends' lives.' instead of 'and friends' lives.'; 'a threat' instead of 'the threat'.

refinement: In the story, the characters are friends. In Grade 7 Elementary school, they met and become friends. At his lake house, they were having fun until around 10:25 PM when Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll, which made a scary growling sound. Ronnie was possessed by the demon, so his demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

answer: When the narrator and their friend Ronnie behave strangely, the narrator insists Ronnie should stop as they believe something could be possessing him. The narrator dives into his subconscious in search of answers and is worried when the demonic assault continues on his favorite doll.

text: 'The narrator dives into his subconscious in search of answers and is worried when the demonic assault continues on his favorite doll.' is not stated.

refinement: When the narrator and their friend Ronnie behave strangely, the narrator insists Ronnie should stop as they believe something could be possessing him.

text: It is omitted that the characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.

refinement: The characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives. When the narrator and their friend Ronnie behave strangely, the narrator insists Ronnie should stop as they believe something could be possessing him.

text: The narrator does not behave strangely.

refinement: The characters are friends. At the lake house, they were having fun until Ronnie attacked the narrator's Kyubey doll because he was possessed by the demon. His demon was a threat to the narrator's and his friends' lives.


text:
This was my first short story I had to write for my Creative Writing class back when I was a Junior in high school. I hope you like it!

    "Ooohhhh," Helen groaned. She hurt everywhere. Being in a hospital for six weeks is really something that she wasn't looking forward to. She was about to call for a nurse to change the channel on her tiny tv (golf was not her thing!) when all of a sudden there was a knock on the door. "Come in," she called weakly.

   "Hello, I'm Dr. Bandade, how are you feeling?" He smiled a toothy smile.

   She gave the burly man a sarcastic look. "How do you *think* I'm feeling? I fell out of a five-story window!"

    The doctor pulled up a chair next to her. "Yes about that, how exactly did it happen? On this statement is says that you were pushed?"

    Helen cringed at the very thought of it, not only because it was painful, but she wasn't sure if he would believe her. "Well, it started out as a normal day. I woke up, ate breakfast, completed the daily crossword puzzle in the paper.

    "It was then I noticed that my window was open. A cool breeze swept through, so I decided to close it. I got up and went over to the window.

    "Right as I reached out to grab the handle, Rufus, my cat, rubbed against my leg, causing me to lose my balance. Before I knew it, I was falling out the window!

    "I screamed. I heard people screaming below me. I felt breathless. Panic swept over me.

    "It was only too soon when I came into contact with the ground. I heard bones shattering and I cried out in pain. In the distance, sirens wailed. The ambulance charged down the street.

    "After they put me on the stretcher, they hauled me away to the hospital, where they told me I was lucky to even be alive. They said I broke every bone in my body. I'll be here about six weeks, if not more." Her face fell when she told the doctor this. "And that's all that happened."

    Dr. Bandade looked over at her. "So you fell out accidentally then."

    "No! I was *pushed* out!" she yelled.

    "But you even said that you lost your balance, and no one was with you."

    "Yes there was... Rufus! *He* pushed me out!"

    The doctor rationalized, "But he's a *cat.* He probably didn't realize that rubbing against you to show affection would-"

    But Helen cut him off. "He *deliberately* rubbed too hard and made me lost my balance."

    "What would be the purpose for Rufus to push you?" The doctor raised an eyebrow.

    "He's just evil," she simply said.

    "Oh." He wrote some things down on his clipboard.

    Helen stared at him suspiciously. "What kind of doctor are you anyway, asking me all these questions?"

    "I'm a psychiatrist." He wrote some more things down.

    "What? You think I'm crazy don't you?! I'm telling you, my cat is trying to *kill me!"*

    Before Dr. Bandade could say anything, there was a knock at the door.

    "Excuse me, doctor," the nurse said, "but there's someone here to see her."

    Helen perked up a bit. A visitor to see her!

    The visitor walked into the room.

    "Rufus!" Helen shrieked.

    Standing there was the tabby cat. He was staring at her with glossy green eyes, slanted into slits. His tail twitched as if to say, "I'm *back."*

title: Paranoid?... Or Just Plain Evil?

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who does Helen blame for her fall?

answer: She blames Rufus, her cat. She claims that her cat is evil. Her doctor is a psychiatrist and thinks she may be paranoid. Then a visitor comes to the hospital. It's Rufus — her cat.

text: "Her doctor is a psychiatrist and thinks she may be paranoid. Then a visitor comes to the hospital. It's Rufus — her cat." - extraneous information that should be removed.

refinement: She blames Rufus, her cat. She claims that her cat is evil.

answer: Helen blames Rufus, her cat, for her fall.

answer: Her cat Rufus.

answer: Helen blames her cat for her fall.

text: The response is missing the cat's name.

refinement: Helen blames her cat Rufus for her fall.

answer: Helen blames her cat, Rufus, for her fall.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What injury did Helen suffer?

answer: She broke every bone in her body falling out of a five-story window.

answer: Helen suffered a fall out of a five-story window, causing her to break all of her bones.

text: "Helen suffered a fall out of a five-story window" - is a little hard to read. Change to "Helen fell out of a five-story window"

refinement: Helen fell out of a five-story window, causing her to break all of her bones.

answer: Helen suffered a fall from a five-story window.

text: Does not mention what injury Helen suffered.

refinement: Helen broke every bone in her body after falling from a five-story window.

answer: Helen broke every bone in her body and broke her skull.

text: "and broke her skull." - it was never implied if Helen broke her skull as well.

answer: She fell out a five story window. This caused her to break all of her bones. According to the medical report she must be in the hospital for six weeks.

text: "According to the medical report she must be in the hospital for six weeks." - extraneous information that can be removed.

refinement: She fell out a five story window. This caused her to break all of her bones.


text:
It was a gunshot. Probably.

It probably was a gunshot.

Look, I want to be up-front about this, but the truth is that I am a liar; I lie about stuff like this all the time.

But seriously though, this time I am telling the truth. I mean, like, fuck Epimenides—he was probably a great guy, but I mean damn…

It was a gunshot.

Probably.

A weighted hammer cocked back with priming pin content on making it to first base with the back-end of a hollow point; a hollow point extending its business card into…

Fuck.

It was a gunshot. What did you expect? Fluffy bunnies and pancakes? Raindrops on roses and such? It ain’t exactly the sound of music now is it?

And I am not lying either.

Who’d lie about something like this?

A gunshot? Probably was.

I mean, it might as well have been.

Blood never had an attractive state: doesn’t look good, doesn’t smell great, doesn’t feel particularly grand either—especially if it’s yours. I mean, your own. I mean, curb the second-person bullshit for a moment and go first person in someone else’s shoes.

Tastes even worse.

I ain’t a liar. Nope. Well, I mean I am. But not this time.

It was a gunshot. A knife wound. A hack-saw to the calcium cupcake. Fuck.

“The things we do to ourselves.”

“The things we do to each-other.”

“The things we do to each-other, without even knowing.”

“The things we do to each-other, without ever knowing.”

I’m not a liar. Typically.

I mean, I guess I technically am. But…

I’m not lying.

It was a gunshot.

I mean, it hurt. A lot.

title: Bang Bang Bye Bye

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who is the protagonist?

answer: The protagonist is someone who was shot.

answer: The protagonist is someone who was shot.

answer: The narrator is a liar.

answer: The protagonist is a liar.

answer: Not explicitly stated. But the quoted sentence seems to suggest that he is both the narrator and the victim.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who fires the gunshot?

answer: This information can't be found.

answer: That information can't be found.

answer: It is unclear who fires the gunshot.

answer: The narrator says he isn't lying but he was probably the shooter.

answer: Someone fires the gunshot.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who does the bullet hit?

answer: The bullet hit the narrator.

answer: It doesn't say.

answer: It's implied that the narrator is the one who gets shot.

answer: The bullet hits the narrator.

answer: The main character.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who is speaking the dialogue at the end of the story?

answer: The narrator speaks to no one directly at the end.

answer: Possibly the protagonist.

answer: The narrator is speaking at the end of the story.

answer: This information is not specifically stated but it specifically referred to a character who used the pronoun "me".

answer: The narrator is speaking.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The story is narrated by a liar who at first says that he isn't lying about anything but then defaults to telling the truth. The narrator appears to be injured. It may be implied that the narrator was shot.

answer: The narrator is a liar who wants to be up-front about lying. They claim to not lie about the sound of a gunshot, but does anyway. They then acknowledge that people cut themselves every day and bother people in love.

answer: The protagonist is a liar. There's a gunshot, although they may be lying about this, and there is blood. The narrator muses about the things people do and insists they are not lying about the gunshot.

answer: After a loud gunshot, a character contemplates the pain and violence of death. Pain is often ugly and does not feel good; there is a sadness in human action that can be difficult to comprehend. The gunshot could have been an accident or on purpose, but regardless, the pain it caused is true.

answer: A gunshot rings out, and it is implied that someone has been seriously hurt. The speaker does not know for sure what happened, but they know it was a gunshot. The sheer utter violence of the sound leaves the speaker feeling vulnerable, and they wonder aloud what humans are capable of to each other.


text:
He sat silently in his bedroom with the shades pulled down and the lights switched off. It was afternoon, so this failed to create the effect of complete darkness. Rather, it caused a bluish dimness to permeate the room. How dramatic, he mused, but it soon passed from his mind, replaced by a shade of some other train of thought.

It was only a shade because he had never truly had a fully formed thought about it. ‘It’ was an emotionally destructive event that had happened only a day prior. The thoughts he had had about it weren’t full in that they lacked any amount of emotion; they were totally logical, totally reasonable.

He was no stranger to such a thing; this had happened to him a number of times before in similar situations, but an emotional shock had always come a few hours later. Not this time. The fact that it had been a full day and nothing of the sort had transpired was enough for him to know the shock would never come.

The event was that his girlfriend had broken up with him. Naturally, the few people he had informed had given him plenty of advice on the matter. “There are other fish in the sea”; “Don’t give up! You can get her back!”; “Don’t be too sad”.

‘There are other fish in the sea’ was entirely obvious. The boy knew he would eventually find someone else, forget about his old girlfriend, and be happy. He knew that there was no such thing as “the one”.

‘Don’t give up! You can get her back!’ was foolish: no he couldn’t. The only way she would want to be with him again would be if she made the decision of her own accord. People were stubborn. Unwavering. Illogical. Their minds could not be changed on these matters.

‘Don’t be too sad’ was the most curious. Its stupidity and uselessness aside, the boy seemed to be following it of his own accord with his aforementioned lack of emotional thoughts. He had felt no rush of sadness, of helplessness or of desperation. His sadness had been private, internal. Its effects on his behavior were nothing more than some tiredness, and perhaps a tendency not to laugh as hard at jokes. Anyone who was unaware what had happened would assume he was just low on sleep; not that an event of immense consequence had just occurred in his life. Quiet sadness.

The boy knew from experience (both personal and of others) that ‘getting over a breakup’ typically involves a feeling of superiority, of maturing, of scorning your former partner. This was foolish, he felt. It was natural, and he had nearly given into it, but he had stopped himself. Perhaps he was above her, but not by all that much. He tried his best not to think any lower of her than she objectively deserved.
The silhouette of a tree outside his window shone through the shades. He stared as it danced in the wind for half a minute, then blinked.
Seemingly out of nowhere, the words ‘stupid bitch’ entered his mind, but he shook them off. There it is again, he thought; that unrelenting desire to show himself that it didn’t matter. That she was inconsequential, and that the prior event had been a fortunate one. But it hadn’t been. And he knew that he could never truly ‘get over her’ unless he accepted that it had indeed been a bad occurrence.
And she truly was not a stupid bitch. She was a wonderful, intelligent girl, who had been nearly perfect for him. And yet, she possessed a select few qualities that made the two of them incompatible. It was a terrible shame.

At that moment, his mother opened his bedroom door, bringing in light from the hallway, “There you are, sweetie. I’ve been looking for you. What are you doing in here all by yourself?”

“Nothing, Mom. I was just going to go mow the lawn.”

She smiled, nodded and left the room. The boy followed a few moments later, and went to get the mower.

title: Quiet Sadness

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the narrator's responses to his friends' advice.

answer: The narrator's friends believe that he should not give up on his girlfriend and that he can get her back. The narrator knows that he cannot get her back. He thinks that his friends are foolish and that they do not understand how people work. He thinks that his friends are being too emotional and that they do not understand the situation.

answer: The narrator's friends tell him there is life outside his relationship with his previous girlfriend ("There are more fish in the sea") and that he should try to get her back ("Don't give up. You can get her back."). The narrator is unimpressed with this advice, thinking that he can never change their minds and they cannot. He thinks everyone is stubborn and unable to control their own emotions. He feels relief that he did not pursue his ex after the breakup, but feels no joy in it.

text: The narrator believes he can't change his ex's mind

refinement: The narrator's friends tell him there is life outside his relationship with his previous girlfriend ("There are more fish in the sea") and that he should try to get her back ("Don't give up. You can get her back."). The narrator is unimpressed with this advice, thinking that he can never change her mind. He thinks everyone is stubborn and unable to control their own emotions. He feels relief that he did not pursue his ex after the breakup, but feels no joy in it.

answer: A boy sits in his room with the lights off which makes it look as if it is dark, even though it is not. As he sits, he stares out of his window. He reflects on the past day when his girlfriend broke up with him. Because of this he allows his mind to linger on what to do about it. He doesn't feel relief and the sadness he was feeling was empty, leaving him with only tiredness and jaded humor. He knows what people say about recovering from heartache: "There are other fish in the sea," "Don't give up, go chasing after your ex," and, "Don't be sad."The boys knows describing his emotional state as "quiet sadness" feels dramatic, but he finds it a better description.

text: Remove irrelevant information

refinement: He knows what people say about recovering from heartache: "There are other fish in the sea," "Don't give up, go chasing after your ex," and, "Don't be sad."

text: Fix the quotes

refinement: He knows what people say about recovering from heartache: "There are other fish in the sea," "Don't give up! You can get her back!" and, "Don't be too sad."

text: Cover the narrator's response

refinement: He knows what people say about recovering from heartache: "There are other fish in the sea," "Don't give up! You can get her back!" and, "Don't be too sad." He finds all of the advice completely useless.

answer: The boy's friends tell him "There are other fish in the sea" and "Don't give up! You can get her back!" He's aware that he can't get her back, and that she's not a stupid bitch. He tries to convince himself that it's a fortunate event, but he can't.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about the reasons contributing to the breakup?

answer: No answer

answer: The text does not give explicit reasons for the breakup; however, it does imply that it occurred partially as a result of incompatibility.

answer: It is not super clear what the relationship was based on this text but the boy's girlfriend broke up with him due to compatibility issues.

answer: No answer

answer: No answer

answer: The text doesn't say anything about the reasons contributing to the breakup.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about the narrator's ex-girlfriend?

answer: The narrator's girl friend has broken up with him. They believe other people are more shrewd with their words, and he should just accept the breakup. He departs on a train of thought that hatred shouldn't come over him to win his ex-back, and they should put it behind them and be mature.

text: Everything after the first sentence is irrelevant

refinement: The narrator's girl friend has broken up with him.

answer: The narrator's girl friend has broken up with him. He believes other people are more shrewd with their words and he should just accept the breakup. He departs on a train of thought that hatred shouldn't come over him to win his ex-back, and they should put it behind them and be mature.

answer: The narrator's ex-girlfriend broke up with him. She was a wonderful girl who was nearly perfect for him. He can't get over her. He thinks she's a stupid bitch, but realizes that she is not an idiot.

text: He tries not to think of her as a "stupid bitch"

refinement: The narrator's ex-girlfriend broke up with him. She was a wonderful girl who was nearly perfect for him. He can't get over her.

answer: The narrator's ex-girlfriend broke up with him. She was a wonderful girl who was nearly perfect for him. He can't get over her. He thinks she's a stupid bitch.

answer: The narrator's ex-girlfriend broke up with him. She was a wonderful, intelligent girl, and nearly perfect for him.

answer: She was his perfect match, but had some qualities that weren't compatible that made him incompatible in their relationship. In the narrator's opinion, the breakup was a shame. She was intelligent and wonderful.

answer: She was his perfect match, but had some qualities that weren't compatible that made him incompatible in their relationship. In the narrator's opinion, the breakup was a shame. She was intelligent and wonderful. The narrator thinks that the breakup was a shame. The narrator was never able to entirely get over his ex-girlfriend.

text: Remove redundancy

refinement: She was his perfect match, but had some qualities that weren't compatible that made him incompatible in their relationship. In the narrator's opinion, the breakup was a shame. She was intelligent and wonderful. The narrator was never able to entirely get over his ex-girlfriend.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the primary source of tension in the story.

answer: The primary source of tension in "Quiet Sadness" is the boy's lack of sadness and lack of struggle over his breakup with his girlfriend. Because of this, his friends try to prod him into regaining his emotions, but he doesn't see it as an issue--he's happy to stay the way he is, even if he may need to work on the emotionlessness.

answer: While the narrator doesn't want to get over his girlfriend, it's a source of tension because he believes that there is a lack of good in her as an excuse.

text: Inaccurate response

text: Provide a response

refinement: The tension in the story comes from the narrator's inability to feel anything about his recent break-up.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is the fact that the narrator has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He is experiencing a quiet sadness, but he's unsure how to move forward. He knows that he has to accept that the breakup was a bad thing, but he can't do that when he knows that she was a wonderful person. He is also angry at her for breaking up with him.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is the boy's inability to get over his breakup. He is sad, but he is not sad enough to get over it. He knows he should be sadder, but he is not. He knows he should be angry, but he is not. He is trying to convince himself he is not sad, but he is not succeeding. He tries to convince himself that the break-up was a fortunate occurrence.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is the boy's inability to get over his breakup. He is sad, but he is not sad enough to get over it. He knows he should be sadder, but he is not. He knows he should be angry, but he is not. He is trying to convince himself he is not sad, but he is not succeeding.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is the fact that the narrator has just been dumped by his girlfriend. He is experiencing a quiet sadness, but he's unsure how to move forward. He knows that he has to accept that the breakup was a bad thing, but he can't do that when he knows that she was a wonderful person.

answer: While the narrator doesn't want to get over his girlfriend, it's a source of tension because he's been told he should by various members of his social circle and he doesn't want to them.