1. Who is the author of this article?
2. In what state did this story take place?
3. How old was Kyla at the time of this story?
4. What kind of dog was Cruiser?
5. How did Cindy get paralyzed?
6. How did Cindy know something was wrong, even though she was in the garage?
7. What did Cruiser do to try to help Kyla?
8. What was Cindy’s husband’s name?
9. How close was the closest neighbor?
10. Why did Ron always help Cindy in and out of the water?
11. Where was Cindy born?
12. How tall was she?
13. List four body parts which were injured in Cindy’s Jeep accident.
14. When Cindy was undergoing an emergency tracheotomy, what calmed her down?
15. How long was Cindy in the hospital?
16. For how long did Cindy live alone?
17. How old would Kyla be now?
18. How far did Cindy have to paddle to get to Kyla?
19. How did Cindy get Kyla out of the pool?
20. Since Kyla wasn’t breathing, what did Cindy do?
21. Where did the blood on the concrete come from?
22. How did Cindy get to her bedroom door?
23. Why couldn’t paramedics find Cindy’s home?
24. What gave Cindy the strength to save her child?

Read “Carjacked” at http://www.rd.com/content/carjacked-/.  In a Word document, answer the following questions.  Be sure to use complete sentences.  Paste your answers as a comment under this post.  To identify yourself, include only the first two initials of your first name and your last name.  (Example:  Mickey Mouse would be MiMo.)

1. Who is the author of this article? 
2. How old were Marna’s two children?
3. In which state did this store take place?
4. Why was the police helicopter “barely clearing the tops of the tall trees?”
5. Name one of the people in the helicopter.
6. What insect was the helicopter compared to?
7. How did Shiflett try to warn people to not stop for the carjacker?
8. What color was Marna’s SUV?
9. How did the carjacker gain Marna’s trust?
10. Why did Marna put Paul back into the car?
11. How did Shiflett know there were kids in the SUV?
12. What was the helicopter’s maximum speed?
13. Where did Marna and her family wait for word about the children?
14. Name the satellite tracking system Marna used.
15. Using that tracking system, how did authorities know that the children were still alive?
16. What are stop sticks?
17. Why did Trooper Marshall yank the stop stick off the road?
18. How many counties had the chase gone through?
19. What was undercover officer Thomas Tippett driving?
20. What injuries did Paul get in the incident?
21. Who did Edie cling to until she saw her mother?

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1. Who is the author of this article? 
2. What kind of plane had Christopher been riding in? 
3. In what state did most of this story take place? 
4. What heavy thing was pushing Chris down while inside the plane? 
5. In what year did this story take place? 
6. What two kinds of trees covered the mountains near the Oregon/California border? 
7. Why did the plane go down? 
8. Why was the plane silent as it went down? 
9. When Ken guided the plane through the trees, he knew the wings would be ripped off.  Why did he do this anyway? 
10. How did Chris know his dad was alive? 
11. How did Chris and Stephani get out of the plane? 
12. How did Chris know there was a house nearby? 
13. Why did Chris throw his watch away? 
14. How did Chris find his way back to the crash site? 
15. What was the probable cause of Ken’s irregular heartbeat?