Girls fined for giving neighbour cookies

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1. Who baked the cookies?
	A. two girls
	B. neighbours
	C. boys at a party
	D. the girls' mother

2. What else did they send with the cookies?
	A. letters
	B. money
	C. paper hearts
	D. cardboard boxes

3. What made the neighbour worried?
	A. She always quarrels with the two girls.
	B. The cookies were the wrong colour.
	C. It was late and the girls ran away.
	D. She doesn't like cookies.

4. Why did the judge rule against the girls?
	A. To set an example not to give cookies
	B. Girls are not allowed to bake cookies.
	C. Everybody knew that the girls were bad.
	D. Because they sent the cookies late at night

5. Why did the judge award this amount of money?
	A. He wanted the girls to remember this lesson for the rest of their lives.
	B. To make sure the girls had no money left to bake any more cookies.
	C. So the neighbour had enough money to buy cookies.
	D. To pay for the neighbour's medical expenses

Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?

6. distress
	A. amazement
	B. surprise
	C. suffering
	D. joy

7. adorn
	A. substitute
	B. decorate
	C. pack
	D. size

8. trigger
	A. cause
	B. hinder
	C. prevent
	D. strengthen

9. ruling
	A. amazement
	B. decision
	C. surprise
	D. joke

10. evidence
	A. proof
	B. excuse
	C. support
	D. accusation