September 18-24, 2006
Bombs, riots rock Pakistan after killing of tribal chief
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1. What started the violence?
A. The invasion of Iraq
B. The war in Lebanon
C. The killing of a tribal chief
D. The re-election of Wilhelm Busch

2. Where did the bomb explode that injured six people?
A. Hub
B. Bugti
C. Quetta
D. Karachi

3. What did police do to control the crowd?
A. They shot them.
B. They did nothing.
C. They threw bombs.
D. They fired tear gas.

4. How many people were arrested?

A. 2
B. 6
C. 500
D. 600

5. What do Baluch nationalists want people to do to show their protest?
A. Stop working
B. Make bombs
C. Join the army
D. Become tribal leaders


Synonyms: Which of the following words or phrases replace the ones from the passage best?
6. ablaze
A. on fire
B. in safety
C. as revenge
D. for protection

7. string
  A. stop
B. limit
C. series
D. reduction

8. rampage
A. dance
B. parade
C. run riot
D. celebrate

9. plume
A. cloud
B. flame
C. picture
D. pollution

10. consecutive
A. sad
B. ever
C. violent
D. successive

 

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