Hes lost in his mind

Chapter 16 : Challenge 2 - Quiz

"there are 10 questions. Go!" Damien told us. It was the next morning and I'd slept like a log. My mind was fresh and I knew this quiz would be far too easy. I was going to prove to Damien I wasn't the dumbest person in the world.

I looked at the paper:

1. A coin is placed in a glass bottle. The cork is put in the top. Without breaking the bottle, or pulling out the cork, how do you get the coin out?

Well, that was easy. You're not allowed to break the bottle, or pull the cork out, but it never says anything about pushing it IN. Then you'd be able to jiggle the coin about until it came out.

2. A horse is tied to a 5 metre rope. His hay is 5 metres away from him. The horse eventually gets to the hay. How does he do this?

Well, again, that was easy. You could tell straight away. It says the horse was tied to the rope, it never says the rope was tied to anything. I wrote that down.

3. Mr and Mrs Jonah are on there way to a picnic. The couple have: 7 sons, who each have 3 daughters.

How many people went on the picnic?

Ok again that was too easy. It never says they took anybody else on the picnic but themselves, so the answer is 2. I knew some people would take forever doing all that math. LOL.

It went on and I just finished the last question before Damien said "OK, please hand me your papers,". Some of the girls looked like they were about to cry.

It took him a while to do the papers, but then he called out:

"3 and 6, please stand up. You two are the ones who passed. 6 got 100%."

Everyone gasped and turned to me.

"OK," Damien told us, "you will answer this question. You cannot eat it, you will die. Is is stronger than god, eviler than the devil. The poor have it, the rich don't. What is it?"

I thought about it. Well, there was a lot of things that would kill you if you hate them - so I moved onto the next bit. Nothing was greater than god, or eviler than the devil... and the poor have nothing, while the rich have everything! And you couldn't eat nothing! I was happy with my answer when Damien said time was up, and Cat looked pretty pleased with herself too.

Damien asked Cat what she thought it was, and she leaned over and whispered it into his ear.

"A good answer, but it is wrong." Damien told her. Then he moved to me.

"OK, miss smarty pants. What do YOU think the answer is?"

"nothing," I told him smugly. "nothing is greater than god, or eviler than the devil. The poor have nothing, yet the rich have everything."

"correct!" Damien smiled at me evilly. Oh oh. Something told me I wouldn't like this surprise.

"and for that answer, you get to spend an entire evening with ME,"

I grimanced as he walked out, shouting behind him "dress nicely!"