Reading Test. 8th grade. II term

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Joanne "Jo" Rowling, better known as J. K. Rowling, was born on July 31st 1965, in Yate, near Bristol, in England. Her father was called Peter James Rowling and her mother Anne Rowling. Her mother was half-French, half-Scottish. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was a first World War hero. She’s got a sister called Dianne and as a child, J.K.Rowling wrote fantasy stories, which she read to her sister. She went to secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother, Anne, had worked as a technician in the Science Department. J.K.Rowling studied A Levels in English, French and German before studying French and Classics at the University of Exeter

After working at Amnesty International in London, she and her then-boyfriend decided to move to Manchester. In 1990, while she was delayed on a train from Manchester to London, she conceived the idea for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry.

Rowling then moved to Porto in Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. While there, on October 16th 1992, she married the Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes was born on July 27th 1993 in Portugal. They separated in November 1993. In December 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to be near Rowling's sister in Edinburgh, Scotland.

During this period Rowling was diagnosed with depression. In December of that year, Rowling's mother died, after ten years suffering from multiple sclerosis. Seven years after graduating from university, she saw herself as "the biggest failure I knew. "

Her marriage had failed, she was jobless with a dependent child. But she had an old typewriter, and a big idea : Harry Potter.

The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series of films

Where was J.K. Rowling born?

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Joanne "Jo" Rowling, better known as J. K. Rowling, was born on July 31st 1965, in Yate, near Bristol, in England. Her father was called Peter James Rowling and her mother Anne Rowling. Her mother was half-French, half-Scottish. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was a first World War hero. She’s got a sister called Dianne and as a child, J.K.Rowling wrote fantasy stories, which she read to her sister. She went to secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother, Anne, had worked as a technician in the Science Department. J.K.Rowling studied A Levels in English, French and German before studying French and Classics at the University of Exeter

After working at Amnesty International in London, she and her then-boyfriend decided to move to Manchester. In 1990, while she was delayed on a train from Manchester to London, she conceived the idea for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry.

Rowling then moved to Porto in Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. While there, on October 16th 1992, she married the Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes was born on July 27th 1993 in Portugal. They separated in November 1993. In December 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to be near Rowling's sister in Edinburgh, Scotland.

During this period Rowling was diagnosed with depression. In December of that year, Rowling's mother died, after ten years suffering from multiple sclerosis. Seven years after graduating from university, she saw herself as "the biggest failure I knew. "

Her marriage had failed, she was jobless with a dependent child. But she had an old typewriter, and a big idea : Harry Potter.

The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series of films

What were J.K. Rowling’s A Level subjects?.

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Joanne "Jo" Rowling, better known as J. K. Rowling, was born on July 31st 1965, in Yate, near Bristol, in England. Her father was called Peter James Rowling and her mother Anne Rowling. Her mother was half-French, half-Scottish. Her mother's paternal grandfather, Louis Volant, was a first World War hero. She’s got a sister called Dianne and as a child, J.K.Rowling wrote fantasy stories, which she read to her sister. She went to secondary school at Wyedean School and College, where her mother, Anne, had worked as a technician in the Science Department. J.K.Rowling studied A Levels in English, French and German before studying French and Classics at the University of Exeter

After working at Amnesty International in London, she and her then-boyfriend decided to move to Manchester. In 1990, while she was delayed on a train from Manchester to London, she conceived the idea for a story of a young boy attending a school of wizardry.

Rowling then moved to Porto in Portugal to teach English as a foreign language. While there, on October 16th 1992, she married the Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes. Their child, Jessica Isabel Rowling Arantes was born on July 27th 1993 in Portugal. They separated in November 1993. In December 1993, Rowling and her daughter moved to be near Rowling's sister in Edinburgh, Scotland.

During this period Rowling was diagnosed with depression. In December of that year, Rowling's mother died, after ten years suffering from multiple sclerosis. Seven years after graduating from university, she saw herself as "the biggest failure I knew. "

Her marriage had failed, she was jobless with a dependent child. But she had an old typewriter, and a big idea : Harry Potter.

The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies to become the best-selling book series in history and been the basis for a popular series of films

Where did J.K. Rowling study at university?