The essential question is whether or not to read this fairly simple data from an XML file or from a database.  Prior to implementing a new FAQ system, the data were read from the XML file exactly as Peter suggests:

            reader = New XmlTextReader(url)

            Dim questionObj As Object = reader.NameTable.Add("Question")
            Dim answerObj As Object = reader.NameTable.Add("Content")
            Dim summaryObj As Object = reader.NameTable.Add("Summary")

            Do While reader.Read()

                If reader.NodeType = XmlNodeType.Element Then

                    If reader.Name.Equals(questionObj) Then

                        Dim content As String = reader.ReadInnerXml

                        content = content.Remove(0, 4)
                        content = content.Remove(content.Length - 4, 4)
                        Me._title = Me.ParseText(content)
                        template = template.Replace("$Question$", Me._title)
                        template = template.Replace("$FileID$", fileID)

                    End If

            Etc, etc, etc....

The business problem that I faced was that a new system stored this same data in a db;  So, I have "old" data in XML files and "new" data in a db.  Hence, the need to import the XML files into SQL Server.