Problem: Chapter 6

THE GOLDEN DUSTMAN FALLS INTO WORSE COMPANY

It had come to pass that Mr Silas Wegg now rarely attended the minion of fortune and the worm of the hour, at his (the worm's and minion's) own house, but lay under general instructions to await him within a certain margin of hours at the Bower. Mr Wegg took this arrangement in great dudgeon, because the appointed hours were evening hours, and those he considered precious to the progress of the friendly move. But it was quite in character, he bitterly remarked to Mr Venus, that the upstart who had trampled on those eminent creatures, Miss Elizabeth, Master George, Aunt Jane, and Uncle Parker, should oppress his literary man.

The Roman Empire having worked out its destruction, Mr Boffin next appeared in a cab with Rollin's Ancient History, which valuable work being found to possess lethargic properties, broke down, at about the period when the whole of the army of Alexander the Macedonian (at that time about forty thousand strong) burst into tears simultaneously, on his being taken with a shivering fit after bathing. The Wars of the Jews, likewise languishing under Mr Wegg's generalship, Mr Boffin arrived in another cab with Plutarch: whose Lives he found in the sequel extremely entertaining, though he hoped Plutarch might not expect him to believe them all. What to believe, in the course of his reading, was Mr Boffin's chief literary difficulty indeed; for some time he was divided in his mind between half, all, or none; at length, when he decided, as a moderate man, to compound with half, the question still remained, which half? And that stumbling-block he never got over.
1. who was upset because the hours were in the evening?
2. did he consider those precious?
3. who did he complain to about it?
4. what is Wegg's first name?
5. does he frequently attend the bower?
6. did he consider himself a literary man?
7. who supposedly worked out their destruction?
8. whose army is said to have cried?
9. how many soldiers were in it?
10. did Alexander get sick?
11. after what?
12. who arrived with plutarch?
13. in what?
14. did boffin find it easy to believe what he read?
15. Did Wegg complain about an aunt?
16. what was her name?
Answer: 1. Mr Wegg
2. yes
3. Mr Venus
4. unknown
5. no
6. yes
7. Roman Empire
8. army of Alexander
9. forty thousand
10. yes
11. bathing
12. Mr Boffin
13. in a cab
14. no
15. yes
16. Jane

Problem: CHAPTER XXVI

THE EVIDENCE AGAINST THEM

Fortunately a loose brick lay handy and with this Dick smashed out the panes of glass in the cellar window. Another window was opposite, and this he likewise demolished. At once a current of pure air swept through the place.

"Hold him up to the window," said Dick as he staggered around. And he and Sam raised Tom up as best they could.

"If we could only get outside," mumbled Sam. His head was aching worse than ever.

"I'll see what I can do," answered his oldest brother, and stumbled up the narrow stairs. To his joy, the door above leading to the kitchen of the house was unfastened.

Not without great labor did the two brothers carry Tom to the floor above. Then they went after Stanley, who was conscious, but too weak to walk. As they stumbled around they sent several empty liquor bottles spinning across the floor, and one was smashed into pieces.

"I wish I knew how to revive him," said Dick as he and Sam placed Tom near the open doorway. "Wonder if there is any water handy?"

"Oh, my poor head!" came from Stanley. "I feel as if I had been drinking for a month!"

"Wonder what it was?" murmured Sam. "I--I can't make it out at all."

"Nor I," added Dick. "But come, we must do what we can for Tom." And he commenced to loosen his unconscious brother's tie and collar.

Suddenly a form darkened the outer doorway of the kitchen, and to the surprise of the boys Professor Abner Sharp showed himself. He was accompanied by Professor Blackie.
1. What was broken?
2. who broke it?
3. why?
4. for who?
5. where did they want to get Tom?
6. Who was with them?
7. How were they related?
8. where were the windows located?
9. were they able to get out of the cellar?
10. were did they go to?
11. what room?
12. How did they get up there?
13. Was anyone else int he cellar with them?
14. Why were the men the way they were?
15. Was it possible the men were drinking?
16. What was aching on Stanely?
17. What did it feel like?
18. What was int he doorway?
19. what was it?
20. were the men expecting them?
Answer:
1. panes of glass in the cellar window.
2. Dick
3. to get fresh air
4. Tom
5. outside,
6. Sam
7. brothers
8. cellar
9. yes
10. the floor above
11. kitchen
12. stumbled up the narrow stairs
13. Stanley,
14. unknown
15. its possible but why was the bottle broke
16. his head
17. like he had been drinking for a month
18. a form
19. 2 proffesors
20. no