Question: Chapter 4: Among The Islands.

"Now, let us go through our calculations again," the captain said when they entered his cabin.

"How long will you be, Captain?" the first mate asked.

"Half an hour, Standing."

"Then I will come again or, if you want me before that, send for me," and the first mate went out on deck again, for though well skilled to handle a ship in all weathers, and as brave and hardy a seaman as sailed out of Plymouth, James Standing could neither read nor write; and though in a rough sort of way he could reckon the course a ship should lie, and make allowance for leeway and currents and baffling winds, and could bring a ship into any port in England or the Low Countries, he was of no use in a matter of this kind.

Pengarvan was a good scholar, and Reuben had taught him what he knew of navigation, and always made him keep a log from the time when he first became a mate; at first comparing their calculations every day, and then but once a week; arguing over the allowances each had made for tide and leeway; and sometimes finding to his surprise, on arriving in port, that Pengarvan's calculations were even nearer to the truth than his own.

This was a great satisfaction to him, for he felt that, if aught should happen to himself when on a voyage, Pengarvan could be trusted to bring the Swan home, as safely and surely as he could himself. Roger had, for the last two years, been going through the same schooling; but as yet he was very far from attaining accuracy, being unwilling to make sufficient allowance for the great leeway that a vessel, in those days, made with the wind abeam. 1. What is the name of Chapter 4?
2. What did the captain want to go over again?
3. Where were they when he said that?
4. Who asked about how long his employment will be? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Among The Islands.
2. calculations
3. his cabin
4. the first mate

Question: CHAPTER II

PYRAMUS AND THISBE

The two men turned up the street. They walked in silence. Arthur Mifflin was going over in his mind such outstanding events of the evening as he remembered--the nervousness, the relief of finding that he was gripping his audience, the growing conviction that he had made good; while Jimmy seemed to be thinking his own private thoughts. They had gone some distance before either spoke.

"Who is she, Jimmy?" asked Mifflin.

Jimmy came out of his thoughts with a start.

"What's that?"

"Who is she?"

"I don't know what you mean."

"Yes, you do! The sea air. Who is she?"

"I don't know," said Jimmy, simply.

"You don't know? Well, what's her name?"

"I don't know."

"Doesn't the Lusitania still print a passenger-list?"

"She does."

"And you couldn't find out her name in five days?"

"No."

"And that's the man who thinks he can burgle a house!" said Mifflin, despairingly.

They had arrived now at the building on the second floor of which was Jimmy's flat.

"Coming in?" said Jimmy.

"Well, I was rather thinking of pushing on as far as the Park. I tell you, I feel all on wires."

"Come in, and smoke a cigar. You've got all night before you if you want to do Marathons. I haven't seen you for a couple of months. I want you to tell me all the news."

"There isn't any. Nothing happens in New York. The papers say things do, but they don't. However, I'll come in. It seems to me that you're the man with the news." 1. Who was having a conversation?
2. How long had it been since they'd seen each other?
3. Where had Arthur come from?
4. How did he travel to get to Jimmy?
5. How did he get from New York?
6. What floor does Jimmy live on?
7. What does Jimmy want to Arthur to go inside with him and do?
8. And what else?
9. Did Jimmy have any news to tell him about?
10. Does he think anything happens in New York? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Jimmy and Arthur Mifflin
2. a couple of months
3. New York.
4. walked
5. unknown
6. 2nd
7. Tell him all the news
8. smoke a cigar.
9. Arthur thinks he does
10. No

Question: A patient on the brink of death has received the world's first self--contained artificial heart--a battery--powered device about the size of a softball that runs without the need for wires,tubes sticking out of the chest.It is powered by a small battery pack worn outside the body that transmits current through the skin.

Two surgeons from the University of Louisville implanted the titanium and plastic pump during a seven-hour operation at Jewish Hospital Monday.The hospital said the patient was''awake and responsive''Tuesday and resting comibrtably.It refused to eve personal details.

The patient had been expected to die within a month without the operation, and doctors said they expected the artificial heart to extend the person's life by only a month.But the device is considered a major step toward inlproving the patient's quality of life.

The new pump,called AbioCor,is also a technological leap from the mechanical hearts used in the l980s, which were attached by wires and tubes to large machinery outside the body.The most famous of those, the Jarvic-7,used air as a pumping device and was attached to an apparatus about the size of a washing machine.

''I think it's potentially a major step forward in the artificial heart development,''said Dr.David Faxon,president of the American heart Association.However,he said the dream of an implantable,permanent artificial heart is not yet a reality:''This is obviously an experimental device whose long--term success has to be demonstrated."Only about half of the 4,200 Americans on a waiting list for donor hearts received them last year,and most of the rest died.

Some doctors,including Robert Higgins,chairman of cardiology at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond,said artificial hearts are unlikely to replace donor hearts."A donor heart in a good transplant can last l5 to 30 years.''he said.''It's going be hard replace that with a machine.'' 1. What was implanted on MOnday?
2. Was this common?
3. How many times has it been done?
4. Who implanted it?
5. from where?
6. How does the heart work?
7. Where is the battery?
8. and how does it work?
9. how is the patient doing?
10. How was the persons health before?
11. and now?
12. how many are on the donor list?
13. how many will receive a transplant?
14. how about the rest?
15. will these replace donor hearts?
16. who says?
17. where is he from?
18. where?
19. Does a donor heart extend life?
20. for how long? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. artificial heart
2. no
3. this is the first
4. Two surgeons
5. University of Louisville
6. battery--powered
7. outside the body
8. transmits current through the skin.
9. awake and responsive
10. expected to die within a month
11. xtend the person's life by only a month
12. 4,200
13. about half
14. die
15. unlikely
16. Robert Higgins
17. chairman of cardiology
18. Virginia
19. yes
20. l5 to 30 years