CHAPTER XX

A NIGHT OF ANXIETY

Had the lightning struck Dick and knocked him overboard?

Such was the terrifying question which Sam asked himself as he stared out of the pilothouse window into the darkness before him. Another flash of lightning lit up the scene and he made certain that his big brother was nowhere in sight.

"Tom! Tom!" he yelled down the tube, frantically.

"What now, Sam?"

"Dick is gone--struck by lightning, I guess. Come up!"

At this alarming information Tom left the engine room at a bound and came on deck almost as soon as it can be told. He met Sam running toward the bow.

"Where was Dick?" he screamed, to make himself heard above the roaring and shrieking of the wind.

"At the forward rail, on the lookout. He was standing there just before that awful crash came, and I haven't seen him since."

No more was said by either, but holding fast to whatever came to hand, the two Rovers worked their way forward until they reached the rail where Dick had been standing. They now saw that the foretopmast had come down, hitting the rail and breaking it loose for a distance of several feet.

"The mast must have hit Dick and knocked him overboard," said Tom, with a quiver in his voice.

"Oh, Tom!" Sam could say no more, but his heart sank.

The two boys stared around helplessly, not knowing what to do. Dick was very dear to them and they could not bear to think that he was lost, and forever. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Where was Dick?
2. Where was Dick standing before being struck by lightning?
3. Where was Sam running?
4. Did the characters try to save Dick?
5. Where is the story set?
6. What is the job title of Sam and Tom on the boat?
7. Where was Tom when he heard the information?
8. How did Tom ask about Dick's location?
9. Did Sam look around for his brother when the first bolt of lightning hit the boat?
10. Then who did he yell for?
11. In what way was he yelling?
12. Who spoke next?
13. Did Sam tell Tom about Dick?
14. Did Tom then run fast or slow?
15. What piece of the boat came down with the lightning?
16. What did it hit?
17. What happened to the rail?
18. Where was Dick knocked?
19. Did the two characters like Dick?
Answer: 1. overboard
2. At the forward rail, on the lookout
3. toward the bow
4. no
5. on a boat
6. unknown
7. the engine room sorry about that rover one!
8. he screamed
9. yes
10. Tom
11. frantically
12. Tom
13. yes
14. fast
15. the foretopmast
16. the rail
17. broke loose
18. overboard
19. yes

Problem: Recently, tests have proved that Beethoven died from lead poisoning. Bill Walsh directed the Beethoven Research Project. Mr Walsh and his team examined pieces of bone belonging to Beethoven. They found a large amount of lead in the bone pieces. They said the lead levels were equal to those found in pieces of his hair in earlier studies of other scientists.

Genetic tests proved the bone pieces and hair came from Beethoven. The researchers also examined bone fragments( from someone else who lived during the same period. Both were from the top of the skull. The fragments from Beethoven had more lead than those from the other person. Their study didn't find measurable levels of cadmium or mercury , which scientists used to consider were the causes of his health problems.

Beethoven was sick for much of his life. He experienced strong stomach pains, a sign of lead poisoning, and a change of personality when he was around 20. He also got angry easily, and suffered from depression and hearing loss. His health problems became worse as Beethoven grew older.

Walsh said the lead levels found in Beethoven's skull suggested the metal might have been present in his body for many years. He said although there had been recognized cases of deafness caused by lead poisoning, there was no strong evidence to suggest that lead poisoning was the cause of Beethoven's deafness.

Ludwig van Beethoven visited many doctors to find a cure for his health problems. In a letter he wrote to a friend, he asked researchers to examine his body after he died so that other people would not have to suffer as he did.
1. What did recent tests prove about Beethoven?
2. Who directed the Beethoven research project?
3. Was Beethoven sick most of his life?
4. What were some of the symptoms he had?
5. What did scientist use to consider the cause of his health problems?
6. Did he visit lots of different doctors to find a cure?
7. What kind of evidince was there that pieces of hair other scientists studies were beethovens?
8. Did Beethoven want researched to be done so others didn't have to suffer like he did?
9. How long was did the evendince point to that the metal was in his system?
10. Did they study someone else from the same time period to see if the amounts of lead in his system was similar?
Answer: 1. He died from lead poisoning.
2. Bill Walsh.
3. Yes.
4. Stomach pains.
5. Pieces of bone.
6. Yes.
7. Genetic tests.
8. Yes.
9. Many years.
10. Yes.

question: CHAPTER VI.

A RECTORIAL ELECTION.

It took some little time before his son, who was half-choked with laughter, could explain to the energetic doctor that the gentleman upon whom he was perched was not a dangerous lunatic, but, on the contrary, a very harmless and innocent member of society. When at last it was made clear to him, the doctor released his prisoner and was profuse in his apologies.

"This is my father, Garraway," said Dimsdale. "I hardly expected him so early."

"I must offer you a thousand apologies, sir. The fact is that I am rather short-sighted, and had no time to put my glasses on. It seemed to me to be a most dangerous scuffle."

"Don't mention it, sir," said Garraway, with great good humour.

"And you, Tom, you rogue, is this the way you spend your mornings? I expected to find you deep in your books. I told your landlady that I hardly liked to come up for fear of disturbing you at your work. You go up for your first professional in a few weeks, I understand?"

"That will be all right, dad," said his son demurely. "Garraway and I usually take a little exercise of this sort as a preliminary to the labours of the day. Try this armchair and have a cigarette."

The doctor's eye fell upon the medical works and the disarticulated skull, and his ill-humour departed.

"You have your tools close at hand, I see," he remarked.

"Yes, dad, all ready."

"Those bones bring back old memories to me. I am rusty in my anatomy, but I dare say I could stump you yet. Let me see now. What are the different foramina of the sphenoid bone, and what structures pass through them? Eh?"
1. Who had the doctor restrained?
2. who is Garraway's son?
3. Did the doctor apologize to anyone?
4. to whom?
5. was Garraway angry?
6. What was Tom expected to be doing?
7. Why did he not like to visit?
8. what is in a few weeks?
9. What does the doctor spy that puts him in a bette mood?
10. anything else?
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answer:
1. Garraway
2. Dimsdale
3. yes
4. Garraway
5. no
6. deep in his books
7. fear of disturbing him
8. his first professional
9. the disarticulated skull
10. the medical works