Question: CHAPTER IV.

SAVING THE SLOOP.

It was no pleasant position to be in. The three lads had been cast so suddenly into the angry waters that for the moment they could not comprehend the situation.

Then Blumpo let out a yell of terror.

"Save me! De boat has gone down!"

He was wrong, however, for a second later the row-boat bobbed up, less than four yards off.

"This way!" shouted Harry to his companions, but the wind fairly drowned his voice. He swam toward the upturned craft, and Blumpo and Jerry were not slow in following it.

Hardly had they reached it when a new peril confronted them. The Cutwater was bearing directly down upon them. With every sail set, she was in the very act of cutting them to pieces!

"Look! look!" yelled Harry. "We are doomed!"

"My gracious!" moaned Blumpo.

On and on came the sloop, with gigantic bounds over the whitecaps. Clarence Conant seemed utterly powerless to stay her course, or steer her to the right or left.

The young ladies on board with him huddled in a heap near the tiny cabin, their faces white with terror.

It was truly a thrilling moment.

Of the entire crowd Jerry was the only one to keep perfectly cool.

He was astride the row-boat, directly in the centre of the bottom, and it seemed as if the prow of the Cutwater must strike him in a second more.

"Every one dive under!" he called out, and went overboard like a flash. 1. How many fell in the water?
2. Were the waters calm?
3. Who first broke the silence?
4. What happened to their vessel?
5. Was Blumpo correct?
6. How far away was the boat?
7. Whose voice was drowned out?
8. What drowned him out?
9. Where did he swim to?
10. Who followed close behind?
11. What disaster faced them after reaching the boat?
12. Who pointed out the oncoming emergency first?
13. Was he optimistic about it?
14. Who was steering The Cutwater?
15. Were there other people on board?
16. Were the people calm?
17. Were the other people men?
18. Who was the only one to stay collected?
19. What was his location?
20. What did he suggest to save themselves? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Three
2. No
3. Blumpo
4. Overturned
5. No
6. Less than four yards off.
7. Harry
8. The wind
9. To the upturned craft
10. Blumpo and Jerry
11. The Cutwater
12. Harry
13. No
14. Clarence Conant
15. Yes
16. No
17. No
18. Jerry
19. In the centre of the bottom
20. Every one dive under

Question: CHAPTER XIV

WILLIAM BENT PITMAN HEARS OF SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE

On the morning of Sunday, William Dent Pitman rose at his usual hour, although with something more than the usual reluctance. The day before (it should be explained) an addition had been made to his family in the person of a lodger. Michael Finsbury had acted sponsor in the business, and guaranteed the weekly bill; on the other hand, no doubt with a spice of his prevailing jocularity, he had drawn a depressing portrait of the lodger's character. Mr. Pitman had been led to understand his guest was not good company; he had approached the gentleman with fear, and had rejoiced to find himself the entertainer of an angel. At tea he had been vastly pleased; till hard on one in the morning he had sat entranced by eloquence and progressively fortified with information in the studio; and now, as he reviewed over his toilet the harmless pleasures of the evening, the future smiled upon him with revived attractions. "Mr. Finsbury is indeed an acquisition," he remarked to himself; and as he entered the little parlour, where the table was already laid for breakfast, the cordiality of his greeting would have befitted an acquaintanceship already old.

"I am delighted to see you, sir"--these were his expressions--"and I trust you have slept well."

"Accustomed as I have been for so long to a life of almost perpetual change," replied the guest, "the disturbance so often complained of by the more sedentary, as attending their first night in (what is called) a new bed, is a complaint from which I am entirely free." 1. what happened the day before?
2. what did Pitman think about the lodger?
3. did he change his mind about him?
4. what is the story about?
5. what day does it take place?
6. did he wake up at usual time?
7. what was different this morning?
8. what did he say to himself about Finsbury?
9. what was on the table when he entered?
10. what room was this in? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. an addition had been made
2. more than the usual reluctance.
3. yes
4. WILLIAM BENT PITMAN HEARS OF SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE
5. Sunday
6. yes
7. more than the usual reluctance.
8. Mr. Finsbury is indeed an acquisition,
9. breakfast
10. the little parlour,

Question: The word pharmacy is derived from its root word pharma which was a term used since the 15th17th centuries. However, the original Greek roots from pharmakos imply sorcery or even poison. In addition to pharma responsibilities, the pharma offered general medical advice and a range of services that are now performed solely by other specialist practitioners, such as surgery and midwifery. The pharma (as it was referred to) often operated through a retail shop which, in addition to ingredients for medicines, sold tobacco and patent medicines. Often the place that did this was called an apothecary and several languages have this as the dominant term, though their practices are more akin to a modern pharmacy, in English the term apothecary would today be seen as outdated or only approproriate if herbal remedies were on offer to a large extent. The pharmas also used many other herbs not listed. The Greek word Pharmakeia (Greek: ) derives from pharmakon (), meaning "drug", "medicine" (or "poison").[n 1] 1. What does the term pharmakos come from?
2. Does it have positive connotations?
3. What does it mean?
4. What would be the Greek word for drug or medicine?
5. And what came from that word?
6. When was the term pharma first used?
7. Is that where the term pharmacy came from?
8. Did pharmas only distribute medicines?
9. What is something else they did?
10. What about for pregnant women?
11. Could you get tobacco at a pharma?
12. Were they stand alone enterprises?
13. What is a common name for these stores?
14. Is that only used in English?
15. What would you compare an apothecary to nowadays?
16. Is that still a descriptive definition?
17. What would make it so?
18. Did pharmas list all herbs they used?
19. Could I get a patent medicine at a pharma?
20. What about ingredients for other medicines? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers:
1. Greek
2. no
3. sorcery or even poison
4. pharmakon
5. Pharmakeia
6. 15th century
7. yes
8. no
9. offered general medical advice
10. midwifery
11. yes
12. yes
13. an apothecary
14. no
15. pharmacy
16. no
17. if they sold herbal remedies
18. no
19. yes
20. yes