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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Use the Hamilton method to make the assignment.


1) City A, City B, and City C are cooperating to build a community center catering to the three cities. Seats on the
11-member committee are assigned according to the populations of the cities. The population of City A is
18,000, City B is 21,000, and City C is 22,000. Assign the seats to the committee.
A) City A: 4; City B: 3; City C: 4 B) City A: 4; City B: 4; City C: 3
C) City A: 2; City B: 5; City C: 4 D) City A: 3; City B: 4; City C: 4
Answer: D

2) The students of 5th, 6th, and 7th grades of Great Middle School are putting up a charity show. The 11-person
committee making decisions is in proportion to the number of students in each grade. There are 126
5th-graders, 105 6th-graders and 97 7th-graders. Assign members to the committee.
A) 5th: 4; 6th: 3; 7th: 4 B) 5th: 3; 6th: 3; 7th: 4 C) 5th: 4; 6th: 4; 7th: 3 D) 5th: 3; 6th: 4; 7th: 4
Answer: C

3) In a recent census, Georgia's population in thousands was 3,503, Florida's was 4,220, and South Carolina's was
4,300. Allocate 25 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to these three states.
A) Georgia: 7; Florida: 10; South Carolina: 8 B) Georgia: 6; Florida: 8; South Carolina: 11
C) Georgia: 7; Florida: 9; South Carolina: 9 D) Georgia: 9; Florida: 8; South Carolina: 8
Answer: C

4) In a recent census, Iowa's population in thousands was 4,503, Illinois' was 8,220, and Indiana's was 5,300.
Allocate 28 members of the U.S. House of representatives to these three states.
A) Iowa: 7; Illinois: 13; Indiana: 8 B) Iowa: 8; Illinois: 13; Indiana: 7
C) Iowa: 6; Illinois: 15; Indiana: 7 D) Iowa: 10; Illinois: 11; Indiana: 7
Answer: A

Determine when the Hamilton method gives an Alabama paradox on increasing committee size and who loses a seat.
5) City A, City B, and City C are cooperating to build a community center catering to the three cities. Seats on the
11-member committee are assigned according to the populations of the cities. The population of City A is 5000,
City B is 11,250, and City C is 15,500. Increase the committee's size by one seat at a time and reassign the seats.
A) Assignment of 16th seat; City A B) Assignment of 15th seat; City C
C) Assignment of 14th seat; City A D) Assignment of 16th seat; City B
Answer: A

6) City A, City B, and City C are cooperating to build a community center catering to the three cities. Seats on the
7-member committee are assigned according to the populations of the cities. The population of City A is 7755,
City B is 6105, and City C is 2640. Increase the committee's size by one seat at a time and reassign the seats.
A) Assignment of 12th seat; City C B) Assignment of 10th seat; City A
C) Assignment of 10th seat; City C D) Assignment of 11th seat; City C
Answer: C

7) An apartment complex has three buildings. Building A has 120 units, building B has 141 units, and building C
has 39 units. A 9-person committee will set rules to govern the complex. This committee is proportioned to the
numbers of units in the buildings. Increase the members in the committee one at a time and reassign the seats.
A) Assignment of the 12th seat; building B B) Assignment of the 13th seat; building C
C) Assignment of the 11th seat; building B D) Assignment of the 12th seat; building C
Answer: D

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Solve the problem.
8) The sum of the numbers 12.432, 15.634, 23.523, 30.315, and 18.096 is 100.000. Adjust the list so that the numbers
are shown to the hundredths place and their sum is 100.00. The following table shows the numbers truncated to
the hundredths place and the discarded portions.
Original Number Number Truncated Discarded Portion
12.432 12.43 0.002
15.634 15.63 0.004
23.523 23.52 0.003
30.315 30.32 0.005
18.096 18.09 0.006
100.000 99.98
A) 12.43, 15.65, 23.52, 30.32, 18.09 B) 12.43, 15.64, 23.53, 30.32, 18.10
C) 12.44, 15.64, 23.52, 30.32, 18.09 D) 12.43, 15.63, 23.52, 30.32, 18.10
Answer: D

9) The sum of the percentages 31.542%, 17.467%, 22.42%, 12.861%, and 15.71% is 100.000%. Adjust the list so that
there are no fractional parts. The following table shows the numbers truncated and the discarded portions.
Original Number (%) Number Truncated (%) Discarded Portion (%)
31.542 31 0.542
17.467 17 0.467
22.42 22 0.42
12.861 12 0.861
15.71 15 0.71
100.000 97
A) 31%, 17%, 22%, 12%, 16% B) 32%, 17%, 22%, 13%, 16%
C) 31%, 17%, 22%, 13%, 15% D) 32%, 18%, 22%, 13%, 16%
Answer: B

10) The sum of the numbers 22.432, 13.634, 26.562, 22.315, and 15.057 is 100.000. Adjust the list so that the numbers
are shown to the tenths place and their sum is 100.0.
A) 22.4, 13.6, 26.6, 22.3, 15.1 B) 22.4, 13.7, 26.6, 22.3, 15
C) 22.5, 13.6, 26.6, 22.3, 15.1 D) 22.4, 13.6, 26.6, 22.4, 15
Answer: A

11) The sum of the numbers 14.332, 19.631, 20.572, 21.315, and 24.15 is 100.000. Adjust the list so that the numbers
are shown to the hundredths place and their sum is 100.00.
A) 14.33, 19.63, 20.58, 21.31, 24.15 B) 14.34, 19.62, 20.57, 21.32, 24.15
C) 14.33, 19.63, 20.57, 21.32, 24.15 D) 14.34, 19.63, 20.57, 21.31, 24.15
Answer: C

Determine which state is more poorly represented.


12) State A with a population of 232,200 and 9 representatives or state B with a population of 504,000 and 14
representatives.
A) State B
B) State A
C) The two have equal representation.
Answer: A

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13) State A with a population of 597,542 and 11 representatives or state B with a population of 569,600 and 16
representatives.
A) State B
B) State A
C) The two have equal representation.
Answer: B

14) State A with a population of 489,798 and 9 representatives or state B with a population of 323,994 and 11
representatives.
A) State B
B) State A
C) The two have equal representation.
Answer: B

15) State A with a population of 383,537 and 11 representatives or state B with a population of 488,138 and 14
representatives.
A) State B
B) State A
C) The two have equal representation.
Answer: C

Determine the absolute and relative unfairness of the given apportionment.


16) State A with a population of 254,000 and 10 representatives or state B with a population of 540,000 and 15
representatives.
A) 25,400; 0.414 B) 36,000; 0.586 C) 10,600; 0.294 D) 10,600; 0.417
Answer: D

17) State A with a population of 654,264 and 12 representatives or state B with a population of 504,000 and 14
representatives.
A) 36,000; 0.398 B) 18,522; 0.515 C) 18,522; 0.340 D) 54,522; 0.602
Answer: B

18) State A with a population of 979,686 and 18 representatives or state B with a population of 471,248 and 16
representatives.
A) 54,427; 0.649 B) 24,974; 0.848 C) 29,453; 0.351 D) 24,974; 0.459
Answer: B

19) State A with a population of 432,320 and 10 representatives or state B with a population of 1,361,016 and 18
representatives.
A) 75,612; 0.636 B) 32,380; 0.428 C) 43,232; 0.364 D) 32,380; 0.749
Answer: D

Use the apportionment criterion to decide who should get an additional representative if another member is added to the
total number of representatives.
20) The Artist's Association has 7 representatives from the Painter's Group, which has 200 members, and 8
representatives from the Sculptor's Association, which has 480 members.
A) Painter's Group B) Sculptor's Association
Answer: B

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21) Subdivision A, with 540 residents, has 6 representatives in the City Hall, while Subdivision B, with 785
residents, has 9 representatives.
A) Subdivision A B) Subdivision B
Answer: A

22) For the U.S. House of Representatives:


State A: population 17.3 million, 26 representatives
State B: population 10.7 million, 15 representatives
A) State B B) State A
Answer: A

23) For the U.S. House of Representatives:


State A: population 5.7 million, 10 representatives
State B: population 11.4 million, 16 representatives
A) State A B) State B
Answer: B

Use the Huntington-Hill apportionment principle to decide who is most deserving of an additional representative.
24) For the U.S. House of Representatives:
State A: population 5.6 million, 10 representatives
State B: population 14.2 million, 20 representatives
State C: population 11.7 million, 15 representatives
A) State B B) State A C) State C
Answer: C

25) The Artist's Association has 5 representatives from the Painter's Group, which has 220 members, 11
representatives from the Actor's Association, which has 670 members, and 7 representatives from the Sculptor's
Association, which has 460 members.
A) Actor's Association B) Sculptor's Association C) Painter's Group
Answer: B

26) Subdivision A, with 1600 residents, has 11 representatives in the City Hall, while Subdivision B, with 2700
residents, has 17 representatives, and Subdivision C, with 950 residents, has 7 representatives.
A) Subdivision A B) Subdivision C C) Subdivision B
Answer: C

27) The Artist's Association has 5 representatives from the Painter's Group, which has 240 members, 11
representatives from the Actor's Association, which has 670 members, and 7 representatives from the Sculptor's
Association, which has 490 members. Assign two additional seats, one at a time.
A) Painter's Group and Actor's Association B) Sculptor's Association and Actor's Association
C) Actor's Association and Painter's Group D) Sculptor's Association and Painter's Group
Answer: B

Calculate the Huntington-Hill number.


28) City A: population 4800, 12 representatives
A) 147,693.308 B) 147,692.408 C) 147,692.308 D) 147,702.308
Answer: C

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29) State A: population 10,200, 12 representatives
A) 666,933.077 B) 666,923.077 C) 667,023.077 D) 666,983.077
Answer: B

30) Association of 1410 members having 11 representatives on the board.


A) 15,061.36 B) 15,311.36 C) 15,461.36 D) 15,171.36
Answer: A

31) Association of 1670 members having 17 representatives on the board.


A) 9124.05 B) 9214.05 C) 9114.05 D) 10,114.05
Answer: C

Use the Huntington-Hill numbers listed in the table to assign seats as indicated.
32) Eleven seats on a condominium association board for buildings Amity, Buddy, and Chum are to be
apportioned. Use the given table of Huntington-Hill numbers to list the order in which the seats on the board
will be apportioned. Begin by apportioning one seat to each building.
Current Representation (A)mity (B)uddy (C)hum
1 800 2113 4050
2 267 704 1350
3 133 352 675
4 80 211 405
5 53 141 270
A) A, B, C, B, C, C, A, B, C, C, A B) A, B, C, C, C, B, A, B, A, C, C
C) A, B, C, C, B, C, A, B, C, C, B D) A, B, C, C, B, A, A, B, C, C, B
Answer: C

33) Eleven seats on a hospital board are to be apportioned between doctors, nurses, and administrators. Use the
given table of Huntington-Hill numbers to list the order in which the seats on the board will be apportioned.
Begin by apportioning one seat to each group.
Current Representation (D)octors (N)urses (A)dministrators
1 2812 7200 11,250
2 937 2400 3750
3 468 1200 1875
4 281 720 1125
5 187 480 750
A) D, N, A, A, D, A, N, N, A, N, D B) D, N, A, A, N, A, D, N, A, N, A
C) D, N, A, N, A, A, D, N, A, A, N D) D, N, A, A, N, D, A, N, D, A, N
Answer: B

Solve the problem.


34) City A, City B, and City C are together undertaking a road construction project. The nine-member committee
has representatives allocated to the committee in proportion to the population in each city. City A has a
population of 15,000, City B has a population of 18,000, and City C has a population of 19,000. Apportion the
committee seats using the Hamilton method and the Huntington-Hill method.
A) City A: 2; City B: 3; City C: 4 (Hamilton method); City A: 3; City B: 3; City C: 3 (Huntington-Hill method)
B) City A: 3; City B: 3; City C: 3 (Hamilton method); City A: 2; City B: 3; City C: 4 (Huntington-Hill method)
C) City A: 3; City B: 3; City C: 3 (Both methods)
D) City A: 2; City B: 3; City C: 4 (Both methods)
Answer: C

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35) Use the Huntington-Hill method to apportion nine seats among State X, State Y, and State Z. The populations of
the states are state X, 4.0 million; State Y, 6.5 million; and State Z, 5.2 million. Begin by giving one representative
to each state. List the order in which the representatives are apportioned.
A) Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X, Y, Z, Y B) Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X, Z, Y, X
C) Y, Z, X, Z, Y, X, Y, Z, Y D) Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X, Y, Z, X
Answer: A

36) Use the Huntington-Hill method to apportion eleven seats among State P, State Q, and State R. The populations
of the states are State P, 0.75 million; State Q, 1.2 million; and State R, 1.5 million. Begin by giving one
representative to each state. List the order in which the representatives are apportioned.
A) R, Q, P, R, Q, R, P, Q, R, Q, R B) R, Q, P, R, Q, R, P, Q, R, Q, P
C) R, Q, P, Q, R, P, Q, R, Q, R, P D) R, Q, P, R, Q, R, Q, R, Q, R, R
Answer: A

37) Use the Huntington-Hill method to apportion eleven seats among State X, State Y, and State Z. The populations
of the states are state X, 4.0 million; State Y, 6.5 million; and State Z, 5.2 million. The current assignment of ten
seats is State X has two seats, State Y has four seats, and State Z has four seats. Assign the eleventh and twelfth
seat.
A) Eleventh seat: State X; Twelfth seat: State Y B) Eleventh seat: State Y; Twelfth seat: State Y
C) Eleventh seat: State Y; Twelfth seat: State Z D) Eleventh seat: State X; Twelfth seat: State Z
Answer: A

Assign as indicated using the Huntington-Hill method.


38) A hospital administrator wishes to assign six emergency room medical teams to three outreach centers. The
numbers of patients treated in an average week at the three centers are as follows:
Center 1: 120 patients
Center 2: 85 patients
Center 3: 68 patients
Help the administrator assign the medical teams to the three centers. Begin by giving each center one team.
A) Center 1: 3; Center 2: 2; Center 3: 1 B) Center 1: 2; Center 2: 2; Center 3: 2
C) Center 1: 2; Center 2: 3; Center 3: 1 D) Center 1: 1; Center 2: 2; Center 3: 3
Answer: A

39) A hospital administrator wishes to assign ten emergency room medical teams to three outreach centers. The
numbers of patients treated in an average week at the three centers are as follows:
Center 1: 280 patients
Center 2: 175 patients
Center 3: 95 patients
Help the administrator assign the medical teams to the three centers. Begin by giving each center one team.
A) Center 1: 5; Center 2: 3; Center 3: 2 B) Center 1: 5; Center 2: 4; Center 3: 1
C) Center 1: 4; Center 2: 3; Center 3: 3 D) Center 1: 4; Center 2: 4; Center 3: 2
Answer: A

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40) A police chief wishes to assign ten police officers to three regions. The numbers of incidents reported during an
average month in the three regions are as follows:
Region 1: 145
Region 2: 131
Region 3: 89
Help the police chief assign the officers to each region. Begin by giving each region one police officer.
A) Region 1: 5; Region 2: 4; Region 3: 1 B) Region 1: 4; Region 2: 4; Region 3: 2
C) Region 1: 5; Region 2: 3; Region 3: 2 D) Region 1: 4; Region 2: 3; Region 3: 3
Answer: B

41) A health club instructor has a course load that allows her to teach seven two-credit hour classes. A
pre-registration survey indicates the following interests:
54 want to take high-impact aerobics
28 want to take low-impact aerobics
14 want to take jazzercise
7 want to take step exercise
Assume that the instructor will teach at least one class for each activity. Apportion the remaining three classes.
A) Two of high-impact aerobics and one of low-impact aerobics
B) One each of high-impact aerobics, low-impact aerobics, and step exercise
C) One each of high-impact aerobics, low-impact aerobics, and jazzercise
D) One of high-impact aerobics and two of low-impact aerobics
Answer: A

Find the standard divisor for the given situation. Round your answer to two decimals.
42) A small country consists of seven states; there are 194 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
A) 61.51 B) 62.61 C) 68.94 D) 75.55
Answer: D

43) A school district receives a grant to purchase 35 new computers to be apportioned among the 6 schools in the
district based on the student population of each school. The student populations are given in the following
table.
School A B C D E F
Population 314 211 197 243 279 325
A) 38.8 B) 44.83 C) 34.09 D) 35.54
Answer: B

44) A small city has 33 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of each
precinct. The populations are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Population 2115 3659 3117 1883 4912 4027 2776 3174
A) 628.82 B) 824 C) 777.67 D) 926.52
Answer: C

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45) A university has 21 scholarships to be apportioned among the engineering students based on the enrollment in
each department. There are three departments - Mechanical Engineering (M), Electrical Engineering (E), and
Civil Engineering (C). The number of students in each department is given in the following table.
Department M E C
Enrollment 233 297 153
A) 32.52 B) 33.86 C) 37.95 D) 35.38
Answer: A

46) The faculty senate of a university has 40 senators to be apportioned among its four colleges based on the number
of faculty in each college. The colleges are Liberal Arts (L), Sciences (S), Business (B), and Engineering (E). The
number of faculty in each college is shown in the following table.
College L S B E
Number of Faculty 279 355 312 423
A) 34.23 B) 24.48 C) 30.58 D) 27.85
Answer: A

47) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:


Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 320 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province.
A) 600.37 B) 472.25 C) 550.23 D) 702.49
Answer: C

Find the standard quota asked for. Round your answer to two decimals.
48) A small country consists of seven states; there are 186 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
Find the standard quota for state C.
A) 37.9 B) 42.48 C) 34.58 D) 41.73
Answer: C

49) A school district receives a grant to purchase 44 new computers to be apportioned among the 6 schools in the
district based on the student population of each school. The student populations are given in the following
table.
School A B C D E F
Population 314 211 197 243 279 325
Find the standard quota for school A.
A) 10.17 B) 8.81 C) 11.11 D) 11.58
Answer: B

50) A small city has 50 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of each
precinct. The populations are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Population 2115 3659 3117 1883 4912 4027 2776 3174
Find the standard quota for the Third Precinct.
A) 5.73 B) 6.07 C) 5.1 D) 7.51
Answer: B

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51) A university has 30 scholarships to be apportioned among the engineering students based on the enrollment in
each department. There are three departments - Mechanical Engineering (M), Electrical Engineering (E), and
Civil Engineering (C). The number of students in each department is given in the following table.
Department M E C
Enrollment 233 297 153
Find the standard quota for the Mechanical Engineering Department.
A) 10.23 B) 8.77 C) 9.41 D) 9.83
Answer: A

52) The faculty senate of a university has 55 senators to be apportioned among its four colleges based on the number
of faculty in each college. The colleges are Liberal Arts (L), Sciences (S), Business (B), and Engineering (E). The
number of faculty in each college is shown in the following table.
College L S B E
Number of Faculty 279 355 312 423
Find the standard quota for the College of Sciences.
A) 17.53 B) 15.96 C) 19.94 D) 14.26
Answer: D

53) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:


Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 300 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province.
Find the standard quota for province G.
A) 54.51 B) 42.69 C) 49.96 D) 63.51
Answer: A

Find the apportionment asked for.


54) A small country consists of seven states; there are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
Find the apportionment for state D using Jefferson's method.
A) 26 B) 25 C) 24 D) 23
Answer: C

55) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:


Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 300 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province. Find the
apportionment for province G using Jefferson's method.
A) 54 B) 53 C) 56 D) 55
Answer: D

56) A small country consists of seven states; there are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
Find the apportionment for state D using Adams' method.
A) 23 B) 25 C) 26 D) 24
Answer: D

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57) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:
Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 300 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province. Find the
apportionment for province G using Adams' method.
A) 54 B) 56 C) 55 D) 53
Answer: A

58) A small city has 50 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of each
precinct. The populations are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Population 2115 3659 3117 1883 4912 4027 2776 3174
Find the apportionment for the Seventh Precinct using Adams' method.
A) 4 B) 5 C) 7 D) 6
Answer: D

59) A small country consists of seven states; there are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
Find the apportionment for state D using Webster's method.
A) 24 B) 25 C) 26 D) 23
Answer: A

60) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:


Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 300 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province. Find the
apportionment for province G using Webster's method.
A) 56 B) 55 C) 53 D) 54
Answer: D

61) A small city has 50 police officers to be apportioned among 8 precincts based on the population of each
precinct. The populations are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Population 2115 3659 3117 1883 4912 4027 2776 3174
Find the apportionment for the Seventh Precinct using Webster's method.
A) 6 B) 4 C) 7 D) 5
Answer: D

Determine whether the specified paradox occurs.


62) A small country consists of seven states; there are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown in the table.
State A B C D E F G
Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
Does the Alabama paradox occur using Hamilton's method if the number of seats is increased from 160 to 161?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: B

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63) A small country consists of 7 provinces with the following populations:
Province A B C D E F G
Population 25,312 19,734 33,407 29,591 13,288 22,751 31,992
There are 300 federal judges to be apportioned according to the population of each province. Does the Alabama
paradox occur using Hamilton's method if the number of judges is increased from 300 to 301?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: B

64) A city has 204 police officers to be apportioned among 4 precincts based on the population of each precinct. The
populations are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3 4
Population 3462 7470 4265 5300
Does the Alabama paradox occur using Hamilton's method if the number of police officers is increased from
204 to 205?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: A

65) A small country consists of seven states; there are 160 seats in the legislature that need to be apportioned among
the seven states; and the population of each state is shown below for the years 1990 and 1995.
State A B C D E F G
1990 Population 1283 2374 2725 2155 1592 2511 2017
1995 Population 1347 2469 2847 2220 1640 2611 2078
Does the population paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: B

66) In a small country consisting of 5 provinces, 300 federal judges are apportioned according to the population of
each province. The population of each province is shown for the years 1995 and 2000.
Province A B C D E
1995 Population 25,312 8,911 11,451 33,611 15,932
2000 Population 26,011 9,732 12,678 35,977 17,311
Does the population paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: B

67) A town has 13 police officers to be apportioned among 3 precincts based on the population of each precinct.
The populations for the years 1998 and 1999 are given in the following table.
Precinct 1 2 3
1998 Population 930 738 415
1999 Population 975 750 421
Does the population paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: A

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68) A country with two states has 16 seats in the legislature. The population of each state is given by:
State A B Total
Population 86,342 77,312 163,654
A third state is added with 5 additional seats as shown below.
State A B C Total
Population 86,342 77,312 53,792 217,446
Does the new-states paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: B

69) A country with two states has 16 seats in the legislature. The population of each state (in thousands) is given by:
State A B Total
Population 134 52 186
A third state is added with 3 additional seats as shown below.
State A B C Total
Population 134 52 38 224
Does the new-states paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: A

70) A country with two states has 75 seats in the legislature. The population of each state (in thousands) is given by:
State A B Total
Population 3184 8475 11659
A third state is added with 2 additional seats as shown below.
State A B C Total
Population 3184 8475 330 11989
Does the new-states paradox occur using Hamilton's method of apportionment?
A) Yes B) No
Answer: A

Solve the problem.


71) If the Jefferson Method is used to apportion 250 legislative seats to five states with the populations given in the
table, then a violation of the Quota Rule occurs.
State a b c d e
Population 912,000 1,117,000 4,537,000 739,000 695,000
The apportionment for which state violates the Quota Rule?
A) a B) c C) e D) b
Answer: B

72) If the Jefferson Method is used to apportion 132 legislative seats to four states with the populations given in the
table, then a violation of the Quota Rule occurs.
State a b c d
Population 17,180 7,500 49,400 5,820
The apportionment for which state violates the Quota Rule?
A) c B) d C) a D) b
Answer: A

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73) If the Jefferson Method is used to apportion 200 legislative seats to four states with the populations given in the
table, then a violation of the Quota Rule occurs.
State a b c d e
Population 4590 1515 2015 1120 1110
The apportionment for which state violates the Quota Rule?
A) e B) a C) d D) b
Answer: B

74) If the Jefferson Method is used to apportion 131 legislative seats to six states with the populations given in the
table, then a violation of the Quota Rule occurs.
State a b c d e f
Population 5672 8008 2400 6789 4972 20000
The apportionment for which state violates the Quota Rule?
A) e B) d C) f D) b
Answer: C

Use the method of sealed bids to complete the table.


75) Tom and Axel have inherited their father's sailboat and want to decide who should receive it.
1 1
Tom Axel
2 2
Bid on sailboat $49,000 $59,000
Fair share of estate
Item obtained with highest bid
A)
1 1
Tom Axel
2 2
Bid on sailboat $49,000 $59,000
Fair share of estate $24,500 $29,500
Item obtained with highest bid sailboat
B)
1 1
Tom Axel
2 2
Bid on sailboat $49,000 $59,000
Fair share of estate $29,500 $24,500
Item obtained with highest bid sailboat
C)
1 1
Tom Axel
2 2
Bid on sailboat $49,000 $59,000
Fair share of estate $29,500 $24,500
Item obtained with highest bid sailboat
D)
1 1
Tom Axel
2 2
Bid on sailboat $49,000 $59,000
Fair share of estate $24,500 $29,500
Item obtained with highest bid sailboat
Answer: A

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76) Kara and Rex own a small shoe store on the boardwalk, with Kara having 40% of the interest and Rex 60%
interest. They want to dissolve their partnership, with one buying the other out.
Kara (40%) Rex (60%)
Bid on shoe store $253,000 $158,000
Fair share of shoe store
Item obtained with highest bid
A)
Kara (40%) Rex (60%)
Bid on shoe store $253,000 $158,000
Fair share of shoe store $126,500 $79,000
Item obtained with highest bid shoe store
B)
Kara (40%) Rex (60%)
Bid on shoe store $253,000 $158,000
Fair share of shoe store $63,200 $151,800
Item obtained with highest bid shoe store
C)
Kara (40%) Rex (60%)
Bid on shoe store $253,000 $158,000
Fair share of shoe store $101,200 $94,800
Item obtained with highest bid shoe store
D)
Kara (40%) Rex (60%)
Bid on shoe store $253,000 $158,000
Fair share of shoe store $151,800 $63,200
Item obtained with highest bid shoe store
Answer: C

77) Use the first table to complete the fair division accounting of the estate cash in the empty table.
1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Bid on painting $12,000 $18,000
Fair share of estate $6000 $9000
Item obtained with highest bid painting

1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Pays to estate (+) or receives from estate (-)
Division of estate balance ($ )
Summary of cash
A)
1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Pays to estate (+) or receives from estate (-) $6000 (+) $9000 (-)
Division of estate balance ($3000) $1500 (-) $1500 (-)
Pays Receives
Summary of cash $4500 $10,500

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B)
1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Pays to estate (+) or receives from estate (-) $6000 (-) $9000 (+)
Division of estate balance ($3000) $3000 (-) $3000 (-)
Receives Pays
Summary of cash $9000 $6000
C)
1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Pays to estate (+) or receives from estate (-) $6000 (-) $9000 (+)
Division of estate balance ($3000) $1500 (-) $1500 (-)
Receives Pays
Summary of cash $7500 $10,500
D)
1 1
Oliver Meghan
2 2
Pays to estate (+) or receives from estate (-) $6000 (-) $9000 (+)
Division of estate balance ($3000) $1500 (-) $1500 (-)
Receives Pays
Summary of cash $7500 $7500
Answer: D

78) Use the first table to complete the fair division accounting of the estate cash in the empty table.
1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Bid on yacht $36,000 $48,000 $54,000
Bid on antique compass $21,000 $30,000 $6000
Total value $57,000 $78,000 $60,000
Fair share of estate $19,000.00 $26,000.00 $20,000.00

1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Items obtained with highest bid
Pays to estate (+) or
receives from estate (-)
Division of estate
balance ($ )
Summary of cash
A)
1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Items obtained with highest bid antique compass yacht
Pays to estate (+) or
receives from estate (-) $2000.00 (+) $26,000.00 (-) $34,000.00 (+)
Division of estate
balance ($19,000.00) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-)
Receives Pays Pays
Summary of cash $-4333.33 $32,333.33 $27,666.67

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B)
1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Items obtained with highest bid antique compass yacht
Pays to estate (+) or
receives from estate (-) $19,000.00 (-) $4000.00 (+) $34,000.00 (+)
Division of estate
balance ($19,000.00) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-)
Receives Pays Pays
Summary of cash $25,333.33 $10,333.33 $40,333.33
C)
1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Items obtained with highest bid antique compass yacht
Pays to estate (+) or
receives from estate (-) $19,000.00 (-) $4000.00 (+) $34,000.00 (+)
Division of estate
balance ($19,000.00) $19,000.00 (-) $19,000.00 (-) $19,000.00 (-)
Receives Pays Pays
Summary of cash $38,000.00 $-15,000.00 $15,000.00
D)
1 1 1
Roger Mary Ann Ginger
3 3 3
Items obtained with highest bid antique compass yacht
Pays to estate (+) or
receives from estate (-) $19,000.00 (-) $4000.00 (+) $34,000.00 (+)
Division of estate
balance ($19,000.00) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-) $6333.33 (-)
Receives Receives Pays
Summary of cash $25,333.33 $2333.33 $27,666.67
Answer: D

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have me skin all the bull heads after that. I said I would rather milk
cows so the pirate gave me a milk pail and told me to go and milk
the freckled cow, and I went up to the cow as I had seen farmers do,
and sat down on a wooden camp stool and put the pail under the
cow, and began to squeeze the Summer Sausages she wore under
her stomach, four of ’em, and the more I squeezed the more there
didn’t any milk come, and the cow looked around at me in a pitying
sort of way, but the milk did not arrive on schedule time, and then I
thought of a farmer I once saw kick a cow in the slats, and I thought
maybe that was the best way to cause the milk to hurry and flow, so I
got up off the stool and hauled off my hind leg and gave that cow a
swift kick that sent her toes clear in to her liver and lights and
sausage covers.
Well I thought it was a car of dynamite running into an elevator and
exploding, but the boys that picked me up and poured milk on my
face to bring me to, said it was not an explosion, but that the cow
had reared up in front and kicked up behind, and struck me with all
four feet, and had hooked me with her horns, and switched me with
her tail, and pawed me with her forward feet, and licked my hair with
her tongue, and laid down and rolled on me. Well, I certainly looked
it. Gee, but I don’t want any more farmer’s life in mine.
I certainly thought that was the way to cause a cow to give milk.
Maybe I ought to have sworn at her the way the farmer did. I
remember now, that he used language not fit to print, but I have not
taken the swearing degree yet.
Well, they got me braced up so I could go to dinner, and it was surely
a sumptuous repast, fried bull heads and bread. I have eaten fish at
home and at hotels, where you had ketchup, and celery, and
vegetables, and gravy, and pie, and good things, but to sit down with
fifty boys and eat just bull heads, and stale bread, and try to look
pleasant like you were at a banquet, was one on your little Hennery
that made him feel that the pleasures of being an orphan had been
over drawn.
Gosh, but the boys tell me we have bull heads here six times a
week, because they don’t cost anything, and that the bones stick
through your skin so they hold your clothes on.
I am organizing a union among the boys and we are going to call a
strike, and if the pirate with one eye does not grant all we ask, we
are going to walk out in a body, and jump a freight train, and go out
in the wide world to make our fortunes. I shall go look for pa. There
can’t no man give me such a dirty shake. I feel like I had been left on
a door step, with a note on the basket asking the finder to take good
care of me “’cause I was raised a pet.”
CHAPTER II.
No Encouragement for Inventive Genius in Orphan Home—The Boy
Uses His New Invention, a Patent Clothes Wringer, in Milking.

There is no encouragement for inventive genius in this orphans’


home that I am honoring with my patronage.
I always supposed that an orphanage was a place where they tried
to make an orphan feel that it wasn’t such a great loss not to have a
regular home, among your people as long as you could be lovingly
cared for in big bunches by charitable people, who would act like a
High School to you, and when you got a diploma from an orphans’
home you could go out into the world and hold up your head like a
college graduate, but I can see from my experience at this alleged
home that when we boys get out the police will have a tab on us, and
we will be pinched like tramps.
What encouragement is there to learn anything but being
chambermaid to cows? Gee, but I never want to look a cow in the
face again. When I failed to milk that cow and she galloped all over
the place, and kicked my liver around where my spleen ought to be,
the one-eyed warden of the place told me I must practice on that
cow till I got so that I could milk her with my eyes shut, and that I
wouldn’t get much to eat until I could show him that I was a he-
milkmaid of the thirty-third degree.
I told him I saw a machine last year at the State Fair that had a
suction pump that was put on to the cow’s works, and by touching a
button the milk and honey flowed into a pail, and if he would get such
a machine I could touch the button all right. He said the orphanage
couldn’t afford to buy such a machine, but if I wanted to invent any
device to milk cows I could go ahead, but it was up to me to produce
milk, one way or another.
Well, an idea struck me just like being hit with a base ball bat, and in
a short time I was ready.
I got a clothes wringer out of the laundry, and went to corral the cow.
I thought if a clothes wringer could squeeze the blue water out of a
wash tub of clothes, it would squeeze a pail of milk out of a cow, so I
took my clothes wringer and the milk pail and got under the cow and
gathered all her four weiners together in my hands and put the ends
of them between the rubber rollers, just easy, and the boys gathered
round to see where my inventive genius was going to get off at. Then
when my audience was all ready to cheer me, if the machine
worked, I took hold of the handle of the machine, which was across
my lap, and turned the crank with a yuck motion, until all the cow’s
weiners went through between the rollers, and I noticed the cow
flinched, and just there one of the sophomore boys threw a giant
firecracker under the cow’s basement near the milk pail, and when
the explosion came, just when I was cranking her up a second time
and turning on the high speed clutch, the cow bleated as though she
had lost her calf, and she went up into the air like the cow that
jumped over the moon, and she went across the country on a
cavalry charge, with me hanging on the handle of the wringer with
one hand, on her tail with the other, and the boys giving the orphan
school yell, and the cow bellowing like a whole drove of cattle that
have smelled blood around a slaughter house.
Gosh, but I never had such an excursion. The cow went around the
house and on to the porch where the manager and some women
were, and finally rushed into the kitchen, and everybody came and
tied me loose from the cow, and got the clothes wringer off her vital
parts, and shooed her back to the barn, and then they took me to the
manager’s office, and I fainted away.
Gosh, But I Never Had Such an Excursion!

When I came to the one-eyed manager had a bandage over his nose
where the handle of the clothes wringer hit him when he tried to turn
the handle back to release the pressure on the cow’s bananas, and
he was so mad you could hear him “sis,” like when you drop water
on a hot griddle.
He got up and took me by the neck and wrung it just like I was a hen
having its neck wrung when there is company coming and he
dropped me “kerplunk” and said I had ruined the best cow on the
place by flattening out her private affairs so that nothing but skim
milk could ever get through the teats, and he asked me what in
thunder I was doing, milking a cow with a clothes wringer, when I
ought to have known that a clothes wringer would squeeze the milk
up into the second story of the cow.
I told him I had never been a dairy farmer, anyway, and a cow was a
new proposition to me, and he said I could go and live on bread and
water till doomsday, and that I was the worst orphan he ever saw,
and he pushed me out of the room.
The boys met me when I came out of the presence of the one-eyed
manager, and we went off into the woods and held an indignation
meeting, and passed resolutions condemning the management of
the orphanage, and I suggested that we form a union and strike for
shorter hours and more food, and if we did not get it, we could walk
out, and make the orphan school business close up.
We discussed what we would do and say to the boss, and just
before supper time we lined up in a body before the house and
called out the manager and made our demands, and gave him
fifteen minutes to accept, or out we would go, and I tell you we
looked saucy.
I never saw anything act as quick as that strike did. In five minutes
the manager came out and said he wouldn’t grant a thing, and
besides we were locked out, and couldn’t ever get back into the
place unless we crawled on our hands and knees and stood on our
hind feet like dogs, and barked and begged for food, and he shut the
door and the dining room was closed in our faces, and we were told
to get off the place or they would set the dogs on us.
For a few minutes not a word was said, then the boys pitched on to
me and another boy that had brought on the strike, and gave us a
good licking, and made us run to the woods, and when we got nearly
out of sight we turned and all the brave dubs that were going to
break up the orphanage were down on their seats on the grass,
begging like dogs to be taken back, because supper was ready, and
my chum and me were pulling for tall timber, wondering where the
next meal was coming from, and where we are going to sleep.
We were the only boys in that bunch of strikers that had sand
enough to stand up for union principles, and as is usually the case
the fellows who had the most gravel in their crops had little else, and
I was never so hungry in my life.
A diet of fried bull heads and skim milk, and sour bread for a few
days in the orphanage had left me with an appetite that ought to
have had a ten course banquet at once, but we walked on for hours,
and finally struck a railroad track and followed it to a town.
My chum stopped at a freight car on a side track and began to poke
around one of the oil boxes on a wheel, and when I asked him what
he was going to do, he said that to a hungry man the cotton waste
and the grease in a hot box of a freight car was just as good as a
shrimp salad, and he began to poke the stuff out of the hot box to eat
it. He said the lives of tramps were often saved by eating out of hot
boxes. I swore that I would never eat no hot box banquet, and I
pulled him away from the box car just as a brakeman came along
with a hook and a can of oil and a bucket of water to cool it off, and
we escaped.
I told him we would have a good supper all right, if he would stick by
me.
We went into the little town and it was getting dark, and all the
people were out doors looking up into the sky, and saying, “there it
is, I see it,” and I asked a man in front of a saloon what the
excitement was about, and he said that they were watching the
balloons from St. Louis, about two hundred miles away, which were
sailing to the east.
Did you ever have an idea strike you so sudden that it made you
dizzy? Well, I was struck with one so quick that it made me snicker,
and I pulled my new chum away and told him how we would get
supper and a place to sleep, and that was to go into the woods near
where the people were looking up into the air, and when a balloon
went over, after it got good and dark, we could set up a yell, as
though murder was being done, and when the crowd came to see
what was the matter, he could say we fell out of a balloon, and
landed in a tree and squirmed down to the ground.
Well, I didn’t want to lie, but my chum, who had once been in a
Reform School, did not care so much about lying, so he was to do
the talking and I was to be deaf and dumb, as though the fall from
the balloon had knocked me silly.
Well, when we saw a light in the sky over us and the people were
going wild over thinking they saw a balloon, we began to scream like
wild cats, and groan like lost souls, and yell for “help, help.” When
the people came on the run, and when they found us with our
clothes torn, and our hair standing on end, and our eyes bulging out,
and my chum, the old liar, said when we were leaning over the
basket of the balloon to see what town we were passing over, we fell
out in a tree, and we were so hungry.
“Tossed him over the fence.”

Well, the way those good people swallowed that yarn was too
comical, and they picked us up and took us into a house. A pussy
woman got me under her arm and said “Poor dear, every bone in his
body is busted, but I saw him first, and I am going to have him
mended and keep him for a souvenir,” and I hung my legs and arms
down so I would be heavy, and she dragged me to the house. All I
said was, “pie, pie, pie,” and she said I was starving for pie, and
when they got us in bed, with nice night shirts on, they crowded
around us and began to feed us, and we took everything from soup
to mints, and went to sleep, and the last thing I heard was balloon
talk, and the woman who drew me in the shuffle said, “The ways of
Providence are past finding out,” and as I rolled over in bed I heard
my chum in another bed say “You can bet your sweet life,” and then
the people began to go away, talking about the narrow escape of
those dear boys, and my pussy fat lady held my hand and stroked
my aching stomach until long after midnight, and then she tip-toed
off to bed.
I spoke to my chum and said, “Did it work out all right?” and he
groaned and said, “Gee, but I et too much, I otter have saved some
of it for breakfast,” and then we went to sleep in nice feather beds
instead of those beds at the orphanage made of breakfast food.
CHAPTER III.
The Boy Escapes from Orphan Asylum—The Boy and His Chum Had
Red Letter Days—The Boy Is Adopted by New Friends.

There is not much fun in being an orphan until you escape from the
orphan asylum, and I want to say that my chum and myself have had
two red letter days in the town where we seemed to drop out of a
balloon into the hearts of the country people.
They took up a subscription to buy clothes for us, and dressed us up,
and we looked as though we had been clothing dummies in front of a
clothing store, and then the people got into a quarrel as to who
should adopt us.
A farmer drew my chum and wanted him to get acquainted with
some mules and drive six mules to haul fertilizer on the farm. My
chum had to set on a saddle on one mule, and drive the other five
mules by using one line, which he pulled and hauled to make them
gee round grand right and left.
The fat woman adopted me because I was such a dear little thing.
She was one of those hay widows, whose husband got plenty of her
sauce, and took to the tall timber, and all she wanted to do was to
hug me, and tell me that if I had not dropped into her life, out of that
balloon, she would have kicked the bucket, and I thought of how any
bucket I ever saw would have collapsed, for she had a foot like a
fiddle box.
She made me tell her the story of my past life, and when she found I
was Peck’s Bad Boy, and I thought I had made my story so
sanguinary that she would want me to go away, so she could have a
quiet life, she just froze to me and said she could see that she had
been selected by Providence to take the badness out of me, and she
went to work hypnotizing me, and giving me absent treatment on my
meals, to take my strength for wickedness away, and then she got
me so weak I could not hug back when she squeezed me, and you
can imagine the condition a growing boy would be in who could not
do his share of the hugging.
The second day of my sentence to be her adopted son, with all my
crimes on my head, she let me go out on the farm to visit my chum,
and there is where my whole new life changed.
My chum was driving his mules around the farm, and I was riding
behind him on the wheel mule, when a balloon from St. Louis came
over, and the men in the balloon yelled to us to grab hold of the rope
as they wanted to land in the field. The mules began to act up and
my chum couldn’t control them, and I jumped off the mule and
grabbed the rope and gave it a hitch around the pole of the wagon,
and that settled it with the mules. They rolled their fawn like eyes
around at the great gas bag that was swaying over the wagon, with
the two men yelling, and the mules started to run, with the wagon
and the balloon, around that field, the balloon striking the fence
occasionally, and a tree once in a while, the men yelling for us to cut
the rope, and the mules braying and saying mule prayers, and me
chasing along to try and cut the rope, and my chum hanging on to
the ears of the wheel mule, and the farmers rushing into the field
from every direction to stop the mules, and the men in the balloons
using the worst language.
Grabbed the Balloon Rope and Gave It a Hitch Around the
Pole.

The mules had run around the field several times, and the balloon
was doing its best to keep up, when I yelled to the men in the
balloon, “Why don’t you throw out your anchor?” and they then
seemed to recollect about the anchor, and they threw it out, and
when it caught fast in the ground the mules pulled loose from the
wagon and went through a fence, and started for Texas, and I guess
they are going yet. My chum got off all right, except he was so
scared he could not stand up. Well, we had a time straightening
things out, the farmers wanted to lynch the balloon men, and make
them pay for the mules, but in rolling up the balloon to take to the
station, to ship to St. Louis, I found a mail bag, and I told the farmers
these balloonists were carrying the U. S. mail, and any man that laid
hands on the government mail could be imprisoned for life for
treason, and I scared the farmers so they gave the balloonists their
dinner, and hauled the balloon to the station with the whole bunch of
us, and when the balloonists went away on the train they told my
chum and me that if we would come to St. Louis they would give us
jobs carrying off balloons, and they would teach us how to fly. Gee,
but that was nuts for us. To rise, at once, from being mule drivers
and adopted boys, to a place in balloon society, was what we
wanted, and my chum and I deserted our more or less happy homes
and began to plan to jump a freight train bound for St. Louis.
“Any Man That Lays Hands on the Government Mail Can Be
Imprisoned for Life for Treason.”

We laid down on the platform of the station that night and went to
sleep and I dreamed that I sailed across the ocean in a balloon, and
landed in a park in Paris, and when the populace came to welcome
us to dear old France, Pa was one of the first to see me, and he fell
upon my neck, and when the people were going to give me a
reception, and a cross of the Legion of Honor, for being the first to
cross the ocean in a balloon, Pa told them I was his boy, and Pa
wanted to take all the credit for my grand achievement, and when I
woke up a watchman at the station kicked us off the platform like we
were tramps, and we walked down the tracks and were so mad we
wanted to throw stones at the switch lights, and my chum wanted to
put a tie on the track to wreck a train, but I persuaded him that it was
that kind of revenge that caused the enmity between tramps and the
richer class. Then he wanted to set fire to a tank car of kerosene,
because Rockafeller owned the railroad, and the watchman who
kicked us was an agent of the Standard Oil Company. If I hadn’t
been a pretty good citizen there would have been a bon-fire sure, but
I showed my chum that we were only temporary tramps, and that in
a few days we would achieve success, and own railroads, and that
we should show an example of patience, and strive to become
members of the four hundred. So we refrained from getting even,
and Rockafeller was not kept awake by hearing that another tank car
of oil had gone skyward.
We were pretty hungry, but tightened up our belts and pretty soon a
freight car stopped on a side track and a brakeman came along with
a lantern and I gave him the last half dollar I had and told him we
wanted to land in St. Louis, and he looked us over and pointed to a
car, and we hustled in and he locked the side door of the car, and we
were alone in the dark, hungry and thirsty.
We found a part of a bale of hay, and scattered some on the floor
and went to sleep, and I never slept better on a spring mattress, but I
dreamed of home, and all the fun I had ever had, making it hot for
other people, playing tricks on them, but now all was changed, and I
felt that I was on my own resources, making my own way in the
world, handicapped by always having an easy life.
Along towards daylight in the morning some horses began to paw
and whinner and a colly dog began to bark in the car, and some
sheep bleated in the car, and as morning came, and a little light
came in the car, which was hitting the high places, running at high
speed, so it shook us out of our hay bed, we looked around starved
and stiff, and sick at heart.
When the train stopped I walked through the car, over bags of oats,
and looked at the horses, and wished I was a horse. The dog was a
watch dog, and when I got near him he snarled and grabbed a
mouthful of my new pants and held on and shook me, and I yelled
and got away.
As it grew lighter I saw a box near the dog, and in it were some
square things that my practiced eye, as the son of an old hunter, told
me were dog biscuit, a sort of petrified dough and meat scraps made
for high class dogs that are not allowed to eat scraps from the table,
and I told my chum we would have breakfast. It took me half an hour
to steal a few dog biscuit away from that dog, and all the time he was
trying to make his breakfast off of me, but I finally poked out enough
for breakfast, and I called my chum to partake of the repast. He said
he always had to have some kind of breakfast food before he ate
meat, so I cut into a bag of oats, and gave him a handful, and there
we sat and chewed away, trying to imagine that we were happy, and
thinking of coffee and pancakes and sausage, and waffles, and
biscuit and honey.
It was probably the worst breakfast ever eaten by anybody. The dog
biscuits were so hard we had to pound them on the floor with a
currycomb, and that did not help the flavor much.
After breakfast we laid down on the hay with a horse blanket over us,
and slept till noon, when we heard water being poured into the tin
trough for the horses, and we quenched our thirst, and ate more dog
biscuit, and I hoped that other boys would hear of our distress, and
that no boys would ever run away from a happy home again.
My chum and I talked over the depression in the money market, and
the panic in Wall street, and tried to think we were better off than
millionaires who did not know where the next meal was coming from,
and with our stomachs full, and no care on our minds, we wished we
could give some of our dog biscuit to the hungry rich.
While we were thinking of the good one can do with a few dog
biscuit, there was a terrible crash, the car jumped on the ties and
reared up, and finally rolled over and down a bank and all was still as
death, except that the boiler of the engine was blowing off steam,
and the horses were groaning, and the confounded dog that chewed
me was dead.
Men run over the cars, and chopped with axes, and finally a fire
engine began to throw water on the burning cars, my chum and I
were wedged under bales of hay, one of my legs was asleep, and we
both yelled murder, and finally the fire was out, the side was
chopped out of the car, and they took us out and put us in an
ambulance and the brakeman who had let us into the car said,
“Tickets, please,” and the ambulance was driven to a hospital at East
St. Louis, and they wanted to amputate us, just for practice. One of
the hospital attendants asked me who I was, and when I told him I
was “Peck’s Bad Boy,” traveling for my health, he said, “Well, you are
certainly getting what is coming to you,” and I guess that is no lie.
CHAPTER IV.
A Bad Railroad Wreck—The Boy Contrasts Their Ride to One in a
Parlor Car—The Lawyer Is the Greatest Man on Earth—The Boy
Settles His Claim for $20.

The accident by the wrecking of the freight train on which my chum


and myself were touring the country, viewing the scenery through an
auger hole in the side of a box car, was a darn sight worse than I
thought it was. What a come down it was for me, who have always
traveled with pa, in a parlor car, to have to ride in a box car, with live
stock, and feast on dog biscuit, instead of ordering from the menu in
a dining car.
No one likes the luxuries of foreign travel any better than I do, but
that freight car experience showed me that we do not know when we
are well off, but when a boy goes out into the world to make his
fortune, and cuts loose from home ties, and pie, and bath tubs, and a
warm bed, and victuals such as mother makes, and winds up in a
wreck, under a horse that he does not know the name of, he is going
some.
When we got to the hospital a lawyer, who had chased the
ambulance on a motorcycle, retained me as his client and offered to
sue the railway company for a million dollars damage, and he would
furnish all the evidence, and take half of what he got for his fee. I
thought it was a good proposition, and probably I can own a railroad
if I take stock for my damages, but I shall take nothing but money,
and let my lawyer have the railroad stock. Gee, but a lawyer is the
greatest man on earth. This one has been riding alongside the
railroad track on a motorcycle for years, waiting for an accident, and
when he selected me for a client he just cried for joy, and he has
drawn a complaint against the Railroad Company that is a work of
art.

Started on a stampede.

When he read it to me, and I saw how I had been broken up and
damaged by the soulless corporation, and how my promising career
had been ruined, I never was so overcome in my life. While I was not
hurt any, except where the horse laid on me and squeezed my dog
biscuits in my stomach so my backbone was poulticed by the
chewed biscuit, the lawyer had the doctors at the hospital put my
legs and arms in plaster of paris casts, and had my body done up in

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