A Triumph of Surgery Class 10 Worksheet English Chapter 5

Q.1. When Mrs. Pumphery listened about the dog’s hospitalization, she was_________
(a) Angry
(b) Agitated
(c) Almost unconscious
(d) Emotional

Q.2. “I think I know a cure for you”. Here ‘cure’ refers to _________
(a) Treatment
(b) Punishment
(c) Regulating Tricki’s upkeep
(d) Diagnosis

Q.3. The narrator called Mrs.Pumphery after _________
(a) 25 days
(b) 15 days
(c) 20 days
(d) 30 days

Q.4. What made James Herriot expect a call from Mrs. Pumphrey?

Q.5. What ‘extra’ did Mrs. Pumphrey start to give Tricki and why?

Q.6. What made Mrs. Pumphrey call the vet?

Q.7. How can you say that it was hard for Mrs. Pumphrey to part with her doting pet?

Q.8. Was Tricki suffering from any ailment in reality? If not, then what made him inactive and lethargic?

Q.9. Write the character sketch of Mrs. Pumphrey.

Q.10. Write the character sketch of Dr. James Herriot.

Extract Based Questions

Q.11. I tried to sound severe : "Now I really mean this, If you don't cut his food right down and give him more exercise he is going to be really ill. You must harden your heart and keep him on a very strict diet".

(a) The speaker tried to sound severe because _______

(b) For whom was the advice given __________

(c) Find the word in the extract which is a synonym of the word 'serious'.

    1. severe         2. strict         3. exercise     4. sound

(d) The antonym of 'hardened' is _________.

Q.12. ‘And did you cut down on the sweet things as I told you?’

(a) What sweet things are being referred to in the extract?

(b) Why does the speaker enquire if the sweet things have been cut down?

(c) What is the meaning of the phrase ‘cut down’?

(d) What is the opposite of ‘sweet’?

Q.13. As I moved off, Mrs Pumphrey, with a despairing cry, threw an armful of the little coats through the window. I looked in the mirror before I turned the corner of the drive; everybody was in tears.

(a) Where was the speaker going and with whom?

(b) Why was everybody in tears? ‘

(c) Find the word in the extract which is an antonym of the word ‘cheerful’.

(d) What is the opposite of ‘before’?

Q.14. "Poor old lad", I said, "You haven't a kick in you but I think I know a cure for you".

(a) The speaker says 'Tricki as "poor old lad" because ________

(b) The speaker knows the cure of 'Tricki illness is ________ 

(c) The meaning of 'a kick' in the extract is __________

(d) synonym of 'cure' is ______

    1. help     2. health     3. heal     4. care 

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