THE ENEMY

MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

SL NO QUESTIONS
1 Who did Dr Sadao and Hana think was swept ashore?
a. A soldier b. A fisherman c. A spy d. A prisoner
2 Where was the wound mark on the prisoner’s body?
a. a. Right side of his lower back b. Left side of his lower back c. Right
side of his stomach d. Left side of his stomach
3 What were the words written on the battered cap?
a. U.S. Army b. U.S. Navy c. U.S. Air Force d. U.S. Prisoner of War
4 Who spoke about revenge by the gun and the sea?
a. The maid b. The driver c. The cook d. The gardener
5 What did Dr Sadao’s old American professor consider the surgeon’s
cardinal sin?
a. Ignorance of the human body b. Improper medication c.
Incorrect diagnosis d. Ignorance of patient’s history
6 Why did the General want to keep Dr Sadao in Japan?
a. He could save the General b. He was a patriot c. He was his
close friend d. He had always lived there
7 Why did Dr Sadao hesitate before giving the prisoner a flash light?
a. The flash light could break b. The flash could be seen c. The
flash light could be lost d. The flash light could be unnecessary
8 Why did Dr Sadao feel impatient and irritable with the prisoner?
a. It was getting late at night b. He was tired and sleepy c. He
would not get paid d. He could not tend to his wife
9 Why did the cook consider Dr Sadao to be arrogant?
a. He was a fussy eater b. He used his skills indiscriminately c. He
did not let her use blood as a fertiliser d. He was a demanding
employer
10 Why did the servants leave the house?
 a. To show their disapproval b. They wanted more pay c. They
had found better jobs d. They were overworked
11 Which Adjective best describes Dr Sadao’s actions?
a. Polite b. Obedient c. Humane d. Passive
12 Why did Dr Sadao consider the dinner at professor Hardley’s to be a
fateful event?
a. He became a better doctor b. He met his future wife c. He
made new American friends d. He enjoyed the quality of the
food
13 Why was Dr Sadao’s father a traditionalist?
a. He showed him the South Sea Islands b. He wanted Dr Sadao
to become a doctor c. He sent him abroad for studies d. He
refused to sleep on a bed
14 What was the doctor’s primary concern?
a. To show loyalty to his country b. To save the patient’s life c.
To prove his skills a s a doctor d. To save his own life
15 Who are the ‘real’ enemies referred to in the chapter ‘The Enemy’?
a. Dr Sadao and the prisoner b. Dr Sadao and the servants c.
Hana and the servants d. Japan and America
 FILL UPS/SENTENCE COMPLETION TYPE QUESTIONS
SL NO QUESTIONS
1 Dr Sadao knew that his ........... was his father’s chief concern.
2 Dr Sadao became famous not only as a surgeon, but also as a .........
3 Dr Sadao packed the wound with the .......that strewed the beach.
4 Hana sometimes remembered such men as .........who at home beat
his wife cruelly.
5 The old gardener had worked with flowers all his life and had been a
specialist too in ..........
6 Yumi’s bias towards the white man could be seen when she refused to
......him.
7 Hana thought Yumi was being stupid in refusing to wash the prisoner
as he was just a ..........
8 The gardener used .............to save the plants from the extreme cold.
9 Dr Sadao’s old American professor considered operating with
ignorance of the human body as a .......
10 When the servants left on the 7th day, Hana’s pride did not allow her
to .......
11 Dr Sadao gave a flash light to the prisoner so that ......
12 Dr Sadao had the General in the palm of his hands because ......
13 The General did not send the assassins to Dr Sadao’s house
because .....
14 Yumi refused to wash the prisoner because ....
15 The General did not want to be operated by a German doctor because
....