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12 THE ENEMY
MULIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 How did Hana help Dr. Sadao?
a. By assisting him
b. By giving him money
c. By giving him tools
d. By working as a nurse
2 Why did Dr Sadao become irritable and impatient with his patient?
a. Because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed
wife.
b. Because of many patients
c. Because of general’s pressure
d. None of these
3 Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?
a. Because of her servants
b. Because her servants ran away
c. Because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier
d. None of the above
4 What kind of person was Sadao’s father?
a. A serious person
b. A jolly good man
c. Very strict
d. A patriot and a traditional person
5 Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
a. Because the general might need his services
b. He was perfecting a discovery that would render wounds clean
c. He was a very good doctor
d. All the above.
6 How did Dr. Sadao emerge successfully out of all the conflicts?
a. By throwing the patients out of this house
b. By sending his servants out of the house
c. By saving soldier’s life as a sincere doctor and helping him to escape.
d. By succumbing before the General

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7 Why did Dr. Sadao go to America?
a. To meet the soldiers
b. To meet his friends
c. To study surgery and medicine which was his father’s wish
d. To travel
8 Where did Dr Sadao meet Hana?
a. In Japan
b. In the neighborhood
c. In the battlefield
d. At professor Harley’s house in America
9 Why did Dr. Sadao help an enemy soldier?
a. Because he was an ethical and sincere doctor
b. Because he was his friend
c. Because he knew him
d. None of the above
10 What was the chief concern of Dr. Sadao’s father?
a. His son’s health
b. His son’s marriage
c. His son’s education
d. None of the above
11 “Those scars,” she murmured, lifting her eyes to Sadao. The “scars” do not indicate
a. torture perpetrated on prisoners of war.
b. superiority of Japan over America.
c. the quest for supremacy in war.
d. the rumours of torture often heard.

12 Pick the quote that best describes the theme of ‘The Enemy’.
a. World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or
religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
b. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the
ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirt.
c. The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to
help others.
d. To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

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13 “She did not wish to be left alone with the white man.” Why did Hana feel so,
despite having studied in America?
a. She had an orthodox outlook.
b. America and Japan were enemies in the ongoing World War.
c. He was someone she’d recognised from her past in America.
d. Her husband had cautioned her against the American.
14 "When the man was so near-death why did he not let him bleed?" Who said these
words?
a. The cook
b. Yumi
c. The gardener
d. The General.
15 What idea do you form of Dr.Sadao after reading ‘The Enemy’?
a. an excellent doctor
b. a compassionate human being
c. sincere and responsible towards duties
d. all of these
16 ‘The Enemy’ talks about soldiers and war. Which are the two countries specifically
mentioned?
a. America and Afganistan
b. Israel and America
c. Malaysia and America
d. Japan and America
17 Dr Sadao possesses some strong character traits. What were the dominant traits of
Dr.Sadao's personality?
a. expertise in his profession and compassion as a human
b. obstinacy and rudeness
c. domineering and non -compliant nature
d. all of these
18 “Dr.Sadao made arrangements for the soldier’s safe escape.” What did Dr.Sadao
give to the soldier?
a. boat
b. food
c. flashlight

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 d. all of these
19 Dr.Sadao’s father was ________________
a. soft-hearted and calm
b. traditional and strict
c. orthodox and conservative
d. sophisticated and enthusiastic
20 “But he waited to fall in love with her!” What made Sadao wait to fall in love with
Hana?
a. Because of the fear of his father who strictly opposed love marriage
b. Because of his father’s wish to have a Japanese girl as Sadao’s wife
c. Because Sadao wanted to be sure that Hana was Japanese
d. Both b and c
21 Why did the servants leave Sadao’s place?
a. Because they disliked their old master’s behavior towards them
b. Because they hated Dr.Sadao
c. Because they were against Sadao’s decision
d. Because of Hana’s bad behavior
22 Why did Sadao not hand over the American POW to the Japanese Police?
a. Sadao liked the Americans as he was educated in America
b. Sadao did not want to make the police think that he had helped an enemy
c. Sadao’s ethics as a doctor did not allow him to risk his patient’s life
d. Sadao was willing to help the enemy
23 Why did Hana say “Don’t try to save him! What if he should live?”
a. Being Japanese, hatred for Americans was natural to her.
b. She was concerned about the consequences that they might face if they save the
American.
c. She was afraid that the American soldier might attack them if cured.
d. Being Japanese, she wanted the American soldier to die unattended.
24 What did Hana remember after seeing the scars of Tom?
a. About the war between Japan and America
b. About the rumours of the ill-treatment of the POWs
c. About her husband’s expertise as a surgeon
d. About General Takima who shot Tom
25 Sadao called the American “my friend”. Why do you think he did that?

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 a. Because the American was his old friend from his college days
b. Because he thought that Tom would feel secured if he calls him friend
c. Because of his habit of murmuring to the patient during surgery
d. Because Sadao believed that all human beings are friends
26 The General proposes to get the American soldier killed by his private assassins.
Why do you think he does that?
a. Because he is unwilling to risk Sadao’s life as he was his best friend
b. Because if Sadao is arrested, he would not get the medical attention of Sadao
c. Because he does not want Sadao to involve in murder
d. Because he is patriotic and considers it a matter of pride to kill an enemy
27 What is the full name of Dr.Sadao?
a. Dr.SadaoHoji
b. Dr.SadaoHoki
c. Dr.SadaoHogi
d. None of the above
28 At the sea shore Dr.Sadao found_____________.
a. A cat
b. A notebook
c. German soldier
d. A white man in wounded condition
29 In the age of ________ Sadao was send to America?
a. 34
b. 21
c. 22
d. None of the above
30 “Who can limit our future? It depends on what we make it.” Who said this?
a. Sadao
b. Hana
c. Sadao’s Father
d. All of the above
31 The baby boy of Hana and Dr.Sadao was of nearly___.
a) three years.
b) three months.
c) three days.

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 d) five months
32 "I am a poor person and it is not my business”. Who said this?
a. Hana
b. Tom
c. The gardener
d. Yumi
33 "I wonder why I couldn't kill him?" Who said this?
a. General Takima
b. Dr.SadaoHoki
c. Yumi
d. The gardener
34 "You are a good man and you will be rewarded." Who said this?
a. General Takima
b. Sadao’s father
c. Tom
d. Hana
35 Why did the servants refuse to help?
a. out of fears
b. because of superstitions
c. because he was an American Soldier
d. all of these
36 The escape for Tom would be in
a. a Korean fishing boat
b. a Russian fishing boat
c. a Chinese fishing boat
d. a Japanese fishing boat
37 Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?
a. Because she did not want to tell her servants
b. Because her servants ran away
c. Because her servants refused to help an enemy soldier
d. Because she thought the servants were incompetent
38 The American landlady had once helped Sadao when
a. she nursed him through influenza
b. she gave him food for a month

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 c. she had mended his clothes
d. had not taken rent for a month
39 What was the plan suggested by General Takima for the American soldier?
a. he wanted him to reach safely
b. will inform his country
c. will get him assassinated by some private assassins
d. none
40 “Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan.” Who
said this?
a. Sadao
b. Sadao’s father
c. Sadao’s mother
d. Sadao’s wife
41 Where was Sadao’s house situated?
a. on a beach
b. on a hill
c. upon rocks
d. in a city
42 Dr.Sadao treated the American prisoner and helped him escape. What does it
show?
a. He was afraid of Japanese army.
b. His honesty and compassion towards mankind.
c. He was a traitor.
d. He wanted to show his superiority.
43 What was the chief concern of Sadao’s father?
a. Tradition
b. Patriotism
c. Education
d. Dictum

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Answer:
1. a 2.a 3.c. 4.d 5.d 6.c 7.c 8.d 9.a 10.c 11.b 12.c 13.b
14.c 15.d 16.d 17. A 18.d19.b 20.d. 21.c 22.c 23.b 24.b
25.c 26.b 27.b 28.d 29.c 30.c 31.b 32.d 33.b 34.a 35.d
36.a 37.c 38.a 39.c 40.a 41.c 42.b 43.c
PREPARED BY: PGTs OF BHUBANESWAR, GUWAHTI, KIOLKATA,
RANCHI, SILCHAR & TINSUKIA REGIONS

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