[The Enemy] | ENGLISH| Worksheet

Chapter - The Enemy

PERIOD-I
1) How did the gardener react when Dr Sadao told him about the wounded
American soldier?
2) How was the plan of the prisoner’s escape executed in the story, ‘The Enemy’?
3) How did Yumi react when Hana told her to wash the soldier?
4) Describe the difficulties faced by Dr Sadao when he decided to help the enemy
soldier?
5) “Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?” Bring out the
idea contained in the line.
6) What did Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
7) What do you learn about Sadao’s father from the story ‘The Enemy’?
8) Why was Dr Sadao being kept in Japan and not sent abroad with the troops?
9) Describe the condition of the soldier when Dr Sadao and his wife found him.
10) Why was it risky for Dr Sadao to give medical aid to the soldier?

PERIOD-II
11) Why did Dr Sadao treat the American soldier even though, it was an unpatriotic
act On his part?
12) How did Hana help Dr Sadao?
13) Why did the General not order the immediate arrest of Dr Sadao who had
sheltered a Whiteman?
14) What forced Dr Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient?
15) What made a calm surgeon like Sadao speak sharply to his wife and what was
her reaction?
16) Why had Hana to wash the wounded man herself?
17) How did Dr Sadao ensure that the American sailor left his house but he
remained safe and secure?

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18)How does the writer indicate that Dr Sadao’s father was a very traditional and
conventional man?
19)Why did the messenger come to Dr Sadao? What did Hana think about it?

20) Why did the General spare the American soldier?

PERIOD-III
21)Why was Dr Sadao not sent to the battlefield?

22)How did Dr Sadao get rid of the enemy soldier?

23)What secret plan did the General have about the American soldier staying under
the care of Sadao?

24)Hana told Yumi to wash the soldier. How did Yumi react?

25)Why did the servants leave Dr Sadao’s house?

26) .What was the General’s plan to get rid of the American prisoner? Was it
executed?
27) What traits of the General’s character are highlighted in the lesson?
28)What conflicting ideas arise in Dr Sadao’s mind after he has brought the
wounded American soldier home? How is the conflict resolved?
29)Do you think Dr Sadao’s final decision was the best possible one in the
circumstances? Why/Why not? Explain with reference to the story, ‘The Enemy.’
30) What impression do you form about Dr Sadao as a man and as a surgeon on your
reading the chapter The Enemy’?

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