Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in complete sentences.

[10 x 1 = 10 marks]
1. Why were Jackie’s parents not able to pay the hospital bills? 6. Jackie’s parents had left him in the school and left for Australia.
What does this tell you about how such schools and the masters
were viewed at that time?

2. Explain the phrase “Relying on the goodwill of friends”?

7. How was Jackie made use of by his master in the early days of his
acting career?

3. Why did Jackie’s father decide to put him in Peking Opera School?

8. What was the result of doing his own stunts in his movies?

4. What word(s) could be used to describe how Jackie felt when he first
stepped into the Peking Opera School?

9. Why does Jackie devote time to do charity work despite his busy
schedule?

5. How is the training strenuous for a mere child?

10. If you were Jackie’s parents, would you have accepted the proposal
made by the surgeon mentioned in the first paragraph? Why or why
not?