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7th First Language English, , 1., , 2., , 5., , 6., , 7., , , , 3. A Day's Wait, , How old was Schatz? What disease was he suffering from?, Schatz was nine years old. He was suffering from fever., , What is the relationship of the author with Schatz? Which line, gives you that information?, , After a while he said to me, "You don't have to stay in here with me,, papa, if it bothers you", gives us the information that the author and, the boy Schatz are father and son., , How many capsules did the doctor prescribe? State the purpose, of each one?, , Doctor gave three capsules, one was to bring down the fever, another, a purgative, the third to overcome an acid condition., , How does the author describe nature? Nature was bright, cold, day, the ground., , Covered with a sleet that had frozen so that it seemed as if all the, bare trees, the bushes, the cut brush and all the grass and the bare, ground had been varnished with ice. The creek was frozen and it, was difficult to walk or stand on the glassy surface., , "T took the young Irish setter up the road and along a frozen, creek". Who does the young Irish setter refer to?, , Irish setter referred to a red coloured dog with long hair., , Why did the writer go out of the house? What did he hunt?, Writer was little puzzled by the son's behaviour as he was trying to, get him out of his room. So writer thought his son is light headed, due to temperature, went out for a walk. He hunted only two birds., , What happened at the house in the absence of the writer?, , In the absence of a writer, father found his son exactly in the same, position as he had left him. His face was white but the tops of his, cheeks flushed by the fever, and he never allowed anyone 10 the, house to enter the room as he did not want them to get what he had., , 34
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8 What caused Schatz panic?, , Doctor had said that Schatz had a temp of 102°. In his hool, ‘ school in, , France the boys had said that no one could live with a temperatu, re., , of ae. He thought that his temperature was much higher so he, surely going to die so he was in panic. “, , 9. How could the author convince Schatz, with him?, Author removed the misconception from Schatz's mind by telling, that, it's like miles and kilometers. That's a different thermometer, used in France, on that thermometer thirty seven is normal, whereas, the thermometer used to check here, ninety-eight is normal. It's all, the difference between Celcius and Fahrenheit,, , 10. What was the effect of the clarification of Schatz? Which lin, tell us about the effect? :, After clarification, Schatz was normal and happy. As usual he used, to be very slack and cried easily at little things that were of no, importance. These are the lines which shows the effect of, clarification., , 11. Are these statements true or false :, , a) Schatz was suffering from Pneumonia., , b) Schatz liked his father reading to him., , c) The father shot down a fox when he was hunting., , d) The cat in the house accompanied his father when he went out, hunting. ;, , f) The normal temperature of human body is 100 degrees centigrade., , 12. How was Schatz really cured? Was it by medicine or by the, clarification given by his father? ;, Schatz was really cured by the clarification given by his father., , 13. Why didn't the boy allow anyone into his room?, The boy didn't allow anybody because he thought he was affected, , by some dangerous disease. If anyone comes in contact with him he, , was afraid even they may get it and they will die and he wanted, , them to be safe., , that nothing was wrong, , x
