Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?

Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?

What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?

What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?

There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.

Dr Sadao was compelled by duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?

How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?

What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dereliction of duty or simply self absorption?

While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during war time, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?

Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?

Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?

Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?

Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story telling?

What possible plot line could the story continue with?

What do you think was Jo’s problem?

What is the moral issue that the story raises?

How does Jo want the story to end and why?

Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?

What makes Jack feel caught in an ugly middle position?

What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?