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The Blind Dog
I.. Tell him/her why you think your answer is correct Quote from the text where necessary. Write down your answers.
1.The dog had scars and a mutilated tail because it was
timid
Answer:Not True
2.The last two sentences in paragraph one say that the dog
led a carefree life.
Answer:True.
3.The dog was a beautiful creature.
Answer:True.
4.The blind beggar’s alms increased because all the
passersby (complete this sentence)
Answer:The blind beggar’s alms increased because all the passers by gave
coins and helped him.
5.The village Urchin came to the market place to just do
his business.
Answer:Not True.
6.Why did the dog chase the boy out of the market?
Answer:The boy usually came to pick up the coins in the blind man’s bowl. When
the old man shouted, the dog came running sprang on him and snapped his jaws on
the wrist, the boy extricated his hand and ran for his life. The dog bounded up
behind him and chased him out of the market.
7.How did the dog become the blind man’s “prisoner”?
Answer:One day the dog approached the blind man, the blind man gave it food and
thus the friendship between them started. The blind man was defended by the dog
from a teenager who abused him. The old woman who was helping the blind man
died the old man lost the only Honest Success series support he’had. The ribbon
vendor suggested him to tie the dog with the tape so that he can move around as
the dog guides him. Now the dog took the place of the old woman and lost his
freedom completely and his world came to be circumscribed by the limits of the
white cord and the has to forget wholesale all his life-all his old haunts.
Thus the dog became a prisoner.
8.How did the dog’s life change?
Answer:The life of the changed as it now took the place of old woman. He had to
forget wholesale all his life, all his old haunts. He simply had to stay on
forever at the end of the string when he saw other dogs, friends or foes, he
sprang up and earned a kick from his master. In a few days, the dog learned to
disci¬pline his instinct and impulse. He ceased to take notice of other dogs
even if they came up and growled. He lost his own orbit of movement and contact
with his fellow-creatures. Thus dog’s life changed
9.“The beggar’s alms increased threefold”.(Scan paragraph
ten and find the answer)
Answer:True.
10.Why did the vendors hold a conference among themselves?
How did it end?
Answer:The ribbon seller, novel vendor, and the perfumer observed the earnings
of blind men, they held conferences among themselves. The ribbon seller said
that his heart rends with pain seeing the slaving dog and decided to do
something. At this point perfumer’s eyes caught the scissors dangling from the
ribbon’s rack. He took the scissors and decided to cut off the cord and release
the dog from slavery, with this the conference came to an end.
11.The beggar named his dog “tiger”. What is ironic about
this?
Answer:The beggar named his dog ‘Tiger”. Ironical about this, infect tigers
move about in freedom and people are frightened about the tiger. But here in
contrast tiger (dog) is tied up and under the control of a blind man and serves
him in his needs.
12.How did the dog return to his doom?
Answer:When the perfume vendor snipped off the cord, the dog went off at a high
speed. He nosed about the ditches happily, hurled himself on other dogs, ran
round and round the fountain, in the market square, barking, his eyes
spar¬kling with joy. He returned to his favorite haunts and hung about
butcher’s shop, tea stall, and bakery. At last, at midnight went back again to
his master who fed him, as the dog is known for his gratitude.
13.Why is this story titled “The Blind Dog”?
Answer:The dog which came to circumscribed by the limits of the white cord and
it has to forget all his freestyle life and lost his own orbit of movement and
contact with his fellow-creatures. Literally the dog was a prisoner under a
blind man. But the dog was fond of his master walking blindly, so he obeyed his
blind master’s orders blindly. The story is titled as “Blind dog” because
though the dog was not blind it followed the beggar’s orders blindly. A blind
person has to be guided by someone else, but here the dog was guided by the
blind man. So the title “Blind dog” is a very much accurate title given by the
author.
II . Work with your partner and supply the missing words:
A type of l o y a l working dogs called Huskey are u s e d by E s k i m o s to draw sledges. SI e d g e s do not have w h e e l s. They sledge along ice or snow on metal blades. E S K I M O S use these c a r t s for transportation in the snowy region where they l i v e. A train of dogs will be harnessed to a sledge, some five to six p a i r s of dogs in a line.
III We use modals
to express our feelings and thoughts. Look at the expressions of feelings and
thoughts given below. Chose the appropriate expression and write it in each
blank.
(preference, impossibility, self-compulsion,
request, possibility, assumption, likelihood, prohibition, no other explanation
possible, ability, challenge, estimation, necessity)
1. It will fall down if you keep it there. (possibility)
2. Could I use your pen for a moment? (request)
3. It is going to rain this evening. (Likelihood)
4. I would rather take a rickshaw to the station. It is late. (preference)
5. She must be still in her office, working late this evening. (no other explanation possible)
6. This temple must be at least 500 years old. (estimation)
7. Don’t worry he can very well look after himself. (ability)
8. You shall not speak to me like this again. (prohibition)
9. How dare you say a thing like this? (challenge)
10. I must finish this work today. (self-compulsion)
11. Look at that old man toiling in the sun. Looks very old. Must be at least eighty. (Necessity)
12. In our hostel, we must switch off the lights at 10 p.m. (compulsion)
13. She can’t be as ill as all that. She is pretending. (impossibility)
IV Co –relative Words:
1.dog: kennel: pig: sty
2.physics: physicist: physiology: physiologist
3.music: musician.flute: flutist
4.smithy: gold:tannery: leather
5.college: Principalschool: headmaster
6.State: citizen: democracy: people
V Ask you teacher about these dogs – dogs that are trained to do police work. A police dog often referred to as K – 9, is a dog that is trained specifically to assist police and other law-enforcement personel in their work. The most commonly used breed is German shepherd, Belgian Melinois are also used
Beagles are used in airports
Arson dogs trained to pick up traces of accelerants
Cadaver dogs trained in detecting odour of decomposing
bodies
Labrador (locating bombs, drugs)
Dogs and bomb squad
German shepherd and Labrador retriever both dogs had been priviously trained in explosive detection. Both dogs were spayed females and had been debarked and received obdience training. Three qualified dog handlers were selected from the department to work with dogs. A kennel was created adjascent to bomb squad for the exclusive use of their office.
VI Multiple Choice Questions
1.Person who tortured blind man was ____________.
a) ribbon seller
b) perfume vendor
c) urchin
d) All
Answer:c) urchin
2.The name of dog was ___________.
a) Mongrel
b) Ramu
c) Tiger
d) None.
Answer:c) Tiger
3.Favorite haunts of dog was ___________.
a) butcher’s shop
b) tea stall
c) Bakery
d) All
Answer:d) All
4.Ribbon around the dog was stripped off by ___________.
a) perfume vendor
b) novel vendor
c) Ribbon vendor
d) None
Answer:a) perfume vendor
5.Blind man and dog used to live in ___________.
a) near market gate
b) on footpath
c) choultry veranda
d) wherever he halts.
Answer:c) choultry veranda
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