Chapter-1: A Triumph of Surgery

1 . “A Triumph of Surgery”?

  • James Herriot
  • Robert Arthur
  • Ruskin Bond
  • Victor Canning
Answer
James Herriot

2. What is the meaning of the word ‘Jostling’?

  • running
  • walking
  • Struggling
  • None of these
Answer
 Struggling

3. Who was Joe?

  • Nurse
  • Pug
  • Cat
  • Greyhound
Answer
Greyhound

4. What did Mrs Pumphrey bring first?

  • Eggs
  • Brandy
  • None of these
  • Wine
Answer
Eggs

5. How would you describe Mrs. Pumphrey?

  • Loving
  • Intelligent
  • Over-doing
  • Rational
Answer
Over-doing

6. Who do you blame for Tricki’s illness?

  • Mrs. Pumphrey
  • Tricki
  • Herriot
  • Vet
Answer
Mrs. Pumphrey

7. Mrs. Pumphrey had a dog named –

  • Tricky
  • Rocky
  • Silky
  • None of these
Answer
Tricky

8. Who is Hodgkin?

  • Dog owner
  • Gardener
  • Veterinary surgeon
  • Dog
Answer
Gardener

9. What did the doctor advise?

  • Cut his food
  • Give him more exercise
  • Keep him on a very strict diet
  • All of these
Answer
All of these

10. What was best according to the vet?

  • to take him to the hospital
  • to take him for a walk
  • to let him have sugar
  • Both (2) and (3)
Answer
to take him to the hospital

11. Why did the other dogs ignore Tricki?

  • he was an uninteresting object
  • he was ill
  • he was furious
  • All of these
Answer
he was an uninteresting object

12. How would you describe the vet?

  • Tactful
  • Over-doing
  • Careless
  • irrational
Answer
Tactful

13. What problem does Mrs Pumphrey think Tricki has?

  • Diarrhoea
  • Allergies
  • Malnutrition
  • All of these
Answer
 Malnutrition

14. What was the dog unable to play?

  • Ring-throw
  • Walk
  • Hide and seek
  • All of these
Answer
Ring-throw

15.Why is the narrator tempted to keep Tricki as a permanent guest?

  •  because he loved Tricki
  •  he thought Mrs. Pumphrey woudn’t take good care of Tricki
  • they would lose all Luxuries like eggs, wine and brandy
  •  none of the above
Answer
they would lose all Luxuries like eggs, wine and brandy

16. Was Tricki happy on seeing Mrs. Pumphrey?

  •  yes
  •  No
  • maybe
  • she showed no emotions
Answer
 yes

17. How would you decribe Mrs. Pumphrey?

  •  loving
  • over-doing
  •  intelligent
  • rational
Answer
over-doing

18. “In two weeks he had been transformed into a lithe, hard-musled animal” . What is the meaning of the word “lithe”?

  •  dirty
  • graceful
  • misbehaving
  • rude
Answer
graceful

19. What is the meaning of the word “convalescing”?

  •  condescending
  •  worsen
  • disappointing
  • recover
Answer
recover

20. What is the meaning of the word “scrimmage”?

  •  fight
  •  play
  •  run
  •  none of the above
Answer
 fight