Questions Answers

A. Comprehension Questions

1. What is the name of the hero of this story?

Answer: The name of the hero of this story is Cesar.

2. Where did this story happen?

Answer: This story happened on the street in Rio do Sul in South Brazil.

3. When was he admitted in the hospital?

Answer: Cesar was admitted at the emergency room of the hospital at about 3 a.m.

4. Where is the hospital?

Answer: The hospital is in Rio do Sul, in South Brazil.

5. Who accompanied him to the hospital?

Answer: A gang of dogs accompanied him to the hospital.

B. Write the answers for the following questions in 100 words.

1. Where did the nurse post this story?

Answer: The nurse posted the story on Facebook.

2. What did Cesar do when he was offered food by the nurses?

Answer: When Cesar was offered food by the nurses, he ate some and saved a bit to give the dogs later. Though Cesar was a homeless man in Rio do Sul in South Brazil, he often sacrificed his own food to feed the stray dogs around him. When he suddenly required emergency treatment, his kindness came back to him like a boomerang, for the faithful dogs he had been feeding made sure he was not alone.

3. How many dogs accompanied him when he left the hospital?

Answer: Four dogs accompanied him when he left the hospital.

4. How many people followed Mamprim’s post?

Answer: 1,36,000 people followed Mamprim’s post.

C. Can you guess the meaning of following words after understanding the story?

homeless : without any house or people to care

boomerang : come back to the person who threw it

canine : dog - due to its teeth it is named so

stray : dogs found in the streets without owners

health facility : health care

colleague : co-worker

accompany : go along with

trailing : following

wagging : moving the tail swiftly

reciprocal : in return

possession : own

mistreatment : ill treatment, wrong behaviour