Snapshots : Chapter 5 Birth English Core - Snapshots : Chapter 5 Birth

A doctor must remain committed to saving life. Unfortunately, this commitment is rarely to be seen nowadays. Comment.

Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the brink of death through medical help? Discuss medical procedures such as organ transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.

“Andrew had no premonition that that night would influence his whole future in Blaenelly.” How did this happen?

What response did Andrew get when he asked, “Where is the child”? Describe what followed.

What was the crisis that Andrew faced at No. 12 Blaina Terrace? How did he handle it?

In a flash Andrew knelt down. Fishing amongst the sodden newspapers below the bed, he pulled out the child. A boy, perfectly formed. The limp, warm body was white and soft as tallow. The cord, hastily slashed, lay like a broken stem. The skin was of a lovely texture, smooth and tender. The head lolled on the thin neck. The limbs seemed boneless.

1) What does the word ‘Sodden’ mean?
A) Dry
B) Wet
C) Cleaned
D) None of these

2)  Which literary device has been used in ‘Lay like a broken stem’?
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Personification
D) Alliteration

3) Which literary device has been used in ‘White and soft as tallow’?
A) Simile
B) Zeugma
C) Epithet
D) Metonymy

4) Who slashed the child’s cord hastily?
A) Joe Morgan
B) Susan Morgan
C) Susan Morgan’s mother
D) Andrew Manson

As he gazed at the still form a shiver of horror passed over Andrew. After all that he had promised! His face, heated with his own exertions, chilled suddenly. He hesitated, between his desire to attempt to resuscitate the child, and his obligation towards the mother, who was herself in a desperate state. The dilemma was so urgent he did not solve it consciously. Blindly, instinctively, he gave the child to the nurse and turned his attention to Susan Morgan who now lay collapsed, almost pulseless, and not yet out of the ether, upon her side.

1) How was the child born?
A) Lively
B) Lifeless
C) Lame
D) Blind

2) What does the word ‘Resuscitate’ mean?
A) To revive
B) To bathe
C) To clean
D) To stamp

3) Which ugly middle position was Manson caught in?
A) Whether to save the child or not
B) Whether to save the mother or not
C) Whether to pay attention to child or to mother
D) Whether to pay attention to family or mother

4)What had Dr. Manson promised to the Morgans?
A) Safe delivery of the child and mother
B) Less amount to be charged for delivery
C) No admission charges for the baby
D) That he would not be able to save the mother

“Susan said not to give her the chloroform if it would harm the baby. She’s awful set upon this child, Doctor, bach.” Her old eyes warmed at a sudden thought. She added in a low tone: “Ay, we all are, I fancy.” He collected himself with an effort.
“It won’t do any harm, the anesthetic,” he said kindly. “They’ll be all right.”

1) Who is ‘She’ in this extract?
A) Joe Morgan
B) Susan Morgan’s mother in law
C) Susan Morgan’s mother
D) Andrew Manson

2) Why did Susan’s mother not want chloroform to be given to her daughter?
A) For the baby could die
B) for it could harm her
C) For it could harm the baby
D) Both B and C

3)  What is anesthetic?
A) Drug that leads to sensibility
B) Drug that leads to insensibility
C) Drug that leads to mental disorder
D) Drug that numbs the whole head

4) Why were all the Morgans worried?
A) For they were expecting their first child after a long period
B) For they were expecting their second child after a long period
C) For they were expecting their third child after a long period
D) For they were expecting their fourth child after a long period

 His thoughts were heavy, muddled. The episode he had witnessed at Cardiff station still obsessed him morbidly. He thought of Bramwell, foolishly devoted to a woman who deceived him sordidly, of Edward Page, bound to the shrewish Blodwen, of Denny, living unhappily, apart from his wife. His reason told him that all these marriages were dismal failures.

1) Who is ‘He’ in this extract?
A) Joe Morgan
B) Jack Manson
C) Susan Morgan
D) Andrew Manson

2) What was his view about the marriages of his acquaintances?
A) They were huge success
B) They were huge failures
C) They were impeccable
D) None of these

3) What was Andrew Manson by profession?
A) Driller
B) Compounder
C) Doctor
D) Numerologist

4) What does the word ‘Morbidly’ mean?
A) Suggesting a healthy state of mind
B) Suggesting a unhealthy state of mind
C) Suggesting a perfect state of mind
D) None of these.

What dilemma did Andrew face when the child was born?

How did Andrew assess that night’s work?

Why did Andrew say, “Fill fetch my bag later, nurse.”?

What was the state of the room after the resuscitation of mother and child? .

What was the result of Andrew’s feverish efforts after the child’s chest gave a short, convulsive heave?