The Doctor's Word by R. K Narayan

1. What does "on one's last legs" mean?

• a. Very sick

• b. Weak and about to die

• c. Not in one's good healthBuy vitamins and supplements

• d. All of the above

2. When did people come to Dr. Raman?

• a. When the patient was very sick

• b. When the patient had almost no hope

• c. When the patient collapsed

• d. When the patient had recovered a little

3. Why did Dr. Raman often burst out when he found the patient in his last breath?

• a. Why wasn't he brought to him earlier

• b. Why was he taken to another doctor

• c. Why had the family members treated him wrong

• d. Why was his condition so serious

4. What was Dr. Raman's visiting fee?

• a. Twenty Rupees

• b. Twenty-five Rupees

• c. Thirty rupees

• d. Thirty-five Rupees

5. What fact did people like to avoid?

• a. That the patient had less hope

• b. That the visiting fees of Dr. Raman was high

• c. That Dr. Raman means death sentence

• d. That the patient couldn't be saved no matter what

6. The patient's relatives always tried to avoid calling in Dr. Raman; for them there was something _____ in the very association.

• a. serious

• b. unnecessary

• c. threatening

• d. shirking

7. So, when the big man came on the scene it was always _______.

• a. the last moment

• b. critical for the patient

• c. a quick decision to make

• d. late

8. What has long years of practice bred in the doctor?

• a. Exprience to save lives

• b. A certain manners of rudeness

• c. A certain degree of kindness

• d. A certain curt of truthfulness

9. Why was the doctor's opinion valued?

• a. For his experience

• b. For his kindness

• c. For his truthfulness

• d. For his expertise

10. Dr. Raman was not a mere doctor expressing an opinion but a/an _______.

• a. judge pronouncing a verdict

• b. kind man helping patients

• c. expert saving lives

• d. experienced consultant