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Why did Dr Sadao treat the American soldier even though, it was an unpatriotic act
On his part?
because as a doctor, he was trained to save lives,that would have been against his professional ethics.
How did Hana help Dr Sadao?
She helped Dr Sadao when he was operating upon the enemy and also nursed and washed the prisoner
Why did the General not order immediate arrest of Dr Sadao who had sheltered a
Whiteman?
could have needed his services anytime.
What forced Dr Sadao to be impatient and irritable with his patient?
Hana, who had never seen an operation in her life, vomited at the sight of blood but he could not leave his patient. This made him impatient and irritable.
What made a cool surgeon like Sadao speak sharply to his wife and what was her
reaction?
Sadao sharply told her not to faint because if he had stopped, the wounded man would surely have died Hana clasped her hands to her mouth and ran out
Why had Hana to wash the wounded man herself?
because her servants and even her maidservant flatly refused to wash an enemy American out of superstition and fear.
How did Dr Sadao ensure that the American sailor left his house but he himself
remained safe and secure?
There was no signal of the flashlight. It meant that the man had gone, safe on a Korean fishing boat. In this way, he ensured the American’s departure
How does the writer indicate that Dr Sadao’s father was a very traditional and
conventional man?
Sadao married Hana only after confirming that she was a Japanese, as he did not want to upset his father.
Why did the messenger come to Dr Sadao? What did Hana think about it?
the old General was in pain again and had to be attended to,she thought that he had come to arrest her husband for harbouring an enemy in their house.
Why did the General spare the American soldier?
because he was a selfish man. He thought of nothing but his own life. He needed Sadao for his operation and he forgot about his promise in his pain.
.Why was Dr Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
because the ailing General trusted no other surgeon but Dr Sadao and could have needed his expert services anytime.
.How did Dr Sadao get rid of the enemy soldier?
He asked the American prisoner of war to row to a little island near the coast and then wait for a Korean ship to pass
.What secret plan did the General have about the American soldier staying under the
care of Sadao?
to get assassinated by his private assassins. He assured the doctor about the removal of the dead body also.
Hana told Yumi to wash the soldier. How did Yumi react?
she bluntly refused to do so, saying that she had never washed a white man and she would not wash a dirty one.
Why did the servants leave Dr Sadao’s house?
they did not approve of the white man staying in the surgeon’s house, thought that Sadao’s stay in America during his education had erased all his sentiments
Why did Dr. Sadao go to America?
to study surgery and medicine which was his father's wish
